Bracelet Winner and Military Hero Ken Griffin Looking to Relive History
With thousands of unfamiliar faces marking the beginning of every low buy-in WSOP event, a glimmer of recognition can occur in the most unlikely ways.
When a seemingly anonymous player asked us to update his chip count, the scene was unremarkable initially, until it became apparent that this was not your typical amateur.
In 2011, Ken Griffin won a gold bracelet, and $455,356 in first place money, by emerging from a massive field of 2,890 runners to capture every chip in play. With a similarly large field expected here today, spotting Griffin among the masses was a bit of a random occurrence, but we were glad to seem him back at the WSOP pursuing his second piece of poker hardware.
As a ten-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, who served tours of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Griffin is not defined by his poker accomplishments, and instead has dedicated his life heroically to the defense of our nation's freedom. Although adding a second bracelet to his trophy case would certainly be quite the feat, Griffin knows better than most that there is more to life than a card game, and that sense of perspective undoubtedly aids his game on the felt.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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6,000
800
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800 |
flop, Nguyen check called a bet of 400 from his opponent.
and both players checked. The river came the 
and both players checked again.
, but his opponent also turned up his 
giving both players the same hand. The dealer chopped up the pot and Nguyen took his half, while his opponent collected his.
flop.
turn. His opponent flatted, and the river 
flop and he got all his chips in against a player with 
giving his opponent a better broadway straight to eliminate Kassela from the tournament. A rather unfortunate end for Kassela especially after he had doubled up just a few hands earlier here on Day 1.
and the big blind player checked to Farrell who fired out 150. The middle position player folded to the big blind who called.
and both players checked, and they both checked again on the 
river. The player in the big blind showed 
got his stack into the middle in a hurry. When he was called in two spots, he seemed to suspect the bad news, asking "is my straight any good here boys?"
, and indeed, his opponent's lower straight was beaten. The third player in the hand held 
for top pair and a redraw to the chop, but the turn (
) and river (
, the two-time bracelet winner had his 
