So far there have been five big-name professionals who have won bracelets in the 2008 WSOP: Matusow, Negreanu, Greenstein, Lindgren and Tran. There has also been a first-ever occurrence this year, as two brothers each won a bracelet in separate events. Grant and Blair Hinkle both got lucky – Grant in event #2 and Blair in event #23.

These are the other bracelet winners to date:

Event#
1. Nenad Medic
2. Grant Hinkle
3. David Singer
4. Erick Lindgren
5. Mike Banducci
6. Thang Luu
7. Matt Keikoan
8. Anthony Rivera
9. Rep Porter
10. Farzad ‘Freddy’ Rouhani
11. Philip Tom
12. Jimmy Shultz
13. Duncan Bell
14. Eric Brooks
15. Svetlana “Glum Girl” Gromenkova
16. Andrew Brown
17. Jason Young
18. Mike “the Mouth” Matusow
19. Vanessa Selbst
20. Daniel Negreanu
21. Scott Seiver
22. Jens Voertmann
23. Blair Hinkle
24. Max Pescatori
25. Kenny Tran
26. Barry Greenstein