A Seven Card Stud: the Legendary Artie Cobb
In this day and age of poker, it's easy to become infatuated with the "young guns" in the game. However, it's important to recognize those who helped pave the way to poker's popularity in the modern age. Case in point... four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Artie Cobb.
Born in 1942, Cobb is a living legend of the game. His first WSOP cash, of which he has 34 totaling $859,540, came all the way back in 1976 when he finished runner-up to Doc Greene in Event #5 $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Seven years later, Cobb won his first gold bracelet in the 1983 WSOP Event #3 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo for $52,000 by defeating a final table that included Johnny Moss and David Singer.
Cobb's second bracelet came four years later in the 1987 WSOP Event #4 $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud, good for $142,000. Toss in bracelet wins in the 1991 WSOP Event #13 $1,500 Limit Seven Card Stud for $148,400 and 1998 WSOP Event #10 $2,500 Limit Seven Card Stud for $152,000, and you have one of the most successful Seven Card Stud players that has ever lived (24 of his 34 cashes are in variations of Stud).
Cobb certainly has a storied career, and it's far from being over. In 2007 Cobb showed that he could still hang with the best by placing 21st in this very event. Today, Cobb is back in action and looking for his first gold bracelet in 15 years!