A bad day for the honest players in poker

[Scottish Dave]

You're talking alot of sense today Dave.

i know, it aint like me lol

I wont judge someone i havent had any dealings with. Until i do, D Boyd is just like any other pro player to me

[RED-DOG]

You're talking alot of sense today Dave.

i know, it aint like me lol

I wont judge someone i havent had any dealings with. Until i do, D Boyd is just like any other pro player to me

I don't mean to be flippant Dave, but how do you feel about Hitler?

[Nem]

You're talking alot of sense today Dave.

i know, it aint like me lol

I wont judge someone i havent had any dealings with. Until i do, D Boyd is just like any other pro player to me

LOL!!!



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[Acidmouse]

Not prejudging someone who has made mistakes in their past is a little different to judging the most evil bastard in history dont you think? little harsh on the fella.

[thetank]

I don't mean to be flippant Dave, but how do you feel about Hitler?

Not really too fair that.

How do you feel about the collective word of the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, La Repubblica, Der Spiegle, Le Monde, Die Welt, Helsingin Salomat, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Ahram, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and the Angling Times (all of whom concur that Hitler was a pretty naughty fellow.)

This compared to the word of a bunch of gamblers (no disrespect intended) that Dutch Boyd is a nasty piece of work.

Personally, I've heard enough to not be a fan of Mr. Boyd but....

....I'll respect Dave's right to reserve judgement (without giving up any opinions he may hold on historical figures he hasn't been drinking with)

[Sark79]

Other than the pokersite money that he failed to pay back.  What are the reasons for people's negative attitudes towards him?      I don't know the guy, so have no positive or negative feeling for him.   I did a search online about D.Boyd and it seems he is a popular guy and well liked.   Out of curiosity,  why don't the other players like him?   

[Wardonkey]

If lots of people tell me 'Don't trust that guy, he ripped a lot of people off', then I tend not to trust that guy until he has proved trustworthy.

I'm all for keeping an open mind but in in this case there seems to be overwelming evidence that Boyd behaved improperly and has made no attempt to make amends.

[tikay]

Other than the pokersite money that he failed to pay back.  What are the reasons for people's negative attitudes towards him?      I don't know the guy, so have no positive or negative feeling for him.   I did a search online about D.Boyd and it seems he is a popular guy and well liked.   Out of curiosity,  why don't the other players like him?   

Well, your first sentence sums it up.

I have my own view on him, & I have met & spoken with hm, but I'm happy for folks to make their own minds up.

But I think the suggestion that he is "well-liked" might meet some resistance.

Good player though.

[bolt pp]

      I don't know the guy, so have no positive or negative feeling for him. 

so why is it then, that you think Ronnie o Sullivan is "arrogant" and tony g is a "Pratt"

do you know these guys?

[Gryff]

Its not that his pokersite went belly up its that he used players money to keep it running - this is from his own words - not from what anyone badmouthing him has been saying, everything I've opinined has been from words from his own mouth that

A) it was run by a group of kids and basement programmers and secure as my piggy bank
B) they took ( some might say stole )  players money to fund advertising/costs/etc.
C) he has no clue about basic business concepts, morals and ethics and a distinct lack of common sense.

Would anyone here play on a site coded by three part time coders lead by a 21 year old wannabe pro that wants to use its customers funds to expand?
Thats basically what they did.

To Scottish Dave - I can't help but think you just enjoy being a forum troll - Boyd has given his side of the story which is obviously going to be biased in his favour so if what he says is spun to make him look a little better what they really did was probably worse.

I wonder if he still drew a salary when the site was on its last legs before the customers knew...

I wonder if anyone can come up with an Arctic Monkeys set of lyrics for this

[tikay]

It's a matter of record that he used Players Account Balances to fund the site. Thats enough for me.

[RED-DOG]

I don't mean to be flippant Dave, but how do you feel about Hitler?

Not really too fair that.

How do you feel about the collective word of the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, La Repubblica, Der Spiegle, Le Monde, Die Welt, Helsingin Salomat, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Ahram, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and the Angling Times (all of whom concur that Hitler was a pretty naughty fellow.)

This compared to the word of a bunch of gamblers (no disrespect intended) that Dutch Boyd is a nasty piece of work.

Your asking me to choose between the integrity of the press and my fellow poker players?

[thetank]

I don't mean to be flippant Dave, but how do you feel about Hitler?

Not really too fair that.

How do you feel about the collective word of the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, La Repubblica, Der Spiegle, Le Monde, Die Welt, Helsingin Salomat, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Ahram, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and the Angling Times (all of whom concur that Hitler was a pretty naughty fellow.)

This compared to the word of a bunch of gamblers (no disrespect intended) that Dutch Boyd is a nasty piece of work.

Your asking me to choose between the integrity of the press and my fellow poker players?

 

Fair enough, I guess I could have made that point differently. 

(The Angling Times is beyond reproach though)

[Sark79]

      I don't know the guy, so have no positive or negative feeling for him.

so why is it then, that you think Ronnie o Sullivan is "arrogant" and tony g is a "Pratt"

do you know these guys?

I find you amusing Bolt , even though you give me every reason not to  .   Perhaps because I have seen the two people you mention interviewed and I have only seen D.Boyd play poker. It is hard to get an impression of someone who I have only seen play and not heard in an interview.  With O'Sullivan and Tony G, I may be wrong, but this is only the feeling I get.  I have an impression of you Bolt, but I better not get into that here 

[madasahatstand]

It's a matter of record that he used Players Account Balances to fund the site. Thats enough for me.

i take it blonde doesnt do that then?