(well, somebody had to post it...)
Posted on 06/21/2019 1:01:18 PM PDT by Gamecock
A Russian poker player and Instagram influencer was found dead in her Moscow apartment.
Liliya Novikova, who was a well-known member of the online poker playing community, was found by an elderly neighbor, according to Russian media reports, dead in her bathroom.
Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) was cited by BBC as saying the 26-year-old’s death was due to electrocution.
“During the initial examination, traces of an electrical injury were found on the victim’s body,” a source told the Russian news agency TASS, as cited by CNN.
Russia Today corroborated the report that Novikova suffered an electric shock while using a hairdryer but noted she may have fatally struck her head as she fell.
No official report on the woman’s death has been released yet, but an autopsy is expected to confirm the exact cause.
Multiple Russian media reports suggest authorities are treating her death as an accident.
Welfare Check The Evening Standard reported that Novikova’s parents raised an alarm when they could not get in touch with her.
The Moskovsky Komsomolets, a Russian daily, was cited in the BBC report as noting that the elderly neighbor that found her body had a key to her apartment and was asked by the parents to perform a welfare check.
“Relatives became agitated when the girl stopped responding to phone calls and asked her neighbour to check on her,” a Russian official told TASS, as cited by Australia’s ABC news.
“She found the girl’s body.”
Novikova was an active contributor on Twitch.tv, a live online gaming streaming platform. Russia Today reported she had a contract with PokerStars, an online poker cardroom that bills itself as “the world’s largest poker room” with “the biggest tournaments online.”
The Twitter account for PokerStars sent out condolences.
PokerStars Ambassador Lex Veldhuis, who is also active on the Twitch streaming platform, shared his condolences, saying, “she had such a good influence on poker/twitch community through her hard work and efforts.”
“I’ve always admired all the many different things she did. What a tragic loss, and so young,” he wrote.
Team Pokerstars Pro player, Liv Boeree commented on her death: “Utterly heartbreaking. She was such a sweet, beautiful and talented girl who worked so hard to promote the game. Rest in peace lady.”
Condolences were also expressed in comments on her posts on Instagram, where she boasted more than 17,000 followers.
Novikova graduated from the faculty of engineering at the Moscow State Technical University, according to reports.
She boasts close to $100,000 in in earnings, according to poker database Hendon Mob, with her top live cash proceeds amounting to $54,068.
Well, that was a mistake.
She invented a new hairstyle though.
This story needs to be posted at least twenty more times on FR.
I agree, but accidents do happen all the time. Some are more deadly than others. Electrical outlets should never be placed anywhere near bathtubs and showers, but in lots of bathrooms that's just not possible..
I’m sure you get way better tail...
I think I read it two weeks ago. (maybe one)
I have seen people use extension cords in bathrooms too, mostly to plug in electric heaters. My mother told me water and electricity don’t mix, she also told me not to use heaters with extension cords but a lot of people don’t seem to understand that.
Beautiful girl.
Strange, my eyesight must be going, I didn’t even see the chips.
Let’s see.....I saw that on “Matlock”, “Perry Mason”, “Murder She Wrote”, “Kojak”, “Monk”........
“This story needs to be posted at least twenty more times on FR.”
And if you do it, you’ll still get 100+ reactions. The FR demographics leans heavily DOM. :)
Nope. Not buying that story.
I was thinking I read it a year or two ago. Maybe a different “accident”?
So how long has she known the Clintons?
I guess she took mechanical engineering.
Clearly not a double E...
Or she was murdered. Russia is without a doubt, home to the worst White people on Earth.
Probably. I just remember her face from two weeks ago.
I hate when hot chicks die...
Remember the UK guy in his bathtub?
I think the UK building/electrical code does not allow for outlets in shower/bath room (versus the loo).
He ran an extension cord so he could use his iPhone while it was charging, while he was soaking. The UK uses 240V, and the charger/extension cord somehow managed to drop into the tub.
I’m guessing that he also neglected to plug the extension into a GFI outlet.
Were there bent ex-presidential stains on her dress?
What did Hillary know and when did she know it?
The hat is the article I tried to post.
Wait, what?
And how did we get on hats? I didn't see a hat. Sable? Rat? Latvian?
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