Of course not, because a vlog about a guy who lost his entire life savings (allegedly) who then made a comeback from a $2k liferoll would be an even more intriguing story for viewers. You would probably gain more viewers and notoriety within the community.

Of course, actually attempting to do that with only $2k to your name would be suicidal. And that's why you will pad your results with the 40k you still have as you go.

/conspiracytheory

You just leveled me hard af

One could easily make do with $2k as long as he doesn't run poorly right out of the gates. Put in tons of hours and do lots of hit and runs to limit risk exposure. Shouldn't take that long to get up to 30 100bb buyins.

I don't know..the kid obviously has some issues, but he seems pretty honest to me..

BIKEKING will conquer and ride high again! You can do it man!

I've never met him or played against him, and for all I know he could be the nicest and most honest person out there. And honestly I've never watched his vlog, and don't really plan to (sorry).

But if you look at all the strange explanations for certain aspects of his life that have been touched on throughout the course of the thread (how he left his job, the issue with his HS friend/roommate, the bank situation), and then you add them altogether, I guess I'm just left wondering if he's being genuine or if this is all just smoke and mirrors. I understand wanting to maintain a level of privacy, but it seems like a lot of these situations are innocent enough that such an elaborate and strangely concocted explanation isn't necessary. Losing a job happens, friends grow apart, etc. It's just all very strange.

Not a bad one sir. This assumes though that I wouldn't want to play 2/5 for quite some time when I was planning on doing that in January, or playing any events this next WSOP which sucks, and it would be hard to pad results if I continue to VLOG and show racking up and cashing out in addition to tracking it via my brm app, although not impossible. Probably can't play 5/5 or 3/5 most places when I go to LA as I was doing. There's a lot of cons to not having a good bankroll, whether that's reality or not. I suppose anyone can really claim anything if they want to, "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" :P
Yes, I will be putting out a VLOG about this, Spike and I plan to record a long overdue podcast, actually, we'll probably end up recording two or three and putting them out a week at a time but, anyway, I'll talk some about it on there as well.
On a completely different and unrelated note, I am not a fan of these 430 sunsets here in Vegas, one of my very few gripes about the city, that and, I get shocked with static electricity it seems like a dozen times a day, that was not a thing in FL.

Did a lawyer really recommend lifelock for you? I'm pretty sure that is basically a scam.

He didn't so much recommend it in as much as it was his excuse for not taking the case. "identity theft companies such as life lock carry their own insurance to protect you from thing's like this, might be worth looking into in the future." Click. Lifelock doesn't actually intervene to stop criminal activity as their ads lead on that they do I'm sure there are much better and cheaper ways to safeguard ones identity than a monitoring company.

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Bike, are you going to work to eventually get back on track to pursuing your poker journey in Vegas?

because of Bikeking's theft, I just now finished setting up my credit union account to send an alert to my cell phone for all transactions. Only $20k in there but still.

I got hacked once in the same account for ~$50, maybe a 'feeler' transaction setting it up for the big score. After I filed a police report they refunded my money.

In before GoFundMe page.

I just realized, Bikeking is the Mumen Rider of the Poker VLOG community. Bit nerdy of a reference, but if you don't know what I mean you're missing out.

I am really sorry to hear about your situation. I feel like the bank should offer at least partial compensation, but it appears that you have tried and tried without success. Going forward I would suggest more than one account and keeping the "online" account at a very small balance. Also, in addition to text alerts, I suggest getting alerts via email (that helps when you are out of the country).

Agreed, either poor bankroll management or degan pit sessions... Vegas claims another soul

How could bikeking degen suddenly? He's lived in Vegas for a year. He's had more than enough opportunities to do it and hasn't. The man was robbed. Show some sympathy.

Pics of bank statement showing withdrawals should be pretty easy to post and would easily erase all doubt

Jussaying

Ya cuz a kid with 40k in the bank lives out of his car by choice . Also we are supposed to believe this kid wins at poker give me a break have you heard his hand breakdowns ?

Or he never had 40k to start with.

He is literally trying to BS a forum that is completely full of professional BSers

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I don't understand why you would do this.

You are brutally cheap, there was zero chance you were going to withdraw money from your bank while you were in Punta Cana.

Zero chance you were gonna spend money in Punta Cana beyond what you had in your pocket.

You came back from Punta Cana with 90% of the money you went down there with?

If anything, you should have locked down your USA bank accounts.

I cannot begin to understand what made you think might need money in Punta Cana.

I doubt you spent $50 a day while you were there.

You should be covered under The Reg E dispute resolution that all US banks are required to have for fraudulant transactions. You have 30 days (some institutions allow 90 days) to report unathorized transactions. If fraud is obvious than which it seems here, the bank should give you a provisional credit which by law they are required to do until investigation is complete.

Well seriously, if Bking was broke all along, then how did he play in the Stones 5/5 game? He wouldn't have had the roll to risk there is that was true.

You needed 40k for that game?

Bikekinggate ... This thread could be epic