'Serial Entrepreneur,' High Stakes Poker Player Roger Sippl Passes Away

Roger Sippl , a poker player and "serial entrepreneur" who appeared multiple times on High Stakes Poker , passed away at age 71 — 52 years after doctors gave him two years to live. Andrew Robl , who befriended Sippl, shared the news on X. He referred to his friend as a "loving husband, father, founder, and all around poker enjoyer." "Sippl might be the only regular player I’ve played poker with that I’ve never heard a bad word said about. He was just an all around gentlemen and great guy.