Triple Crown (poker)


In poker, the term Triple Crown is used for winning a poker title on all three of the major poker tours: the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour.
So far, only eight players have completed the feat: Gavin Griffin, Roland De Wolfe, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Davidi Kitai, Mohsin Charania, Harrison Gimbel and Niall Farrell. 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 seven.

Triple Crown winners

Information correct as of July 2020.
NoPlayerWSOP braceletWPT titleEPT/PSC titleTime span
1 Gavin Griffin2004200820073 years, 8 months, 17 days
2 Roland De Wolfe2009200520063 years, 10 months, 17 days
3 Jake Cody2011201020101 year, 4 months, 11 days
4 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier2011200820083 years, 5 months, 5 days
5 Davidi Kitai2008201120123 years, 10 months
6 Mohsin Charania2017201320125 years, 2 months
7 Harrison Gimbel2017201620107 years, 6 months
8 Niall Farrell2017201620152 years, 1 month
9 Roberto Romanello2020201120109 years, 7 months

Kitai's WPT title was won in a 482 player invitational tournament.

Players one win away

PlayerWSOP braceletWPT titleEPT/PSC title
Simon BrändströmXX
Moritz KranichXX
Andrey PateychukXX
Mike WatsonXX
Liv BoereeXX
Ognyan DimovXX
Rob HollinkXX
John JuandaXX
Maxim LykovXX
Kevin MacPheeXX
Adrián MateosXX
Jason MercierXX
Carter PhillipsXX
Sebastian RuthenbergXX
Michael TureniecXX
Ram VaswaniXX
Daniel AlaeiXX
David ODB BakerXX
David BenyamineXX
Doyle BrunsonXX
Shawn BuchananXX
James CalderaroXX
Brandon CantuXX
David ChiuXX
Scott ClementsXX
Hoyt CorkinsXX
Paul DardenXX
Freddy DeebXX
James DempseyXX
Bill EdlerXX
Antonio EsfandiariXX
Kevin EysterXX
Dietrich FastXX
Layne FlackXX
Ted ForrestXX
Andy FrankenbergerXX
Prahlad FriedmanXX
John GaleXX
Alexandre GomesXX
Michael GraczXX
Barry GreensteinXX
Joe HachemXX
Gus HansenXX
Dan HarringtonXX
Juha HelppiXX
John HenniganXX
Phil IveyXX
Theo JørgensenXX
Mel JudahXX
Eugene KatchalovXX
Phil LaakXX
Tuan LeXX
Mike LeahXX
Howard LedererXX
Erick LindgrenXX
Pat LyonsXX
James MackeyXX
Michael MizrachiXX
Chris MoormanXX
Carlos MortensenXX
Daniel NegreanuXX
Scotty NguyenXX
Dominik NitscheXX
Rocco PalumboXX
Tyler PattersonXX
Taylor PaurXX
John PhanXX
Ryan RiessXX
Ron RoseXX
Nick SchulmanXX
Erik SeidelXX
Scott SeiverXX
Mike SextonXX
Gavin SmithXX
Keven StammenXX
Daniel StrelitzXX
Ryan TosocXX
J. C. TranXX
Dave UlliottXX
Craig VarnellXX
Matt WaxmanXX
David WilliamsXX
Anthony ZinnoXX