The yacht of an eccentric poker player burned down in the Mediterranean Sea (8 photos + 1 video)
A 27m luxury yacht owned by a professional poker player nicknamed "The Lion", burst into flames and sank off Mediterranean island of Formentera. Five crew members and twelve passengers managed to leave the ship Irmao. 
Spanish Coast Guard release footage of towing flaming yacht, but confirmed that the ship subsequently sank off Punta de Sa Pedrera in Formentera. The ship belonged to a poker player Diego Gomez Gonzalez. Only one of the crew members, a 39-year-old man required medical attention due to minor burns. 
The 34-year-old player from Madrid got his nickname after how he appeared in a lion costume at the finals of the European Poker Tour 2012 years in Prague.
Diego was born in the capital of Spain in 1988 and learned play poker with your family. At first he played on the Web, and later joined the Spanish poker community. European poker the 2012 tour was the most successful in Gonzalez's career: he finished 5th place and earned almost 200 thousand euros. The following year he took 2nd place in the finals of the EPT Master's in Dortmund, receiving 30 thousand euros. 
The beach near which the yacht was moored is one of the best on the Spanish island of Formentera, adjacent to Ibiza, where in recent days was seen by Leonardo DiCaprio. 
The flames engulfed the yacht in a matter of minutes, turning it into a fiery horror that was visible from Ibiza. 
The cost of renting Irmao in the summer is more than 50 thousand dollars. The luxury yacht, built in 1995, has several bedrooms, a jacuzzi on the deck, also at the disposal of guests - water skiing, paddleboards and snorkeling equipment. It is not yet known if there Gonzalez on or chartered his own yacht.
A short statement from the Coast Guard reads: "Yesterday on On board the Irmao off the island of Formentera, a fire broke out. Private vessels rescued 17 people on board. Our center in Mallorca's capital Palma sent the ship Acrux, which towed the burning yacht, but she sank."
