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Poker.co.uk - Poker News Archive
Friday 11th April 2008 Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown Join Team PokerStars
PokerStars have announced two additions to Team PokerStars Pro by signing pro poker players Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown. Both players have achieved a great deal of success on the poker circuit, each with an impressive list of accomplishments.
Following his spectacular win at the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Gavin Griffin has become the first player in history to win the coveted ‘Triple Crown’ of poker.
With his WPT victory alongside his wins at the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in 2007 and the World Series of Poker in 2004, Griffin is the first player to have claimed a title in each of the world’s three major poker tournaments (EPT, WSOP and WPT).
Gavin first came to poker prominence in 2004 when he became the youngest player ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet aged 22. He turned pro over four years ago and last year he made four final tables, including 3rd place for $86,685 in the San Diego WSOP Circuit Event in February, but his win at Borgata is his first major since taking down the PokerStars EPT Grand Final.
Gavin’s biggest ever win of $2.4 million at the PokerStars EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in 2007 came after he qualified for the tournament via a $600 double shoot-out satellite on PokerStars.com. You can watch Gavin discussing this win on YouTube.
The 25-year-old American player became a tournament favourite in Monte Carlo after it was revealed that his pink-dyed hair marked his involvement in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer charity after his girlfriend Kristen, 21, suffered from breast cancer a few years earlier. Griffin was sponsored by PokerStars throughout the EPT Grand Final with many professional and amateur players making donations to the charity through the PokerStars.com website.
'This is the team I want to play with,' said Griffin. “Team PokerStars Pro has nine other gold bracelet winners and the best online players in the world. I am proud to be a part of this line up.”
Fellow professional and 2006 Bluff Player of the Year Chad Brown was also delighted to be signed up. 'I'm ecstatic to be with Team PokerStars Pro,' said Brown. 'I am obviously familiar with the team from the tournament circuit and it’s great to be in a Team that includes legends like Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem. I am looking forward to winning a few bracelets and contributing to the Team.'
Griffin, known as ‘GavinGriffin’ and Brown, known as ‘ChadBrownPro’ on PokerStars.net, join a PokerStars Pro roster that already includes such big names as Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Barry Greenstein, Isabelle Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier, Humberto Brenes and 14 other top pros from around the world.
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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