Artie Cobb
In the history of poker, there is no one that has had more success in 7 Card Stud tournaments than Artie Cobb. Lifetime he has 86 career cashes and 57 of them are in one variant or another of 7 Card Stud.
Remarkably, Cobb’s first recorded major tournament cash was his first WSOP bracelet in 1983. He won the $1,000 Stud 8 or Better bracelet and $52,000. Not bad for one’s first major tournament win. The next year he would make a final table in a NL event and then would finish runner up in the $5,000 Stud Event in 1985.
The 1987 WSOP saw Cobb take his first regular Stud bracelet. He won the $5,000 Stud Event and took home $142,000 for the victory. He would also finish in the money in the Main Event that year, taking 34th place.
Cobb’s next major tournament wins were actually at the Super Bowl of Poker in 1990. After taking 2nd in a Stud 8 event earlier in the series, Cobb was able to take down the Stud event and the $55,600 prize that went with the victory. A year later, Cobb would take his third WSOP bracelet, again in 7 Card Stud. He won the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event and took home $146,400 for his troubles.
From 1991 to 1997, Cobb made numerous final tables and won a few smaller tournaments. He made 4 WSOP final tables and finished runner-up in the 1997 $2,500 Stud 8 event. 1998 saw Cobb win his fourth bracelet at the World Series of Poker, and yet again the bracelet was a 7 Card Stud bracelet. He took down the $2,500 Stud Event to win $152,000, which is still his biggest payday to date.
Since 1998 Cobb has made numerous cashes at the WSOP, most in some variant of Stud. He won the Stud event at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods in 1999 and took the Stud Event at the Binion’s Poker Open in October 2007.
Lifetime, Cobb has over $1.384 Million in tournament winnings. Any time he enters a stud tournament he is a major threat to go deep. He ranks #1 all-time for money winner at the WSOP in Stud based events with $580,668. He is the only player in World Series of Poker history to hold three bracelets in Seven Card Stud.
Every poker player has a game that they excel at over all others. Some players become proficient at many games and even become a champion in multiple games. Some, like Artie Cobb, focus primarily on one game and become the best at it. Some people call these types of players one trick ponies, but in reality, these players are small poker players. If a player can go out and make money consistently with one particular game, then they should pursue it. In the case of Artie Cobb, he chose to make Stud his primary game and as a result has become both a poker champion and an all time great in the game of Stud.
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