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There is new controversy concerning Dutch Boyd, after all his past issues with his failed poker room, “Pokerspot.com”, where he owed players thousands of dollars and never paid them back.
Image of “pokerspot.com” in year 2000

Well now there is someone in a forum claiming Dutch owes him upwards of $31,000 (just 1 more thousand than the Steve Ware controversy). I have Pm’d the guy several times to get his side of the story and find out whether or not Russel Boyd AKA. Dutch Boyd has paid him for the $31,000 domain. Apparently this situation has been going on for weeks without resolution.
The German man has already contacted his lawyer to serve Dutch Boyd legal papers.

I will try to contact Dutch Boyd or his brother to see if this is true, or if it is maybe sort of mistake. Hopefully there was just an innocent mix up.

Steve Ware has at least come clean and admitted he is wrong. If this is true that Dutch Boyd ripped this guy of for 31k, it’s no laughing matter. It puts another black smear on poker players and poker affiliates. This just doesn’t happen in the poker or gambling world, it happens all over.

As I was finishing this article, I got this message from a person who was allegedly ripped off or had a domain not sell because Dutch Boyd bid on it, won, and did not pay:
Hello xxxxx,

I was in a manic episode and was committed to a mental hospital two days after making the bid for the domain name. I don’t even remember making the bid. I made several attempts at resolving this with Sedo. Bottom line is this… I don’t have $30k. Do what you want to do legally, but you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip and I don’t have it. I probably will in the future and if you’re looking for specific performance, I’d love to buy the domain when I have the money… but honestly, what legal damages can you really claim? I’m not afraid of a lawsuit. I do want this resolved and want you to walk away without hard feelings because I don’t need the bad karma. But I don’t have $30k. I don’t even have close to that. So what do you want to do?

The acts of great men are predicated by the acts of greater men.

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A huge scandal on the 2+2 forums has surfaced recently, which involves respected members of the online community. 2+2 moderator, “Cornell Fiji”, whose real name is Steven Ware, has been accused of stealing $30,000 from a fellow veteran 2+2 poster named “Admo”. When Admo first spread the news on the forums, all of his topics were quickly deleted by Steven. This moderator abuse did not last long as word eventually spilled to other parts of the 2+2 forums, beyond Steve’s control. Neverwinpoker.com, another major online poker community, quickly picked up on this information and posted all the dirt on their front page, uncensored and unedited in response to the moderation of Admo’s original topics on 2+2.
The following is a private message from Steve admitting to moderator abuse:

The root of this drama started a few weeks ago around July 15, 2008, when Steven made a thread requesting to trade his cash for online poker money. Admo responded to this thread and a deal was eventually made between the two. After feeling a sense of trust and confidence, Admo decided to send first to Steve and initiate the trade. Admo transferred $30,000 from his Full Tilt Poker account to Steve’s FTP account, “TheMatadorKGB”. After this occurred, Steve was supposed to go to a local bank and deposit $30,000 into Admo’s bank account to finish the deal. Admo did not receive any money in his bank account and grew a little worried. When he tried to contact Steve, he received no reply from private message or text message for two days. Then after three days, Admo received a message from Steve: “well I’m sure you probably guessed what happened…” and it continued on to say that Steve had lost all $30K at the Bellagio in Bobby’s Room and would return to New Jersey to pay back Admo. Admo quickly demanded that Steve send back the funds on FTP, but Steve replied claimed he lost it all to a player named BoostedJ. It is later confirmed that this was a lie and Steve never lost any money to Boosted.
Admo reveals that Steve private messaged him with intentions to repay the lost funds with several options:
(i) Borrow from friends
(ii) Borrow from family
(iii) Sell everything he owns
(iv) Repay via advance from his upcoming book
(v) Repay in a month and a half when he can sell some stock
As of August 5, Admo claims to have not received a single cent from Steve, which prompted Admo to bring attention to this situation on 2+2. Admo has also threatened to file a lawsuit and involve the police in hopes of speeding up the repayment process. Admo has gone as far to create a website which will follow his adventures as he tries to collect his stolen money: stevenwareisathief Dot Com.
He also created a photo edited image poking fun of this scandal:

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Steve Sung loses $580k in PL Omaha

With the usual heavy action on Full Tilt’s 200/400 Pot limit Omaha tables, six figure downswings are pretty much the norm for players at these limits. Steve Sung is on one of the worst downswings lately. He has lost over $580,000 in PLO sessions last week. On his pokerroad blog, he wrote “Especially when I’m playing the 200/400 plo tired and/or drunk, it can get extremely scary…” Tom Dwan was up over $150k in the beginning of the week, but ended down $50K after 70 hours of play.

A) Steve Sung & Phil Galfond $111K PLO pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #7322415168: Table Pantheon (6 max) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:10:11 ET - 2008/07/21
Seat 1: riverboatking ($55,745)
Seat 2: OMGClayAiken ($62,186.50)
Seat 3: sunnyCR ($11,393)
Seat 4: regista8 ($6,406.50)
Seat 5: Patrik Antonius ($141,733.50)
Seat 6: SteveSung ($77,391)
OMGClayAiken posts the small blind of $200
sunnyCR posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
regista8 has 15 seconds left to act
regista8 calls $400
Patrik Antonius folds
SteveSung raises to $1,800
riverboatking folds
OMGClayAiken calls $1,600
sunnyCR folds
regista8 has 15 seconds left to act
regista8 calls $1,400
*** FLOP *** [8d 4d Tc]
OMGClayAiken bets $2,000
regista8 has 15 seconds left to act
regista8 raises to $4,606.50, and is all in
SteveSung has 15 seconds left to act
SteveSung calls $4,606.50
OMGClayAiken has 15 seconds left to act
OMGClayAiken has requested TIME
OMGClayAiken raises to $24,226
SteveSung has 15 seconds left to act
SteveSung has requested TIME
SteveSung raises to $75,591, and is all in
OMGClayAiken calls $36,160.50, and is all in
SteveSung shows [Td Jd 7h 9c]
OMGClayAiken shows [Kd 6d Qh Qs]
regista8 shows [Jc 2c Js 4s]
Uncalled bet of $15,204.50 returned to SteveSung
*** TURN *** [8d 4d Tc] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8d 4d Tc 2d] [4h]
SteveSung shows a flush, Jack high
OMGClayAiken shows a flush, King high
OMGClayAiken wins the side pot ($111,560) with a flush, King high
regista8 shows a full house, Fours full of Twos
regista8 wins the main pot ($19,616.50) with a full house, Fours full of Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $131,179.50 Main pot $19,619.50. Side pot $111,560. | Rake $3
Board: [8d 4d Tc 2d 4h]
Seat 1: riverboatking (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: OMGClayAiken (small blind) showed [Kd 6d Qh Qs] and won ($111,560) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: sunnyCR (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: regista8 showed [Jc 2c Js 4s] and won ($19,616.50) with a full house, Fours full of Twos
Seat 5: Patrik Antonius didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: SteveSung showed [Td Jd 7h 9c] and lost with a flush, Jack high

B) Tom Dwan & Slaktarn $86K PLO pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #7361528809: Table Pantheon (6 max) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 20:45:59 ET - 2008/07/24
Seat 1: durrrr ($141,213)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings ($43,148)
Seat 3: John Juanda ($16,606)
Seat 4: Gus Hansen ($25,977)
Seat 5: CHUFTY ($7,400)
Seat 6: slaktarn ($43,287)
slaktarn posts the small blind of $200
durrrr posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings folds
John Juanda folds
Gus Hansen folds
CHUFTY folds
slaktarn raises to $1,200
durrrr raises to $3,600
slaktarn calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [3s 2s 9h]
slaktarn checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $4,600
slaktarn has 15 seconds left to act
slaktarn raises to $21,000
durrrr raises to $70,200
slaktarn calls $18,687, and is all in
durrrr shows [Ah 7s 3h Ks]
slaktarn shows [6s 7c 5s 4h]
Uncalled bet of $30,513 returned to durrrr
*** TURN *** [3s 2s 9h] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3s 2s 9h 6h] [Ts]
durrrr shows a flush, King high
slaktarn shows a flush, Ten high
durrrr wins the pot ($86,571) with a flush, King high
slaktarn is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $86,574 | Rake $3
Board: [3s 2s 9h 6h Ts]
Seat 1: durrrr (big blind) showed [Ah 7s 3h Ks] and won ($86,571) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: Brian Hastings didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: John Juanda didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: Gus Hansen didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: CHUFTY (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: slaktarn (small blind) showed [6s 7c 5s 4h] and lost with a flush, Ten high

C) Tom Dwan & Brian Hastings $94K pot

Full Tilt Poker Game #7362600864: Table Eginton (6 max) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 22:07:49 ET - 2008/07/24
Seat 1: John Juanda ($20,985)
Seat 2: durrrr ($46,047)
Seat 3: The_Houdini ($21,841)
Seat 4: Brian Hastings ($265,937)
Seat 5: CHUFTY ($30,786)
Seat 6: Gus Hansen ($17,172)
Brian Hastings posts the small blind of $200
CHUFTY posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $400
John Juanda folds
durrrr raises to $1,800
The_Houdini folds
Brian Hastings calls $1,600
CHUFTY folds
Gus Hansen calls $1,400
*** FLOP *** [5s 6d Js]
Brian Hastings checks
Gus Hansen checks
durrrr bets $4,200
Brian Hastings raises to $15,200
Gus Hansen folds
durrrr raises to $44,247, and is all in
Brian Hastings calls $29,047
durrrr shows [Jc Ks 8s Qd]
Brian Hastings shows [9s Ts As Qc]
*** TURN *** [5s 6d Js] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6d Js 2h] [Td]
durrrr shows a pair of Jacks
Brian Hastings shows a pair of Tens
durrrr wins the pot ($94,291) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $94,294 | Rake $3
Board: [5s 6d Js 2h Td]
Seat 1: John Juanda didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: durrrr showed [Jc Ks 8s Qd] and won ($94,291) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: The_Houdini (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: Brian Hastings (small blind) showed [9s Ts As Qc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: CHUFTY (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Gus Hansen folded on the Flop

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