A Player in the WPT 500 field, Matthew Hauge, dies unexpectedly on Sunday night

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Damn, RIP. He was pretty young, too. 26. He was found at the Rio dead.

Rumors from 2p2 state possibly due to an overdose after he met a girl at the Rio and she wasn't in the room the next day and his valuables were gone. He was not one to be known to take drugs and may of been a victim of a "trick roll".

Before play began today, WPT Commentator Mike Sexton addressed the field with some sad news —

Matthew Hauge, who played on Day 1B and made it thru to Day 2 with 122,000 in chips, passed away unexpectedly late Sunday night. Sexton then led the field in a moment of silence in memory of Hauge.
Following the standard tournament rules, Hauge’s chips were left in play, slowly blinded out hand by hand.

At the start of the day, Hauge’s stack of 122,000 was worth 15 big blinds. But as the blinds went up and Hauge’s stack went down, other players busted quickly enough that Hauge’s stack survived two pay-jumps (at 165 players and 140 players) to finish in 136th place, earning $2,500.
Arrangements are being made to deliver his earning to Hauge’s family.

http://www.worldpokertour.com/live_u...0008000-16000/