Gavin Griffin
You may remember seeing Gavin Griffin at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he took home over $2.3 million for finishing at first place. This is because during the said event, this activist displayed his support for a cause that is so dear to him, he isn’t afraid to show it: Breast Cancer Awareness. He wore his hair pink as a sign of support for the movement, as his fiance is a survivor of the illness herself. His heart just adds a considerable amount of appeal to him, that is, if you were not attracted to his bankroll in the first place. With over $4.5 million to his name, many people would be cowering in order to just get a piece of him.
Gavin Griffin started out on the way to becoming a professional baseball player. He excelled in the game so much that he was offered several baseball scholarships in a number of schools, but he ended up choosing to study Speech Pathology instead. It was at this point in his life that he started playing poker, and little did he know that just a few years later, at the age of twenty-two, he would be the youngest World Series of Poker champion to win as of the year that he won. While this record was broken easily the following year, his desire to play poker remains as fervid as ever.
He made his debut at the WSOP in 2004, and this was the tournament that he won as the youngest WSOP winner. Right off the bat he had a bracelet to his name, as well as a hefty $270,420 in his bank account, to declare his arrival at the professional poker industry. He followed this with many tournament appearances, where he would place significantly high enough to make big money finishes. It was three years after this glorious victory, however, that he made his biggest win in his career so far – he won the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, taking home $2,391,895 for the event. This was followed by another big win at the Borgata Winter Open, where he finished first as well, taking home $1,375,609. He continues to play professionally to this day as he also continues to raise the public’s awareness on breast cancer.