I doubt Trooper fully understands that "Trooperware" in and of itself is not sustainable. I'm sure he's got a decent amount of orders from the hardcore fans, but if he thinks this will do anything but plateau then plummet he's a damn fool. It's sad because I feel like this is what he thinks is his meal ticket for the foreseeable future.

How could you say this, Trooper has gone out of his way to tell us multiple times that he is very happy, and he gets to do whatever he wants.


More seriously, i think he pretends to like vegas too. I think all the buzz and lights etc is a constant reminder of how much of a failer he is. And I mean he has failed himself but still trying to be upbeat. He wants to be part of the buzz, he wants to live the high life

Imagine trooper if he hit a $200k jackpot. - unbearable but still very watchable

Probably true for now, but I doubt he had much before he started selling them. This is what he posted when he was living at Desort Manor and his rent was much less:

I think the other vloggers remind him of what a failure he is. It must be painful for him to get a glimpse of what it's like to be someone like an Andrew or a Brad. Or a Daniel Negreanu. His ego can't handle that. One of his accounts that I thought was a gimmick account criticized Andrew for trying to make it look like he had an awesome life in his videos.

I remember TBC once saying he felt insanely rich when he had $30k. Trooper would probably feel the same way.

January 2016 is when he started daily vlogging, his subs per month and views per month both increased throughout all of 2016. in 2017 his monthly views and # of new subs per month have gone down every month. he is discouraged that his channel is going downhill even though he has been daily vlogging most of this year. he is starting to realize that simply pumping out a mediocre daily vlog is not going to work forever.

His so called monthly nut probably doesn't count all his meals on the strip. He would really have to be keeping track to keep up with all those expenses and he doesn't like record keeping too much.

I estimated around $2450 now for him. Which is super high for a low stakes grinder. But I guess he doesn't make his money from poker anyway.
Even if he makes $2000/mo from all his other stuff he is doomed as he is a break even poker player and could go on a down swing at anytime.

Rent 1200(I think someone posted that)
Car payment and insurance 300 ?
Gas 150
Grocery 100 since he eats at home so little
Eating out and non gift card/comps starbucks 500
Electric 150 Not sure how cold he runs it in summer
Internet only with no cable? 50
Water and trash probably included with apartment

Very sobering graph for trooper i imagine. Esp when deep down he knows that the bump was thanks to neeme

So Brad said in a comment under his recent video that they are hoping to do something with Trooper soon. I'm surprised he would even try at this point.

The world revolves around Trooper and he has no interest in making any real contacts, vloggers or otherwise. He hasn't given any of the other vloggers the time of day.

Nobody is doing the same thing.

Since he'll be hiking the Appalachian trail it seems he may be posting less rather than more, although I'm sure he will have wifi many spots along the trail. Like Trooper, he has a personality that is a draw, and he's doing his own thing just like the Trooper. However, aside from that I think they are completely different people.

Nah, I think people just give him a thumbs up because they feel bad for him and consider it like a donation.

Good long post. I appreciate your take on the Trooper.

He's quite delusional and based on how much time/money he put into this thing upfront is fully expecting sales to continue forever. This is his ultimate meal ticket. He sees it as a much easier way to make money than vlogging.

He only wants enough money to sustain his lifestyle even despite the fact that he could go on a downswing that would leave him homeless.

His gas isn't that high. He just drives to the strip and back for the most part. I'd expect his groceries to be less than that as well. You forgot to include cell phone bill.

Still I think you right about the overall numbers. Has gotta be at or above $2k/month.

He lives way off strip right? I don't remember where that place is but its a pretty decent drive to center strip and he goes downtown which is even farther. Easily over 100 a month.
Yea cell phone probably 75 a month too.

I will take under January 15th 2018. If he gets a job or moves out of his current apartment anytime before that date would be a win for my side of the bet.

Monthly nut estimate of $1,300 is way too low.

Figure $1,000 for rent, $200 for electric when you have to run A/C 24/7.

Add that to things like gas, car insurance, and all those food places on the strip and all the other life necessities, you are looking at $2,000 a month..

$1300 is what Trooper said when he was living at desert manor.

Ok,I mistook that for his nut where he lives now.

I think you are right.. might be even closer to $2,500 a month now..more then what he makes from YouTube, Patreon, Trooperware, etc..

Good thing for him he isn't court-ordered to pay child support..

Withdrawals Steve ?

I got the feeling - at least while he was playing - that he was mostly eating at places he had comps and he probably drinks at Starbucks for free given all the gift cards he has.

Take a look at his Facebook page sometime, he's got way more fans than I thought. IMO they're keeping him in gift cards and free coffee.

His live YouTube mailtimes will fetch him about $100 in donations each time. Although he stupidly stated he was turning the donation feature off. Interested to see if that comes to fruition.

He even stated that he ran out of starbucks gift cards 2 times on TAA.
He spends a large amount there from sandwiches to coffee.

His apartment is about a 13 mile drive to the strip. 17 miles from downtown. He has a pretty fuel efficient vehicle but it does look like he probably spends $100/mo on gas.

Neeme must have lost an eye.

Lets hope not. Missing his vlogs while he's out of action with the eye infection

This is where your parents and friends failed you. At one point in your life someone needed to tell you to STFU. Did that ever happen? Or perhaps it was the other way and no one ever listened to what you had to say. Which one was it? What life trauma causes you to write rambling multi paragraph posts on here obsessing about a narcissistic misanthropic introvert. Is it perhaps because in many ways he is EXACTLY what you DESPISE about yourself???

I feel like mrducks probably is very quiet in real life. I may be very mistaken in that assessment.