Christina Lindley Joins Ivey Poker
February 3, 2013 7:24 pmIveyPoker.com continues to grow ahead of its imminent launch date and the latest player to add her name to the sites ever expanding line-up of pros is none other than model turned poker ace Christina Lindley.
The 30 year old beauty is originally from Atlanta, Georgia and was first thrust into national attention after appearing in various fitness magazines, as well as Maxim and Playboy. Noted for her muscular development as well as natural looks, in addition to modelling Lindley first started playing poker after re-locating to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in acting. As Christina later explained:
“During the writer’s strike I was super bored. There was no work and I went back to Tennesse to visit my Dad and he took me to a casino and we played poker together. I fell in love with it.”
The game has also been kind to Christina Lindley, too, and since cashing in at her first tournament in 2008 has amassed $126,979 in live cashes, including last year finishing at the $10k WSOP Main Event in 32nd out of 6,598 entries for a $32,871 payday. However, it is online where Christina Lindley has really shined having won $905,453 playing under the screen name ‘Lindeyloo22,’ including victory at the World Championship of Online Poker for $127,000 and placing 2nd at a FTOPS 10,000 tournament field for $106,000.
Now the “the Siren” of poker adds poker instructor to her list of accolades after signing with IveyPoker.com, and commenting on her latest deal, said: “I’m excited to start 2013 off with a bang as an Ivey Poker Pro. I expect this to be a memorable year, for myself and every other amazing player on our team.”