dutch boyd

[eddo31]

do you think that we would actually get legitimate answers to any of the questions we ask? i have read what he posted about pokerspot, but the cynical side of me thinks that the only reason he is trying to clear his own name is that there is serious money to be made in other online poker projects right now.

i dont know him at all, and it doesnt really matter to me how he is portrayed on the wsop, but i would be very wary of ever depositing anythign with him.

[Penguinfan]

Eddo, I think that is the pretty common response. I personally would play at a site he owned simply because of the conversations I have had with him, though I would feel like a real jack-ass if I got ripped off.

[ChipFish]

As I'm sure the players felt the "first" time.

[PShabi]

I don't know if he's to blame or not for the people not getting their money but I wouldn't put it any into his site. Hell, I don't even let my Party/ Pac accounts get too big.

It's 50/50 and for me, that's not the right odds. Don't be fooled by his "favorable" coverage on the WSOP. That's TV. However, I am in now waying condemning him either.

I love his story about his name though. Someone asked him his name at the table and it was noisy. He told him his real name (Don't recall it but it sounded nothing like Dutch) and the guy said "Dutch? That's pretty cool." The name stuck.

[Penguinfan]

If I remember correctly his real name is Russ and I am not basing anything on the WSOP coverage, simply based on conversations we have had. I am sure nobody has a conversation with another individual they don't really know and says "hey you should see the time I screwed a bunch of people out of their cash". Like I said though, given what I have seen I am a big fan of his and hope to see him around the forum here.

[drewjax]

Cool, I finally got most of the 411 on this. I have been hearing about this for awhile now. Seems logical but you never know. The truth is almost always somewhere in the middle.

[eddo31]

my only real point with this is that unless dutch comes up with the greatest online site around, i doubt that he will get much traffic. even if everything he did with poker spot was above board, his name is now tarnished because of his involvement and people perceptions.

with so many other options that seem at least reasonably safe, i doubt i would deposit with him at all. i generally dont trust any of the smaller sites anyways, so it would really take something special for me to deposit with him.

[drewjax]

I agree with all the choices it doesnt make much sense. but people love to be somehow, anyhow affiliated with poker pros. they feel apart of the the whole wsop craze etc. I bet it will do ok, but explode I dont know. I agree the smaller sites wouldnt get my money, but some have given free bonus (tropics, mirabelle) so I'll play them abit. Thats why I like the mid level rooms. Not the huge top 3 or 4, and definately not the tons of new small ones.

[rchamberlin]

I wasn't even playing online poker yet when this all happened, but I still don't think I'd deposit money with a site he was affiliated with. Not necessarily because I think he's a crook and ran off with peoples money, but rather because it doesn't inspire much confidence in his business sense.