Friday, March 3, 2017

Event 14 (Day 1B): Everyone Remembers Their First

"Battles At The Beach"
Event 14 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event $500,000 GTD)
Level 2 (Blinds 75/150)
Total Entries: 49

Harrison Gimbel (Jupiter, FL)

As a tournament professional, no matter where you travel...and how many events you play over the course of your career...you're always going to remember your first tournament title.  Harrison Gimbel (Jupiter, FL) is a PCA Main Event champion (2010) and WPT winner (2016), with over $3,880,000 in live tournament earnings.  Of his (71) recorded results, six of them are wins, with the first ever coming here at the Isle Poker Room.  In June of 2009, Harrison won the Florida State Poker Championship $800 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, the result that starts his resume ($67,860).  Less than six months later, Gimbel would be in the Bahamas winning the $10,000 PCA Main Event, and earning $2,200,000.  Not a bad way to start a career, with over $2,250,000 combined in your first pair of live tournament cashes.

Harrison was 7th on the 2010 "Money List," and currently sits 11th all-time (tournament earnings) in the state of Florida.  Gimbel was one of the first players seated in this Day 1B field, joining the likes of:

James Wang
Marcel Deschamps
Hector Pacheco 
Luis Santoni
Ira Silverman
Carlos Molinet
Mark Wasserman

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