PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Winner

The main event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure wrapped up Monday with a 19-year-old from Florida taking home the $2.2 million top prize.

Harrison Gimbel felt like a star of a particular sort after he won the final hand. “I feel like a young rock star,” he told the event’s sponsor PokerStars (www.pokerstars.com).

Gimbel is the youngest player ever to win the main event at the PCA tournament, which runs for 10 days in at the Atlantis Resort Casino in the Bahamas.

Primarily an online player, Gimbel (or gibler321 online) is a former high school wrestler who credits his former coach with giving him the confidence to believe he would do as well as he did.

“One of the things my coach always used to say was to envision something and it will come true,” Gimbel said.

The final table of 8 players was filled with mostly young Americans (and one Norwegian). The other winners include:

Ty Reiman, Illinois (winnings: $1.75 million)
Barry Shulman, Las Vegas (winnings: $1.35 million)
Ben Zamani, Florida (winnings: $1 million)
Ryan D’Angelo, New York (winnings: $700,000)
Aage Ravn, Norway (winnings: $450,000)
Zach Goldberg, New York (winnings: $300,000)
Thomas Koral, Illinois (winnings: $201,300)

Players qualified to play in the PCA event through online tournaments, winning smaller tournaments held during the PCA run or purchasing a bid to the event.