Ryan's bro factor is a bit high for me.

That's a great question. I assumed that he was rushing back specifically for the WSOP to get footage at the Rio and to jump into the current hot cash game scene.

I assume it caught him off-guard that they were starting the WSOP because it's not like there's a schedule released ahead of time and he's too busy not caring what day of the week it is.

He went to the Rio once and never went back. Now he plays maybe 20 hours of poker a week at most at Bally's, GN, and now Excalibur.

I really wish he would do a Q&A and answer some of these questions that people have about his motivations and goals. Even if he just explains that he literally wakes up every morning with ZERO plans and makes decisions as he goes, it would be nice to have his mentality clarified.

Trooper has to wake up by 1 in order to leave by 6!

LMAO. You are the best poster ITT.

It's actually not a stupid strategy at all. The games are by far the best late at night. One could argue it's the weekend every night when you play after midnight.

It's funny that people nitpick that Trooper plays in smaller rooms during the WSOP even though it's pretty much consensus that the easiest games during the WSOP are at the smaller rooms. The vast majority of out of town professionals that fly into town for the WSOP play at the nice casinos.

He just went on quite a long upswing by his standards. His downswing is not that great. He's certainly had worse.

Things were going well for PA at the time. In retrospect perhaps it ended as one would expect, but at the time nobody realized how bad Trooper was at poker. I probably would have staked Trooper back then too and the only reason Squid Face didn't stake him is because he didn't think it would be a good deal for Trooper. Even looking back at it, that is Trooper's biggest downswing so it really did end worse than anyone could have reasonably expected.

According to Trooper, if PA had been the one to end the agreement then Trooper would owe him nothing. So it does seem noble, if not foolhardy, that Trooper ended the agreement himself.

Good catch! However, it appears that is most likely the small blind. I think he just threw it out too far. It doesn't appear the small blind had many chips and it's possible he just had red chips.

I would be curious to hear more details about the stake and how they agreed to settle the debt. From what was explained (by Trooper I believe), it seems that if PA ended the deal, then Trooper would have been free and clear of owing any debt. This seems to give the player (Trooper) incentive to tank like the 76ers to get off scot-free once he gets into any amount of significant debt so that he's not playing for free trying to get out of debt. Pretty much force PA to cut the deal to stop the bleeding.

It seems like they ended the deal mutually because PA's donations to Trooper started to slow down once Trooper was a ton in the red. This hampered Trooper's ability to "play his style" so I'm sure he was interested in ending the deal too. Plus, Trooper knew that it would take him ages to get back to even on the stake so he probably wanted to get out as well.

I wonder when Trooper is expected to get back to even with PA. At least no one in this town will be staking the Trooper ever again. Unless his delusional fans jump onto some go fund me deal or something.

I don't have a problem with Trooper playing the Excalibur.

The "problem" for Trooper is, the regulars at the Excalibur figure out Trooper's act and stack him. Then Trooper tilts and they stack him again.

Before you know it, the Excalibur is like every other poker room Trooper plays in, a losing situation.

Only a matter of time for Trooper to have a four figure loss at the Excalibur.

Actually playing the midnight shift in "good games" is worse for Trooper. Since his style is to bluff a lot, he is getting called way more often in those games and that is why is most always loses big.

He needs to play day shift. He will do much better.

Trooper's "style" appears to be ... push all your chips in on the river when you know you are beat".

Amirite or amirite !

Bluff, shove, tilt ...rinse, repeat is another Trooper trademark.

And keep shoving those chips in when you know you are beat.

You'd have to ask PA this but Trooper said he ended it. He didn't say it was mutual. He said it was his choice.

You shouldn't assume that.

You're giving regs at Excalibur way too much credit. You're also assuming there are alot of regs in these late night games. Regardless, I'd argue that Trooper is actually far more difficult to figure out than most 1/2 players.

That's not clear. Stylistically the day games may be better for him but that can be more than offset by the absolutely terrible play that is exhibited in late night games. The edge one gains by being well rested when the other players are tired can not be overstated. Players make all sorts of ridiculous mistakes late at night.

Not to put too fine a point on this, but if so then why does it look like Trooper was capping his Q6 offsuit? Surely that's a fold, even on the button, unless he's got the straddle out there, no?

I actually think Trooper's poker is getting worse and worse. Since he is not working on his game at all, he is falling behind the evolution of low limit poker. Plus, he has a weak mental game and is very emotional so I'm sure all of thise losing is messing with his thought process (if there is any ) and he s probably playing WORSE than he did 3 years ago when he got to Vegas.

Additionally, his motivation for the game seems to be almost entirely gone so he's not even trying to be honest. Maybe he can lie to himself and say he loses so much because he's not trying so it's not his fault. If he was actually trying, he would be crushing it in his mind. Kind of like his excuse for the weight loss challenge.

You would be wrong

No clue why he was capping his cards. I cap my cards regardless of whether I intend to play a pot or not. If players know that you are likely to play a hand based on the fact that your cards are capped then it makes you easier to play against.

DC - he dropped about 8k last year correct?

hes up under 8 this year also correct?

Need to compile the numbers but I think he finished 2016 close to even. He had dropped over $8k but that was over a 15 month period starting in 2015 and ending in late 2016. He then went on a heater to close out 2016, winning $5k in 2 weeks during the MGM Challenge. He may have in fact made a little in 2016.

I have no clue what he is up this year but he is definitely up.

Ahhh that makes sense. I dont follow his stuff too closely but I remembered an 8k downer. I think i remember someone posting up a giraffe this year and at the time he was ballpark up 8k

I found it. That was thru 6/23 or so.
The high point was right before he disrespected the ghost at the haunted hotel.

I don't even understand how you can stake someone that you barely know. I mean how do you know they are reporting their results correctly? You just have to trust them, right? Let's say I'm being staked, I win $500 in a session. Why not just say I only won $100 and keep the difference? At least with tourney staking you know exactly how much is being spent and a definitive record of the results, but with cash game staking it's all on the honor system.

It seems Trooper was up ~$8,500 as of a few weeks ago, so he should still be in the black by a decent amount this year.

I would like to see a Q&A also. Would definitely mix up the vlog a bit, and provide an avenue for Trooper to address some major issues and hopefully some more controversial ones (Molly, the weight loss challenge, bankroll, etc.).

Is it just me, or does it seem like early on in Troop's vlog, he would openly discuss his financial situation and bankroll; but as time has wore on, he's less inclined to mention these things. Not sure if that's coincidence or not, but would be interesting to hear what he has to say on that.

I would never stake anyone for the reasons that I stated unless I really REALLY trusted them. Or if the amount I was loaning them was insignificant to my total bankroll. I guess poker players are really trustworthy because staking seems to be a fairly common thing? And you hear so many stories about people like Chino or Lindgren not paying back debts either.

quoting it doesn't help matters any, you should just report the post

I've flagged the post and hopefully the mods will take down that post soon. It's funny because I don't think that is new info plus someone clearly created a new account just to post that so a pretty lame move on their part. I hope mods can link the IP and ban that person's original account for such things.

It's not new info at all. He already revealed his apartment complex in one of his videos soon after he moved in.

Ducks: My interactions with trooper lead me to believe he genuinely thinks of himself as an honest guy. I have staked a fair number of people in my time. I know for a fact I have been ripped off (it goes with the territory). That being said I find it highly unlikely that he is under reporting his wins. He has admitted to going busto, and actively sought out a stake.

In terms of shrugging off the losses like it aint no thang - I think that he thinks its important to act "like a pro who has been there before" I win close to 2/3 of my sessions. Meaning 1/3 of the time I lose. I am generally ok with it and its all part of the ball game. That being said when I book a large loser I DO NOT shrug it off like its no biggy. I talk to my poker buddies and make absolutely sure that my thought process was sound and I was making reasonable decisions.

I think this is a massive pitfall for trooper. The gamboolin lifestyle is very very isolating and alienating. I can not imagine doing this without a strong network of pals to run hands by and bounce ideas off of

Quoting it actually does help matters if a mod sees it. I dont know how to report a post, and can easily delete my post after. But thank you for contributing your opinion.