The fact he would play in a terrible game, under-rolled on the worst night is puzzling to me. Playing 2/5 at Venetian on the weekdays and keeping an eye out for a juicy 5/10 game in the meantime seemed too logical.

I'd like to see Trooper succeed, but it doesn't seem like that's how he's wired. He seemed too concerned with proving he wasnt afraid of playing 5/10 that he managed to dust off 1/3 of his 5/10 roll on a bluff river shove with (I may be mistaken) no fold equity?

He clearly gets super tilted, not too sure what that aspergers comment was all about, or how when he was editing his vlog he still didn't see a problem with not editing it out. So weird.

Doug Polk just posted a VLog(perhaps his first?).. playing 5/10 at Aria. Haven't watched it yet, but will be shortly.

it definitely wasn't his wisest decision.

i'm sure he felt pressured by the pom pom wavers on youtube who would have flipped if he went 3 days with just a mailtime and nothing else. plus, in a move no one can argue ISN'T +EV, he had to put a vlog out yesterday or he would have missed out on the $4 in youtube revenue.

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Trooper has almost completely given up on including hand histories after he lost that $2400 at 2-5 and people were criticizing him harshly for the way he played some hands he talked about. People were doubting that he could beat 2-5. Since then he has ran extremely well, included almost no hand histories, and people just assume he played well even though he says almost nothing about how he played.

He mentioned in the last video how his opponent looked confused after seeing Trooper's hand after Trooper attempted a bluff. It would have been nice to hear more about the hand.

I watched Brad talk about several hands he played and he wasn't scared of getting criticized. I think Brad will end up getting more subscribers than him just like Neeme did.

What you see in the vlog IS the toned down Trooper. His videos are heavily edited. The Asperger comment is just the tip of the iceberg for this guy. If you want to see how unhinged he is then go watch the live stream he did a few months back. To be perfectly honest nobody should have the right to defend Trooper if they haven't watched that live stream from start to finish because the person they are defending doesn't even exist. That person is just a highly edited sliver of his true self.

In regards to playing 2/5, that would not have been wise either. Fact is he could have easily gone through his entire roll at 2/5 without even being able to complete operation uptick. If he really wanted to wait for a juicier 5/T game then what he should have done is play 1/2 in the meantime. Fact is, he doesn't have the discipline to do that. He is a degenerate and operation uptick was just a display of degeneracy.

Doug dusted off $5400 in the 5/10 game, went through 2 or 3 hands in detail which was really good... Trooper> Polk, clearly haha


Link to Troopers live stream?

If Trooper was going to address it he would have addressed it by now. He won't answer the questions about the vloggers game either. I think it's rude of him to ignore his viewers like that, but he has a tendency to ignore things and hope they go away.

I've met him too. When people accused him of being a narcissist on here, it concerned me. He was extremely likable in person, but unfortunately that's exactly what I'd expect a narcissist to be like when talking to a fan.

I've also seen him berate a fish that looked like a really nice guy. Most of the time he is quiet at the table, but there was a time when he was making nasty comments that made me cringe, and I thought there was more tension at the table because of his attitude.

Owen is def stepping his vlog game & production up with a solid 5/T sesh. Polk looks to be venturing into this new style and gave rapid fire analysis on his hyper LAG play. Dusted off a quick $5.4k by playing into image tendencies/perception but then rode off in a droptop Gallardo so don't feel too bad for the guy

For the people that think Trooper should play 2/5, what would you guess his winrate is? Do you guys really think he beats it for at least $20-$30 an hour? Why expect that when he struggles with stuff that is so basic and fundamental? When people tell him to study, he doesn't study and instead he gets mad. Is this the attitude of a winner?

If you look at his results at 1-2 NL over the last 2 years is he even ahead? He was on a massive heater after he first came to Vegas but since then his overall results at 1-2 have been terrible.

I don't think its hate as much you think it is. People just point out the bad things he does and question it and or make fun of it. If I see someone do something stupid and get a laugh out of it does not mean I hate them.

He may be a nice guy when you meet him on and off but I don't know if has many close friends. Many people don't like self centered know it all's look how he treated pokerkraut or when he met Andrew..what a nice guy.

I think Mr Ducks is spot on..

I don't think a link exists because it was twitch, but to give you an idea of what it was like, just look at dream's avatar gif which was lifted directly from that live stream.

Trooper put up the live stream on Youtube and then took it down quickly when he started getting negative comments on it, but someone else put it back up on Youtube. Not sure if it's still there.

TheTrooper97Vlog Live Stream POKER and what not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsieeiZnpjE&t

Here it is, it starts at 26 min in for some reason but you can rewind.

Troop tried to prevent them from opening this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKjlKzB3tQ8

Just watched a few hands, but it was painful.

The more I see of Trooper's antics the more I think he ran like God at 2/5, and will be falling back to earth the next couple of weeks.

He has so many leaks and is too damn lazy to put in the work to try to improve.

Just the fact alone he would "take his shot" on a Tuesday night at 5/10 shows you he isn't the sharpest stick in the shed.

He's pretty much free-rolling anyways, since I would estimate he makes $50K-$60K a year on his Patreon Account/Youtube Ads/Mailtime/Begging, etc..nice life, tho..

Im in neither category and haven't watched any trooper vlog since the Kraut disaster but unless the hand analyses that he occasionally showed in his vlogs are a complete troll in itself, and he's still not willing to learn fundamentals, there's no way he'll ever be more than a breakevenish 2/5 player riding the variance train

Trooper posted on facebook last night that he bounced back strong after his 5/10 debacle.

Kraut has a new 11 min vlog out where he played at Excalibur. He has a humorous and enjoyable hand breakdown in the middle that is worth the watch.

Someone else gave the 5-10 game a shot recently that doesn't usually play that level ...

Results?

To use your analogy ... Trooper went to the track with $2,000 and turned it into $7,500. He then bet on a long shot, lost $2,000 and left the track, returning home with $5,500. After taking into the consideration the 'investment' of $2,000 his total gain for Operation Uptick is $3,500. Arguably a living wage, not so much on its own, but as an estimated 1/3-1/2 of income workable. Nothing to retire over ...

Humorous indeed. Every alarm bell in the world going off and can't fold. He does have a decent vlog tho that said.

Nice to see Doug dipping his toes in. Definitely the highest level of strategy and analysis of all the vloggers, and I think he nails how the hands should be retold using the HEM/Pokertracker replayer.

Production level is not as high as Neeme's, and if Doug does it again (which would be great), hope he invests in a nice camera with a stabilizer.

Sunglasses are too big for his head, and he should stop going out in public wearing a tank top - you're a respectable citizen in society Doug, dress like one, not like a bro/pigeon.

In Trooper's vlog titled "Distracted Poker" Kraut posted this comment
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K. Pokerkraut 4 days ago
I didn't say or write anything of that bull....!
I don't have any interest in Tim doing it.
Why can't certain people not let go?
He doesn't own you anything!!!
I'm the ONLY ONE who can ask for paying the debts!
And to say it in "poker language":
I give him a walk!!!
Get over it Trolls!
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