The poker world obtained the unhappy information on Wednesday that Kurt McPhail, a long-time member of the World Poker Tour (WPT) household who based the WPT League again in 2007 and extra not too long ago operated the WPT at Sea Poker Room on Virgin Voyages, handed away expectedly.
McPhail, who lived in Wichita, Kansas however was simply as more likely to be crusing the excessive seas over the previous 12 months, studied at Fort Hays State College and has been married to Kathy McPhail since November 11, 1998.
The WPT launched the next assertion on social media:
“RIP Kurt. You gave me a few of my greatest experiences in life. I do know you’re having fun with your everlasting cruise, save a spot for all of us. Love you man,” Tommy Stokes wrote on social media.
Likewise, PokerNews PR & Media Supervisor Chad Holloway supplied the next:
“I had the privilege of attending to know Kurt over the previous 12 months and am profoundly saddened to study of his passing. Final October, I had the chance to take a look at the WPT at Sea Poker Room on Virgin Voyages, and to say Kurt was a wonderful host can be an understatement. He was extraordinarily sort, beneficiant, and targeted on ensuring everybody who stepped foot within the poker site had a good time. He was additionally a driving drive behind the latest WPT Voyage and I do know simply how extremely he was regarded by these with whom he labored. He had a ardour for poker and the group most positively misplaced a great one.”
PokerNews provides its condolences to the family and friends of Kurt McPhail, who your entire poker group will sorely miss.
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