I see your bet and raise you a ridiculous shirt.

You saw our previous poker news coverage of de Wolfe’s win, but here we’re going to break down who else has a shot at the Poker Triple Crown, and how Roland did it.

There’s no doubt that the triple crown poker group is a very exclusive club.  Until just recently, Gavin Griffin was the only person in poker history to win a WSOP gold bracelet, EPT event, and WPT title.  But English player Roland de Wolfe changed all of this after he won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament.

The victory wasn’t easy for de Wolfe though since he had to guide through 188 players before landing on one of the toughest final tables of the 2009 WSOP.  Players such as Scott Clements, Antony Lellouche, Alex Kravchenko, and Andy Black were all on this table and looking to take down the gold bracelet.

In the end though, it was de Wolfe and Brett Richey battling heads-up for the win and the largest share of the prize pool at $246,616.  Unfortunately for Richey, he was already at a 4 – 1 chip disadvantage going into the match-up, and it didn’t take long for Roland de Wolfe to make short work of him.

This earned de Wolfe his first ever WSOP gold bracelet which completed the triple crown for him; de Wolfe has also won the WPT Grand Prix De Paris in 2005 and the EPT Dublin Championships in 2006.  With the win, Roland de Wolfe is no doubt in an exclusive club, but there are plenty of other players who have a chance to join this two person group as well.

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot, Antonio Esfandiari, David Benyamine, Barry Greenstein, Carlos Mortensen, and Daniel Negreanu are some of the players who have WPT and WSOP titles; they only need an EPT title to complete the triple crown.  Bernard “ElkY” Grospellier has won both WPT and EPT titles, and only needs a WSOP bracelet to have earned victories at all 3 levels.  Rob Hollink and Jason Mercier have won both EPT and WSOP events; they simply need a WPT victory to win the triple crown.

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