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Poker player finishes out World Series event hours after heart attack
By Bradley Locker,
3 days ago
There’s apparently a whole whole different level to testing your luck.
While competing in the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, participant Adam Rude suffered what was deemed to have been a heart attack by medical officials.
“I woke up shivering, I just had the chills, and I decided to get in the shower to heat up because I thought I was cold, and then I was just standing, and then I woke up and I was on the ground like this,” Rude told Poker News.
Adam Rude didn’t let a heart attack interfere with his participation at the 2024 World Series of Poker. Alicia Skillman/Poker News
Although the competitor claimed that he himself didn’t think he had suffered a heart attack, Rude reported that he was “feeling tired” throughout the fifth day of the event.
Additionally, Rude said that doctors determined he had not suffered any damage to his heart, but was given “strong” medications to help him continue to participate.
Rude added that he suffered from a disease in 2014 which harmed his heart and liver, necessitating him to live with a defibrillator — which went off while he was getting ready for the day of action.
Despite his unfortunate health situation, Rude finished 194th out of 10,112 competitors in this year’s main event, still garnering $60,000 from the event.
Rude earned a second top-200 finish at this year’s event. Melissa Haereiti/Poker News
In 2018, Rude also claimed 116th in the World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, notching $57,010 in winnings.
According to Poker News, Rude ranks No. 206,351 in the Global Poker Index and has taken home $61,963 in career earnings.
As for the remaining competitors from the 2024 World Series of Poker, Americans Kevin Davis and Andrew Arbogast sat in Seats No. 1 and 2 for Event No. 81: No-Limit Hold’em World Championship as of Friday, when a winner is expected to be crowned.
With only 160 players left and a buy-in of $10,000, the winner of the contest will take home $10 million.
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