Nathan Gamble (poker player)

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Nathan Gamble
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1989 or 1990
Nickname
surfbumWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States North Richland Hills
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 223,339
Total prize money $ 432,791
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 13
Best main event 176th ( 2016 )
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Nathan Gamble (* 1989 or 1990 ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Gamble comes from North Richland Hills in the US state of Texas . He served as a field artillery officer in the United States Army and was temporarily stationed in South Korea .

Poker career

Career

Gamble has participated in prestigious live tournaments since 2011 .

In mid-June 2011 Gamble was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came at a tournament of the variant PLO in the money. At the 2016 WSOP , he finished in 176th place in the main event, endowed with more than 40,000 US dollars . At the end of June 2017, Gamble won an event in Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo at the 2017 WSOP and secured a prize money of over $ 220,000 and a bracelet . In the same variant, he prevailed in July 2020 under the nickname surfbum at a tournament of the World Series of Poker Online played out due to the COVID-19 pandemic and received around 90,000 US dollars and his second bracelet .

Overall, Gamble has earned more than $ 400,000 in poker live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Gamble cashed 13 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2017 O 1500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 830 223,339
2020 O 0600 WSOP.com - PLO8 6-Handed 833 089,424

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Crazy Story of Nathan Gamble: From Being Kidnapped to Playing Poker on pokernews.com from July 1, 2018, accessed on July 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Nathan Gamble in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2011 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2017 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo (Event # 46)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Nathan "surfbum" Gamble Captures 2nd WSOP bracelet; Wins Event # 6: $ 600 PLO8 6-Max ($ 89,424) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ Nathan Gamble in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gamble, Nathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES surfbum (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1989 or 1990