A 19-year old cashed out mulit – million dollars pot. Harrison Gimbel recently  graduated from The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens this past spring. At his 19 he plays poker for real money.

“It’s just a great feeling,” Gimbel told CBS 12 by phone from the Bahamas. “I’m the youngest main event champion ever. I couldn’t ask for anything better right now.”

The teenager says he started playing poker with friends six years ago. “Poker’s really just a game of skill,” observed Gimbel. “It’s a lot like chess, where it’s like a mind game.”

And he’s gotten really good at it. The Bahamas tournament had more than 1,500 participants, each putting up $10,000 to play.

What’s Gimbel going to do with the $2.2 million dollar prize? “I’m probably going to get myself a new car,” responded Gimbel, explaining that he currently drives a 1999 Jeep Cherokee that doesn’t work very well.

He’ll also likely play more poker. Since one has to be 21 to play tournaments in the United States, he’s limited to overseas events for a couple more years.

“My plans might include playing some more tournaments around the world and practice my skills by play online poker games,” said Gimbel.  “Just travel the world, while I do what I love”
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Great news for many ladies out there.  Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta both filed a joint petition for divorce on December 22nd and they were granted said divorce court.

Was not a big surprise for many of us. It is hard to be married for a POKERSTARS like him. Poker is a hard lifestyle and very few couples really last in poker. His life is full of “Poker Real Money”.

Play Online Poker Games against Phil Ivey.

The Two Plus Two member ‘89blist’ has claimed to be ‘XBLINK’ and has described how he was able to accomplish such an incredible feat, after taking 1st place at an $11 MTT on the 11th November. He then took his $745 top prize and hit the PLO tables, where his winning run continued and 5 days later he had turned the money into a six figure sum. By day six, he had progressed to $25/$50 up to $200/$400 PLO tables and had made $578,579 in a little over one month.

According to TMZ sports, Phil Ivey, a professional poker player, divorces his wife Luciaetta. The couple filed the joint petition in a Nevada court on December 22, just three days before Christmas. The divorce was granted on December 29th. Both parties were present for the ruling.

In the professional poker gambling world, Ivey has been nicknamed as the “Tiger Woods of Poker”. Ivey’s official tournament winnings exceed $12 million, but he has made millions more online and in proposition bets. As one of the founding fathers, he also has a substantial stake in Tiltware, the company that owns Full Tilt Poker.

Phil Ivey Wife

Interested to know more about Phil Ivey’s wife, Luciaetta? Wondering who she is, what she looks like? We actually found a picture of the two of them at a Lakers game.

Did you know she was Phil Ivey’s high school sweetheart? That’s crazy.

Phil Ivey Bio

Phil Ivey
Age: 32
From: Las Vegas, Nevada
Chip Count: 9,765,000 (7th)
- Begins Final Table play seventh in chips
- Regarded by many as the world’s greatest poker player
- Often referred to as the “Tiger Woods of Poker”
- Seven World Series of Poker gold bracelets
- Youngest player in history to have won seven bracelets
- Won two bracelets in 2009 in addition to making Main Event Final Table
– Captured title for Event 8: $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball
– Captured title for Event 25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo/8 or Better
- Has amassed more than $12 million in career poker winnings; 3rd all-time
- Finishing 5th or higher in this Main Event will move him to 1st on the all-time money list
- Won three bracelets in 2002, tying him for most WSOP wins in a single year
- Seven bracelets tie him for sixth most all-time
- A win will move him into a tie for fifth-place on the all-time list with Erik Seidel
- A win will make him the youngest-ever player to win 8 WSOP gold bracelets.