Troubled poker pro Max Heinzelmann, aka "HotKarlMC", has died. While his death was listed as "natural causes", many believe he actually killed himself.
In September 2014, there was a big 2+2 thread about Max scamming people: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...lmann-1475852/
Max admitted that he did scam people, but I don't believe many (or any) ever got paid back.
Max is perhaps best known for cracking Shaun Deeb's aces in the 2011 WSOP Main with A6o.I am very well aware of what I did, and yes I did lie to a lot of people about what I did just to cover up what I did. I’m trying to figure out paying everyone back at this point and fixing and owning up to my mistakes. I don’t ever expect to have anyone respecting me again or anything for what I’ve done, and that’s fine. I’ve fucked up and I’m very well aware of that. I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I’m ashamed of the way I handled it. I’ll do my best to pay everyone back as quickly as I can and make sure that I own up to what I’ve done wrong. I’m in contact with the people that I owe money to and I’m trying to correct this as quickly as I can.
Here is a writeup regarding his death: https://www.pokertube.com/article/ma...n-dies-aged-26
Laughably, a German poker site called pokerfirma.com wrote an obituary for Max, but titled it, "Seat Open". People thought it was in bad taste, and they quickly changed the title.