Henry Rosario Martinez passed away on January 19, but that fact didn’t stop him from playing some more poker with his friends and family.

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The 31-year old player passed away in his hometown, Barceloneta on January 19. Martinez was a big fan of gambling and his family decided that poker should be a part of his funeral.

The father, Jose Mendelez asked the funeral service company to prepare the corpse for a game of poker.

Eterna Luz, the embalmer said the following:

”This is the first time we were asked to prepare someone for a game of poker, but similar requests are not extraordinary, they are part of our countrys tradition.”

”Kinki”, a friend of the deceased made a video about the funeral:

After the game the friends and family brought Martinez to his final resting place.

 

 

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