Full Tilt Poker’s Gavin Smith won Event #44 at the 2010 World Series of Poker to claim his first bracelet.
The Canadian poker professional began playing poker since 1994 and turned pro four years later. He became famous in 2005 when winning two events in a week at the Mirage Poker Showdown, part of the World Poker Tour Fulltilt Poker Referral Code.
Before this year’s success, the closest Smith had come to winning a WSOP* bracelet was in 2007, when he came second in Event #4, a $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold ‘em tournament.
The 2010 WSOP* Event #44 started last June 24th, 2010, with 507 players and a prize pool of $1,166,100. The tournament featured 30-minute periods alternating amid No-Limit and Limit Hold ‘em, Full Tilt Bonus. At the end of Day One, 69 players stayed in the field, which was then carved down to the final table of nine ahead of the third and final day.