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Blair Hinkle takes $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship braclet
Source: Kensei
Jun 15, 2008 - 3:06:29 PM
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Blair Hinkle is the brother of Grant Hinkle, who won Event #2 at this year's WSOP. The Hinkle Brothers became only the second tandem of brothers to win gold bracelets. The other is the Pearson Brothers – consisting of Puggy Pearson (three wins in 1973) and J.C. Pearson (one win in 1994).
The Hinkle Brothers became the first siblings in history to win WSOP gold bracelets within a single year
Blair Hinkle collected $507,613 for first place. This was his first WSOP gold bracelet. This marked his second time to cash. Hinkle finished in 520nd place in the 2007 WSOP Main Event (6,358 entrants). He also finished 6th at the recent Caesars Las Vegas WSOP Circuit event, a few months ago.
Players from 12 different nations finished in the money. Countries represented included – Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, the Faroe Islands, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, and the United States.
Through the conclusion of Event #23, only one player has cashed five times to date – Nikolay Evdakov, from Moscow, Russia. Evdakov is in serious contention to challenge the record set for "Most WSOP Cashes in a Single Year," shared by four players -- Michael Binger (2007), Chad Brown (2007), Phil Hellmuth, Jr. (2006), and Humberto Brenes (2006), with eight in-the-money strikes
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Name |
Prize |
City |
State/Country |
| 1 |
Blair Hinkle |
$507,613 |
Kansas City |
Missouri |
| 2 |
Mark Brockington |
$326,551 |
Edmonton |
Alberta, Canada |
| 3 |
Daniel O'Brien |
$198,132 |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
| 4 |
David Steicke |
$166,333 |
Hong Kong |
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| 5 |
Dustin Dirksen |
$135,757 |
Iowa City |
Iowa |
| 6 |
Chris Bjorin |
$106,404 |
London |
United Kingdom |
| 7 |
Dominik Kulicki |
$81,943 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
| 8 |
Andrew Jeffreys |
$63,598 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
| 9 |
Stephane Tayar |
$45,252 |
Saint Mande |
France |
| 10 |
Alessandro Dalbello |
$29,108 |
Padova |
Italy |
| 11 |
Nicholas Niergarth |
$29,108 |
Waukesha |
Wisconsin |
| 12 |
Rick Lenoble |
$29,108 |
Coral Springs |
Florida |
| 13 |
Yue Huang |
$22,993 |
San Francisco |
California |
| 14 |
Matthew Lagarde |
$22,993 |
Salisbury |
Maryland |
| 15 |
Michael Ellis |
$22,993 |
London |
United Kingdom |
| 16 |
Dean Schneider |
$16,877 |
Manhattan Beach |
California |
| 17 |
Corwin Cole |
$16,877 |
San Diego |
California |
| 18 |
Scott Preston |
$16,877 |
Northridge |
California |
| 19 |
Matthew Ehrlich |
$13,208 |
Wellington |
Florida |
| 20 |
Conor Tate |
$13,208 |
Manchester |
United Kingdom |
| 21 |
Ricky Tang |
$13,208 |
Markham |
Ontario, Canada |
| 22 |
Graham Wheldon |
$13,208 |
St Neots Cambs |
England |
| 23 |
Dylan Bircheff |
$13,208 |
Santa Fe |
New Mexico |
| 24 |
Christopher Dombrowski |
$13,208 |
Dade City |
Florida |
| 25 |
Kenneth Justin |
$13,208 |
Cambridge |
Massachusetts |
| 26 |
Eric Celeste |
$13,208 |
Dallas |
Texas |
| 27 |
Eric Lucas |
$13,208 |
Newark |
Delaware |
| 28 |
David Chicotsky |
$10,762 |
Fort Worth |
Texas |
| 29 |
Paul Smith |
$10,762 |
Poway |
California |
| 30 |
Derek Buonano |
$10,762 |
Tolland |
Connecticut |
| 31 |
Andrew Gordon |
$10,762 |
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| 32 |
David Campbell |
$10,762 |
Winchester |
California |
| 33 |
Earl Coggin |
$10,762 |
Rockledge |
Florida |
| 34 |
Young Phan |
$10,762 |
Garden Grove |
California |
| 35 |
Russell Carson |
$10,762 |
Fredericton |
New Brunswick, Canada |
| 36 |
Maria Mayrinck |
$10,762 |
Rio De Janeiro |
Brazil |
| 37 |
Hoa Hoang |
$8,316 |
Seattle |
Washington |
| 38 |
Mark Graffius |
$8,316 |
Casa Grande |
Arizona |
| 39 |
David Steirman |
$8,316 |
Burlingame |
California |
| 40 |
Nadim Shabou |
$8,316 |
Tucson |
Arizona |
| 41 |
Jared Hamby |
$8,316 |
Henderson |
Nevada |
| 42 |
John Lewis |
$8,316 |
Cleburne |
Texas |
| 43 |
Daniel Rome |
$8,316 |
Millington |
Illinois |
| 44 |
Andrew Lee |
$8,316 |
Ocean |
New Jersey |
| 45 |
John Parker |
$8,316 |
Silver Springs |
Maryland |
| 46 |
Barry Greenstein |
$7,582 |
Rancho Palos Verdes |
California |
| 47 |
Shawn Hattem |
$7,582 |
Blanville |
Quebec, Canada |
| 48 |
Matthew Sterling |
$7,582 |
Brownstown |
Indiana |
| 49 |
Takamori Maruyama |
$7,582 |
Hachiouji Shi |
Tokyo |
| 50 |
Alan Myerson |
$7,582 |
Sherman Oaks |
California |
| 51 |
Badih Bounahra |
$7,582 |
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| 52 |
Vivek Rajkumar |
$7,582 |
Seattle |
Washington |
| 53 |
Robert Perry |
$7,582 |
Highland Beach |
Florida |
| 54 |
Charles Dolan |
$7,582 |
Huntington Beach |
California |
| 55 |
David Barnes |
$6,849 |
London |
United Kingdom |
| 56 |
Hicham Chami |
$6,849 |
Dearborn Heights |
Michigan |
| 57 |
Thomas Braband |
$6,849 |
Oshkosh |
Wisconsin |
| 58 |
Allen Bari |
$6,849 |
West Orange |
New Jersey |
| 59 |
Sean Keeton |
$6,849 |
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Australia |
| 60 |
Frank Howerton |
$6,849 |
Bixby |
Oklahoma |
| 61 |
Ernest Bennett |
$6,849 |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
| 62 |
Dan Stir |
$6,849 |
Sacramento |
California |
| 63 |
Joshua Moskow |
$6,849 |
Boynton Beach |
Florida |
| 64 |
Preston Brake |
$6,115 |
Quispamsis |
New Brunswick, Canada |
| 65 |
Robert Suer |
$6,115 |
Redondo Beach |
California |
| 66 |
Scott Bohlman |
$6,115 |
Homer Glen |
Illinois |
| 67 |
Arlan Goldberg |
$6,115 |
Urbana |
Illinois |
| 68 |
Chris Hammett |
$6,115 |
Katonah |
New York |
| 69 |
Steve Pestal |
$6,115 |
Long Beach |
California |
| 70 |
Glen Bean |
$6,115 |
Gridley |
California |
| 71 |
Loyal Sprague |
$6,115 |
Mapleton |
Illinois |
| 72 |
Kent Washington |
$6,115 |
Oakland |
California |
| 73 |
Duane Remington |
$5,381 |
Jacksonville |
Florida |
| 74 |
Joseph Grenon |
$5,381 |
Orleans |
Ontario, Canada |
| 75 |
Greg Buonocort |
$5,381 |
Alpharetta |
Georgia |
| 76 |
Jose Paz |
$5,381 |
Santa Cruz |
Bolivia |
| 77 |
Edwin Yurakanin |
$5,381 |
Renton |
Washington |
| 78 |
Al Contarino |
$5,381 |
San Dimas |
California |
| 79 |
Lamar Wilkinson |
$5,381 |
Pacheco |
California |
| 80 |
Douglas Kim |
$5,381 |
Hartsdale |
New York |
| 81 |
Joseph Bolnick |
$5,381 |
Los Angeles |
California |
| 82 |
Joshua Norris |
$4,892 |
Toronto |
Ontario, Canada |
| 83 |
Randy Coble |
$4,892 |
San Antonio |
Texas |
| 84 |
Kenneth Krouner |
$4,892 |
Roswell |
Georgia |
| 85 |
Vincent Vanbreugel |
$4,892 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
| 86 |
Remy Andre Biechel |
$4,892 |
Ste Genevieve |
France |
| 87 |
Courtney Harrington |
$4,892 |
Mooresville |
North Carolina |
| 88 |
William Gazes |
$4,892 |
New York |
New York |
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