On Sunday, March 2, tragedy struck at Texas Card Home (TCH) Dallas after poker participant Mark “Doc” Toulouse, 73, handed away throughout TCH’s $300 NLH match, which attracted 1,648 runners.
“In accordance with the report I obtained, Mark collapsed through the match, was taken to an area hospital, and handed away,” Todd Witteles of PokerFraudAlert.com reported. “When the incident occurred, gamers had been already within the cash. Mark’s stack blinded out, and he formally completed in twenty sixth place, for a money of $1,475.”
PokerNews reached out to TCH and a spokesperson shared: “Within the replace I obtained this morning he had a coronary heart assault on the membership. We referred to as an ambulance and so they got here to get him, not understanding his standing, we had been blinding his stack. We’re going to attain out to his household to ensure they get his cash.”
Toulouse was well-known in Texas poker circles. He was an Emmanuel Faculty professor from Toronto earlier than retiring in 2017, which is when he began to hit the poker scene laborious.
Toulouse’s household wrote on social media:
He died final evening in dramatic style throughout a sport of poker in a neighborhood that I do know has meant quite a bit to him over the previous couple of years. He was laughing one minute, then gone the subsequent (presumed coronary heart assault) and makes an attempt at resuscitation had been unsuccessful. We’re all a bit shell shocked at present, however are working to make preparations to rejoice the unbelievable lifetime of our Dad. He was merely the easiest. We’re glad we had been capable of collect with Mother and Dad over Christmas, the primary time the 5 of us had all been collectively in the identical place on the similar time for too lengthy. We’ll share extra details about companies as soon as particulars are finalized.
Toulouse had $551,944 in lifetime match earnings based on The Hendon Mob, which included a career-best $89,197 for profitable the $400 buy-in 2022 TCH $250K GTD Finish of Summer time occasion. In 2023, he positioned third on the TCH $300 NLH “The Even Greater One” for $45,000.
Toulouse was additionally a World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner. It occurred in November 2023 when he topped a subject of 147 entries to win the WSOPC Choctaw Durant Occasion #14: $250 NLH Turbo for $7,642.
2023 WSOPC Choctaw Occasion #14 Ultimate Desk Outcomes
PokerNews gives its condolences to the family and friends of Toulouse.
*Picture: WSOP.
Chad Holloway
PR & Media Supervisor
