Heute erreichte die Pokerfirma Redaktion eine weitere traurige Nachricht. Chad Brown erlag in der letzten Nacht seinem schweren Krebsleiden und verstarb im Calvary Hospice in New York. Die Pokercommunity trauert um einen außergewöhnlichen Menschen, der erste mit einem Ehren-Bracelet der WSOP ausgezeichnet wurde.

Viele der deutschsprachigen Spieler kannten Chad Brown vor allem als Mitglied des PokerStars Teams und natürlich auch als Ehemann von Vanessa Rousso. Diejenigen, die ihn persönlich kannten, oder aber auch mit ihm gespielt hatten, kannten einen ganz besonderen Menschen. Er war einer der ganz großen in der Pokerszene und ein stets gern gesehener Gast an den Pokertischen in aller Welt.

Er hat viele Erfolge bei den Major Events erzielt. Trotz 38 WSOP und zehn WPT Cashes blieben ihm die ganz großen Siege verwehrt. Über $3.600.000 an Turniergewinnen hat er in seiner zehnjährigen Karriere als Profi Pokerspieler erzielt.

Vor rund drei Jahren gab Chad Brown sein Krebsleiden bekannt. Als er 2014 an der PCA teilnahm, war er von der Krankheit gezeichnet. In einem Blogeintrag wandte er sich damals an die Poker-Community und beruhigte seine besorgten Kollegen. Doch Chad sollte sich nicht mehr erholen. Er begab sich ins Calvary Hospice in New York City. Vor Tagen schon kursierte die Falschmeldung, dass er verstorben sei. Auch wenn sich die Nachricht als unwahr herausstellte, so machte sie doch deutlich, wie ernst es um Chad stand.

Viele beteten für Chad, doch die Gebete wurden nicht mehr erhört. Letzte Nacht erlag Chad Brown im Kreise seiner Familie und Freunde seinem Krebsleiden. Die Poker Community hat einen großen Botschafter verloren.

R.I.P. Chad Brown

Offizielle Pressemitteilung:

New York – Dated July 2nd 2014
Press release authorized by the Brown family, written by Beau Eurell
Poker icon, Chad Brown, passes away

Today, on July 2nd 2014, poker icon and one of the greatest ambassadors for the game, Chad Brown,(born Martin Brown)passed away at Calvary hospice in the Bronx, New York City.
At the time of his passing, Chad was surrounded by family members and friends according to family spokesperson, Perris Calderon.
Before playing poker professionally, Chad had played minor league baseball and followed that with a highly regarded model and acting career.
Chad was also host of the Ultimate Poker Challenge, which aired in the mid-2000s in syndication and brought many of poker’s greatest players into the homes for many people.
Chad started his professional career in poker in 1993 and has cashed 38 times in the WSOP including two second place finishes. Chad also has 10 cashes on the World Poker Tour among many other cashes in various tournaments, here in the US as well as abroad.
Chad won the 2006 Bluff Magazine Poker Player of the Year award, commenting at the time that “winning Player of the Year is like an actor winning an Oscar.”
Chad’s most recent cash was at the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship during the month of January 2014
Chad’s lifetime earnings were over $3,600,000 according to the poker database Hendon Mob.
“Downtown Chad Brown” was honored by the WSOP with its first ever honorary Gold Poker Bracelet shortly before his passing.
WSOP VP and Tournament Director Jack Effel said during the award ceremony, “Winning a WSOP bracelet is one of the ways a poker player can create their legacy, to make sure they will be remembered by their peers. But it is not the only way.”
“Sometimes there are special people that come around and transcend the traditional poker score card,” Effel said.
“A person who stands for something, like integrity, honor and friendship. A person who is positive, warm and respectful. A person who always made the game better just by being around the table.
A person like Chad Brown.”
“It now seems a certainty that Chad will never again play in the World Series of Poker or any tournament setting,” Effel concluded. “Today, the World Series of Poker family would like to award Chad Brown an honorary bracelet.”
Chad touched everyone’s life and consciousness , a lifelong friend Rori Gordon stated “Chad lived for the day, each and every day. He was prepared to win and prepared to lose and perhaps his last blog spoke volumes about the character of my friend Marty Brown. Chad, as you all knew him said this:”
“The way that I’ve been handling this and continue to handle this is to view the situation like a poker hand. There are only so many correct plays that you can make, and you can make the best play and still lose. If that winds up being the case, I’ll be okay with it, because I’ll know I did everything I could do to give myself the best shot.
As far as how I personally handle the ups and downs of the illness — the „swings“ you might say — that really is like poker, too. People in the poker world who know me; know how I accept it as part of the game when things aren’t going well and I’m running bad. If you’ve read my posts you’ve probably noticed me saying the same thing, how the most important thing is to play your best and not let being unlucky get you down.
We all have a choice when it comes to how we want to feel about what’s going on in our lives. If you want to feel like a victim, that’s your choice. I choose not to. I don’t feel like a victim. I feel very blessed with the life that I’ve had, regardless of what happens. I’ve never been depressed about this at all.
Anyone wondering if I’m going through a hard time, the answer is no. This is just part of life and I’m okay with everything. I accept it. And right now I’m just looking forward to the next hand.”

Chad Brown is survived by his mother Elda, his father who likes to be called Sonny, his brother Matt, his sister Gina , his extended family and friends by proxy, all those who knew and loved Downtown Marty Brown.
WE ALL WISH YOU GOD SPEED CHAD…. REST IN PEACE