Jucatorul Gavin Smith s-a stins pe neasteptate din viata la 50 de ani. Reactiile comunitatii
Cu putine detalii concrete, lumea pokerului a aflat saptamana trecuta cu dezolare ca profesionistul Gavin Smith a incetat din viata pe neasteptate lunea trecuta, la varsta de doar 50 de ani, la locuinta lui din Texas.
Lumea pokerului a reactionat cu mare tristete. S-au spus povesti despre el, s-au transmis condoleanta familiei si s-a constituit un fond de ajutorare a copiilor lui.
Nascut pe 4 septembrie 1968, Gavin Smith a ajuns in atentia lumii pokerului dupa ce a castigat World Poker Tour Season IV Mirage Poker Championship pentru scorul carierei, 1.128.278$ si a obtinut titlul WPT Season IV (2005) Player of the Year.
El si-a continuat cariera, castigand inclusiv o bratara WSOP la 2010 World Series of Poker Event #44: $2,500 Limit/NLH si a reusit sa acumuleze 6.321.096$ intr-o cariera care dateaza din 1998.
Mark Kroon despre Gavin: "Unul din cei mai amuzanti tipi, in poker si in viata.”
Cunoscut pentru un simt deosebit al umorului, Smith a aparut adesea in showuri televizate precum Poker After Dark, Late Night Poker sau Face the Ace de la NBC.
Lumea pokerului reactioneaza
Vestea neagra despre disparitia jucatorului s-a raspandit imediat in comunitatea pokerului.
Will Failla: "Astazi, comunitatea pokerului e in doliu."
"Nu-mi vine sa cred ca ne-a parasit", a scris prietenul sau Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon. "O sa-mi fie foarte dor de el. A fost unul din cei mai amuzanti tipi, in poker si in viata."
Will “The Thrill” Failla a postat: "Astazi, comunitatea pokerului e in doliu. Prietenul meu Gavin Smith a murit azi-noapte. Odihneste-te in pace, prietene, iti vom simti cu totii lipsa."
Reactiile au continuat in cascada, toata saptamana:
Gavin Smith was one of the more authentic human beings I’d ever met.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker)
It's never fun waking up to such sad and unexpected news. Gavin Smith was a true character of the game and one of t… https://t.co/t2RJDa9Dw2
— Chad Allan Holloway (@ChadAHolloway)
Just got word that my old friend Gavin Smith has passed away. “The Caveman” was troubled, but kind & generous. I’m… https://t.co/R6Grvxh06h
— Joe Stapleton (@Stapes)
Seems like everyone in poker, young or old, had some sort of interaction with Gavin Smith. I’ll remember him for hi… https://t.co/CW9REOiYJl
— Scott Blumstein (@SBlum2711)
Sad to see poker lose one of its greatest characters in Gavin Smith. Few people lived up to their rep like Gavin, RIP
— TonyDunstTV (@tonydunsttv)
Very saddened to wake up to the news about Gavin Smith! He truely was the life of every poker table he ever played… https://t.co/c5WHXBa5CO
— Greg Mueller (@GregFBT)
If you have been in poker for the last 15 years you most likely had a story to tell about Gavin Smith. @olegsmith w… https://t.co/uc7LVzLIFM
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker)
Rest in peace Gavin Smith. He was always one of the best ambassadors for Canadian poker, always entertaining at and… https://t.co/nX1PLgUz3a
— Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89)
Never a day that I saw Gavin Smith that he didn’t take the time to say hello & make me laugh. Genuine, kind and a b… https://t.co/VE7WtlVjv6
— Joe Giron (@JoeGironPhoto)
All you need to know about Gavin was that the @PokerNightTV crew loved him. Why?: because Gavin took the time to k… https://t.co/ePs03QIzd0
— Todd Anderson (@PokerNight_Todd)
I’m generally stoic after news of death, but damnit I’m a little bent out of shape over Gavin Smith. I remember the… https://t.co/ef2wOBBGox
— Shane Schleger (@ShaneSchleger)
Un indemn la impartasirea povestilor despre Gavin are ecou masiv
Rick Fuller, cel care il ajuta pe Gavin Smith sa-si scrie o autobiografie, a rugat lumea pe Twitter sa ii ofere povesti de viata cu jucatorul pentru a-i fi de folos sa termine lucrarea, iar pataniile au inceput sa curga:
Gavin called me four months ago and asked me to write his autobiography. I have ten hours of recordings of him tell… https://t.co/nZb7aiaml8
— Rick Fuller (@Gamblindude)
Another fun pic with Gavin at a home game. Player with his shirt off just lost all his money to Gavin. He wanted to… https://t.co/Wj9KkI0274
— Greg Ostrander (@gspot_17)
I once made the mistake of telling @olegsmith my husband was a state champion wrestler in high school. From then on… https://t.co/keRguGfSIf
— Danielle Andersen (@dmoongirl)
Tiffany Michelle a postat si ea pe pagina ei de Facebook:
Shay Ernisse vorbise cu Gavin cu doar cateva zile inainte de nefericitul eveniment:
Multi altii au avut cate ceva de spus pe paginile lor:
Un fond de ajutorare pentru copiii lui Gavin Smith
Josh Arieh a pornit o campanie GoFundMe in favoarea celor doi fii orfani ai jucatorului. Lumea pokerului a reactionat acoperind cu usurinta in doar trei zile o mare parte din suma propusa. Pagina de donatii.
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