Former on line casino proprietor and longtime poker participant Leon Tsoukernik has emerged from a coma and feels “absolutely fine” after present process a critical medical emergency earlier in January.
The former King’s Casino operator collapsed in his residence Czechia, Czech Republic, after an overdose on Propofol, a quick-acting anesthetic and sedative that’s administered intravenously. The Czech information web site Novinky.cz reported that the billionaire businessman was transported by air ambulance to Pilsen University Hospital and was in a coma for 40 hours.
“These wonderful people gave me a second life,” he just lately instructed Forbes Czech Republic. “At the same time, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart to my wife Sandra, who spent days and nights at my bedside. I believe that played a role.”
The businessman and poker participant mentioned that he now feels “fantastic” and was in good spirits for the interview after being given little likelihood of survival, initially affected by bilateral pneumonia. He described a few of what he experienced in the coma.
“I even had memories of things that I had long forgotten,” Tsoukernik mentioned.
Propofol might be lethal if misused. It is identical drug that singer Michael Jackson died from in 2009.
“We are investigating a possible illegal act that may have occurred at an unspecified time in Chodová Planá,” police spokeswoman Iva Vršecká mentioned after the medical emergency. “A 51-year-old man was found unconscious there and was airlifted for medical treatment. The police commissioner has initiated criminal proceedings on suspicion of committing a particularly serious crime of grievous bodily harm.”
Born in Russia, Tsoukernik moved to the Czech Republic in 1993, turning into profitable within the on line casino business together with buying and selling in antiques and artwork. King’s is the biggest on line casino in Europe and Tsoukernik constructed the property into a significant participant within the European poker market, together with internet hosting the WSOP Europe since 2017.
Tsoukernik offered Kings Casino final June to Scott Hanna, who had been concerned with the corporate since 2003, together with present companions and a brand new silent accomplice. The deal was estimated to be valued someplace between €300 and €400 million.
