What is Paul Magriel?
[[File:PaulMagriel (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Magriel in June 2005]] '''Paul David Magriel Jr.''' ''(pronounced Ma-grill)'' (July 1, 1946 &ndash; March 5, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] professional [[backgammon]] player, [[poker]] player, and [[author]]. He was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He participated in the [[World Poker Tour]] placing second place and in the [[World Series of Poker]] placing eighth. Magriel was a [[mathematics]] [[professor]] at the Newark College of Engineering (now [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]) between 1969 and 1973.<ref>See Newark College of Engineering. (1969). Catalog of Undergraduate Day and Evening Programs: 1969-1970. Newark, NJ: The Board of Trustees of Schools for Industrial Education; Newark College of Engineering. (1970). Catalog of Undergraduate Day and Evening Programs: 1970-1971 Academic Year. Newark, NJ: The Board of Trustees of Schools for Industrial Education; Newark College of Engineering. (1971). Catalog of Undergraduate Day and Evening Programs: 1971-1972 Academic Year. Newark, NJ: The Board of Trustees of Schools for Industrial Education; Newark College of Engineering. (1972). Catalog of Undergraduate Day and Evening Programs: 1972-1973 Academic Year. Newark, NJ: The Board of Trustees of Schools for Industrial Education.</ref> Magriel died in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] on March 5, 2018 of a suspected [[heart attack]] at the age of 71.<Ref>[https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/03/paul-magriel-dead-at-age-71-30171.htm]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Magriel, Paul}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}