Diego Gomez is a Spanish poker player that hails from Madrid.
His top live score was for $256,000 after a fifth-place finish at the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event. He's also racked up five World Series of Poker (WSOP) online bracelet event cashes on GGPoker in 2020 and 2021.
The poker pro earned the nickname "The Lion" upon dressing up in a lion costume during the aforementioned EPT Main Event in Prague.
Gomez was in the news in August of 2023 whena yacht that he owned caught fire off the coast of Formentera.