Poker's Triple Crown
By All In Central · Updated
10 players have won poker's Triple Crown: a WSOP bracelet, a World Poker Tour title and a European Poker Tour title. Gavin Griffin was the first, in 2008. Mike Watson is the most recent, in 2024.
Every Triple Crown winner
In the order they completed it. The year in each column is when that title was won.
| Player | WSOP bracelet | WPT title | EPT title |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States: Gavin GriffinCompleted 2008 | 2004 $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Borgata Winter Open, 2008 | Grand Final, Monte Carlo, 2007 |
| United Kingdom: Roland De WolfeCompleted 2009 | 2009 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo | Grand Prix de Paris, 2005 | Dublin, 2006 |
| United Kingdom: Jake CodyCompleted 2011 | 2011 $25,000 Heads-Up Championship | London Poker Classic, 2010 | Deauville, 2010 |
| France: Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierCompleted 2011 | 2011 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | Festa al Lago, Bellagio, 2008 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, 2008 |
| Belgium: Davidi KitaiCompleted 2012 | 2008 $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | Celebrity Invitational, 2011 | Berlin, 2012 |
| United States: Mohsin CharaniaCompleted 2017 | 2017 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Grand Prix de Paris, 2013 | Grand Final, Monte Carlo, 2012 |
| United States: Harrison GimbelCompleted 2017 | 2017 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Rolling Thunder, 2016 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, 2010 |
| United Kingdom: Niall FarrellCompleted 2017 | WSOP Europe 2017 €25,000 High Roller | WPT Caribbean, 2016 | Malta, 2015 |
| United Kingdom: Roberto RomanelloCompleted 2020 | 2020 WSOP Online $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | Bratislava, 2011 | Prague, 2010 |
| Canada: Mike WatsonCompleted 2024 | 2024 WSOP Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | Bellagio Cup, 2008 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, 2016 (and Monte Carlo, 2023) |
What counts
The Triple Crown has no governing body, so the definition is the one poker media settled on: any official WSOP bracelet (Las Vegas, WSOP Europe and WSOP Online all count), any World Poker Tour main-tour event and any European Poker Tour main event. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure counts as an EPT title for the years it ran as an EPT stop. Side events, high rollers on the EPT schedule and WPT satellite tours do not count.
Britain has produced the most winners, 4, ahead of the United States with 3. The gaps are long: after the four completions from 2008 to 2011, only six more followed in the next thirteen years.
Common questions
- What is poker's Triple Crown?
- Winning a World Series of Poker bracelet, a World Poker Tour main-tour title and a European Poker Tour main event. It is an informal honour — no organisation awards it — but it is the most widely used measure of success across the three biggest live tours.
- How many players have won poker's Triple Crown?
- 10, as of September 2026. Gavin Griffin was the first, in 2008; Mike Watson is the most recent, in 2024.
- Who was the first player to win the Triple Crown?
- Gavin Griffin. He won a WSOP bracelet in 2004, the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in 2007 and the WPT Borgata Winter Open in January 2008.
- Do online WSOP bracelets count toward the Triple Crown?
- Most coverage counts them, and so does this list. Roberto Romanello and Mike Watson completed theirs with an online bracelet; count live bracelets only and the list has 8 names.
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Open the timerSources: PokerNews and Card Player coverage of each Triple Crown completion, and each tour's official results, checked in September 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.