With the professional grinding community becoming more and more disillusioned by the changes made at PokerStars, Lee Davy reminds everyone that choice remains the sole propriety of the beholder.

In my short career as a poker writer, only two of my stories have reached the front cover of a print publication magazine. One of them was an interview with the late Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot. The other was a story about the incredible career of Dusty ‘Leatherass’ Schmidt.

At the time of the Schmidt article, he was one of the most talked about grinders of his generation. His graph had a profile that wouldn’t look out of place in the Himalayas. The community drooled over his work ethic, attitude and skill. He wrote two successful books: Treat Your Poker as a Business, and Don’t Listen to Phil Hellmuth, and PokerStars hired him to become their latest Team Online pro.

Cue the stormy reprise of Black Friday.