This was posted on the page of Kevin Na, a pro golfer, on December 2:

my dear friend Dusty Schmidt passed away last night. I want to share a little bit about my friend. Dusty was a childhood friend of mine. We grew up playing golf together in SoCal. He was a top Jr. rank golfer who played pro golf for short a period. Unfortunately, his career was cut short due to some health issues. He later in life found passion for the game of poker and became very successful at it. He even wrote few books on poker. Dusty caddied for me in US Jr US Am and even in Asian Tour event in S. Korea. He was a true friend that always there for me and rooted for me throughout my life. I remember his 1st trip to the Masters with me. I’ve never seen him so happy. We talked about our young jr golf days and how we dreamed of playing the Masters some day… Recently he shared his goal and dream of playing the Champions Tour some day with me. I was really hoping this would happen some day…
Dusty leave his wife and 3 children behind. My thoughts and prayers to the Schmidt family. I will miss u my friend. Rest in Peace buddy.
https://www.facebook.com/KevinNa915/...01492018796620


I am Facebook friends with Dusty. His last post was November 30th at 11:35pm PST. None of his posts indicate any kind of health issue, and in fact he had just recently put up the family Christmas tree on the 27th.

His passing is not yet confirmed, and it's possible that Kevin has the wrong information. However, I think it is likely true. I hope it's not.




Known as "leatherass", a name he chose because of his extremely long stints at the online poker tables, Dusty was one of the online legends of the 2000s. He was best known for multitabling an insane number of NL Cash tables at once, which he later claimed caused him some brain damage.

He appeared on PFA Radio in December 2014, and did a great interview with us. Go to the 1:10:17 mark: https://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sh...-Any-Questions

RIP