I don't know any details...

RIP

Rest in peace. A true online poker legend.

wow, so young .
rip

You sure about that?

He was posting on Facebook as recently as 11:35pm PST on November 30.

If he did die, it must have been sudden and unexpected. I'll shoot him a message and see if he answers. I hope it's not true. I like the guy.

Found this.

Ugh. Well, that looks pretty legit. This guy is a real pro golfer.

So either he was misinformed, or Dusty is gone. Seems much more likely to be the latter.

Had Dusty on my show once, and it was a great interview. I guess he won't be responding to my FB message.

RIP

health issues wasn't something new to Dusty, so all things point to his death being reported correctly. RIP!

Wow. RIP if true.

Does anyone know his actual age this year? He couldn't have been more than 45 from my guess.

40.

He was born in March 1981.

Wow I remember watching his videos and reading his book Don't Listen to Phil Hellmuth back in the day.

He was an inspirational guy making millions from online poker through hard work at low stakes taking on pretty much zero risk.

Shocking and Sad News

Rest in Peace

It's a terrible news!!!!

https://www.cardschat.com/news/dusty...s-away-106318/


a true legend. really offered alot to the poker community within these years

No chance it was a suicide.

He had a history of heart problems, including a heart attack in his 20s.

He just put up a Christmas tree for the family on the 27th, posted it on Facebook, and looked very happy. Yes, I know some people posture on Facebook when their life is actually miserable, but he wasn't that guy.

Dusty was just a dude who ran really bad with genetics, and time ran out for him.

RIP

Keep it classy guys.

No idea how anyone could possibly think the “absolutely no politics” rule #1 of NVG wouldn’t apply to a RIP thread.

I remember battling with him in the 200nl/400nl streets on ACR about 10 years ago. He had just signed there as an ambassador. Sucks to hear, especially since he has a family (he was married at least, dont see anything about kids)


His twitter account is currently suspended for violating guidelines. Is it standard to suspend the account of the deceased or is that for other reasons?

His Facebook activity is sparse the past 8 or so years. A couple of right leaning political posts from summer 2020, including a 1 month Facebook ban. But he didn't appear to be some Biden drinks baby blood Qanon nut either.

Then a blog post link that didn't work, but from 2013 titled "This is my brain on poker". I wish I could open and read the post, but looking at the comments its about what mass-multitabling poker had done to his mental health and I guess he retired from it shortly after and got back into golf.

No idea if those mental health issues he was having while grinding poker went away when he quit or not.

Awww man, spent so much of the early days in poker learning from Dusty and his vids and then his book. RIP, a real stalwart of the early online poker midstakes cash games.

RIP Dusty and condolences to his family and friends.

RIP leatherass9! One of the first guys I watched on Twitch grinding away at 400 and 600NL on ACR. a killer at the tables!

https://web.archive.org/web/20130222...brain-on-poker

Sad news if true. I remember him as sort of a pioneer in terms of work ethic in the poker landscape. At a time when very few poker players were truly professional in their approach he was one of the first to preach the importance of having a smart, steady schedule, putting in as many efficient hours as possible while playing the softest tables available (he got a lot of flak from the 2+2 community for being so rigorous in his game selection). He consistently put in 100k hands month after month for many years with a winrate of 1$ per hand playing mainly 2/4-5/10. Basically became a multi-millonaire just playing variance-free midstakes for a few years. RIP.

RIP leatherass. His book about playing like a pro was very inspirational for me at the time it came out.

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/...dead-40369.htm

this is all i knew of him, but it was great, incredible learning he was just a few years removed from being an elite athlete

https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/dusty...-lawsuit-3891/

Interesting older article about his lawsuit against the United States Golf Association. RIP