Jimmy Fricke
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Jimmy Fricke is a professional poker player from Mahomet, Illinois
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In 2005 Fricke dropped out of college to play full time Internet poker. Less than two years later, at age 19, he started on the live poker scene and immediately cashed in two major events within just eight days. He took 22nd place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas and subsequently ended runner up to Gus Hansen
at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. This finish won him $800,000.
Fricke cashed in the World Series of Poker Europe
2007 HORSE event, temporarily holding the record for the youngest player to ever cash at a WSOP event. His record was broken by Annette Obrestad
only a few days later.
Fricke frequently plays online on both PokerStars
and Full Tilt Poker
under the screen name "Gobboboy"
As of 2010, Fricke's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,450,000.
Mahomet, Illinois
Mahomet is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,258 at the 2010 census. Mahomet is located approximately ten miles west of Champaign at the junction of Interstate 74 and IL 47.-Geography:...
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In 2005 Fricke dropped out of college to play full time Internet poker. Less than two years later, at age 19, he started on the live poker scene and immediately cashed in two major events within just eight days. He took 22nd place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas and subsequently ended runner up to Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament...
at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. This finish won him $800,000.
Fricke cashed in the World Series of Poker Europe
World Series of Poker Europe
The World Series of Poker Europe is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker...
2007 HORSE event, temporarily holding the record for the youngest player to ever cash at a WSOP event. His record was broken by Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian poker player. Obrestad is the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker Europe bracelet...
only a few days later.
Fricke frequently plays online on both PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
and Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is an online poker card room that opened in June 2004 with the involvement of poker professionals Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson...
under the screen name "Gobboboy"
As of 2010, Fricke's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,450,000.