In poker, the term Triple Crown is used in three ways:
*One is for winning three different events in three days at the same venue.
*Another is for winning the
WSOP Main Event,
The Poker Players Championship, and
WSOP Player of the Year in the same WSOP.
*The final and more commonly used is for winning all three of the following across an entire career:
**Any
bracelet
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at a
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker p ...
event;
**A Main Event on the
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the ...
(WPT);
**A Main Event on the
European Poker Tour
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT), created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in T ...
(EPT, rebranded as the
PokerStars Championship for 2017 only).
So far, only nine players have completed the Triple Crown:
Gavin Griffin,
Roland De Wolfe,
Jake Cody,
Bertrand Grospellier,
Davidi Kitai,
Mohsin Charania
Mohsin Charania (born February 27, 1985) is a professional poker player from Chicago, Illinois who has won titles at the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Poker Tour.
Charania briefly worked as a financial analyst f ...
,
Harrison Gimbel
Harrison may refer to:
People
* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
In Australia:
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
In Canada:
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or " ...
, Niall Farrell and
Roberto Romanello
Roberto Romanello is a Welsh professional poker player from Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, link ...
. In 2008, Griffin won his first World Poker Tour title, becoming the first to complete the feat.
On January 25, 2010, Cody won the EPT Deauville. He followed that up on September 4, 2010, Cody won the WPT London Poker Classic, and then, he completed the crown on June 4, 2011. It took him 1 year, 4 months, 11 days, which is the quickest of the nine.
Triple Crown winners
''Information correct as of July 2020.''
Kitai's WPT title was won in a 482 player invitational tournament.
Players one win away
Without WSOP bracelet
Without WPT Main Event title
Without EPT/PSC Main Event title
References
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