On-line poker participant and Circuit ring winner Dan Sewnig handed away earlier this week on the age of 33.
Sewnig, who performed underneath the handles “mj23style” and “RedsoxNets5”, amassed over one million in on-line earnings and was acknowledged as top-of-the-line on-line poker gamers in New Jersey.
Studies of Sewnig’s demise made their manner on social media on Saturday, together with an obituary stating that he handed on Aug. 13.
Sewnig’s obituary notes that he “discovered success as a self-employed skilled within the poker world” and in addition states he “excelled in athletics” and “liked taking part in all forms of video games, in addition to working, mountaineering, nature walks, and each taking part in and watching basketball.”
Destined for a Life in Poker
PokerNews profiled Sewnig in 2020, noting that he discovered poker from his cousin when he was 11 and was taking part in $5 sit and gos together with his fellow seventh-graders when Chris Moneymaker gained the 2003 Primary Occasion.
“I will at all times bear in mind our pal’s mother requested us who we thought was going to win,” he instructed PokerNews. “There have been about 50 gamers left within the TV protection and Ivey and Farha had been the favored solutions. I stated, ‘I do not know, I’ve received an excellent feeling about that man Moneymaker.’ She gave me a have a look at the time that I believed meant she thought I used to be silly. I had no concept on the time that these exhibits had been prerecorded and he or she already knew that he had gone on to win!”
“I’ve additionally achieved a significantly better job of coping with adversity. Downswings are inevitable in poker and other people react to them in all several types of methods.”
Sewnig graduated from Ramapo Faculty of New Jersey, the place he ran cross nation, with a level in math and a focus in training. He was on observe to turn into a instructor earlier than testing the waters of the newly regulated on-line poker market in New Jersey.
It proved to be a fruitful life path as Sewnig rapidly discovered success and constructed up a fame as top-of-the-line on-line gamers within the area. When PokerNews spoke to him in December 2020, he talked about an 18-month span he spent enhancing his recreation.
“I’ve put extra work into finding out and enhancing over that timespan than I’ve in the remainder of my profession mixed. I’ve additionally achieved a significantly better job of coping with adversity. Downswings are inevitable in poker and other people react to them in all several types of methods.”
Sewnig’s poker accomplishments included a World Collection of Poker Circuit (WSOP) ring victory in 2022 that earned him $12,107 and back-to-back deep runs within the WSOP Primary Occasion in 2021 (79th – $81,000) and 2022 (112th – $62,500).
“One of many Nicest Guys You May Ever Meet”
When information of Sewnig’s demise reached the poker group, a number of gamers remembered him for his positivity.
Asher Conniff referred to as Sewnig “one of many nicest guys you could possibly ever meet, whereas Matt Paoletti agreed he “introduced numerous positivity to many individuals.”
Those that provided their condolences on social media included Christian Tougher, Daniel Strelitz, Jeff Stellwagon, Mike Holtz, Ryan Feldman and Chris Hunichen.
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