The poker neighborhood obtained unhappy information on Friday when well-known Texas poker participant Ruth Corridor (also referred to as “Ruthless”), a founding member of the Ladies’s Poker Affiliation (WPA) and girls poker advocate, shared that her husband, James “Keith” Corridor had handed away after an almost 18-month battle with most cancers.
“James ‘Keith’ Corridor has gone to be together with his Dad,” Ruth Corridor shared on social media. “Our thanks exit to #TeamHall Household & Pals, MSU Brothers, and Childhood Pals on your assist and love throughout his terrible most cancers journey – near 18 months. We have been blessed to be given this time to indicate him how a lot he’s really cherished. I instructed him it’s okay to go that I might come be part of him, he mentioned: “It’s far.” Till we meet once more, Honey. Might God Bless Candy Child James. I’ll preserve loving him each single day and he’ll all the time be in my damaged coronary heart.”
Tons of of individuals expressed their condolences on the social media publish, together with many from the poker neighborhood.
“Might God grant you and your loved ones peace and luxury throughout this time,” wrote two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Kat Bowen.
Beverly Skipper Lange mentioned: “I’m unhappy and tears circulation for you. I’m grateful for the nice occasions you all made entrance and heart. You all joined arms and hearts to struggle the nice struggle. God bless you all and offer you His peace.”
“So sorry on your loss, Ruth. We have been all rooting for you,” wrote Joe “Stapes” Stapleton.
Alex Outhred provided: “Whereas deeply saddened today arrived, I’m much more grateful he was surrounded by and infused with a lot love, life, and assist. The extreme dignity of being together with your love and adventuring amid remedies and being ever so current is life and love at its best. His struggle and the way it was shared shall be enduring inside all of us. Thanks for sharing so dutifully and for being a lightweight in a darkish time.”
Keith Corridor had $30,410 in event earnings in accordance with The Hendon Mob, which included a career-best $6,540 for ending in third within the 2022 WPT Choctaw Occasion #16: $200 NLH Seniors. By comparability, his spouse Ruth has $489,149 in whole dwell earnings with a career-best $34,709 for successful a $185 Rio Day by day Deepstack through the 2015 WSOP.
Ruth has been a daily at The Lodge in Austin, Texas, her most well-liked place to play in order to not be too removed from her husband. In 2016, Ruth returned to the WSOP after a most cancers battle of her personal, and in 2020 she was honored as WPA Participant of the Yr.
In 2022, she received the Nevada State Women Poker Championship by LIPS for a second time having performed so in 2019. Final summer time, PokerNews chatted with Ruth through the 2024 WSOP Women Occasion.
“I imagine this shall be my final Women occasion,” she mentioned on the time. “I’ve had some well being points as everybody is aware of, and my husband is chronically unwell. And so we will do some touring, and do exactly no matter he’d love to do.”
PokerNews presents its condolences to Ruth and all of the family and friends of Keith Corridor.
Chad Holloway
PR & Media Supervisor
