Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle (born 1986) is an American online high-stakes poker player and live midstakes poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. He earned $507,613 at the event. Less than two weeks earlier his brother, Grant Hinkle, also won a WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event making them the first brothers to each win a bracelet in the same year.[1]
| Blair Hinkle | |
|---|---|
 Blair Hinkle after he won the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2008 World Series of Poker | |
| Nickname(s) | Blur5f6 |
| Residence | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Born | 1986 (age 36–37) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 58 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 129th, 2009 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 14 |
On November 7, 2007, Hinkle won the first event in the sixth Full Tilt Online Poker Series, a $216 buy in No Limit Hold'em tournament. He bested a field of 3,676 players to win the $146,288 1st prize.
On February 20, 2011, Hinkle finished second in the nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series Main Event. A $640 No Limit Hold'em tournament where players were allowed to register up to 6 times, Hinkle won the most in a three-way deal securing $1,162,949.74, the largest prize to one individual in the site's history.[2]
On August 22, 2013, Hinkle won the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event for $1,745,245.
As of 2023, Hinkle's total live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000.[3] His 58 WSOP cashes account for $1,697,613 of those winnings.
References
- Lucchesi, Ryan (June 14, 2008). "WSOP: Blair Hinkle Wins Event No. 23". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- Pempus, Brian (February 21, 2011). "Blair Hinkle Scores $1 Million in FTOPS Main Event". Cardplayer.com. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- "Blair Hinkle - results". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 21, 2023.