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The Poker Grapevine – Dutch Boyd Auctioning off Bracelet
Posted by: Jo Martin - Mon, 2012-12-24 07:27
Every now and then, a poker player decides to auction off one of his trophies, creating a little bit of hype in the
poker community, which usually fails to comprehend how one could ever part with something the sentimental value of which should be extremely high for him/her. There were players who auctioned their bracelets off for money, to get themselves out of some financial dire straits. Bracelets have been known to be put up for sale for charity too. Dutch Boyd, the latest poker pro to pull such a stunt, has apparently posted his 2008 Five Diamonds Poker Bracelet on eBay to get his hands on some Christmas money. The 14k gold bracelet was awarded to him for his winning of a side-event. Such events no longer award bracelets, so Boyd’s jewelry is definitely of the limited edition kind.
The auction didn’t quite go as well as Boyd may have hoped it would, because in the beginning, there were barely any takers for it, for its meltdown price. At one point the auction went as high as $2.66k. Boyd himself confirmed through twitter that it was indeed he who was auctioning off the bracelet.
Whether Boyd is short on cash or not is unclear. What is known though is that he has amassed more than $2.1 million in tournament cashes over his career. In the 2003 WSOP, he scored several deep runs. He won his first
WSOP bracelet in 2006 and his second one in 2010.
Boyd has been known to auction off controversial poker paraphernalia in the past: in 2001, he put a $25 WSOP poker chip up for sale. Given that it is illegal according to the rulebook of the WSOP to take chips away from WSOP tables, he drew a bit of heat with that move.
