Sorry I think he's a fake personality who happens to be an obese unhealthy person and cries about it to the public... He's a small stakes mtt winner who has massively overachieved in the poker world and doesn't realize it...

So no I don't like him and that fake ass smile he gives to his viewers with his 15000 dollar veneers... The guy is fake in every aspect

Fellas, just throw him on ignore. He's a retired old man that is using his twilight years to come on here and insult anyone who criticizes his fat, lazy heros. He does the same thing with thetrooper97, who is basically a less successful, and older version of Jamie. I guess he falls hard for these "fixer upper" types, as he writes the same comments over and over where he tries to appear smarter. I guess when you have no grandchildren of your own, you have to find online personas to worship.

We know dude. Time to move on...your obsession with Jaime, his vlogs, stream, and this thread lead me to believe you are just a disgruntled jealous fan of his.

There's plenty of people I don't agree with; or they're just not my type of person...I simply don't give them my time and attention; then again I'm not a full-blown addict to negativity.

I want to hear why you and others feel the need to continue to post in this thread if you hate the guy so much. I'll echo a sentiment an earlier poster stated: A true winner at life doesn't bring people down but rather they uplift others even if their styles are different. You don't see a boss like Doug Polk spewing this kind of hatred to a young dude who's a fan of poker (like all of us) because he understands that very important life concept.

I honestly feel everyone in this thread would like to see Jaime do well and achieve his goals; otherwise why would anyone keep regurgitating the same bitching and insults over and over if they weren't frustrated by someone who they feel could do better?

There's nothing wrong with just ignoring Mr. Staples altogether if you think he's a loser, and that opinion can be respected and understood. Wild concept right? Constant bitching and a barrage of negativity about the same subject over and over just reeks of teenagers trolling the internet or adults that haven't fully matured yet.

Great post Dr. Phil

I thought I'd chuck in my two cents on the current situation since I feel I've been in similar mental states to Jaime in the past and watched Jaime on and off since he first started on twitch. I still want him to succeed so this isn't some troll post dw.

I'm sure what he does is pretty tough. Of course many feel being able to play poker in front of many and make money and gain sponsorship of it is the dream but there's definitely a down side with the stress of wanting results. Especially on twitch when results/higher stakes tend to lead to higher viewers.

I'm sure Jaime's in a tough spot right now, probably sick a lot, poker isn't going great. But unfortunately I'd say the situation he's got himself into its pretty much all due to his poor work ethic and lack of long term (that's right long term) motivation.

The thing that somewhat frustrates me about Jaime is his general mindset and outlook on the future. I myself have been at extremely low points and get a sudden jolt of motivation to effectively crush life but to me it seems Jaime is just looking at the end dream and how great that would be instead of breaking down the foundation of where is life is at currently and taking smaller steps to change that.

I'd say setting gargantuan goals whilst being at a low point/reflective state is one of the easiest ways to subconsciously burn out and return to your old ways. I've told myself many times when I've been inspired:

"I want to be like x"

"I want this kind of life"

There's this jolt of motivation inside me for a short period of time where I tell myself this is where I'm going to end up.

As is the expected outcome within the periods of a few days I return back to my initial state.

Since starting university in September my thought process has changes from long term goals to what can I change about myself today and how can I create a strong foundation to enable me to achieve greater goals.

All these big dreams end up being are empty ones if you never criticise yourself at the most basic level about how you act. Things like sleep schedule, health and internal honesty are vital to becoming the kind of person you look up to.

I'm only twenty right now but I've kidded myself for years about how proactive I was being in periods where all I actually was, was a lazy teenager hoping to have great success.

I feel what Jaime is doing currently is trying to run before he can walk. I want to see him do well but I fear unless he starts being more critical about his actions and stops brushing all his short term flaws under the carpet he won't move forward.

There are some trolls but a lot of people are rooting for you Jaime. They want to see you succeed. What they don't want to see is you struggle with the most fundamental of tasks and then come up with a massive long term plan about how you're going to be the best in the world.

I hope I'm not alone in saying I think it would be a higher ev move to purely focus on fixing your health and routine instead of daydreaming about what could be. It's almost an even worse mind set than "what if I win this tournament", at least with a tournament you have a chance.

I've done this multiple times in the past. I'm going to get this job and do this and that and be the best human ever etc.

The only time in the past five or so years where I feel I've made actual proactive progress as a human is when I've set myself much smaller goals. As a result it's helped me stumble out of my regular periods of depression where I always wonder what I could be.

Live life and constantly be grateful for where you are currently and constantly assess what small things you can do to improve yourself as a person.

All the best.

Good post Labax, very insightful for being 20 and I can truly relate and agree that Jamie is in this same state of depression.

Actually I'm 28 and have a much higher net worth then staples... I'm from Alberta as well where he is from... wooo gotta love 200k a year for a skilled tradesman.. Only in Alberta

I think he's a goof and deserves to be trolled... it's hilarious... if he wasn't such a pussy there would be no need to hate... but he's a pussy and a over achiever who is still whining and not a hard worker..

I mean my god his vlog came up on my YouTube page today and the guy makes a content calendar about tweeting poker gifs lol it's just pathetic

Gotta get those 35 poker gifs out there I guess lol absolutely pathetic

I don't get the hate. He was talking about growing his brand and how it had to be done over multiple platforms, not simply YouTube, and what he had to do to accomplish that. People that are interested in him will like to hear these details.

It's not like he was caught raping the neighbor's cat or something. No reason to be angry over that.

That was too funny! Made me laugh out loud! He's working right now.

Jaime seems to have a real gift for forging connections with people, perhaps by making viewers feel like we've got something in common?

Besides the poker, guess felt drawn in by the fact that our Dads do the same thing - and so Jaime's home life felt so familiar ... in the Canadian suburbs with the computer set up in the basement, along with the tv and the couch, and the Home Depot wall unit ... also there was the bro in the Jays hat coming in and out of the room with the Tim Horton's, and Mom upstairs making spaghetti for dinner ... so cozy!

Jaime's PS sponsorship would be so great if things were different with poker - like if poker was growing steadily in popularity, and PS was doing well ... guess all Jaime would have to do get people interested in poker is play on stream. And then the sign ups would probably happen on their own?

Instead poker's contracting, and PS is so heavily in debt they can't seem to stop themselves from ruining the games even further. So Jaime's left trying to compete with one of the top players in the world for viewers, and is maybe spending time and money on a youtube stream, instead of just poker?

The money and freedom that come with a PS sponsorship must be nice - but being assigned with the responsibility of trying to grow poker seems like an impossible task ... that must be super frustrating?

Would it maybe help bring peace of mind for Jaime to do stuff like consider other businesses that might be possible in the future? Maybe to stay hopeful that life surely has lots of interesting adventures in store?

GL Jaime!

That's not quite a complete thought there, wc; smarter than whom? If we're speaking of you, then my cocker spaniel qualifies.

On a related matter, for someone who claims to have me on ignore, you sure do direct a lot of your posts to my comments. And, yes, I realize that you can claim to have seen them when others quote me, but that has no bearing on whether you respond to what I have written.

If you want to ignore me, then ignore me. It's really a very simple concept; one my cocker spaniel would easily master. As you appear to be having significant difficulty understanding it, let me be of service:

WINNERCIRCLE!!!

SIT!!!

STAY!!!!

IGNORE!!!!!!

You are one weird ass dude.

any updates on this insane monthly spend?

That may be so, but I'm a retired weird ass dude with a $100k/yr pension and millions in the bank. So keep grinding those micro stakes, making a few pennies here and a few pennies there, and one day in the future you too may become a financially-secure weird ass dude.

Oh, who am I kidding. You haven't got a chance. I guess that's why you have to spend your time here in this thread taking shots at Jaime. Trying to knock him down a peg or two may make you feel a little bit better about your own failures and insecurities.

Hypocrite much? I also don't believe you and if you are telling the truth, I am sorry. If I was retired, collecting $100k/year with millions in the bank I sure as hell wouldn't be sitting on my computer white knighting a low stakes grinder that can't even beat the game. You really come off as a creepy stalker type of guy that wants more then to watch him play $22 tournaments. Maybe when his stars sponsorship gets pulled and he is totally busto you can be his sugar daddy.


With that said you do know you can't take that money with you though? Assuming that you retired around the average retirement age you do know you are going to die within the next 10-20 years right? Better enjoy it while you can. I'll be around another 70 years. I have plenty of time to make money but your money won't buy you time. I'll keep enjoying my life traveling the country with my smoking hot 23 year old girlfriend that loves the **** out of me while you soak in your lonely sorrows only having human contact when someone wants your precious money.

bank statements or GTFO

IplayNLHE absolutely destroyed him.

bahahaha @ DC's comments. You know you have a small dick when you have to tell everyone on the forums about your 6 figure pension and millions in the bank.

Absolutely savage. Congrats on crafting the meanest, most soul-crushing post in this thread, which is saying an awful lot.

The problem with this thread is that all you ****s are expecting them to be PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYERS and not STREAMERS THAT HAPPEN TO PLAY POKER.

People ****ting on them for not having great results are certainly the same people struggling to beat microstakes for years.

Oh come on now you can do better than that.

Jaime finally starting his smoothies

but they are filled with lactose protein, syrup and only a few berries.

He's obviously not serious about his diet. I could write him up a great diet on a napkin in 2 minutes.

Jaime dropped out of college in order to be a professional poker player. It's only now that he realises he can't beat the games, that he has to make a living from streaming. Once Stars pulls the plug on his sponsorship, it's over for him and he knows that.

I think this is why he's started the youtube vlogs. He hopes that one day, they can be a good revenue source for him (very unlikely). Because he's come to terms with the fact that he isn't going to be making money from poker.

Which he would then use to wipe his mouth with after a steak dinner.