Career
Ashton began playing poker in 2003. In 2013 he made 4 WSOP final tables, finishing in 2nd ($5,000 Seven Card Study Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event #13), 3rd ($2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Study Hi-Low 8-or Better event #5) and 7th ($2,500 Seven Card Study event #23) before winning the $50,000 The Poker Players Championship (event #55). His first three final tables in 2013 were in stud poker variants.
His second-place finish in $5,000 Seven Card Study Hi-Low came to Mike Matusow.
His Poker Player"s Championship came at a final table that included bracelet winners John Hennigan, David Benyamine, Mike Wattel, and Jonathan Duhamel as well as Minh Ly. The Championship was contested using an eight-game mix that included Number Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven card Study, Seven card Study Hi-Lo, Razz, and Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw.
As of 2013, his total career live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000. His 8 WSOP cashes account for $2,185,000 of those winnings.
