Upon learning of his death, many of Sexton’s friends and fans have shared Sexton’s famous sign-off: “May all of your cards be live, and may all of your pots be monsters. “Mike has been the consummate gentleman, and has championed poker better than anyone else.” “Poker would not be as well regarded as it currently is without Mike Sexton,” Hellmuth wrote. In a tribute blog, pro Phil Hellmuth said the game is indebted to Sexton. It was one of the highest honors he’d received in his career, he said, second only to the World Poker Tour’s decision to rename its Champions Cup after him. One year after his son’s birth, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Sexton coached Little League baseball and even skipped poker tournaments if they interfered with his baseball schedule. He wrote two books, founded a nonprofit for players to donate to veterans causes and Las Vegas communities, and created partypoker. Poker Whether its Texas Holdem or Stud, all styles of poker require players to have a good understanding of the hierarchy of hands, and when to bow out of the game.

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