He was supposed to have a custody hearing today. It sounds like he was having the sort of issues where it would be very reasonable to deny him custody, based on him being a nutter who was afraid of a "social justice" conspiracy.

Would MM have been able to behave normally for a few hours in court?

I Had this exact discussion today about I know... Needs meds badly but can behave for a one hour expert meeting

I,'m sure Matt's parents will take a very active and supportive role in their grandson's life if the mother so desires

Even if he could behave normally, he has a verifiable social media trail of posting insane stuff.

He was so mentally unstable and crippled with paranoia that he lived in constant fear for his life for years. It looks like he wasn’t able to trust anyone, including his loved ones that apparently tried to help him to no avail. His life ended when he fell (or jumped) out of a 29th floor window attempting to escape a phantom of his own mind.

That kind of disability doesn’t deserve to be mocked. He’s not some conservative posting in the politics forum ranting about SJWs and participation trophies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Rpl0w4NdU

Here's a Phil Galfond strategy video where adz is playing with his pokerstars avatar if anyone wants to see it.

For sure Matt’s looming custody battle could have been just too much to deal with on top of everything else on his mind.
Lawyers and ex’s can make your life a living hell. Talking from experience.
RIP Matt.

So very sad to hear about this. He really did have so much potential!

Mental illness sucks. Clearly his brain has been gone for a while, just unfortunate he couldn't or wouldn't get the help he needed.

rip


what a tough world we live in.

Sad. And kind of scary. The brain is a wild thing

The "deserves to be mocked" post in this thread was rather braindead. I can see why they redacted it.

RIP. This incredibly sad. That joker avatar back in 2007, oh man. I would wake up from Europe and check on the 25/50 tables and he would have these huge stacks. Could have been half a milly spread over 15 tables. Forever ADZ gang.

Had a friend and poker player go through the same type of stuff as it seemed ADZ was going through. He took his life in early 2020. I felt helpless during it all and had no idea what to do. nothing I did helped. I think back and wish I could have done more, and I guess hindsight I could have. incredibly sad situation.

RIP ADZ

So sorry for your loss

Seen this so much with devastating results ever People refuse meds... See current vaccine reluctance and that's such a minor thing

For.the SJW poster, thx for clarifying... I despise Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham but Matt was completely insane. One of the worst I've heard of walking around "functioning ok" in basic life. On skid row, there are tons like this but there aren't "functional"

Like who gives a crap who you "despise" in the network news field. Pretty lame to use an RIP thread for your own virtue-signaling.

You totally missed the context of what he was saying, and judging from your second sentence, unsurprisingly so.

Maybe there's less of a difference between the two than some people realize.

Can't believe I even have to mention this. Somebody died, please be respectful guys.

You needed context, I responding to a couple of other comments that mentioned MM's disdain/paranoia for SJW and a comparison to Fox News anchors

"Virtue signalling"... Wow, you are so sophisticated

I am doing great, i rarely need help now compare to when i first started with mental health. If u knew my life like God knows my life, would be a 100M movie. I had a such a roller coaster life man its insane to put it into words.


I can talk about it now because i have overcame my biggest adversity and i am not ashamed of my mental fortitude now. I still keep it close to my heart with people i don't know or even some family friends who arent really opened minded. I am grateful to be healthy again cuz i was in a lot of pain and sorrow before.


I am here to help people with mental health issues get better, pay back the debt i owe to society but the system is broken. Lots of stuff that i went through and a lot of them didn't help. I am lucky to have God first, family and friends that supported me. I know lots of people don't have any which is why society has fail them. There is a lot of stuff the health care can improve but they don't care, all they want to do is give u meds and bandage it up and not fix the root cause of the illness which is a travesty.

my doc would give me tons of meds before(15pills a day) but i had to reduce slowly on my own cuz i was alive but wasnt living. I didn't follow my docs advice(not telling others not to, i just felt like they weren't properly treating me) cuz if i did i would not be as happy as i am today and also be fat and unhealthy. so now i take 1 pill a week even though they want me to take it everyday. f no cuz if i take 1 pill a day i would sleep 14 hours a day.

I can understand and relate to Matt cuz i went through what he went through but i manage to survive but i had some close calls

this is why i rarely gamble now, its bad for my mental health even if i make money but lucky for me i had lots of savings(parents took control of my assets cuz i was spending like crazy while manic). If i had to gamble to survive oh boy life would suck big time.

i pray Matt u overcome ur demons next life

RIP.

I played some live poker with Matt in 2018/2019, mainly at the Borgata. He probably seemed more or less normal to most people but I think if you were keen enough, it was obvious he was in a rough spot.

He seemed like a genuine person who had unfortunately spent an unhealthy amount of time in the casino and gambling world. It’s not wholly uncommon for gamblers to develop similar paranoid delusions. I believe it’s somewhat a product of this predatory environment where successful players like Matt become targets for scummy people. It truly can drive you mad trying to figure out who is actually your friend and who is just trying to use you.

Take care of your mental health people, there’s much more to life than just fame and money.

Yes A-Davis not O-Davis, I misspoke.

He used to do Youtube videos where he would code in real time. He was a freakshow of talent... but so tragically mentally ill, he had no available outlet in the mainstream world and had to channel his creative energies into TempleOS.

There were people who tried to harness his abilities for productive ends- that would've benefited him, too, if he could've just held it together- but ultimately, that severity-level of mental illness makes people unreliable, erratic and sometimes dangerous.

Ultimately, the CIA GlowN*****s won, as they always do.

I think it's a side effect of participating in a mental combat sport that is zero sum; for you to win, someone else has to lose and vice versa. Chess has a history of similar effects on people.

Good point. I think it stems from a variety of factors and could be it’s own discussion. Definitely agree with you that the mental strain and competitive environment are major factors.