Russ "Dutch" Boyd is a professional poker player from California and is a member of The Crew.
Born 1980, Boyd grew up mostly in Missouri with his mom and younger brother. Dutch and his brother were both very intelligent and had scored well on IQ tests. At age 11, Boyd skipped a couple of grades and started attending college at age 12. He graduated with his Associates degree at 13 and his Bachelor's degree soon after. He graduated from The University of Missouri Law School in Columbia, MO at age 18. Despite finishing law school, he chose not to pursue a career in law after being an intern and noticing that most of the lawyers he worked for didn't seem to be happy with their jobs.
Like many of today's players, he started to play poker after watching Rounders because the character in the movie was in the same position he was in - a law student who wasn't sure that he wanted to be a lawyer. He started playing online poker in play money games and then graduated to real money games. He spent some of his winnings on poker books to educate himself and improve his game. After graduation, he moved to California and began playing poker during the day and working for a department store at night.
Boyd and his brother who had a background in technology then decided to open an online poker room because the online sites that he played at were very slow at the time. He raised $50,000 from family and friends and opened the PokerSpot casino, which operated from 2000 to late 2001 but eventually failed. When PokerSpot ceased operations, the site did not refund $400,000 of player funds. According to Boyd, PokerSpot's credit card processor was late in transferring player funds to PokerSpot. As a result, players were unable to cash out, and eventually the site shut down. PokerSpot reportedly filed a lawsuit and tried to get their money from the processor that supposedly ripped Pokerspot off but they didn't have any money.
Several controversies surrounded the failure of the site. First, some people claimed that Boyd told his customer support staff to deceive players about the failed cashouts. Then there is also disagreement regarding a potential PokerSpot buyout where Boyd claims that the buyer reneged on an offer that would have returned all of the players' money. But some say Boyd backed out of the deal himself. Boyd also stated that PokerSpot would make good on all cashouts, but it hasn't. He also has claimed on his blog that he has already refunded a small amount of money to some former PokerSpot players, but there is no proof of this.
They tried to sell the business since they had some assets, a userlist of players, good software, and a pending patent for the online poker tournaments they developed.Although Boyd says the failure was a legitimate business failure, many people believe that Dutch Boyd stole the money or was at least negligent in making sure that players got paid back. Dutch says that he would like to eventually pay back the lost money to the PokerSpot players to rectify the situation as well as fix his reputation but he understands that people are skeptical. When Boyd was the chip leader for a short time at the main event of the 2003 WSOP, he was asked if he would pay back the PokerSpot players with any prize money that he won. Boyd said, "If I win this tournament, I will pay off all the players. Anything less than that, I can't do it." Boyd placed 12th in the tournament, earning $80,000.
Boyd gained a lot of exposure when he finished 12th in the 2003 WSOP main event. He went to Vegas for a meeting about a new web site. But the meeting didn't happen so he decided to stay in Vegas and ended up winning a seat to the main event through a satellite. Because of his interesting story, he got a lot of attention from the media and was profiled extensively on TV.
Shortly after the WSOP, he founded a group of young poker players called The Crew that became popular and achieved success.
Boyd finished runner-up to T.J. Cloutier of the $1,500 razz event at the 2004 WSOP and cashed in the 2005 main event (177th). He won his first bracelet at the 2006 WSOP in the $2,500 short-handed no limit hold 'em event when he went heads up against Joe Hachem, winning $475,712. He has also chased 5 times in WPT events.
As of 2009, he has 1 WSOP bracelet, 14 WSOP cashes, and total live tournament winnings exceeding $1,500,000.
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"Posted by: PokerRookie on Jul 26, 2005 - Read this quote and feel sorry for the idiots who think like him. "im only 15 ive had dreams of making it big in the poker world" Hey numbnuts, go get a killer education like me and then become something. If you think you are going to make it as a poker player you are f*cking lost. Get an education you little baby. It means a lot more than being on TV once, for 15 minutes, in your life. LOL. And then you can kick ass in tourneys like I do. I enjoy looking across the table knowing I kick the sh*t out of everyone there as far as education and future accomplishments. I'm also one of the youngest. So good luck moron because you won't amount to sh*t if you pursue a dream of being a great poker player. There are thousands of idiots just like you. LOL." |
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