Tom Abdo (April 12, 1894 – March 1967)[1] was a poker player inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1982.[2][3][4] He died after suffering a heart attack while playing.[5]`[6] According to a poker legend, after suffering the heart attack, he asked another player to count his chips and to save his seat, intending to return to the game.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Thomas Abdo". Social Security Death Index. Retrieved November 30, 2009. Thomas Abdo: 12 April 1894 - March 1967
  2. ↑ "WSOP Poker Hall of Fame". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Huckleberry Seed newest member of Poker Hall of Fame". PokerZone. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Poker Hall of Fame". PokerNews. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Deadman's Hand! Famous Poker Players who died at the Tables". YRBMag.com. July 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "On Poker: Two aces, two eights … but what was the fifth card?". Rochester Post Bulletin. January 8, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Poker Hall of Fame". PokerPages.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009.
  8. ↑ Brunson, Doyle (January 10, 2019). "Abdo died at the poker table. He was an all time great! His last words were " Someone count my chips down"". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 4, 2023.


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