Todd Terry, who had more than 16,000 posts on 2+2 under his real name, passed away this week at the age of 48.
Here is the obituary: https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obitu...?pid=202030295
He died of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), which is a terrible and incurable neurological disease. It was diagnosed about a decade ago. His last 2+2 post was in late November 2013. It is likely that Terry's mental state had deteriorated significantly by the time of his passing, as is common with those stricken with FTD. While FTD isn't a very common disease, it typically shows up in people aged 40-65, so Terry being 38 when diagnosed was almost in that range.
He had $2.3m worth of cashes between 2005 and early 2015, but he stopped playing, presumably due to his health issues. He was once an attorney, but transitioned away from that to become a pro poker player. I am surprised that he was still able to play 14 months after he stopped posting on 2+2, which presumably occurred due to his deteriorating mental state. He did not win any WSOP bracelets, but made some final tables. He was well liked by the poker community, especially those who knew him on 2+2.
Terry was one of the players suing Full Tilt for their debacle in 2011, after the Black Friday busts revealed that Full Tilt had stolen player money on deposit. They first attempted to file a RICO suit, which failed. A year later, in 2012, they filed a class action suit, which was quietly settled in 2016. To my knowledge, this was the only "successful" lawsuit against Full Tilt or its ownership in the site's history. However, in reality it wasn't all that successful, as Full Tilt remissions payments had already been made by then, rendering much of the lawsuit moot. The plaintiffs laughably got $500 each, and the plaintiff's attorneys got $260,000.
Interestingly, by the time the settlement occurred, Terry was clearly in mental decline. I don't think that figured into the reason for settlement, as it seemed to be more based upon the fact that Full Tilt paid US players via the Pokerstars sale money.
RIP
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