Dead man plays final hand of poker with loved ones at his own wake

Can you handle gambling with the dead?

In Puerto Rico, a poker fan who recently died was treated to his hobby for the last time. Henry Rosario Martinez died on January 19, and his family asked a funeral home in Barceloneta, located in the northern side of the country, to have the 31-year-old man’s body be embalmed, dressed and seated at a poker table during his wake, UPI reported.

Martinez’s wake had the deceased—dressed in sunglasses, casual clothes and a New York Yankees cap—seated at the poker table surrounded by his family and friends. According to local media reports, a full house of friends anted up the memories and snapped photos of him at the poker table, which was complete with a full stack of chips in front of the dead fan.

The man’s mother told Primera Hora that she wanted his son “to be remembered as a happy person because he was always like that.”