I can tell you from having spoke with Dutch myself that he wouldn't rip people off. Here is a thought for all you saying he stole the cash - why has Dutch continued to show up around poker rooms? 99% of all fraudsters take the money, run, and hide. Dutch hasn't done that at all. Cowards disappear after they take the cash, and believe me, all fraudsters are cowards who hide after they score the cash.Dutch hasn't hidden at all. Dutch, you're a good person who had a run of bad luck. These naysayers don't understand how the business works.Oh yeah, folks, if Dutch *did* take the money, why would he be stupid enough to try another poker room, unless he had plans to pay back Pokerspot players? Someone with his intelligence wouldn't waste their time. I'm more than confident Dutch will follow through with his promise. He is trying to make good on the PokerSpot fiasco.Go for it, Dutch, I'll be there right behind you!

Im not a hater i like happy endings too. All you Dutch fans read the post in this room by zero on july 11. It makes sense. Another thing, even if dutch was or is honest, why not pay back the people you wronged before you start a New site.

Poker and gambling has never been honest.The reason Dutch can be seen in public is Most of the world class players are dishonest think about it. Last thing, if Dutch was so smart he would not need poker or to scam people with it. There are better ways to spend your time and easier ways to make money if you were as smart as he is.

Hey guys I know Dutch Boyd AIM SCREEN NAME. But the question is WILL I TELL????? LOL LETS SEE WHO ASK FOR IT. THEN I MIGHT TELL

dutch, u and ur crew are awesome...i loved it when one of ur crew members took out phil hellmuth because he is such a baby

I think Dutch Boyd has what it takes to be a huge success. He is young, smart, vivacious, has drive and determination. Plus, he is willing to make the sacrafice to do what it takes to achieve his goals. Yes, he made some mistakes along the way, but so does everyone who ever achieves anything in life. At least he admits his mistakes and is making an effort to try and rectify it. Time will tell if he does pay back the people who lost money on his original poker site. If so, then I would personally add "classy" to his attributes. If everyone out there taking the time to bash Dutch and making up stories if there are none to tell, would use half of that time to think about ways to enhance their own lives, they would would be surprised at what they might accomplish. Oh by the way, Dutch Boyd's AIM SCREEN NAME is posted right on his web site at [url]www.rakefree.com[/url]. It is under the "Dutch Boyd" heading, right under his own e-mail address, if anyone is interested. :-)

Is it true that Dutch Boyd is rolling with the former "Mean Street Posse" from the streets of Greenwich CT? Shane-O Mac, The "Kid" Rodney, Willie Green and Pete Gas??? If these guys couldn't take over the WWF... how are they going to take over the world of Poker. Also, an associates degree at 13 isn't that impressive (I think most preadolescants could accomplish a General Studies degree in a few years!!!)

On second thought? The crew reminds me more of one of the "gangs" from the Michael Jackson video "Beat It" (The other song Eddie Van Halen played on from MJ). I have to believe if confronted by any real adversity inside or outside of the Poker Room, these guys are more likely to break into song and dance than statistical probability or haphazard roughnecking ZING!

I love to watch you play Dutch. You bring a different level of excitement to the game. I wanted to know what it was like for you to sit back and watch these tournaments you were in on TV, what's it like being able to see what you're holding compared to what you're opponents are holding? Also, will seeing how they play hands vs. you change the way you play against those opponents in future matches? Best of luck!

Thanks for all of your comments guys. Like I said before I take the Good with the Bad. It would be nice to hear from everyone direct, so give me a email at rakefree.com. Aslo, check out DutchBoyd.com Good luck to you all in the life poker.

dutch, I think your a great player and being a young poker player i admire you a lot. I will be dropping you an e -mail and I hope to learn from you. Don't even read all those posts about you that are negative and false.

dutch are ther employment opportunities through rakefree---i need a job

Hey Dutch, I enjoyed watching you play last year at the 2003 WSOP. It would have been interested to see you play at the final table.Congrats to Fischman, whom I just watched on TV.

You're the man, when rakefree goes up, ill sign on!!

Dutch, what is your relationship with "the Crew"? How did you guys all get together? does it bother you that some of the members won bracelets and you didnt?

Boyd sucks and has no clue what is going on in the poker world. My blind cat can play better then him and nice crew you guys going to share the winnings with each others if you know what I mean.

dutch is a genius.. all that school stuff when he was a kid.. high I.Q... law school.. you gotta think a genius like that was smart enough to devise a way to make all that stealing look like he was scammed.. he's got the brains and the legal know-how to get him by federal scrutiny.. not like the feds are the smartest people on earth.. you owe me money by the way.. you thief

This guy is such a tool!

I take shits bigger than this punk-ass beeoch!!

Arr! Thievery, is a mutinous crime ya scallawags! Arr! Who be questioning the feds intelligence? The Feds be running a tight ship, and much like the illegaly contrabanded gold and silver bullion they be plunderin from tax evaders... They'll run a tight ship on any of Boyd's shanantics... ARR! Don't forget on your 1040s Gamblin losses be duductible only to the extent of gamblin winnins!!! ARR or ya best be filin a Schedule C for yer troubles. Or you be walkin the plank and swimmin with the sharks!

Hey ya'll. I heard Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd had made a career shift from mediocre starter to mediocre poker player. But I don't know this Dutch Fella? Lemme know, lookin for a BoSox 86 reunion tourney.Bruce Hurst

It's a sad fact of life that no matter who you are and what you accomplish, a lot of people are going to fail to acknowledge it. None of the people on this list got there without good reasons. It's just sad some trolls have nothing better to do than trash people.It's especially sad when it's a nice guy like this. He's always been a class act as far as I'm concerned.His explanation for what went wrong with his site isn't hard to swallow at all and I don't doubt he'll make good on paying people back to clear his name for something that wasn't really his fault to begin with.

Where do you play sucka? Ya Dutch will pay you back by ripping you off second time. His name should be Dutch ROID because is fifteen min was up last year he just keeps hanging around.

im still waiting for the dutch boyd refund. im sure the check is in the mail, sure. the only people on dutch's side are The crew, his mom,and old fat guys yet to be ripped off.

I was holding a pair of Aces last tourney, but the damn flop came so fast that those aces fell right through my damn legs and out of site. Would be happy to reunite though. Call the Rocket, Calvin, the Steamer, Wade, Nipper, Dewy, and Jim Ed... we'll smack the bag outta The Crew!

Dutch Boyd is a poker genius. The crew is going to take the poker world by storm.

I can't believe how many comments are on his page, this guy is a frod. I use to be a fan of him until I found out about all the crap he pulled tryin to rip people out of there money.

His Chip tricks will intimidate anyone. The leader of the crew will take over the poker world

Hey Dutch .... i know you have your Crew.... Just watch out for the CULT .... you will see us very soon!!

Hey To HoHum/Cherry Picker, You can post a thousand times pretending to be a thousand different people, but you IP address isn't changing, so every time you try to make it seem like that, you're looking dumber and dumber. Get a life.The same goes for all your other bozos who keep posting as different people - YOUR IP ADDRESS GIVES IT AWAY! NOBODY IS FOOLED!Dutch handles you numbskulls like a pro, with class. Unlike you geniuses who have nothing better to do than be jealous of the fact Dutch has made $80,000 this year alone in tournament play only!

The only people fooled are the ones, that believe in Dutch ROID. ya Dutch bought a lot of class from the people he ripped off. 80 grand? Lets count up all the entry fees to the tournys he didn't place in and im sure hes close to even. If he did make 80 grand where's my refund check?

Blah, Blah, Blah, Your living in 1929 sister. Everyone, is she a fool or been fooled, you be the judge. If all dutch stole was half a million than forget it, hes not even a good theif. Thanks for the history lesson.Now lets talk about the future Boyd will be no better than avg in poker. Will he become rich in other ventures of course. Right now he is wasteing his time and he kind of knows that but he's having fun. If you don't believe me ask him,in truth this is what he will tell you.

Why didn't he pay you back with the 80 grand? Because it's HIS money. Not Pokerspot's. HIS. He said that he would pay everyone back ONLY if he made so much that he could afford to, which I would say is pretty classy of him. Not many people would offer to pay back a $500,000 debt that isn't theirs with their own money.And why did he lie about what was happening at PokerSpot? He was trying to avoid a 1929 style crash. For those of you that don't know, banks don't actually have enough money to cover every deposit at all times. They usually have enough for everyone who wants to withdraw, but if everyone withdraws at once (like in 1929) they have a BIG problem. That being said, the only hope for Dutch's company was to get the money out of Net Pro Ltd. before the mass panic and withdrawl. As it obviously turned out, he couldn't, but telling white lies to ward off mass panic was the best way to handle the situation.And just a note: Dutch won his seat into the WSOP, and certainly didn't enter all the events... so kept most of that 80 grand.

I'm sick of everyone talking about his business affairs. This is supposed to be about poker. Anyone knows in the business world things can get manipulated and turned against you very easily. I'm sure he doesn't deny he could have done some things differently but who is perfect. Dutch has a fearless playing style that makes him difficult to predict and impossible to read. This post is supposed to be about poker, if you would like to make this a Bash Dutch page go write a letter, or start your own forum. Good Luck Dutch in your future games and if your ever in Austin looking for a game, shoot me a line on the email. There are some pretty bad ass games down there.-Chris

I agree with CPitch. He messed up. And if any of you haven't then you can go claim to be the savoir and get your own cult. This is about Poker, and about Dutch Boyd. This was a page with his bio, not a page saying that he is theif and whatnot. I already sent you an email Dutch, but hopefully you can give me some tips, because it will be a while before I am in the tournaments, and I feel I know all I can

you guys sound like little teenage groupies.I can't play and come play with me. Another thing if Dutch never picked up the cards and put his ego on espn,i would not be here posting about him. This is an open forum. I never debated, he is smart, and plays well but will never be points leader or any sort of champ. If you took a step back or lost your hard earned money when he folded up shop you might feel different.

We is recruitin' Dutch to be part of the Slick Stable of professional poka, takin over the Mota City poker room, baby. Holla

If you took a step back or lost your hard earned money when he folded up shop you might feel different.I'm sure everyone who lost money at pokerspot felt that sting, but it doesn't change the fact that they're still don't know the truth, only that the easiest thing for them to say about it is that he stole money, and each one of them who accuses him is making an assumption based on very little knowledge. Yes, everyone has a right to an opinion, but does everyone have a right to slander someone just because they *think* it happened this way or that? No, they don't.Basically, unless you were there, you don't know how any of it went down, so for anybody here to accuse Dutch of stealing is pretty weak, you're only venting anger,, and Dutch is the easiest target. Nobody here has the right to accuse him, those people don't have a shred of evidence to point the finger at him.

So is Scotty the new leader of the CREW? toss yer gang in to the back SEAT then EMPTY it 88.... The cream always rises to the top, Fischman's gonna be the crew member you people will idolize this time next year.... It's way too early to say, verdict isn't in on PSI, if it is indeed the same scam as the Spot was however i hope the next bracelet Dutch wears is a set of handcuffs and the next game he plays is for cigarettes. The days of waiting outside the card room with a shotgun are gone, here's hoping nobody's holding anybody up with the damned internet. My vote: Cheapskates are usually the ones ripped off, what bigger cheapskate can there be than somebody that doesn't want to acknowledge a site's right to rake an entry. Hope you choose to class up the crew by taking the lead Fischman. Nice goin in the WCOOP stud bud, and of course fantastic job at the WSOP.

Although Dutch lost the Razz tournament to TJ Cloutier, I was just happy to be able to see his fine asss on TV. Umm-Umm.