- Noted poker journalist Diamond Flush has passed away. She had been suffering from cancer for some time.
- The poker world has lost a tireless advocate who worked not only at the forefront of investigative poker journalism, but behind the scenes to promote online poker.
The poker world has lost one of its best advocates as journalist Diamond Flush has passed away after a struggle with cancer.
Despite being so well known, she guarded her privacy tightly and wanted neither her name nor her photograph broadcast to the wider world. Her anonymity allowed her the freedom to be an independent spirit able to investigate and bring to light many wrong doings. We respect her wishes in this, as we respected her tireless work for poker.
She was indefatigable in exposing the inner workings of Full Tilt Poker after the site collapsed in 2011. At the time she worked with Noah “NoahSD” Stephens-Davidowitz and Thomas Bakker at Subject: Poker. When the site ceased publishing, she opened her own news site at DiamondFlushPoker.com.
Diamond Flush was a regular attendee at the top gaming conferences, and contributed enormously to the process of setting up state regulated online poker in her home state of New Jersey.
When the first sites launched, she was always available to help players with any problems or issues they had in getting to grips with online play.
Tributes have been paid to her from around the world.
Poker journalists in countries such as Spain and Germany have reported her loss. A thread on 2+2 has been created where forum members can express their sympathy.
Another aspect of her work was helping with the launch of NJ regulated poker. She helped players in this forum at launch extensively and consulted with sites and DGE during process. She did a lot of work behind scenes in that process that was never in public eye that help keep players safe. Pokeraddict
I will miss you Diamond, you will not be forgotten. You were truly the tireless hero of the online poker community, your achievements and investigative work behind the scenes of the industry will go down in history. Someday I hope there will be an online poker hall of fame to acknowledge those who contributed to the growth of the game and the success of the industry, you would receive my nomination. I was honored to be able to call you a friend, I will never forget our last dinner together – that will remain a very fond memory. TT
Not known to many people, Diamond Flush attended our 2013 2+2 Party at The SouthPoint Hotel and Casino. So a few of us did get to meet and talk to her that night. I was hoping we would see her again at last year’s party, but now it’s clear why she didn’t make it. Again, Diamond , as she signed her email, will be missed. Mason Malmuth
RIP Diamond.
