Tommy Grimes

Tommy Grimes is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas, with over $1 million in live tournament earnings. His best live cash of $150,000 came when he finished in 1st place at the Four Queens Poker Classic in January 1997.

Tommy Grimes: Live Tournament Participation

Tommy Grimes recorded his first live cash in May 4, 1989, he competed in a $2,500 Omaha Pot Limit event at the 20th World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, finishing 8th and earning $13,800.

Three days later, on May 7, 1989, Grimes participated in a $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the same WSOP, where he finished 2nd and earned $122,000.

On January 1997, Grimes won the $5,000 + $85 No Limit Hold’em event at the Four Queens Poker Classic in Las Vegas, taking home $150,000.

Earlier, in January 1995, he won the $500 + $30 Pot Limit Hold’em event at the Queens Poker Classic V in Las Vegas, receiving $71,200.

Later, on June 5, 2005, Grimes placed 3rd in the $2,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold’em event at the 36th WSOP in Las Vegas, which earned him $85,705.

On August 2003, he finished 2nd in the $2,000 + $80 Main Event No Limit Hold’em at The Third Jack Binion Mid-America Poker Classic in Tunica, earning $76,425.

Most recently, in August 2009, at the Gold Strike World Poker Open in Tunica, he finished 16th in the $1,000 + $70 No Limit Hold’em event and received $1,426.