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HEADLINE: Poker Star Paul 'Smalls' Kitsos Dies
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Paul ‘Smalls’ Kitsos, a well known professional poker player and mainstay on the World Series of Poker Tour since 2005, has died on a flight to the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Kitsos was known for his large stature and was morbidly obese. WSOP officials say that Kitsos died of an apparent heart attack.
Kitsos was 55 years old and was the owner of a womens apparel company. Sources say that after pressing the panic button on the flight, attendents observed that he was sweating profusely and breathing very heavily. He was reported to have died at 6:30 PM this past Sunday evening.
Kitsos was a popular figure on the WSOP tour and officials say that he had garnered nearly $400,000 winnings over 18 tournaments since 2005. Kitsos was said to have weighed over 350 pounds and stood nearly 6 feet tall. The flight was from JFK Airport in New York en route to Vegas. Twently minutes into the flight, Kitsos hit the panic button which forced the flight to return to the airport. Eye witnesses said that it took four police officer to lift Kitsos from his seat. A doctor on board of the flight prononuced him dead after an attendant could not detect a pulse.
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