Ross Dutch Boyd Looking For Backers

The fall from grace is always bigger for the brightest and Ross “Dutch” Boyd is no exception to the rule, and is beginning to have undertones to that of the story of the Famed Stu Ungar. Dutch Boyd was a child prodigy growing up, he graduated from Law School at the age of 18. His first World Series of Poker Bracelet was achieved at 26, with life time tournament winnings in excess of $1.3 Million it is quite surprising that in a recent blog post he is seeking a sponsor into a $15,000 buy-in event.

Dutch Boyd is best known for his involvement in “The Crew” which was a group of up and coming young poker superstars who took the poker scene by storm almost 10 years ago. In his blog titled “Hungry Horse ISO Stable” Dutch Boyd stated that he is searching for a backer into the Bellagio Cup IV $15,000 Main Event in exchange for being a hired poker hand. In the blog he claims that Team SMD owned by Eric “Sheets” Haber and Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy currently have to many players on their hands and are no longer able to provide him the financial support he requires.

In Dutch Boyd’s blog he makes some statements about the situation with Team SMD, that statement is as follows:

“It’s not really a secret that I play for Sheets and Bax. I was their second guy they started backing… now they have close to 70 horses. Because of logistics and bad planning, I didn’t get the 10k to play the main event at the World Series of Poker. And because of my bad series, they aren’t going to put me into the 15k Bellagio.”

The next statement he makes is in regards to the money he has made for his previous backers (presumably Team SMD):

“If you are interested and can get me the money by tomorrow at noon, I’ll be your loyal horse. I’ll send other great players to you to back if you’re into having multiple horses. I’m loyal and have never ripped them off… I’ve always paid what I’m supposed to and require very little maintenance.”

After day one of the Bellagio Cup IV Main Event while looking at the chip counts it appeared that Dutch Boyd was unable to get a backer in time, I’m sure however that it won’t take long for someone to buy him up. Regardless of how long he is off the circuit you can bet your bottom dollar this “Horse” won’t be riderless for long.