yeah a lot of people dismissed his poker skills and called him just a bumhunter. but if it was really that easy to make millions bumhunting everyone would do it - i know i would.

RIP. That he actually filmed the Gatorade “pee bottle” is classic, I remember seeing that years ago when that clip came out, so lol, if you’ve grinded online, you’ve been there!

RIP to a legend

His book Treat your poker like a business was super motivational for me at that time. Might not have grinded if not for him.

RIP Leatherass.

RIP

RIP to a legend. It was a pleasure playing with the guy

Some great information in his blog and very well written. Thanks for sharing this.

Apparently he had another heart attack.

Its eerie though, theres this old thread on 2+2 from like 8 yrs ago discussing dusty’s own prediction that he would die before age 50 (I think he believed it would be from a stroke due to mental stress from years of mass multi-tabling online)

Evidently some shady dr. that was treating him had convinced him of this. Not sure how much the psychological stress he was having was related to his heart issues, but I would think they might be related. He definitely called it long ago that he wasnt going to live to be 50.

Seemed like a super talented guy and a true grinder legend. RIP

RIP

The articles there look AI-generated imo.

RIP

He made this a loooong time ago and i have it in my saved folder to watch every once in a while when running bad - it gets me crying laughing every single time. The guy always got $hit for not beeing 'trully' great or whatever but always ran laughing to the bank. A true OG and cool dude - really sad news

btw, the guy reffered to in the vid is his mental coach for those who dont know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNVx...r6pC_W&index=9

RIP

very sad news, RIP

If I remember right he was mocked and laughed off of 2+2 back in the day. I think it was some promo video he shot issuing his golf and poker challenge, gifs of it would get posted on the regular.

He was a legendary grinder, he brought the piss bottle into the mainstream, and a helluva golfer. RIP.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...lution-557347/

RIP

Leatherass was a legend. It’s a sad day that he’s gone.

RIP bud and thank you . I had your book when I was serious about poker, and the blog you wrote about grinding giving u health issues really resonated with me and helped me move away from mass tabling MTTs lifestyle at the right time. A decision that was definitely one of my better ones . I owe you

****. so young. RIP

Exactly. They are gone!

rip.

was this thread deleted? if so, why?

edit - nvm, found it again, it was just the post from yesterday that was deleted.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...29/index3.html

To be honest, I would believe that too. If I play two weeks of online poker multitabling 15+ tables, I feel like I have lived 1 year in that same span. The amount of tournaments you go through in that time is unbelievable. How many times do you get crushed? How many times did you win? It's like you've been on a roller coaster for two weeks, but it feels like one year, because so much happened in that period. The emotions/body/mind had a rollercoaster ride for two weeks.

We don't know what this game does to our brain, but the reality is, it's very demanding and I can feel it in my body. Then you add up the lack of sleep from the MTT schedule and VOLA you got something pretty messed up cooking.

Terrible news. Rest in peace legend.

Rest in peace old friend...

for sure one of my early idols. watching his vids. was so pumped to eventually sit in the same games.

RIP

It makes me worried that I or someone I know might die early due to stress. How do you know it might happen to you? Are there any signs you can pick up before it's too late?

This is a sad story to read about.