Kent Senter, a 55 year old father of 4, had a dream of one day playing in the main event at the WSOP. However, the cost of the buy-in and the cost of the travel expenses were too much as that money could be spent on things his family needed.
This past March his dreams were crushed when he learned when he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, which is also known as Jim ValVano disease, a bone cancer that affects only 5-7 people out of 100,000. His prognosis was max a year.
One night Kent and his wife Patty were watching tv when a commercial came on for the WSOP. Kent got up and walked into the bathroom and cried. Hearing this, Patty knew why he was crying and decided to act. A week before the main event started Patty contacted Bluff magazine. IN turn Bluff talked to the online site: Pokerstars, and the two of them bought a seat for Kent. Pokerstars team members, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem all took time out to spend time with him.
While he made it thru day 1, his luck ended agasint Elky Grospellier on day2.
The poker world came together to make a dying man's dream come true. With all the talk about how bad poker is, and that it causes gambling issues, and the fight against the U.S. Fed govt to lift the ban,, acts of kindness like this usually go un-noticed.
*I found the article in the August 09 issue of Bluff. On newsstands now!*
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