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This is why his father contacted Jose Mendelez, the owner of a funeral service company, to ask him to prepare the body of his son in order to put it at a poker table instead of inside a coffin before his burial.

Jose Melendez, owner of the Eterna Luz Funeral Services, said: "It’s the first time we ever did this here, but we take it as something normal because these kind of things have been done in other parts of our country."

And indeed the last days of Martinez among his friends and family will be remembered, as everyone had a chance to play one last poker game with him.

A local artist and friend, going by the name of "Kinki", filmed a music video in his memory, called 'Rest in peace, My Little Brother,' in which they added images of the dead body sitting at the poker table.

It appears that embalming bodies and putting them in unusual settings has become a trend in Puerto Rico in recent years. A former driver was seated in his taxi after death while a wrestler was embalmed and posted in a fighting ring.

Also, a senior woman was seated at a table having her favourite beer and cigarette while another man was dressed as a superhero.