Deceased 31-year old Puerto Rican, Henry Rosario Martinez, has one of the most unusual requests from his loved ones prior to his death. He asked them that they dress his embalmed body in his usual attire and sunglass and be sat upright at a poker table with friends and family for one last time.
Henry passed away last Jan. 19 in Baceloneta, his hometown located north of Puerto Rico. Alcohol inta[...] Read more » Deceased Man Gets His Last Poker Game
So they replayed the whole Weekend at Bernie's scenario but with a poker table. How original, how creepy, how odd. Puerto Rico's funeral customs are weird as hell tbh...
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Wow! Can you imagine! His play must have been prettttttty slow... And imagine the grief he would get for playing so slowly. I bet, another way of looking at it would be that he folded every round as he kept getting dealt dead hands. I don't fancy this game!
lol, he must have really loved poker a lot to do that. When I see the cause of death though, I can't help but think "why do people drink alcohol and take medication at same time?" Every doctor will tell you how dangerous it is. Pills can do more harm than good, especially mood-alterring pills. (IMO they shouldnt even exist, ppl on anti-depressors look like zombies)
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Posted by TheMachineQC: lol, he must have really loved poker a lot to do that. s)
Or poker addict. Maybe he already boring to remember his sweet memories and boring to pray ask mercy from God. Would he upset when get bad beat ? just made his friend and family sad. I don't believe he enjoyed.
Posted by TheMachineQC: lol, he must have really loved poker a lot to do that. s)
Or poker addict. Maybe he already boring to remember his sweet memories and boring to pray ask mercy from God. Would he upset when get bad beat ? just made his friend and family sad. I don't believe he enjoyed.
If this whole thing made it into the last will by him then he probably did not do it out of spite or because he was an addict IMO.
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Hello fellow mobsters
Well this was taking the love to the game to another level but this table was not the right one for me First they where slow playing since the start ;second the betting was pretty "dead" and at last but not least was a creepy enviroment surrounding the table
But one thing is for sure his last poker table was one to die for
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G'day mates
Well when I read this article it just made me feel sick to my stomach. Those people should be looked away for committing a crime of some kind. Poor and taste aside that type of this is just disgusting. If I was a judge and the appeared in my count they would be going away to a small room with bars for the maximum time I could sent them for.
Posted by RoninHarper: Poor and taste aside that type of this is just disgusting. If I was a judge and the appeared in my count they would be going away to a small room with bars for the maximum time I could sent them for.
Again; deep catholic latino countries have really interesting realtion with death itself, their funeral habits mirroring this too. I am not sure the above story is something unheard f there.
