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He also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit hold"em main event in 1986 (28th), 1988 (23rd), 1990 (31st), and 1997 (18th).
He also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit hold"em main event in 1986 (28th), 1988 (23rd), 1990 (31st), and 1997 (18th).
Both Flaton and his peers have suggested that seven-card stud was his best game.(1)
Flaton died in November 2004(2) at Saint Rose Dominican Hospital – Siena Campus, aged 64. He died of a heart attack, although he was suffering from lung cancer at the time, despite being a non-smoker. Flaton often kept an up-to-date picture of Aaron with him when playing in poker tournaments.
His total live tournament winnings were at least $2,500,000.
His 38 cashes at the WSOP accounted for $561,025 of his lifetime winnings. Flaton got his nickname, Skyhawk, when Stu Ungar, after seeing Flaton spread his arms and then rake in the pot while in a poker tournament, commented that Flaton "swooped down on piles of chips like a "skyhawk." ".