Thanks man. I value your opinion.

things that trooper thinks about himself

1- hes good looking{all the closeups}
2- smooth with the ladies{many references}
3-hes just unlucky{the excuses}
4-hes tough{taking on ten dudes at once and winning}see pocket rip

i could think of 10 more but *** it

not yet but i hope someone starts the trend

what's this in reference too?

Freerolls tend to bring in the local nits and he complains about nitty games.

He did put in the 75 hours for free parking and Aria/Bellagio around a year ago. I wonder how much longer he will have that. If he starts playing in those rooms again it will probably be for that reason.

He plays Mirage all the time. That is MGM.

I agree with this. Trooper fans are defending him saying the game was boring so it was a great decision for him not to play, but I suspect those people know little about poker and it completely misses the point. Personally, I wanted to see those vloggers play in a NL cash game, and many fans of Neeme, Owens, Boski, etc. will find the game more interesting than the average person that cares very little about poker. The game could be improved by replacing 1 or 2 nits but even if that happened some would still say it is boring and that he should avoid future vlogger games.

That's true; at this point he should probably just get his 75 hours there.

Not every MGM property will let you combine the hours with rooms at other MGM properties. Aria will but he hates that room and complained the employees are rude and that it has a hostile feeling there (not sure what he was talking about because I think the employees have treated me extremely well there and are super friendly).

Is Hooters and Trop still free to park? Because I just read an article about Caesar's forum shops now charging for valet and it said the closest Free parking was SLS. Seems the 2 I mentioned are closer if they are still Free.

Never heard anything about them charging and I thought PH was still free because of the mall there. Also I never heard about Venetian/Palazzo charging either, or Treasure Island. Can't remember for sure but I thought Circus Circus didn't charge.

They are still free but they have roaming parking lot security strictly enforcing people that park & walk off property. They have taken down all of the "free locals parking" signage in the Trop parking lot facing the MGM.

When I head back to Vegas I will be Platinum at Caesars anyway from the CC so Bally's or Caesars would be where I would usually park anyway and just walk anywhere else.

But if I wanted to play Anything on the South end I might try hooters unless I get the hours in for MGM.

Been watching troop for couple months. I think limping premium hands pre against him would be extremely profitable.

Yo Czechos, Rayz said he would take you up on that 5,000 head up match.
His exact words were, "sign me up"

Trooper counts promotional money tho. So when he says he lost $490ish he actually lost $590ish at poker

I live in Vegas

Damn this Ray is firing off hard.

"Just wondering if Crush Live Poker teaches its protégés how to take 3 minutes to read a simple board."

That's a little harsh on Bart considering it's obvious he's having graphical issues on his end / brain fart.

He's been going hard which is surprisingly unusual for him. He may be off his meds. It does show him taking med bottles in his Vlogger Game vlog, and in another vlog he talks about eating mushrooms and dealing with serious depression.
Maybe he has lost it, but the feller cracks me up.

The one tweet I remember from today was
"Wearing sunglasses at the tables is now a Class D Felony."

He's just trolling the people who started in on him first about his style of play.

He's legitimately pissed. His twitter is quite funny. For a guy that made a "Where's Trooper?" Video (that was hilarious), he sure doesn't seem to be able to take much criticism when it's directed at him.

I’ve pretty much followed all these guys on YouTube over the past 6 months or so (except for Rayz Rals mainly due to the way he heavily filters his videos), and was looking forward to the stream and how they would battle each other. My two cents might only be worth one, but here are my thoughts:

CzechRaiseCharles played crazy and at times semi-idiotic, but he was by far the most entertaining of the group. I understand that it wasn’t at all close to his normal game but he went in there looking to mix it up, and we should be thankful he played the way we did or the majority of us might not have got through the full four hours.

With PokerKraut’s bankroll being at zero just a few vlogs ago I was incredibly surprised at the way he played at the start of the stream. It was a complete 180 to how it appears he normally plays, and getting fortunate at the expense of CRC helped him before he appeared to lock up shop.

As CRC said, hello7027 definitely mixed it up and came to play. There were a couple of spots he could have played different, but even though he may not have been the most vibrant of the group (or least vibrant either), he was willing to try and entertain hand-play wise.

Jeff Boski didn’t get too many hands during the session, and I think that’s why he may have played those two suited hands so hard. Obviously getting outdrawn in that big flush-over-set hand hurt, but those plays where he ran into the over pairs would probably have been avoided by players of equal skill level (tournaments vs cash games) such as Brad Owen or Andrew Neeme.

Honestly, thought that Brad and Andrew were going to mix it up the way CRC did. Maybe it was due to some alcohol levels or bad positioning but aren’t going to really fault how the played or acted as they’ve both being doing a lot to build games like this whether it be at Stones, or the Mirage or Rio during the WSOP.

Bikeking19 was regarded as a nit, and may have played that way even though he did justify his hands in this thread. The only thing I disliked was his celebration when he got lucky in that hand against Jeff Boski. However, I was surprised that he appeared to be joining in on the conversations and joking around with the other guys as sometimes in his vlogs he appears to be on the more subdued side of things.

Oh Rayz Rayl. He’s obviously copping the most heat in this thread. I’m not going to fault his play. He limped with those two big hands in an attempt to get the action juiced up from one of the looser guys and it didn’t happen. The thing I will say is that this game was structured around a very jovial and friendly atmosphere. The hat, the sunglasses, and the all-round vibe was a complete contradiction of this and I didn’t think it helped the stream especially when the casino comped travel and hotel (or so I’m led to believe). I get the whole notion of playing the same way I normally play, but this is more a spectacle type of event and I think it should be treated that way.

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So how would I change things next time? I do agree with people that adding a Doug Polk or Alec Torrelli to the line-up would be interesting to watch, I just don’t think it would be a positive influence on the game; that’s even if they would consider a $1-3 NLH game in the first place. Adding Trooper97 would definitely create some fun at the table since, and I think someone like Pinoy Image or Ryan Frechette would definitely increase the chance of that jovial and friendly stream everyone was looking for.

I’ve dealt with many poker rooms before in trying to set up specific games and events, and in my experience, when a poker room is willing to please players in the way they did with setting up this Vlogger’s Game, then there is no reason to change location. The button jackpot thing definitely changed some of the play dynamics on the table, and keeping the game at $1-3 does allow the straddle (and double, and triple straddle) as well as allowing people such as CRC the ability to splash round at a cheaper rate then if it was a $2-5 game.

The last thing I’ll say however, is that us viewers/fans/trolls/haters or whatever group you may fall into must remember that these guys are playing with their own money. So if they want to play a particular style we should get too mad at them as for some of these guys have families, mortgages, and other things they’re taking care of.

Very true.... And yes his comments are hilarious and correct - the point of the game is to make money and, uh, he did.

Meh, I don't find his comments to be hilarious. CheckraiseCharles tried to start a dialogue and Rayz was a complete dick. I wasn't surprised. He comes off really arrogant at times.

What is up with the coloring in all of Rayz's Vlogs? Charles asked about it in the comments and nobody replied. It is super annoying and makes me dislike watching the vlogs.

His reply to Charles in comment section is very weird. Charles has his view on this, Rayz doesn't agree - no need to get pissy.

I don't get it either.

His down swing has lasted many weeks.

I think Trooper's downswing started about May 8th in Cincinnati ?

I have played poker a long time and I can't recall having a losing streak as long as this.

I think Trooper has stopped coming here with gimmick accts to defend himself ?

Someone said earlier they think Trooper's vlog has become a long troll and I kind of agree.