Personal Life
Boyd began attending college at age 12 after scoring a 23 on the ACT and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, MO at age 18. Despite finishing law school, Boyd opted not to pursue a career in law after experiencing law as an intern. Inspired by the movie Rounders, Boyd began playing online poker day and night through his last year of law school. After graduation, Dutch moved to California and began playing poker during the day and working for a department store at night. During this time Boyd and his brother decided to begin an online casino specializing in poker. He raised $50,000 from family and friends and began the PokerSpot casino, which would eventually fail resulting in a substantial controversy. After the failure of PokerSpot, Boyd suffered from a series of self-alleged mental problems, eventually leading to his commitment for a short time in Antigua.
Boyd received substantial media attention during his run at the 2003 World Series of Poker, where he finished 12th. Shortly after this, he founded a group of young poker players called The Crew that achieved notable success. In addition to playing poker professionally, Boyd is attempting to establish another online poker room which charges players a monthly membership fee rather than rake in order to play.
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