That summer, he broke through with a huge live score, taking second at the World Series of Poker in a $5,000 event for $570,551, which would stand as his biggest cash. In 2008, according to an interview he did with CardPlayer, his game took off after he linked up with Tom 'kingsofcards ' Marchese and William 'Altrum Altus' Reynolds. He had started off honing his game as one of the most prominent members of the old FlopTurnRiver community in the years before that, posting and discussing numerous hands as he moved into mid-stakes games under the now-famous moniker 'nutsinho.' Hailing from New York, Lyndaker initially emerged as a force in poker in 2008.
'He was truly a legend of our game,' the person wrote. The poster said the medication was prescribed due to a recent soccer injury and added that he or she wanted an accurate account of Lyndaker's death reported.
The initial poster of the 2+2 thread, who claimed to be a close friend in touch with Lyndaker's family, said the nosebleed legend died in his San Diego apartment on either July 29 or July 30. PokerGO, who was live streaming the Triton Million at the time, mentioned Lyndaker's passing on stream not much later. Richard Lyndaker, a poker player who built a reputation as one of the top online cash competitors in the world, died at age 33 due to an accidental overdose of painkillers, according to a report on TwoPlusTwo.
