Can JP Kelly Break Another Record?
Back-to-back years winning the same gold bracelet event, first defending champion in a WSOP Europe event, first player to win Hold'em bracelets in the same event in back-to-back years since Phil Hellmuth in 1992-1993; and specifically No-Limit Hold'em since Johnny Chan in 1987-1988, and now what? Well, if JP Kelly wins, he'll be the youngest player ever to reach three gold bracelets.
Kelly was born on February 10, 1986. The player holding the record as youngest to three bracelets is none other than superstar Phil Ivey, who was born on February 1, 1976. He won his third bracelet on May 3, 2002, 26 years, three months and two days old. If Kelly wins, he'll be 24 years, seven months and 11 days old. That's beats Ivey's record by a good amount.