by Mary Ashton
Monday ,18 Jan 2010
See all the details from the final table at the PokerStars Carribbean Adventure tournament, where the youngest player in history, Harrison Gimbel, was crowned winner, here.
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has marked a new moment in its history, now having crowned its youngest ever winner of the tournament. Harrison Gimbel is only 19 years old, yet already he had a major Poker tournament title to his name – not to mention a world of fans, female admirers and a stack of prize money!
Gimbel, known online as “Gibler321,” was originally a high school wrestler who frequented at the online casino and poker room. He explained to reporters shortly after his won that he has been trained by his ex-wrestling coach to envision his successes in order for them to come true. Now, with millions in his bank account and a world record in the PCA, Gimbel can safely say that that strategy has worked! Gimbel won entry to the PCA tournament via satellite along with $1,000, which several days and tables later, he turned into a hefty $2.2 million!
The first player to be eliminated from the final table was Thomas Koral, who held 2 queens to John Duthie’s 2 Aces, which were paired up with the two 6’s, Jack and King that were on the board. This was enough to take Ty Reiman on to the next level. Following Koral was Zachary Goldberg, who began his final hand already short stacked. His pocket 10’s lost out to Aage Ravn’s AQ, yet he took home a lump sum of $300K.
However Ravn did not last much longer in the game. Shortly after booting out Goldberg, his AQ lost out to Gimbel’s JJ and Ben Zamani’s two 8’s, and he left the table with $450K. His exit proceeded that of Reiman’s, who AK were up against D’Angelo’s pocket jacks, and he was knocked out by the River.
The play between Zamani and Gimbel that came next was long drawn out, yet ended with Gimbel holding pocket 8’s to the board’s 5,6,7,8, and Zamani leaving for an A,10 and $1 million.it was then Barry Shulman’s turn to leave the table, which he did after getting caught out bluffing to Reiman. He left with $1,350,000. By this stage, reiman lead by more than 10 million chips to Gimbel’s 17 million, yet it took a mere 25 minutes for Gimbel to make all that his. Gimbel held two 10’s to Reiman’s two 8’s, and sealed the deal when the board showed2, 6 and 10.Reiman went home with $1,750,000 for second place.