Reese-familien igen ramt hårdt

Det er bare godt et år siden pokerverdenen mistede en af de største gennem tiderne, nemlig Chip Reese (bill), til sygdom. Og nu er Reese-familien desværre ramt hårdt igen.

I går sendte beskeden om bortgangen af Casey Reese, Chips efterladte søn, nemlig chokbølger gennem pokermiljøet. Det startede da Phil Hellmuth hintede noget var sket på hans Twitter-opdateringer, og så gik rygterne ellers.

Men i nat blev det så bekræftet, at Casey Reese blev fundet død i en alder af bare 20 år.

På et pokerforum delte Daniel Negreanu sine tanker:

"I was at Bellagio last night when we all got the news. Very sad. Everyone took it pretty hard. Kid was 20 years old, an incredible baseball pitcher, super smart, good looking kid... very sad. Chau was a very good friend of both Chip and Casey and while he came down to play poker he just couldn't do it. It was a shock. People were both sad, and also pretty angry at the same time. "

Og Chip Reeeses gode ven og kollega, Doyle Brunson, er på banen med et kortfattet blog:

"It seems like yesterday when my nephew called and gave me a message that made my blood run cold, "I think Chip just died" he told me.

It happened again yesterday, only this time it was Chip's only son, Casey Reese. Casey was found in his apartment from an apparent overdose of prescription drugs. I had seen Casey a few days ago and he looked great. He was very handsome and extremely personable. I will always remember the closeness between Chip and Casey.

My deepest condolences to the Reese family. I feel like I've let Chip down but I don't know what I could have done to help Casey.

-DB"

Chip Reese efterlod sig i fjor udover sin søn en kone og to døtre.