Gavin Griffin

{{Short description|American poker player (born 1981)}}

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|name=Gavin Griffin

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|caption=Gavin Griffin at the 2007 World Series of Poker

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|28}}

|birth_place = Darien, Illinois

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|hometown=Shorewood, Illinois

|wsop bracelet count=1

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|wsop main event best finish rank=505th

|wsop main event best finish year=2016

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|wpt titles=1

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Gavin Griffin (born August 28, 1981, in Darien, Illinois) is an American professional poker player. He attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Starting as an internet poker player he successfully made the transition to live poker, and broke Allen Cunningham's record as the youngest person ever to win a World Series of Poker title {{Cite web |title=Gavin Griffin |url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_gavin-griffin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316052238/http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_gavin-griffin |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=April 4, 2007 |website=PokerListings.com}} in 2004, winning a $3,000 Pot Limit Texas hold'em event.{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, Pot Limit Hold'em: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6612 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} Griffin lost that record the following World Series to Eric Froehlich.{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Wise |date=June 9, 2007 |title=Young And Strong |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=wise_gary&id=2898697 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

In 2007, he won the Grand Final of the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo, after qualifying via a $240 online satellite tournament on PokerStars.com.{{Cite web |last=Epskamp |first=Yori |date=April 24, 2018 |title=From Hollink to Bendik; A Look at Past Winners of the EPT Grand Final Main Event (2005-2008) |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/ept/2018-pokerstars-and-monte-carlo-casino-ept/feature-coverage/chips.203703.htm |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}} His victory paid him €1,825,010 ($2,434,061) which pushed him to the top of the all-time European Poker Tour winnings list.{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=23160 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}

Other achievements include finishing 3rd in a World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Harrah's Rincon in San Diego and finishing 7th at the 2007 World Series of Poker Pot Limit Hold'em Championship at the Rio in Las Vegas.{{Cite web |title=WSOP Circuit - WSOPC San Diego, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26502 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26157 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}

In 2008 Griffin won the Borgata Winter Open, his first World Poker Tour title.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Borgata Winter Open, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29337 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} With the win, he was the first player to have won a WSOP bracelet, an EPT event, and a WPT event. Only four other players, Roland De Wolfe, Jake Cody, Davidi Kitai, and Bertrand Grospellier, have won a title in each of these three tournaments since Griffin accomplished the feat.

As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,800,000.{{Cite web |title=Gavin Griffin's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=25988 |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 10 cashes at the WSOP account for $442,255 of those winnings.

Griffin has been active in breast cancer awareness. He won the EPT Monte Carlo with pink hair for this cause. Griffin also walked in the September 2007 and September 2009 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Long Beach, California with teammates and fiancee Amy Roberts. He credits much of his success to the support of his friends, family and fiancee.{{Cite web |title=Gavin Griffin - Poker Player - PokerListings.com |url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_gavin-griffin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316052238/http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_gavin-griffin |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=April 4, 2007}}