Link: https://imawhale.com/blog/making-the...sible-at-poker

The author is Shane Sigsbee and the friend in this could be Ben Lamb, they are close buds and the description fits.

Let's speculate.

Everyone in poker has heard of Ben Lamb though.

Dom Twain IMO

Ben Lamb is the good friend... not the 200 million dollar winner.

I want to set the record straight: I'm only up $182,000,000.

“Why does it matter, you’ve never heard of him”

I would assume because he'd like to hear of him.

regardless if its not Roble i bet he has 50% of the action

200 million before or after taxes?

Must be privateworld

Dan Bilzerian

it probably is Bilzerian. Feds couldnt find like $180,000,000 his dad "lost". next thing you know Dan is posting pics on instagram of these "private hu matches" and posting pics of $10,000,000 wire transfers. also his brother Adam disappeared to Malta for a while and also claims to be a poker pro.
Theres a reason Dan never plays high rollers or buys action of players

But sure hes not laundering the money.

“Why does it matter, you’ve never heard of him”

Isn't Bilz at least B list celeb by now?

It can't be Bilzerian, he wouldn't have said that Shane has never heard of him.

I heard it is 100M to Brian Hastings and 100M to Noyel

this ainec

Would this be against an unnamed NHL owner?

Maybe it's danielle negreanu undercover getting ready for a HU with doug??

It's more than $200 million from the Russia and Kazakh games alone for sure. There are a lot of Russian players who were around for this, and that's why you see so many at the WSOP.

Most of the pros you know only got the scraps of the biggest games, which were invite only. There was some fluidity between the levels of games, and even in the public casinos, guys like Gypsy and Kotstritsyn were having $10 million monthly swings. When poker got banned, some of the best players were obviously on downswings. You still see them today, while those who made their money went on to other things since HS is not what it used to be.

In Macau the big games were also private. I never saw the elite games there, but I did see someone bet $70 million HKD on one hand of baccarat. I'm sure someone who plays poker is down $200 million at baccarat there. :-)

I'd be skeptical of it being true, looks like a good blog post to get attention for the stable.

Not that he did anything wrong in writing it, he doesn't make any outrageous claims, just passes on gossip/second hand info that many will be interested in hearing and speculating on. Then finds a way to relate it to his business.

Fan-fcuking-tastic

The Clickiest of Clickbait.

fyp

vIf we've never heard of him then how are we going to be able guess the name?

Obv Gus Hansen or Tom Dean or islurdur.

Or all 3. Bimonthly and only on the most important part of the world's leading providers have been round at the time so that the can all get a piece.

Maybe you should be able to see the best possible price for the usual suspects.

Also they have been round the world and go to the job.

They have never told any one who they are because of the money on the internet is not the money on the other hand and the best possible price is right.