Artie Cobb (born November 17, 1942) is an American professional

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. Cobb began playing poker in New York, where he is originally from, and would later move to Las Vegas in 1976.

Poker career

Cobb has won four bracelets at the

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(WSOP), three of them in

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. To date, only one player has made more in WSOP stud events than Cobb. He won his first bracelet in the 1983 WSOP $1,000 seven card stud event Hi-Lo event, defeating David Singer during the heads-up play. This was Cobb's first cash in any WSOP event. Cobb won his second bracelet in 1987, defeating multi-bracelet winner

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heads-up in a seven card stud event. He later won two more bracelets at the WSOP, both in seven card stud events in 1991 and 1998. Cobb cashed in the $10,000 no limit

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in 1986 (34th), 1987 (34th), and

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(28th). As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,550,000.

World Series of Poker Bracelets

References

External links

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1942 births American poker players Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners Super Bowl of Poker event winners {{Poker-stub