11 Facts About Dutch Boyd

Dutch Boyd raised $50,000 from family and friends and began the PokerSpot website, which would eventually fail and spark controversy.

Dutch Boyd received substantial media attention during his deep run on the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he finished in 12th place.

Dutch Boyd was involved in a key hand late in the tournament with Chris Moneymaker.

Dutch Boyd did not improve on his over cards and was left with a very small stack.

Dutch Boyd would go down in 12th place not long after the hand, and Moneymaker would go on to win the tournament.

Dutch Boyd's first came in the 2006 World Series of Poker, where he won a $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six Max event for $475,712, his largest tournament win to date.

In 2007, Dutch Boyd won a $1,000 buy-in event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic for a $237,685 prize.

PokerSpot was based out of Antigua, but Dutch Boyd never obtained an Antiguan gaming license for the cardroom.

Dutch Boyd angered many players by regularly sending e-mails and posting on the rec.

In March 2013, Dutch Boyd announced his first poker book titled Poker Tilt, co-authored by Laurence Samuels.

Dutch Boyd used the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to fund publishing the book.