Artie Cobb is an American

United States

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 professional poker

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 player, based in Las Vegas

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, Nevada

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. Originally from New York, Cobb began playing poker there and moved to Las Vegas in 1976.

Poker career

Cobb has won 4 bracelets at the World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

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 (WSOP), three of them in seven-card stud

Seven-card stud

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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

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 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 Don Williams

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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.

Cobb also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit

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 Texas hold'em main event in 1986 (34th), 1987 (34th), and 1990

1990 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry....

 (28th).

As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,550,000.

World Series of Poker Bracelets

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
1983 1983 World Series of Poker The 1983 World Series of Poker was held May 9th to May 12th, 1983 at Binion's Horseshoe.-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for a third time when he...	$1,000 Seven Card Stud Seven-card stud Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country. Two to eight players is common, though eight may...  Hi-Lo	$52,000
1987 1987 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry....	$5,000 Seven Card Stud	$142,000
1991 1991 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first Main Event to offer a top prize of 1 million dollars.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:...	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	$146,400
1998 1998 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*...	$2,500 Seven Card Stud	$152,000