The winner of final’s 12 months’s World Collection of Poker’s $3,000 Pot Restrict Omaha occasion, Matt Parry, handed away Saturday, June 15. The 33-year-old’s demise was surprising and occurred whereas Parry was in Las Vegas enjoying poker for the summer season on the WSOP and elsewhere.
Parry died simply eight days after he gained $106,645 by taking down a $2,200 PLO occasion on the Wynn Summer time Traditional. The announcement was made by Parry’s household on his Fb web page:
“It’s with crushing unhappiness that we’re letting associates of Matt’s and our household know that Matt handed away on Saturday, June 15. As lots of you’re conscious, he had 2 true passions – chess and poker. Fortunately, he was in Las Vegas attending the WSOP doing what he beloved when he died. Final 12 months, he fulfilled his dream when he gained his first bracelet. He’s deeply and perpetually missed. Right now, preparations are being made and we’ll use FB and electronic mail to speak within the occasion you want to be part of us in celebrating his life. Please maintain our Matt in your prayers.”
Particulars about Parry’s demise has not been made out there.
Parry, who was from Buffalo, was not solely a WSOP bracelet winner, but additionally was a Scholastic Nationwide Champion in chess when in highschool.
“Extraordinarily unhappy to listen to concerning the passing of Matt Parry,” wrote poker professional Will Jaffe on Twitter. “Nobody beloved to battle greater than Matt. He was one of the crucial naturally proficient poker gamers I ever performed with and actually one of many nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Everybody who knew him beloved him. Gone approach too quickly.”
Fellow competitor Andrew Hanna additionally had sort issues to say about his good friend.
“RIP to one of many nicest, smartest and probably the most naturally proficient participant I ever performed with,” he wrote. “We misplaced a legend yesterday in each sense of the phrase. Matt was a competitor, inspiration, good friend, and as real of an individual as they arrive.
Parry was solely $98,000 away from breaking the $2 million lifetime match money mark. His greatest money got here within the WSOP occasion he gained final summer season, which was good for $480,122. In 2016, Parry practically change into the $10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha 8-Handed Champion, however completed in fifth for $185,337.
It was one in all a handful of WSOP closing tables Parry, which features a third-place end in final 12 months’s $1,500 Pot Restrict Omaha occasion ($134,156), and a runner-up end within the 2020 WSOP.com on-line $2,000 occasion for $189,193. In 2017, Parry made his solely World Poker Tour Last desk in its headliner on the Borgata. He completed fourth for $240,965.
Funeral preparations have but to be launched.
