Ten to one, the heater Trooper is packing belongs to Lady Trooper (Christina).

Trooper mooches everything from LT.

Shockingly low? His hourly rates range from $11.xx to $23.xx. At the $1-$2 or $1-$3 level I wouldn't exactly call those "shockingly low". You know the rake eats up $15 - $20 per hour, right? Any rooms where he's logged less than 250 hours shouldn't be counted due to a lack of statistically significant sample size. You know this. You do.

If he wants to increase his hourly, should he move up to the $2-$5 level? Yes, but to say his rates at the lowest games spread are shockingly low is a slap in the face to anyone who knows the typical hourlies at those blinds.

BUT, his numbers are inflated because he adds promo money in. He only has one room at $20/hr. If you are playing for a living at the low limits, you should be able to beat games for at least 10BB/hr.

is he also the person who tattled on troop for being rude on trooper thursday or something?

Sixteen year old fast food workers around the country saying “a professional poker player in Vegas making $11.xx/hour is doing good?”

No, I'm not Stan. And all of the info I sought/ was seeking was public record or easily accessible via the internet. I honestly wish Tim and Christina no harm. As I said, just trying to break through the opaqueness to satisfy my own curiosity.

I don't think promo money is artificially inflating anything unless you hit some absurd jackpot that really skews the results.Overall he probably just got back roughly the same amount he paid into promo funds.

Yes.
I'm not sure if Rice keeps track of his promo money separately ??
Which is kinda ironic for a guy who is obsessed with meaningless numbers such as laundry expenses.
That said: If Rice could back out his promo money,
i'm pretty sure his lifetime hourly would be below $10/hr ??

Lots of right wingers think real life is Death Wish and they are Charles Bronson. The world is a dangerous place, everyone is out to get you, and you're the righteous lone hero with a gun. That's the fantasy they live. The obsession with projecting strength is a symptom of weakness, fear, and insecurity.

I sat with a guy in the Colossus this year who ran a big "bluff" (the cards were not shown) and boasted about what a dangerous player he is and how he can barrel any card at any time. He proceeded to play like a huge nit the rest of the night and eventually confessed that his bluff was really a full house. He went out with a whimper after folding down to a nub. Generally if you're that worried about projecting strength, it's coming from a place of weakness.

His average is $13 per hour. That is indeed a shockingly low income to live off. Especially considering no paid holiday/sick leave or IRA contributions. Also if you factor in all the time he spends going between games/rooms that number drops way below $10 per hr.

Most normal people who play 1/2 or 1/3 do so recreationally, its not their primary means of supporting themselves.

No this is just plain wrong. All the hours count towards his lifetime average, regardless of how many he may have played at a certain room. The laws of mathematics and numbers don't care where he happens to be playing.

The winrate actually makes a lot of sense. If he was beating the games for a lot more, he would be a much better and more knowledgeable player, and he would be more confident playing at higher stakes. Continuing to play the lowest stakes would be dumb.

In other words, if he was crushing the lower stakes, the temptation to move up would be a lot greater (and his bankroll would be much bigger so it would be less stressful).

But here we see he doesn’t crush them. He beats the stakes he plays at, so he does okay. But if he is just doing okay, is he really going to feel comfortable moving up and playing tougher competition?

It’s shocking for an Ivy League grad 3 years into their career. He is doing better than almost everyone who has played exclusively those stakes for the past 3 years, it’s just not enough income to live off. I know he’s literally done it up to this point, but I don’t see how it can work for the next 5 years let alone an entire career. He’s on the edge after basically maxing out the expense and hours levers. His hourly has probably peaked (games get tougher, rake increases) and the purchasing power of that meager income drops a little every year.

You might not personally agree with him doing that but I think he's well within his rights to do so. Not that I think they would even care. Trooper could threaten to shoot a Westgate poker player publicly on Twitter and they probably still wouldn't even bat an eye.

Good rule of thumb. When a guy is running his mouth about his big bluffs he's a mega nit. I've yet to see one who wasn't unless they kept showing them.

Guys who are action don't need to talk up their action.

Cool story, bro

A narcissists favorite place on Earth is in front of a mirror.

Hit too close too home?

So all the tourists are flying in with an armory?

He's not trying to crush them either. You can't really know if he could.

Not just the tourists. Maybe.

How bad does is El Diesel trash apartments that he's never gotten his security deposits back? I mean I could see some rogue landlord trying to screw people but never?

I don't know anyone whose ever moved in NY and not gotten their security deposit back.

Lmao@ his con ed rant.

I've never had to deal with con ed.
I don't know anyone who has ever had to deal or argue with con ed other than when the blackout hit the north east 20 years ago. And they weren't spending all day on the phone
When Hurricane Sandy hit people got all kinds of credits without doing anything. I never lost power during Sandy and had something like a 200 dollar credit on my bill.

Ironically I know someone who used to work for coned in customer service and he spent most of the night playing solitaire on his phone since he barely got any phone calls and he'd basically credit people with whatever nonsense they were complaining about bc almost every call he got was about less than 10 dollars. I wonder how many times he dealt with El Diesel.

I mean I guess I can't argue about utility installation. As an adult I've probably had cable/Internet installed 4 or 5 times and had to be home for a few hours during the window I made the appointment for.

A minor annoyance for sure especially for people who have to take off of work.

Still seems better than spending 12 days a year homeless in your car.

Trooper and Lady T could lose half their footage if couldn't film in Costco

1)he's right they are dumb bitches.Just absolute morons.It would be great if someone just rammed them with a wagon while they did this nonsense.
2) the video is clearly several years old as everyone is wearing masks. Not that Timmmay could figure that out.
3) imagine actually caring if Costco had a no filming policy.

In his defense. con ed really does suck.

little story to tell.

i had 2 places in 2020. one in Chinatown/nyc and a condo in atlantic city . in march i left nyc and spent all of april and may in AC with Zero days in my nyc apartment.

both months my bill in nyc was higher , even though i used plenty of electricity in ac and spent ZERO days in NYC because coned charges a minimum 50 dollar service fee.

i found that insane

Diesel constantly repeats those things to cope with his lifestyle. Of course utilities are annoying but why does diesel care, it just means more time he gets to spend at home watching old baseball highlights.

I have never gotten a security deposit back either (my dog destroys apartments) but I still rent apartments. Why does diesel care about getting security deposits back if he already makes more money than he needs, because he desperately wants people to think he has this great lifestyle but at the same time shows us him sleeping in his car, stealing single serve cream cheese packets, and having freakouts over losing 60bbs in a session. Like diesel we know you live a bottom-tier life and you know it too. It’s ok you don’t have to convince us or yourself of anything.

What would benefit diesel/his channel the most is if he was more self-deprecating and laughed at himself and the absurdity of his day to day life. What literally no one finds funny is his smugness and making fun of tourists waiting in lines.