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94-Year-Old Grandfather Competes in 2007 World Series of Poker

September 18, 2007 on 1:15 am | In Poker News |

In the World Series of Poker (WSP), who would’ve thought that a hard of hearing, almost completely blind 94-year-old would be one of the tournament’s biggest fan drawers?

That’s exactly what happened in the 2007 WSP, held just this summer in
Las Vegas, Nevada. And that 94-year-old is grandfather Jack Ury, a
Terre Haute, Indiana resident who is just crazy about poker.

Jack Ury’s grandson Seth Harrold said this about his poker-passionate grandfather: “It’s not one of those things that he played poker for the fact that it’s popular in the last 3 or 5 years. He’s been playing since he was a child”.

In fact, the day that the episode showing Jack Ury competing in the World Series of Poker was broadcasted on national television, Jack Ury was not at home in front of his TV waiting for it in anticipation. He was too engrossed playing poker on a riverboat casino to be even bothered.

Harrold further stated that his grandfather won’t be back from his riverboat casino poker trip to
Aurora, Illinois until a few days later. He said that his grandfather was apparently winning big time, so decided to extend his stay.

Both grandfather and grandson competed in the 2007 WSP tournament.

News source: http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_242232540.html The Tribune Star

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