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Triple Crown (poker)

In poker, the term Triple Crown is used in three ways:

So far, only 10 players have completed the Triple Crown: Gavin Griffin,[3] Roland De Wolfe,[4] Jake Cody,[5] Bertrand Grospellier,[6] Davidi Kitai,[7] Mohsin Charania,[8] Harrison Gimbel,[9] Niall Farrell,[10] Roberto Romanello,[11] and Mike Watson.[12] In 2008, Griffin won his first World Poker Tour title, becoming the first to complete the feat.

On January 25th, 2010, Jake Cody won the EPT Deauville Main Event and closed out the first of his three Triple Crown legs. He followed that up on September 4th, 2010, winning the WPT London Poker Classic, and completed the crown on June 4th, 2011 by earning a WSOP Bracelet after winning the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship. It took him 1 year, 4 months, 11 days, which is the shortest span of the ten players to achieve the feat.[13]

Triple Crown winners

Information correct as of December 2024.

No Player WSOP bracelet(s) WPT Main Event title(s) EPT/PSC Main Event title(s) Time span Ref.
1 United States Gavin Griffin 2004 2008 2007 3 years, 8 months, 17 days [14]
2 United Kingdom Roland De Wolfe 2009 2005 2006 3 years, 10 months, 17 days [15]
3 United Kingdom Jake Cody 2011 2010 2010 1 year, 4 months, 11 days [16]
4 France Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 2011, 2019 2008 2008 3 years, 5 months, 5 days [17]
5 Belgium Davidi Kitai 2008, 2013, 2014 2011 * 2012 3 years, 10 months [18]
6 United States Mohsin Charania 2017 2013, 2014 2012 5 years, 2 months [19]
7 United States Harrison Gimbel 2017 2016 2010 7 years, 6 months [20]
8 United Kingdom Niall Farrell 2017 2016 2015 2 years, 1 month [21]
9 United Kingdom Roberto Romanello 2020 2011 2010 9 years, 7 months [22]
10 Canada Mike Watson 2024 ** 2008 2016, 2023 15 years, 11 months, 28 days [23]

*Kitai's WPT title was won in a 482 player invitational tournament.
**Watson's WSOP bracelet was won in an online event.

Players one win away

Without WSOP bracelet

  • Russia Andrey Pateychuk
  • United States Chino Rheem
  • Germany Moritz Kranich
  • Sweden Simon Brändström

Without WPT Main Event title

Without EPT/PSC Main Event title

References