I've spent a pretty big portion of my life in the bible belt, I guess I hardly notice his religious stuff unless someone points it out. I'm pretty relativist about stuff like that unless a person is hurting themselves, trying to convert others or trying to judge my hedonistic lifestyle. Rayz definitely makes a lot more dope references than bible references - though I'm more up on my dope references than bible references so I could just be missing something .

I stopped watching the Trooper's videos because every day you get the exact same vlog. Mad respect for the Troop because it probably takes a lot time to shoot and edit all that content every day but the end product is not that compelling.

I think your blog's need to be under 10 minutes. Under 8 minutes is even better, and under 6 minutes is best.

A 5-6 minute Q&A is a whole video.

k will shoot for 3 min 27 seconds total time

He isn't very logical anyway. People on YT called him out for the irony of trashing the homeless guy while he cyberbegs on Patreon. He even replied saying it's not begging.

He's already behind pace to hit 100 hours on day 3. Talks about being at a table with 8 tourists, and still only stays 3.6 hours? Books a big $500 win, who knows how much money he left at the table by being scared money.

Trooper hasn't posted a word on patreon since he started his account. Not an update, a thank you, nothing. Donations keep sliding but for someone who has prob collected over 3k via that platform he seems disingenuous about it.

Still trying to figure out who's backing him. 18 months of break even poker, and I'm continually fascinated on how he's supporting himself with those $15 dollar strip meals daily.

It's pretty clear someone is staking him no?

It's not just that it's daily videos, it's that he leads a very boring life. Aside from drinking coffee, **** talking bad drivers, and having an 80% VPIP, we don't really know much about him. He doesn't drink, do drugs, or party. Doesn't seem to interact with people much, isn't part of any clubs, groups, meetups, etc. Doesn't seem to be into sports, or go to many concerts, or have any hobbies or passions etc.

He could have 1 video a week, and it would have the same content that his daily vids do. The Aruba trip was a perfect example. I watched for the first time in a couple weeks to see if he'd at least snorkel, or maybe boogie board or something. Nope. It was as boring as the Laughlin vid. He could win a trip to Italy, and he'd complain that he can't find a decent 2 pump vanilla iced coffee anywhere.

It certainly is the most interesting part of the story, IMO. The Patreon has dropped about $50 from its peak, which would worry me if 20% of my donations dropped. Especially when he's increased his subs by about 4000 since then.

I can't picture someone staking him, unless he signed an agreement to pay his makeup by getting a full-time job. Nobody on the forums would stake him, seeing as he got so stuck in the games last year that his backer couldn't afford to back him anymore.

I have no experience with the "if I can't afford to back you anymore, you don't have to pay it back" sort of deal. But if a person was stuck $3000, and didn't want to pay it back, it's possible they could just run up huge losses until the backer backs out. There were a ton of comments at the time wondering how he went on a $10k "downswing" at 1/2.

ma-ma

Trooper just had a 15 minute video where he made $500 at poker and yet didn't show even 1 second of poker action nor did he give any hand histories or recap of the session.

Trooper was ramped up like never before in this video. It was like Trooper times 10. Definitely not the mindset you want to be in going into a poker session. I wouldn't be surprised if he went in firing and the deck hit him in the face.

It's pretty obvious who WAS staking him. It would be very unfortunate if someone is staking him now (since he isn't a winning player and he still owes the original stake) but I really don't think anyone is.

You have to be really bad at poker to go on a downswing like that at 1/2. Really really bad.

I watched the whole first vlog and the second one. Interesting and enjoyable like I said yesterday. My only thing would be to skip the walking around the strip part. I like the idea of casino reviews(poker rooms). That would be a good series. Talk about the comfort level, whats around the poker room to eat, player type, dealers, action level, nits, regs, promotions,good or bad.. That is for the players that tend to not go to different casinos, because of lack of familiarity. Just my two cents.

I truly respect the new vlogs coming out of Vegas.

^thx, not to shamelessly whore for subs but you will like one of the upcoming vids as it fits your suggestions quite closely

I subbed and a friend did as well. Nothing wrong with wanting a following. I look forward to it. I enjoy the poker lifestyle. It seems like you love poker, and you're positive, so its something I can sub to.

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trooper really does live a boring life

for a guy that doesn't drink, chase woman , or do drugs,
he accomplishes so little with his time
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Andrew Neeme is now getting more hits on his videos than troopers. He is doing everything correct. There are still a few little things he could do to increase his viewership but a quick google search on the small YouTube tricks that help reach will help him out with that.

Good for him

That's a big assumption that you're making with absolutely no basis at all. In fact, the vlog itself contradicts your assumption. You seem to either have ignored or missed the fact that as he was walking to MGM shortly after 9:00pm, Trooper stated that he was only planning to play for 4-5 hours. He then played to 1:20am, which is pretty much exactly when he said he planned to quit. (Of course, with his penchant for taking breaks, that only amounted to 3.6 hours at the table.) Accordingly, there is absolutely no indication whatsoever that Trooper quit simply to book a win.

Now I do agree with you that it is ridiculous for Trooper to set a goal of playing 100 hours of poker in two weeks and then only manage to put in 3.6 hours on the third day of that challenge. But that is an entirely different issue from your assigning a specific motive to why he only put in 3.6 hours when there is absolutely no indication that what you have assumed has any basis whatsoever. In fact, given that Trooper stated before the session how long he was going to play, and the fact that he spent almost that exact amount of time at the table (with breaks included), added to the fact that it was 1:20am when he left, that pretty much shoots down in flames your entire "theory."

lol. You guys are sad. The guy has a $500 win and all the comments are negative.

If there is any possible negative explanation for something Trooper says/does, you guys will come up with it.

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He had a winning session. So what? How is that significant in any way?

The win is not significant. Your explanation is.

If you can not understand my previous post, look into some reading comprehension courses.

i know i only speak for probably a small portion of his fanbase (apparently) but the 100 hour challenge is a perfect time to take a little leeway and only release a vlog every couple days. If he didn't get out til 9 on the last one, what the heck was he doing all day? editing? if it takes that long, he's never getting 1 out a day AND playing 100 hours. Also, while I initially tuned in to see the Vegas sights and sounds... we've literally seen his walk 200 times at this point, so he could probably just park at the casino he's playing at every now and then. I know he does the longer walks for the viewers, but i think at this point people will let him slide if he doesn't every vlog. I think we'll live without the walk down the Linq outdoor mall area.

Hey wheydacheese great job with the hand historys. The audio was a bit off in some parts but I'm sure you will get better with editing. Would love to hear your thought process on more hands so keep em coming

Still definitely rooting for Trooper, & do look forward to his vids daily. I will agree with some of the detractors on here that the "interesting factor" did drop off quite a bit after he made the move out of Desert Manor.

I think the extreme low-stakes living, the downtown/Freemont vibe, etc.. was a big part of the allure for many during that time. I mean come on, who didn't enjoy the Penny Board skateboarding in the bike land down to the Nugget, while some chill Andrew Applepie tunes played in the background on most of those old vids? (maybe a nod to Casey Neistat with the Penny board?)

So regarding Trooper's current 100hrs challenge... with Bravo, is it commonplace for dealers to log you out, or put your seat on some sort of "pause" upon every departure from the game? Or is this only after a certain amount of time spent away, like once you miss your first round of blinds?

Right away.