Well-respected participant and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brent Carter just lately died at age 77. The reason for demise is up to now unknown, nevertheless it follows a sequence of coronary heart assaults and strokes he skilled during the last a number of years.
Carter collected greater than $3 million in stay winnings in a match profession spanning the Nineteen Eighties to 2015. The largest rating of his profession got here in 1995, when Carter completed third within the WSOP most important occasion for $302,750.
His first bracelet got here in 1991, when Carter took down a $1,500 no-limit maintain’em occasion for $166,800. He added a second in 1994 after successful a $1,500 restrict Omaha occasion for $83,400.
Family and pals bear in mind a beneficiant man who was at all times prepared to assist others.
“Brent was one of the kindest people I ever knew,” Jane Paquette, Carter’s companion of 32 years, instructed PokerNews. “He wasn’t an angel but never accepted anything for helping someone. When Brent won something, everyone got something.”
Long Career In Game
In a profession spanning about 30 years, Carter had quite a few different high finishes, together with successful in different sequence that had been widespread within the Nineties. Some of these included the Hall of Fame Poker Classic, Amarillo Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker, the Southern Poker Championship, and others.
Beyond his two bracelets, Carter scored three WSOP runner-up finishes as properly. He was a recent of different well-known gamers from the ‘80 and ‘90s, together with Stu Ungar, Dan Harrington, Barbara Enright, Henry Orenstein, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, and others.
Carter additionally gained a WSOP Circuit ring in 2012 after ending atop a $350 pot-limit Omaha match for $21,135. He beforehand was concerned within the harness racing trade after creating a love of horses in highschool. He noticed some similarities between the 2 sports activities.
“At the poker table, you’re up against eight people and you’re all trying to figure out a strategy to get all the chips,” Carter stated after the win in 2012. “In a harness race, you have eight, nine, or 10 horses and you’re all trying to figure out a strategy to get your horse there first. The best horse doesn’t always win… and the best hand doesn’t always win.”
Revenge Plot Gone Wrong
The poker professional drew headlines in 2021 after sending white powder to the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) headquarters in Schenectady, New York, on 4 completely different events. Following an FBI investigation, he pleaded responsible in federal courtroom to the hoax. He finally was sentenced to time served.
His reasoning for the ruse reportedly dated again to 1976 when the fee suspended his license as a part of an unfounded dishonest investigation. Carter was cleared of the allegations and reinstated.
Several different elder statesmen of the sport have additionally handed away lately. Poker theorist and prolific creator (*77*) Sklansky died in March at age 78.
John Strzemp, former on line casino government and runner-up within the 1997 WSOP most important occasion, handed away in 2025 at age 73. The poker world misplaced a real legend in 2024 when Brunson died at age 89.
