R.I.P. Brandi?

Posted by longclaw

April 18, 2008

If you have never heard the name Brandi Hawbaker you probably haven’t spent much time at the various poker forums over the last couple of years. Mike and Adam have also frequently mentioned her on the pokercast as well. She broke onto the scene in 2006 at the WPT Festa Al Lago where she finished in 35th place.

Since that time she has been the center of several poker dramas and has been linked to several well known poker pros including Gus Hansen, Mark Newhouse, Dustin Woolf, “Captain” Tom Franklin, and even David Sklansky to name a few. Some of the threads on 2+2 have reached over 100 pages.

I was just over on 2+2 checking out the N.V.G. forum when I came across this thread. Apparently she committed suicide this past Sunday. It’s just sad to see that she didn’t get the help she needed while she was alive. I think she was bi-polar but I am not sure. Whatever it was got the best of her. The more you think about it, the sadder it gets.

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