His death has been confirmed by World Poker Tour and Partipoker, xt online poker company Sexton. Fellow poker champ Linda Johnson Said Sexton was “fighting prostate cancer” that had spread to other organs shortly before his death.
Sexton’s Poker – Broadcast, had a hand in every aspect of business and sport. Survivor Poker Grates says the game will not be as successful as it is today without its influence.
Sexton was a longtime critic for the World Poker Tour, which hosts international television tournaments with broadcasting partner Vince Van Patten.
As a player, he has won nearly 7 7 million since his inception in the 1980s. Her competitors rarely blinked while taking her chips, as she was much loved, actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly Tweeted After reporting his death.
After nearly 15 years of commentary for the World Poker Tour, Sexton won his own World Poker Tour title in 2016. The win was special given how long it took Sexton to achieve it – something from the movie, Partipoker player Jim Staples Tweeted.
He authored two books, P Players Causes and founded a nonprofit for players to donate to Las Vegas communities, and created Partipoker. Sexton coached Little League baseball and left poker tournaments even if he interfered with his baseball schedule. In 2008, they had a son, Tie, At age 61.
A year after the birth of his son, he joined the Poker Hall of Fame. It was one of the highest honors he has received in his career, he said, adding that he is second only to the decision to name the Champions Cup of the World Poker Tour after him.
In a tribute blog, Pro Phil Helmuth said the game is Sexton’s tonic.
“Poker won’t be considered as good as it is currently without Mike Sexton,” Helmuth wrote. “Mike is a consumer gentleman, and he has made poker a better champion than anyone else.”
Upon learning of his death, many of Sexton’s friends and fans shared Sexton’s famous sign-shared f: “All your cards live and all your pots can become monsters.”
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