Blair Hinkle is an American poker player and is Missouri's all-time money leader with more than $5 million in live earnings.
Hinkle has no shortage of poker accolades. He is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, four-time Circuit ring winner, a two-time RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Main Event champion and a Heartland Poker Tour champion.
Hinkle won the coveted bracelet at the 2008 WSOP in a $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event that brought him $507,613. Hinkle came close to winning a second bracelet in 2012 when he finished fourth in $1,500 NLH for $192,734.
Hinkle's title on the now-defunct Heartland Poker Tour came in 2016 when he took down the $2,500 Main Event in Thunder Valley for $223,411.
The Missourian's biggest cash to date came in 2013 when he defeated Justin Bonomo to win the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,300 Championship for $1.7 million.
Hinkle came close to winning a third RGPS Main Event title in April 2023 when he finished runner-up in the RGPS Joplin Main Event for $42,427.
Blair Hinkle's Top Five Live Cashes
DATE | EVENT | PLACE | PRIZE | |
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August 2013 | SHRPO $5,300 Championship | 1st | $1,745,245 | |
June 2008 | WSOP $2,000 NLH | 1st | $507,613 | |
October 2016 | HPT Thunder Valley $2,500 Main Event | 1st | $223,411 | |
June 2012 | WSOP $1,500 NLH | 4th | $192,734 | |
December 2009 | Doyal Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $1,000 NLH | 2nd | $158,921 |