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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

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


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
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

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    
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   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