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@MICHAEL_MAY_82 жыл бұрын
I ran into Scotty Nguyen at a casino in Oklahoma about 15 years ago. I was starstruck and asked him for an autograph. Dude pulled a $100 bill out of his pocket, signed it and said "here ya go baby!" That dude is a fucking legend!
@gam3kid2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@phishtix4522 жыл бұрын
@@gam3kid Same note too
@fastesteddiealive2 жыл бұрын
Best story ever!
@jaimevenegas55822 жыл бұрын
That's fucking awesome. Scotty is a cool guy. Hope he turns it all around. Vietnamese guys like him is very honest and makes a good friend
@nasseribrahim42362 жыл бұрын
Was this at winstar?
@ShivaOO72 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing to understand about poker, it's that bankroll management is just as important as skill at the game.
@SwordAgainstChaos2 жыл бұрын
Staying away from the craps tables would be a first step.
@BirdGang62 жыл бұрын
Stu Ungar’s life story is absolutely fascinating, he was the best poker player who ever lived but the one person he couldn’t beat was himself!
@RobbieStacks902 жыл бұрын
When you seesaw the way Stu Ungar did, it happens because you get need action. Everything to him was a competition. If he won, he wanted to win more. He'd win $1,000,000 from the WSOP and want $10,000,000 and would end up going from rich to broke to rich to broke for years. It's a sadistic cycle of vanity and prodigality.
@EmperorNerox2 жыл бұрын
Yea we all heard him say that bit.overplayed now. Lol geez
@XxMr1XxX2 жыл бұрын
He was not the best poker player who ever lived. He was likely the best or one of the best of his era, but definitely not the best of all time. Back when he played, the fields were super small and not very competitive. On top of that the amount of pros back then was also extremely low, most people were just hobby players who had no idea what they were doing. Look at Johnny Chan for example, who won the main event 2 times in a row and was 2nd the 3rd time. He hasnt won anything since ages, even hes still playing up to this day. & people were saying the same about him back then, that he was "the best of all time". Dan Harrington is another good example. He was ahead of his time with his play style. But these days his play style is considered being completely wrong and outdated. He also hasnt won anything since ages.
@EmperorNerox2 жыл бұрын
@@XxMr1XxX stu was the best. He won over 30% of the 5k and bigger buy in tournaments he played., Doesn't matter the fields were smaller , all that means is that all the players were solid and there wasn't all the riff Raff online shit players. His poker IQ was off the charts. He was a genius w cards . Would have been nice to see him play for 20 more years though.
@XxMr1XxX2 жыл бұрын
@@EmperorNerox He was the best of his time, but definitely not the best of all time. Calling him the best of all time is disrespectful towards all those talented people who played poker during the last 20 years. There are thousands of people who have similar talent as him. Back then it was just way less players, so it was a lot easier for a talented player to stand out.
@hamsalamicheese33983 жыл бұрын
A Scotty Nguyen story. One day I was playing keno at the Gold Coast bar about 3am in 1999, turn my head and Scotty is sitting next to me , after about 5 drinks each , Scotty says to me , it's really cold this morning , puts his hand over credits in his bar top poker machine and says to me , "I will give you all the money I got in this machine for your leather jacket" about 10 minutes later I said fuc* it and we shook on it. Scotty than put bar towel over machine , put on his new leather jacket , thanked me , laughed and walked out the door facing the Palms. For the next hour I left that towel on that machine not knowing the amount that he left. Well the jacket was worth $200 at best. I call over the bartender who heard the whole last two hours of our conversation. I have him peak under towel , bartender looks at me and says HOLY SHIT Scotty gave me $775 for a used leather jacket
@profesorkailan13243 жыл бұрын
Yeah. He did the same to me. But this time he close the credit using his leg. Ask me for my underwear because he forgot to wear one. I took me 3 years to think and then fuck it. We shock on it. His leg there hiding the credit amount for 3 years. He took my underwear and wear it. I never wash that underwear. Got lots of stains on it. He cut his leg and left. I dont know the amount of the credit since his leg still there. After one hour, i ask the bartender who drunk and barely listen to my conversation with scott to take off the leg. And the bartender shout at me... oh my god.... the machine is out of order.
@poppadoc.3 жыл бұрын
@@profesorkailan1324 your not normal.
@mergru63713 жыл бұрын
@@poppadoc. kinda funny though..
@petaisajoke3 жыл бұрын
His not normal what?
@alastair34572 жыл бұрын
THAT type of shit is probably why he goes broke!
@GRice9994 жыл бұрын
Most high stakes players go broke because they play in stakes too high for their bankrolls. Others mistake a run of good luck for skill and eventually succumb to better players. Most of the high stakes pros from 10-15 years ago and before went broke after becoming known. Sometimes the games change and they aren't able to adjust. The smarter ones move down in stakes when running bad or their bankroll drops below a certain point. But many have egos that won't let them drop down and that is dangerous to their bankrolls.
@StuUngar4 жыл бұрын
A lot of it also has to deal with the fact that during the poker boom of the early 2000’s, games were a lot softer because you had a lot more unskilled players. The ones that kept at it, by and large, are skilled players. Less fish+more skilled players on avg = tougher environment
@GRice9994 жыл бұрын
@@StuUngar You're right, the softer games allowed good, but not great, players (myself included) to move up in stakes they were previously, and later, not talented enough to beat, and most of them eventually went broke and/or quit the game. When I couldn't beat the mid-stakes limit hold'em games as a part time player because the competition became mostly professionals, I just moved down in stakes and avoided going broke. Eventually I was forced to switch to no-limit because that's where most of the action and fish are. But the problem with TOP players going broke, including most world champions, and even long before the poker boom, was insufficient bankrolls and egos. Many of the pros today understand variance better that the pros of yesteryear, but many don't and almost all still have those egos. I remember the regulars at the Taj back in the 90s walking around the room looking for the softer games (which later became known as bum-hunting, lol). They needed the income to make a living and learned they could reduce their variance (even if they weren't familiar with the concept--they just knew they could make more money) by playing in softer games. But when the better players moved up in stakes, their available games became fewer and fewer, and their variance increased and many of them went broke or quit the game rather than move back down in stakes. And since they were previously playing at the lowest stakes available with no where to move down to if they wanted, and were used to playing on short bankrolls, most didn't have those additional skills to reduce variance, and were stripped of the one tool they previously had -- bum hunting. Eventually the poker boom gave everyone a boost and many lived like kings for a few years. Now I see some of them barely getting by at low stakes -- hopefully they're collecting Social Security, because they aren't playing well enough to make a living, in part because they too were forced to switch to a new game (no-limit). Your namesake is a perfect example of a guy with insufficient bankroll and a big ego (and a lot of other negative self-discipline stuff) that caused him to go broke many many times over.
@SprezzaturaLifestyle2 жыл бұрын
The sad truth is that lots of the famous poker players never had any substantial amount of real money to their name. They had huge debts they owed to their sponsors. Online poker sietes would sponsor them by giving them a loan. If they go broke they were supposed to rebuy in, even multiple times in order to make it to the final table in order to represent their sponsor. That gave them a huge advantage compared to regular players. So they weren't nearly as good as people thought. They just had the advantage of almost always having money to rebuy if they went broke. If you can rebuy 3 times you have a 3:1 advantage compared to the regular player. People then see those players winning big but never see the other side of the story which is that they have huge debts. So they were basically living on borrowed money. SO they did not have any real net positive money to their name. Even today people like Tom Dwan or Phil Ivey have massive debts to their name. Yes there are real winners in poker but you can almost say that most of the poker world is a big lie designed to get people to play online poker who then are being ripped off by those sites because most of the other players on those online tables aren't real players but computers pretending to be humans. And since computers play more perfect than humans real players can nothing but loose in the long run. If you want to play real poker you have to go to the casino and pay attention that the rake is not too high. Otherwise the long term loss is already unavoiddable.
@AC-wl7ve Жыл бұрын
i dont care how good you are, luck players a massive factor. any player can go on a massive cooler and go bust in no time.
@GRice999 Жыл бұрын
@@AC-wl7ve The first part of your observation is correct. The second part is only correct if that player continues playing at a level where his/her bankroll is threatened by said cooler. A real professional player will drop down in stakes when their bankroll is no longer sufficient for their current stakes. An amateur or someone lacking bankroll management skills will play too high and risk going broke. This is well understood by professionals. Also, when on a losing streak it's a good idea to reevaluate one's game to see if one is playing one's best, or if the competition has gotten better. Both can fool a good player and destroy his/her bankroll if not realized. That requires self discipline. Ungar obviously lacked that.
@thespook14824 жыл бұрын
That’s ok baby, there’s still 2 more cards. ~Scotty Nguyen
@SoCalburro3 жыл бұрын
👍👍🤣
@michaelsantoria75663 жыл бұрын
Dying lmaooo
@scottlauren31453 жыл бұрын
@Sofa King exactly. Play the flop...the turn and river are a mere 40% and you're most likely chasing a draw.
@somaliano99kingkonghimself752 жыл бұрын
I loved him playing talking. He is a viatnamees brother there in every city in the world a Asian brother who is part if gambling it self
@alexanderflemming70832 жыл бұрын
"You got one flush, I got two" Scotty Win
@morganspector51612 жыл бұрын
Scotty's poker career took a hard dive in WSOP against Phillip Halm; Scotty makes the final table if he just passes every hand. But Halm got him angry and Scotty went broke in two hands. It was jaw-dropping
@ronbutcher94124 жыл бұрын
Anyone who has ever played poker know it's a game of skill, math and LUCK. If you're on a run of bad luck, your instinct is to bet more in hopes of winning. When these high stakes player encounter a streak of "bad luck"....it can, and will sometimes destroy them. I live in Vegas....I can tell you a dozen stories of guys who worked many years, retired to become "professional poker players" and had to go back work in a year or two. Gamblers are usually worse than alcoholics... when an alcoholic drinks too much, he passes out. When a gambler is on a losing streak, he loses the house.
@SKA1M03 жыл бұрын
Sad reality
@joelstatosky18173 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's why most people recommend that when you are on a losing streak to just walk away.
@michieltummers13032 жыл бұрын
@@joelstatosky1817 That does literally nothing. A streak is something that only "is" in your head. There are no streaks or "end of streaks". You keep playing as long as you are not on tilt and play your A game, thats it. The only reason to walk away from a table is to move down in limit, when the table has become too strong for your skill or when you are not able to play your A game anymore.
@HoangTruong-vk7ek2 жыл бұрын
@@michieltummers1303 this is true. As long as you feel like you are still playing your A game you should just play. If a super human can just play poker for 100000 hours straight no sleep there will be strings of 10 20 even 100 hours of nonstop losing hands. But if he's good enough he will profit overall over that 100000 hours.
@parkerbohnn22 күн бұрын
@@joelstatosky1817 It's easy at the racetrack if the losing streak is bad enough just bet every horse in a race. That's what I used to do.
@troyhbk4 жыл бұрын
"blew it all on parties or drugs or whatever" sounds like you're well informed
@dwightschuette89603 жыл бұрын
Prostitutes.
@troyhbk3 жыл бұрын
@Jeez Sperma lol what are you talking about? what dad's dont want their kids to be gamblers?
@rolly60202 жыл бұрын
this guy has no idea what hes talking about, just makes a lot up to make money on youtube
@SnookerNepal2 жыл бұрын
@@rolly6020 yes most of these KZfaqrs aren't less than any scammer, we in the world of IT, where everything can be known but sadly the truth is hidden and things are manipulated, it will come to a time when everyone would think something is real while it was completely fake being KZfaq Facebook as their source of information, just go to blogs for info ...
@glyn4202 жыл бұрын
I believe that means whores
@RevanLaughs3 жыл бұрын
So basically, they would win enormous amounts of money playing the games they were actually good at, then lose it all playing games that they either aren’t nearly as good at, or are actual chance-based gambling.
@bamadave832 жыл бұрын
I could never do that. But i'm frugal and kind of a pussy
@aircody3452 жыл бұрын
That casino lifestyle takes over
@trinity277774 жыл бұрын
Cant be all loosey goosey at the poker table eating a sandwich
@pokerKKcrushr4 жыл бұрын
🤣👍
@makedredd2994 жыл бұрын
The most important thing in life is to be able to afford a sandwich. 🥪
@sharkcapper4 жыл бұрын
In KGB's voice....... "OK....Mr. Son of a Bitch....lets play some cards"
@gavanhillebold31314 жыл бұрын
John Daly the golfer, Dennis Rodman, Charles Barkley basketball, even Michael Jordan dumped 10’s of millions of dollars in short order.Ride the Tsunami 🌊 till it comes crashing down all around.Stu Unger story has to be one of the saddest endings of all-time
@jerrydavid87733 жыл бұрын
RIP Stu Unger
@NoHoldeMeBack3 жыл бұрын
Difference is they had jobs that paid them. When poker pros loose they dont have income to back them up. And to even mention Jordan who was making 100s on millions in the same breath is a joke.
@NoHoldeMeBack2 жыл бұрын
@captain scentsible39 I would say about 5% can play poker for a living. But its not the glam lifestyle that people think it is. A few of the young superstars have it pretty good, but they in general are socially awkward, and most of their friends are people that live the same grinding lifestyle.
@gregorycampbell93864 жыл бұрын
High stakes gambling is like icarus flying near the sun.
@themaharishi81603 жыл бұрын
The number one skill in poker. Understanding when you're outmatched and stepping down to stakes where you win. It's hard because to reach the top you first have to believe you can get there. If you stop moving up while you can you're also losing money ;-)
@BaoNguyenTP3 жыл бұрын
David Pham. He’s one of the best tournament poker players, but still, he like other games :) He’s broke all the time.
@chesthoIe3 жыл бұрын
I don't know about poker, but Stu Ungar is certainly the best Gin Rummy player in the world. They used to play casino Gin Rummy until Stu Ungar showed up. They used to have major Gin tournaments where they would pay Ungar to not play.
@everythingallin49052 жыл бұрын
Yes. Ungar grew up as a kid playing Gin Rummy at his dad's card club.
@serbaserbi383 жыл бұрын
If you win you will keep playing because you want more. If you loose you will also keep playing because you want to take it back. At the end you will stop only if there are nothing left.
@user-gm3gu2re7s Жыл бұрын
Yup, this realization made me quit poker while ahead (but who knows if I really quit yet)
@BIGOTE_FRANKIE_7510 ай бұрын
HE SAID LOOSE☠️🤣☠️😂☠️😭
@danieln65633 жыл бұрын
Drug and/or gambling addiction was basically a massive contributing factor for most on this list.
@wubears714 жыл бұрын
I played a lot of cards at Commerce Casino in 2001 and 2002. It was right before poker became big. All the guys on TV were just the group of degenerates that I saw all the time there. I would see thousands of dollars in chips one day and the next them looking for someone to stake them the next because they didn’t have $100 to their name. It was pretty pathetic and far from the glitz and glamor shown on the WPT when that started airing in summer 2002.
@br4insful2 жыл бұрын
well, what they show on tv now has nothing to do with the reality as well :D
@mak.lee_pnw50982 жыл бұрын
Like who?
@cncaliguy092 жыл бұрын
Commerce, Bicycle, or Hustler casino you saw them there. Back then it was a tiny circle of poker players. Many of them are great at poker but equally horrible at other gambling forms where would they blow winnings on. Poker was used to fund their other habits.
@sal48562 жыл бұрын
lived in vegas in my 20s degenerate gambling town, won and lost good sums of money until the light went on ,made a nice score and left town
@EmperorNerox2 жыл бұрын
Devilfish was a cool dude. Legit badass. Used to see him, sit at the tables, hang out etc at tournaments in Los Angeles, Vegas and once after seeing him at Bellagio I flew out to London to play late night poker on tv some tournament, ,partypoker paid for everything n gave me 1500 spending money . Anyway it was in some old soccer stadium in the locker rooms, and sure as shit devilfish is there . Was cool to see him. Legend. RIP
@JW-bx4su4 жыл бұрын
I don't think those can be called even professional players, they are just gamblers...
@WILLIAMCHANEL4 жыл бұрын
Many of the top pro's are serious gamblers. You can be both a pro and a gambler. Approximately 100% of the old school pro's were gamblers.
@pdorism3 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that a gambling game would attract gambling addicts?
@georgespalding76402 жыл бұрын
One thing you NEVER hear about a Pro Gambler.....He retired at 60 (and never gambled again) with $5 Million in investments and lived the good life for another 30 years with his wife until he died of Old Age.
@mak.lee_pnw50982 жыл бұрын
Who you talking about tho
@JollyJumper7772 жыл бұрын
Golden rule of gambling: "quit while you are ahead"
@JollyJumper7772 жыл бұрын
@@woodforthetrees3496 it seems to me more like an addiction than anything else.
@paulatudor6913 жыл бұрын
I like Scotty, and Gus at the poker table they are exciting to see play.
@erikalexander66023 жыл бұрын
“.. you know, for me, the action IS the juice!..In in!” -Tom Seizmore , Heat
@noelio674 жыл бұрын
Thought I was watching the Sopranos....lol.... then the penny dropped
@Eskolol3 жыл бұрын
Win your money gambling, lose it by gambling. Some don’t appreciate money enough to use it properly.
@AT-qm8gv4 жыл бұрын
Archie Karras was such a legend.
@Dynamikcheese3 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you said Gus Hansen but as he is in the thumbnail I'm gonna assume that you did. He isn't broke. The guy plays for millions and millions playing backgammon, he is potentially the number 1 backgammon player in the world.
@diamondrmp4 жыл бұрын
How is it shocking? They are gamblers that bet big and lose big. This is typical of gamblers period not just poker players!
@oddboxsports2953 жыл бұрын
Most poker pros don't lose their money though because they are professionals. So yeah, when a PRO loses as much as they earned, it's certainly shocking.
@pauliep20204 жыл бұрын
Poker players can feel untouchable when things are going good. We’ve all been there. But eventually and inevitably variance rears it’s ugly head. Bankroll management and setting up multiple streams of income (outside of poker) is beyond important and often overlooked.
@SwayPromo4 жыл бұрын
I just lost 15,000 just now in 5-5 plo so I get it
@Beanmachine914 жыл бұрын
go to college and apply for grants
@evanshafer47952 жыл бұрын
@@okla7218 if ur bad, yeah
@kevino48462 жыл бұрын
I quit online poker when the FBI logo showed up on my FTP screen one morning.
@bekeneel2 жыл бұрын
@@evanshafer4795 And what exactly is bad? U can be a great player and still lose, it's influenced by a lot of things.
@parkerbohnn22 күн бұрын
If only I had of been at those racetracks to pick winners for Stu. I made a living at the racetracks around the world.
@eaglerider18262 жыл бұрын
Moral of this story , If you are good at poker then stay away from the dice .
@czechraiser3 жыл бұрын
A lot of players weren't as good as people thought, they were loose aggressive and had very high deviance and ran insanely hot as some will when you have a large number of loose aggro players. They then fall to earth as the variance goes the other way and they play too high and have too big egos to go down in stakes. Others had or developed serious substance issues. Or they just hit seriously unlucky streaks.
@NoHoldeMeBack3 жыл бұрын
As being a friend of one of the pioneers in the super aggro style (Chad Lilholdem Batista), I agree with you for the most part. The thing is that style was fine online, where you can play several tournaments not only at the same time, but one after another as well. If you put a steamroller into a bunch of tournaments, he is going to crush a few, and loose a lot. The thing is 1 win = 100s of losses in bigger fields. Now lock then into the old school 1 bullet and that's it, they don't have the option to open another 5 screens.
@JeremyMacDonald19733 жыл бұрын
I would also argue that up until right around the poker boom extremely aggressive play was generally optimal play. This is the underlying message of Brunson's Super System. In Super System you play extremely aggressively stealing pots until the amateur player finally finds a hand and takes a stand. The catch is by that point the aggressive pro is playing the pot with mostly the amateurs (stolen) money and, while behind, still usually has a 40% chance to win the pot. The poker boom also coincides with wide spread internet and, while the fish are plentiful, they also can check the odds which more or less eliminates Super System as a go to strategy for winning at Poker. In effect loose aggressive was the best strategy right up until, one day, it wasn't because even the relative amateurs ceased being super tight players. That was certainly my experience with the game. Back in my pup days before the poker boom in Uni all our poker games (and mine as well) was pretty much a bunch of tight players playing each other - a pro would have eaten us all for lunch. After the poker boom and the explosion of books that where a part of it, I was still pretty much a fish but now I was a fish that had read a bunch of poker books and had learned to adjust my game to deal with a loose aggressive player trying to constantly steal from me.
@sal48562 жыл бұрын
its called gambling
@keithb40772 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest, Gus is slightly surprising, none of us are shocked. Had to be the most maniacal high stakes player of the era.
@carlgiraulo75552 жыл бұрын
Always thought that more of Jean-Robert Bellande. Swear he was on tilt at all times. Never know what that much $ to someone
@AC-wl7ve Жыл бұрын
gus was amazing, but i guess his crazy style just didnt work online.
@MmaSmarty87 Жыл бұрын
I Remember his Poker Superstars run where he just started going all in blind
@adamirishconundrum851 Жыл бұрын
Gus fucking went all in constantly with 4 5 off suit couldn't have happened to a bigger donkey
@AC-wl7ve Жыл бұрын
@@adamirishconundrum851 he must have been doing something right. He was one of the most dominant players of his time. Obviously would never work in this gto era though.
@ludwigbeethoven31194 жыл бұрын
What's the story? Bill Gates meets Doyle Brunson. Gates is playing low stakes cash game 1/2 dollar blinds Gates-Can I get an autograph of your book Super System? Brunson-If you play higher stakes with me Gates-I'm too rich, not worth my time. Gates supposedly makes $150 dollars per SECOND 24/7 all year long. Damn super baller Gates making the high stakes gamblers look like Zynga players
@macofalltrades63962 жыл бұрын
I've watched both Gus and Scotty live. Scotty's issues were non-poker and required life changes. Gus's were basic game adjustment. He took way too long to adjust to range analysis. Once he made those changes in his game, he should have been able to recover.
@olderetiredtreemahn32342 жыл бұрын
I saw gus win 3.2m FT in three days. He did make poor table selections most of the time
@robertkauffman81372 жыл бұрын
Most every player is a loser. Buy stock in the casino if you want to be a winner in life.
@jamalnasir56482 жыл бұрын
@@robertkauffman8137 that only applies for games against the casino. Games against other players, like poker, you can make a living if you're good at it
@robertkauffman81372 жыл бұрын
@Agent 39 The house is making money, Most gamblers are losing and depressed.
@Mike__B2 жыл бұрын
@@jamalnasir5648 you can make a living yes, but the statement is true. The only way someone can win millions in a big events is if thousands upon thousands lose, hell the big even for last years WSOP only the top 15% actually made money so for every 20 people playing only 3 made money. So yeah most every player is a loser.
@joelcouture19732 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Gus Hansen playing live on fult tilt. He was just coinfliping all-in non stop with other rich dudes.
@andrewcrenshaw29042 жыл бұрын
I saw that too. $30k flips.
@Undertaker55792 жыл бұрын
Maybe we should redefine the status of a poker pro. In my book a poker pro doesn't lose all their money playing poker.
@TheLeadSled2 жыл бұрын
Very few ever truly come out on top when gambling, most end up addicted and they lose everything they own to play again & again
@UnderTheMillkyWay4 жыл бұрын
Scotty N has been going broke all his life playing poker. Any one that knows his story knows all about his ups and downs. Still love Scotty but he rides high too often.
@emanuelmartinez72674 жыл бұрын
He's the true definition of a gambler. You don't see many high level players like him take those kinds of risks. What I love about him is that his reckless style makes him hard to read but he's so good at reading the other guy and I recall quite a few times he called the exact hand the other player had in a similar manner to Daniel
@bitcoinski4 жыл бұрын
Scotty N noticed that I was star struck when I encountered him in the Rio lobby in Vegas for the WSOP...Scotty approached me...patted me on the shoulder and wished me,"Good Lucky Baby"....haha...priceless! A really nice guy.
@joelstatosky18173 жыл бұрын
@@emanuelmartinez7267 .Yes, the general consensus has been. He took to much risk. When we compare him to someone like Phil ivy, the different in the amount of risk taken is massive
@emanuelmartinez72673 жыл бұрын
@@joelstatosky1817 well Phil is basically a robot programmed for poker lol. He plays poker the "right way" with very few risks
@joelstatosky18173 жыл бұрын
@@emanuelmartinez7267 . Yeah very true, but with proper risk management and playing with an amount of money you are willing to lose it should be fine as a recreational activity and if you get really could play a couple tournaments and even go pro and do it full time
@joelstatosky18173 жыл бұрын
The general consensus is that these players took a massive amount of risk or had outside elements affecting their play. If you play poker you must be aware of these and how they apply to you, and if you can't you shouldn't play at all
@Harkness782 жыл бұрын
Sounds like they problem with most of them is they start gambling on games of pure chance, sport betting and horses and dice and whatnot. Poker probably became like a job to them so for excitement they started playing games that are designed to steal your money.
@faismasterx2 жыл бұрын
@@Harkness78 What good is poker skill, if all you do is gamble like a degenerate? Replace poker with investing, business, or any high paying career. If all you do is blow your money on bad games like casino games, then it doesn't matter how good you are at anything.
@adamirishconundrum851 Жыл бұрын
The best poker players aren't famous
@da_frenchie_code37002 жыл бұрын
Ok guy let all get it real here. Why do new casinos keep opening because they know that 50%-60%of people have problems with gambling
@parster20103 жыл бұрын
When they are gambling it’s not real money 💰 it’s all part of their addiction
@joofbing4 жыл бұрын
The prince figured it out and now he’s a happy man.
@cncaliguy092 жыл бұрын
They forgot about TJ Cloutier, a holdem legend that would lose nearly all his winnings to craps. Even his WSOP bracelet ended up in a pawn shop.
@chicagomike45872 жыл бұрын
LOL - I was at Bellagio 20 years ago and saw TJ Cloutier was at the craps table (HUGE guy) and he looked upset. An hour later, he was right in front of me at the cashier - he was getting more money (thru a marker or check or whatever) and as he left, the cashier said "Have a nice day Mr. Cloutier" and he responded "It's a little God Damn late for that but thanks!" and walked away all grumpy..lol - I saw him back at the craps table 5 min later.
@DamienThorn9992 жыл бұрын
@@chicagomike4587 degenerate gamblers are such tragic figures.
@themidnightrider4532 Жыл бұрын
Alot of the big name pros from the early 2000's went broke and had people staking them.Hell,basck around 2000 or 2001 my buddy Scott got heads up with John Juanda at the 5k Jack Binion world poker open on ESPN and cashes for like 150k and was broke playing 1/2 NLH within a couple years and from about 2005-2011 I was taking him to tournaments and cash games with me and backing him and he's a solid player that made me money and taught me alot about the game but he just had terrible money management skills.
@Oblivion2Abyss4 жыл бұрын
So...the moral of the story is don’t play dice..got it
@jeremydyar75664 жыл бұрын
For real. Like they're all making money playing against each other and then have the bright idea to play against the house. You'll never beat the house.
@nickh46764 жыл бұрын
Haha, super geniuses who can understand/master ranges, opponent tendencies, and equities, but choose lose their earnings on pure luck games
@nickh46763 жыл бұрын
@@lovelylemonfactorycool?
@totalhysteria3 жыл бұрын
@@nickh4676 that's the problem with gambling abuse. People start to act irrational because they are simply too addicted. Its sad.
@nickh46763 жыл бұрын
@@totalhysteria yep, gambling is an addiction/sickness. The taste for high stakes poker can only be beat by higher stakes which no longer has strategy
@lothararywuen2 жыл бұрын
Chino Reem seems to fullfilled all his depths since all the big Pokerstars again interact pretty friendly with him
@nonconformist9991 Жыл бұрын
Getting good at poker is the mask I used for my insecurities for most of my adult life knowing that about why I was doing what I was doing helped me beat those that were unable to examine their existence as I did.
@ryancallins531010 ай бұрын
Jesus buddy. Main character complex much?
@MaNiaQeF2 жыл бұрын
When i saw Chris Moltisanti i almost died 🤣🤣
@j.g.mcbell94942 жыл бұрын
I believe the biggest shift in poker came when ranges became everything. During the NL Holdem boom in the early 2000s poker was a much different and simpler game. Some pros were able to adjust, some weren’t.
@ShivaOO72 жыл бұрын
True story. Gone are the days of Cowboys figuring out what eachother had by the glint in their eye lol. Although it's still not terribly difficult to grasp, especially if you have a wealth of experience. My guess is that for many players it's less of a matter of capability and more a lack of willingness to change.
@bc1173 Жыл бұрын
The rules haven't changed, the game is just as simple now as it was when it was invented.
@iballziballz85972 жыл бұрын
Damn! Chino’s assessment seemed a little personal 😂😂😂 You had to trash him like that huh?? LOLOLOLOL Must owe you money too….god damn!!
@LeeAnn200082 жыл бұрын
Lol. He read him to filth but its probably because he said Chino would lie on people, etc.
@smith0779062 жыл бұрын
Mike Matusow net worth is apparently $8 million? But his interview with Polk states hes $500,000 in debt. The illusion of wealth
@trentk268 Жыл бұрын
When I watched the Gus Hanson Went Broke Video, Stuey was the first guy I thought about.
@georgewbushcenterforintell1473 жыл бұрын
I seen gus and SS coming from Bobby's room his had a rack with the American flag chips . 0ver 20 years ago gus said something I always remember "it takes balls to risk it all".
@YitroBenAvraham Жыл бұрын
I think it’s funny and nonsensical when people think they know poker. The fact is this: you can play “right” or “by the book” 100% of the time and still lose 80% of the time. You can bet when ahead and still lose most of the time. That’s a fact. Luck is a way bigger factor than anyone wants to admit.
@carolecarr5210 Жыл бұрын
Boozing to Alcoholic & drugs to ridiculous addiction Always equals LOSER. Choosing the wrong path is there to anyone.
@scrubfive92392 ай бұрын
I couldnt believe it when i heard about that karas guy back in the day, literally felting pros in headsup poker for millions and millions only to lose it all to craps and baccarat..... why would you keep going to the games your losing millions on and stick with the game youve been winning all the money.
@mikecaldwell80142 жыл бұрын
The way I see it is that unless you’re a savant, you’re not going to get rich playing poker. At a certain stakes, you’ll be playing people that you have no advantage against, so you’ll just be swapping money. At lower stakes, you can grind out a decent living, but it’s not gonna be fun or glamorous.
@whitesandandreef49192 жыл бұрын
Phil Ivey
@HoangTruong-vk7ek2 жыл бұрын
i agree with this. I don't think the pros on tv make that much money playing the millions dollars games we saw. It's mostly for sponsorship and fame. They make money from playing against worse players either online or at lower buy in events that don't get televised.
@anoopthomas19792 жыл бұрын
Stu Unger never went broke.. he just snorted it all in... Archie karas is an example of someone going broke
@kanekelman91732 жыл бұрын
poker pros going broke ... bah da bah bah bah I'm lovin it
@rolandkennedy802 жыл бұрын
Haven't watched yet but hopefully it includes ivey, negreanu and just abt everyone
@katts114 жыл бұрын
Gus Hansen has always been a mystery to me. Calm and in control, I've never seen him get out line at the tables, emotionally speaking. Well at least that's what he projects on the outside. I'm not surprised by his laid-back attitude.
@gheffz3 жыл бұрын
Completely agree.
@mikoajpiatek67162 жыл бұрын
I agree as well and yet I won't believe that he did not tilt at all losing 17m...
@ronb80522 жыл бұрын
There are very few professional poker players......the majority are poker losers. I live in Vegas.....I can tell you a hundred stories about people coming here and thinking they can make a living as a "professional" poker player.
@jasonbourneistreadstone2 жыл бұрын
They're selling a Dream, Ron. What the people in the industry don't tell you is that most Pros are floating on sponsorships, meaning that they only pay 10% of their tourney buy-ins. They get to keep the entire win so they are constantly hoping for a big score. Unless you have backing or a crew behind you to coach and pool buy-ins, etc. you are facing long odds if you think you can go it all by yourself.
@stetomlinson31462 жыл бұрын
I got slated for daring to express concern about the amounts of money DN was gambling at the recent WSOP. It was pointed out to me that professionals don’t lose everything, they are too smart! At the end of the day, they are gamblers and are as vulnerable as the next person.
@stetomlinson31462 жыл бұрын
@Duncan Donut Donut Daniel Negreanu
@kilianbauer39422 жыл бұрын
It's not surprising to me. In my mind, there are hardly any pros. There are some lucky big-time winners and some hard working grinders. But most of the big names were always rich kids who push money back and forth and creating surplus mostly by TV-money, sponsorship and maybe taking out a rich fish from time to time.
@stavrosgreen4143 Жыл бұрын
I have known many famous poker players in my lifetime, the only ones that are still relevant or are doing well financially are the ones that invested some of there winnings into properties or stocks. The rest are all broke. Exception to the very small % that are still winners to this day
@alyjulmim84472 жыл бұрын
Chino was a great player before getting into drugs. Played on a table with him once and he very well that day. If you gamble long enough, eventually your luck will run out.
@deanalbertson72033 жыл бұрын
It's not really shocking if a poker player goes broke. They gamble for a living. They could lose their net worth on any given day. Doyle Brunson once suggested he went broke hundreds of times in his life. The best way to make money in a casino is to be employed there.
@XxMr1XxX2 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure that Tom Dwan and Ivey went broke too and a lot of other famous "pros" arent winning players anymore, they play tournaments because they get sponsored by for example GGPoker.
@mrbkaal2 жыл бұрын
Thor Hansen should have been there... "Thor Harald Hansen was a Norwegian professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid-1990s. He has two WSOP bracelets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP. Wikipedia"
@daisybelle23362 жыл бұрын
NL Hold 'Em winners get the glory!
@timlanham34052 жыл бұрын
If you keep playing you will eventually lose. These guys have big egos and can’t stop.
@nyquil07na382 жыл бұрын
To this day my favorite player to watch is Tom Dwan. The guy is dangerous on the felt no doubt about it.
@rumeal3838 Жыл бұрын
here's my issue-define "broke". are we talking a zero balance or just down to a few thousand dollars?
@Endurx232 жыл бұрын
Gus Hansen got even his own poker room that it was best software in my opinion in this time
@oforkya3 жыл бұрын
Shocked that a poker player wood go broke
@sylvainguinepain56242 жыл бұрын
How many times have Matusow, Forest gone broke? Even Doyle Brunson tells the story about going broke and not being ablate afford a bus ticket to Texas. And what about Viktor Blom?
@olderetiredtreemahn32342 жыл бұрын
Mike does podcasts. He lost 7m sports betting. Fortunately he's quit sports betting
@olderetiredtreemahn32342 жыл бұрын
@Duncan Donut Donut he said 2million and he will be good. He owed owed an owed.
@RepentNBelieveNJesus3 жыл бұрын
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. -Proverbs 13:11
@idlehands12382 жыл бұрын
Why win a ton on a game where you have an advantage and then choose to play a game where you don't?
@cathdan Жыл бұрын
I fully agree with the title except the word shockingly.
@jamesadams46062 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know this about Lundgren and Chino wow
@lovetownsend2 жыл бұрын
Alot of videos of players winners is just them deep signing lol it's never like "OMG I WON YAY!" the lifestyle just looks so beat & grind
@Imslightlyobnoxious3 жыл бұрын
Gus Hansen going broke is the least surprising news I've ever seen.
@kevino48462 жыл бұрын
Always loved watching Gus play any two, then making Hellmuth erupt by winning with fives full ;-D
@louforcier25492 жыл бұрын
I was waiting to hear some story about Jamie Gold
@urpetdog2 жыл бұрын
it seems one of the biggest downfalls is betting on anything that isnt poker. it seems most casino games have a goal of taking your money and giving it back to the casino, so why play them? why play a game that's nearly 100% a gamble when you can just play poker and put money in at your own pace using actual strategy? why would anyone ever bet on a sportsteam when you literally have no control over how that will go? i dont have a problem with people who do it, but it definitely doesn't seem very smart.
@cristianhcm19142 жыл бұрын
.. great comment brother 👍
@Viajealduende3 жыл бұрын
Is there any videos or even any history of poker players dying old and rich???
@joethornton44913 жыл бұрын
Doyle Brunson will be
@JesseBusman19964 жыл бұрын
Wow, didn't know that about Gus Hansen & Scotty Nguyen
@thecwhitt4564 жыл бұрын
Jesse Busman I am not really sure how they define broke. I seen Gus at Bellagio last year at the high stakes table and he had a whole lot of chips in front of him.
@jasonsmith12884 жыл бұрын
@@thecwhitt456 looks can be deceiving. Just because someone has a lot of money in front doesn't mean it's actually theirs
@TheGreat1Four204 жыл бұрын
wow u are shocked Gus Hansen went broke?... Didn't u see the way he played? That's one dude Phil Hellmuth was right about. He literally said on a Poker show playing against Hansen "This guy wont be around in 10 years" and he was dead right lol literally.
@jasonsmith12884 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreat1Four20 you know whose another poker player that's kinda shady Tom Dwan. I can definitely see him being in debt hugely
@TheGreat1Four204 жыл бұрын
@@jasonsmith1288 True however I do think Dwan is a better high stakes cash game player than Hansen. Hansen back in the day had some unreal run good and when that stopped he literally lost everything.
@romanator22922 жыл бұрын
I don’t believe some of these players being broke ! Especially Scotty Nguyen
@antoniocurbelo75912 жыл бұрын
Scotty net worth is 12 million
@williamevins20994 жыл бұрын
Moneymaker should be on here. He went busted soon after his big win
@jasonsmith12884 жыл бұрын
William Evins I didn't know he was broke.
@WILLIAMCHANEL4 жыл бұрын
Moneymaker went broke at least twice. He's a mid-stakes player now who makes most of his money showing up to tournaments who pay him to use his name (e.g., "The Moneymaker Classic").
@jasonsmith12884 жыл бұрын
@@WILLIAMCHANEL I figured that's what happened to all of them. I haven't heard from Annie Duke Howard Lederer Eric Eric Lindgren in a long time
@WILLIAMCHANEL4 жыл бұрын
Jason Smith well they’re a little different because their involvement in the Full Tilt and Ultimate Bet scandals. Lederer and his sister Duke, especially, are generally persona non grata in the poker world because so many people got ripped off when FT and UB were found out to be insolvent and couldn’t pay back player funds. People were less angry with Lingren for that, but then he borrowed tons of money from people and didn’t pay it back, so he’s a Chino, too.
@jasonsmith12884 жыл бұрын
@@WILLIAMCHANEL Its funny you mention persona non grata. I figured that's what happened to Chris Ferguson as well. I don't hear from Jennifer Harmon anymore either
@ellveeentertainment88754 жыл бұрын
Scotty is rich again. He backed matusow in 05 main event
@zizoumonk104 жыл бұрын
You think one good stake could last 15 years?
@ellveeentertainment88754 жыл бұрын
@@zizoumonk10 he won 2012 50k horse remember when he was drink. Cocktail where's my fing cocktail
@acegibson95334 жыл бұрын
@@ellveeentertainment8875 yeah, well. he lost the HORSE money a long time ago.
@justletmesigninokthx4 жыл бұрын
good vid sa always. there is some low end rumble from pops, so HP at 70hz for headroom
@cygnusx-18623 жыл бұрын
It's shocking how often you hear about people having great success in one form or another but then getting wrecked and losing everything betting on sports.
@sal48562 жыл бұрын
nothing schocking about it, you where never in that world ,its full of risk taking , sports ,horses and tables just another risk ,players play for the rush
@MF-kr4hf26 күн бұрын
I hate poker: you play smart as possible and you still goddamn fucking loose..
@qingyunjian72 жыл бұрын
I thought I was gonna see durrrr on the list lol
@JM-db8ez3 жыл бұрын
There's nothing shocking about a gambler going broke.
@Radimunto3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@acegibson95333 жыл бұрын
Just about all of them are either broke or in debt. Very few can survive gambling for a living. A small percentage do. I was always amazed that top poker pros win a ton of money at the table only to lose it at the sports books, prop bets or shooting dice. I never understood that.
@kevshelby16794 жыл бұрын
Died alone? We all gonna die alone...
@gmoney99924 жыл бұрын
Nah. I'm gonna die like my grandpa, asleep. Not screaming like his passengers.
@martinwhalley3286 Жыл бұрын
Being the GOAT in poker, was a side job for Stuey Unger. He was Arguably the GOAT in Gin Rummy EVER. His demons outmatched him. Cocaine, Gambling and Depression took his money, his family and friends. Instant gratification was his master.
@OGUpdogg2 жыл бұрын
Lol. My Aunt once dated Gus Hanson. She actually met her husband (another poker player) through him.