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Say What?!: Dead Man’s Hand – Puerto Rican Man ‘Plays Poker’ at His Own Wake

BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico – A 31-year-old Puerto Rican poker fan who died recently was treated to his hobby one last time when his body was seated at a card table during his wake.

The family of Henry Rosario Martinez, 31, contacted the Eternal Light Funeral Home in Barceloneta after his Jan. 19 death and asked that the man’s remains be embalmed, dressed and seated at a poker table during his wake.

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