Grant Hinkle is an American

United States

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 poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker

2008 World Series of Poker

The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold...

 (WSOP) $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. He earned $831,462 at the event, bringing his total live tournament winnings to $857,983.

Hinkle won his WSOP bracelet

World Series of Poker bracelet

The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". ...

 at a final table that included 2000 WSOP Main Event winner Chris Ferguson

Chris Ferguson

Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. He has won five World Series of Poker events, including the 2000 WSOP Main Event, and the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. On September 20, 2011, the U.S...

. The event began with 3929 players, at the time the largest ever field for a poker tournament other than the WSOP Main Event.

Hinkle won the bracelet by bluffing his hand of versus the of James Akenhead

James Akenhead

James Akenhead is a professional English poker player, sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. and part of the London based poker group The Hitsquad...

. Hinkle hit on the flop to give him a full house. He then hit a on the turn to secure the four of a kind and the bracelet.

Less than two weeks later WSOP history was made when his brother, Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle is an American poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. He earned $507,613 at the event...

, also won a WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event making them the first brothers to each win a bracelet during the same year.

On August 15, 2006, Hinkle won the third event in the inaugural Full Tilt Online Poker Series

Full Tilt Online Poker Series

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is an online poker tournament series sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. It was established in August 2006 and is held approximately every three months....

, a $216 buy in Limit Hold'em tournament. He bested a field of 726 to win the $34,848 1st prize.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year	Event	Prize Money
2008 2008 World Series of Poker The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold...	$1,500 No-Limit Betting (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing...  Hold'em Texas hold 'em Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...	$831,462