Brandi Hawbaker is Deceased at Age 26

Filed in archive Poker News on April 19, 2008

The poker drama surrounding one of its own has seemingly come to a conclusion. According to the boys over at WickedChopsPoker have reported that poker pro brandi Hawbaker is deceased via suicide.

Hopefully more details will be coming out soon surrounding the death of one of the more colorful, not to mention beautiful, poker pros to hit the circuit recently. There's the Captain Tom incident, swiping a few things from her backer/boyfriend to the mammoth explanation on the 2+2 message boards of her relationship with noted Poker author David Sklansky. She has played on the high stakes poker circuit since her big cash in a WPT event at the Bellagio a couple of years ago and hopefully has found some peace within herself. Story at NeverwinPoker where the mentioned boyfrend is asking to respect their privacy and hopefully details to come soon about why she decided to take her own life.