I met kevin last year at the Lake Cumberland Poker Run. He gave me a great ride in his Skater after the Sat. event. After riding in his boat I traded the 32' for a 36'. His boat ran so good. He was a pleasure to share some time with. He also was the first boat to the first card stop last year. His girlfriend and my wife spent a few hours together and we enjoyed getting to know them. I am numb, shocked and saddened. All our prayers are with him, his friends and family.

RIP and thoughts and prayers to the family and friends.

I'm not trying to sound like an insensitive a-hole, but theres been a few accidents this year. we arent going to have to worry if this keeps up, as the speed limits are coming. horsepower is exceeding handeling. I am not implying he did anything wrong, all Im saying is that in a poker run you are traveling on an open body of public water, and no matter how much fun your having, you still have to operate your boat in a safe prudent manner. anyother way will draw negative attention to the sport. My condolences to the family and friends.

My prayers are with the family.

There was a coment about having limited access to a public lake. It would make the event a bit safer but I really dont think it would be fair to all. A family just wanting to spend part of their vacation on the water tubing should have that right on a public lake. Everyone that is on the lake might not take interest in the poker run. A poker run is not intended ro be a "race" as was stated, its about getting together with other boaters and getting the best poker hand hence the name. I think it has evolved into what this and it is becoming more and more dangerous. Alot of poker runs have already dropped there event due to insurance issues. At some point, promoters are going to have have some limits and rules to make it safe both to spectators and participants.

Rip

In reading the related articles,the surviving passenger stated that they swerved to avoid another boat. Spectator boats need to be kept away from boats going 150 plus mph not only for the poker runners saftey, but for the saftey of the people on the spectator boats as well!

Met Kevin briefly at Lake Cumberland a couple of years ago, super nice guy! RIP my friend. Prayers and best wishes for a quick recovery to the passenger (sorry I didn't recall you name)

if your going 150 mph, whether it be to a card stop or the local sand bar,in anything other than a sactioned closed course race..and you hit another boat..who's fault is it??

Thoughts and Prayers to the family and freinds. Godspeed

This really sucks....

It looks from the pictures posted, if you zoom in there is a black helicopter just above Kevin, Im sure if the tapes were rolling, we will find out what happened.

RIP Kevin