I think he edited in old footage. Eating the donut and singing that stupid song like an 8 year old. That was old footage bc he wasn't rocking Trooperware but rather that other smelly hat he used to wear.

It's pretty obvious from his YT replies that he's seriously irked by Kevin and feels that Kraut is picking on him and trying to hurt his feelings.

It's really unfortunate that that is the perspective and worldview he's chosen to take. Turns another potential viewer upswing from collaborating with Kevin into a "victimization" where he can go Trooper vs The World.

I know I've said it twice but my God what a terrible upload. Maybe in his top 3 all time worse vlogs and that includes him chasing harry with a camera and being silly in underlit hotel hallway shots

Well at least he stopped flirting with mannequins like he used to.

You weren't there. He had reads that mere poker mortals like us cant even begin to comprehend.

Good news though he only blasted off 3 buy ins. So a significantly better night than the one he torched 5 buy ins

Hi Tim!

Anyone got an updated 2017 Trooper performance graph? I'm thinking he's got to be down to under $8,000 in winnings through 5.5 months

What do you think Troopers roll is at?

I mean he must have a poker roll and a life roll I'm guessing correct?

Hes unemployed. makes videos on youtube. How much you think he earns from youtube?

I really think him bailing on the vloggers game really made his fans pissed and me for one just don't find his videos fun anymore. The way he made excuses and bailed was just ridiculous when he could of got free plugs for his clothing line and put on a great show for all the poker vlog fans. smh

*Even though IMO Neeme/Brad making the game 5/5 was major stupid since more than half of the vloggers are 1/2 grinders. We as fans don't care about the action we just wanna see who wins and who owns who lol...IDC if the pots are 100's or 1,000's. They gotta make it 1/3 imo. They can make it 1/3 w/straddle and play 72 or w.e and still have a great game.

Still time for him to change his mind. I just think he doesn't wanna lose bc he is SOOO insecure of what and how people will troll him after the game.

Haha Kraut totally pissed of Trooper. Golden!

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Check out trooper's responses to all the comments. He says one of the things that's bothering him is another vlogger who he thought was his friend (assuredly kraut) is feeling pissed on by him

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Just as I ignore one thing, then there's a huge disappointment that's kinda hard to ignore. I've never pissed on other vloggers, especially one's who were supposed to be my friend. Such is life I suppose. I'm over it

Yep. I feel much angrier toward trooper after he blew off the vloggers game with the horrible fake excuse. Haven't gotten over it yet.

So he treats his friends so well, like welshing on a bet that didn't even involve money but something fun for the vlogs. Then he ignores an invite to vlogger game from said friend and says he was never invited.

Then he wonders why said friend turns on him.

Man, I could never be a friend with someone who doesn't understand or handle a bit of needling between friends. I thought that was the whole point of friendship

Thanks! Cry babies gonna cry about the fact that negative **** happens in a stranger's life, take there ball, and run home. I'm doing me, my vlog, my business. When a "friend" tries to damage me, it's real. I don't need fair weather fans. I'm glad YOU are rooting for me and all the others fans of the videos! THANKS!

Exactly. In fact, we have seen no evidence of trooper doing anything nice or thoughtful for Kraut

I'm gonna go in another direction here and say some of y'all need to lay off the Troop.

He's in a serious serious downward spiral. A couple more bigly losing sessions and he just might snap.

Vlog idea for Trooper since he still lurks.

Press pause on poker for the next few weeks. Start daily vlogging two things. Fitness/healthy living and chronicling the strip. He could do a 30 day fitness challenge. And then spend nights on the strip reviewing casinos, talking about shortcuts, logistics, something as simple as parking at north valet at Bellagio to walk right to the poker room.

I don't know. He needs to change it up. Peaking at 28k subs is not going to cut it. Not for anything near a livable wage.

I know he's taking the break-up hard. Those things suck no matter what. But instead of embracing the struggle and trying to branch out (reconnect with a Kraut, vloggers game, hang with other poker vloggers), he's going in the complete opposite direction mentally and physically.

Not good Trooper!

But according to Trooper he has plenty of money, is living the dream and is happy every day. So is he lying? He says he never lies.

Exactly. In fact, he won't even acknowledge that he's on a downswing

Haha what was with the donut footage in the beginning?

But I don't think 1/2 vs 1/3 really makes much of a difference. Smaller pots so lower variance? And as long as you do a reasonable amount of table selection, any casino should have good games this time of the year. Doesn't matter if it's Bally's or a bigger place like the Rio or Bellagio or Aria.

He should probably just be playing at somewhere with $4 max rake and $2 comps. It adds up over time. Bally's is $5/$1, fwiw.

Many (most?) places let you withdraw your comps as cash so he should treat that as poker income and not spend it on ANYTHING at the casino. +$2 an hour to his winrate is probably quite significant. If I moved to vegas to play poker like him and was grinding low limit games with a moderate bankroll, I would almost never eat out, especially on the strip.

It is all PK's fault and once again Trooper is an innocent victim.


He hates exercise too much to do this. If he could improve his diet a little and lose 10 pounds it would be a big deal for him. He could do that and still eat pizza and burgers.

Rake on the Strip is at least $5 everywhere now except for Caesars Palace. The increase in rake both now and in the future will hurt him more than it will hurt other people.

I was going off this article on pokernews.com: Las Vegas Poker Cash Games: Comparing Rake and Comps If Caesar's still has $4 rake / $2 comps he should make it his main room, as long as game quality is good. Seems like the best deal. And I assume once you hit a certain level with your players card, parking is free too? Paying $20 a day or whatever for parking is going to take a big bite out of low stakes grinders' rolls.

I put this in my agenda notes and follow up in the near future

Do you have in your agenda notes to track down a Trooper poker game and get some free money?