Poker Pro Matt Roth Commits Suicide: A ‘Black Friday’ Casualty

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on

Written by :

Nagesh Rath

Published on :

Many a US-based poker pro has struggled since indictments were handed down against the big 3 American facing online poker rooms on April 15, 2011.  PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Ultimate Bet were forced out of the US market.  The later two would eventually shut down, owing millions of dollars to customers.  And while Full Tilt Poker may have been resurrected by fellow indictee PokerStars, American have yet to see any payouts going on two years now. 

Matt “notnmyhouse” Roth was one of those players who lost his livelihood when Stars and Full Tilt Poker exited the US market.  The poker pro committed suicide last week. 

“The federal government two years ago shut down his site, took his money, and with that — they didn’t know it — but they took my son,” Matt’s father, Bill Roth, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Roth shot himself dead with a friend’s handgun last week.

“Money doesn’t buy happiness. It doesn’t. Happiness comes from within,” Bill Roth said. “The next time we see a homeless person sitting on the street, know that there’s not one event that made them get there. It’s a series of events. We need to have more compassion.”

A number of poker players, including big name pros like Daniel Negreanu, were forced to relocate from the USA following the 2011 indictments.  For some, this was simply not an option.  

Post-Black Friday, Roth had entered a number of live tournaments with only nominal success.

Roth leaves behind a wife and son Brandon.

- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com

Poker Players
Gambling News
Poker

betonline Ace Per Head BetMania 

Betus sportsbetting betphenix skybook 

Related Content

Some of the best & worst poker reactions

 

Doyle Brunson Bares All to Nude Beach Loving Lacey Jones

Doyle Brunson wasn't voted my Sexiest Poker Player of 2009 because he's dead wood.  Poker babe Lacey Jones also made the cut. 

For the most part, poker players and successful gamblers in general tend to hog the glory. While some players rise to titanic levels of popularity, others tend to fade into the background, of no fault of their own. Simply put, there is only so much attention the public can give to professional gamblers. As a result, we have gathered here today not to give even more attention to the likes of Daniel Negreanu, but to talk about the unsung heroes of the industry that deserve more attention than they are current

Gambling Heroes Who Should Be Featured Over and Over Again

For the most part, poker players and successful gamblers in general tend to hog the glory. While some players rise to titanic levels of popularity, others tend to fade into the background, of no fault of their own. Simply put, there is only so much attention the public can give to professional gamblers.

Tobey Maguire a ‘Royal Jerk at Poker Table’, Told Hostess to ‘Bark Like a Seal’

“Molly’s Game”, the new memoire from the so-called “Poker Princess” Molly Bloom, arrived in bookstores Thursday (June 12, 2014) and it’s not without its juicy tidbits blasting the likes of “Spider-Man” actor Tobey Maguire.