Tunica Ring Winner on a Wild Tripp
As we've previously mentioned, there were nine WSOPC ring events leading up to today's Main Event. One of those tournaments was Event #17: $555 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed back on February 4, 2011. The event drew 213 entries and created a prize pool of $103,305. In the end, it was 26-year old IT consultant James "Tripp" Kirk who walked away with the $25,220 first-place prize.
While he goes by "Tripp", his real name is James T. Kirk, the same name as the famous Star Trek character, Captain James T. Kirk. "Very few people know me by my real name, but my friends give me a hard time about it," Kirk said.
Kirk is still alive in today's Main Event, albeit with a small stack of 24,000. We'll just have to wait and see if he can live long and prosper.