• The body of missing German poker pro Johannes Strassmann (pictured) was found in the Ljubljianica River on Friday in Slovenia, according to PokerNews and local police, ending a week-old investigation.
• A DNA test performed by Slovenian authorities has confirmed that a body discovered in the Ljublianica River is that of 29 year old German poker pro Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann was originally reported as missing on June 21.
• The poker player J.Strassmann was first discovered by HighstakesDB on the high stakes tables of PokerStars on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Since then, a total of 3177 poker hands have been tracked.

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Strassmann’s table is s tough one, featuring as it does Barcelona runner-up Fintan Gavin and also Sweden’s Patric Martenssen. Martenssen could be typecast as the quiet and lethal poker player, easily capable of ruining your day without flinching, a look of innocence courtesy of his well starched baseball caps.

A DNA test performed by Slovenian authorities has confirmed that a body discovered in the Ljublianica River is that of 29 year old German poker pro Johannes Strassmann.

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Strassmann was originally reported as missing on June 21.

According to PokerNews.com, which has maintained the lead on this tragic story, and has published the Slovenian police report, “criminal investigators [have] excluded a violent criminal offence. The laboratory tests of bodily fluids are still ongoing.”

Strassmann accumulated $1,558,402 in career live tournament cashes according to the Hendon Mob database with three European Poker Tour final table cashes from 2008-2010—all over $200,000—and a $363,000 fifth place effort in the 2013 EPT London High Roller tournament.

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Fellow competitor Tony “Bond18” Dunst issued a heartfelt message via Twitter Saturday conveying his remorse over the news.

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Strassmann’s most recent live tournament cash was in April of this year, when he placed 50th in the EPT 10 Monte Carlo Grand Final for €24,400.