Hours challenge does make the vlog more interesting. It adds something different to the vlog instead of doing the same thing over and over. If he succeeds he will have a story to tell when he plays in the freeroll and people can root for/against him.

Think it was a good idea to show himself working out too. That's another thing that's different.

I thought he hated MGM though lol.

gotta be one of the nicest living spaces for an unemployed dude like this in the country.

Question for Vegas regs. Do players often leave your table for extended periods of time? When I played I was an AC guy so there was really nowhere far to go if you were gonna eat or something. i can't remember too many guys disappearing. Troop seems to do it often. like in this one, he's at MGM, walks all the way across the road to the new chicken and waffle place and eats. that had to take what, 45 minutes? At what point do they cover your stack? at what point do they pull you from the game? i think i saw that happen all of once when an old guy never came back to the table.

I don't see it in town very often. TheTrooper is clearly a repeat offender.

In deep 2/5 games or 5/10 sometimes I will notify the dealer I'm going to grab food (ask for a dinner button), so they don't pick me up. If a guy is gone for 45min-1hr floor is usually notified and then dealers confer (3 missed blind buttons usually insitute a pick up). However if there is no list, the floor won't pick them up.

Depends overall but 1 hour gone at one time is quite ridiculous, selfish, and rude. If the game is good why leave? How about pack a snack instead of stuffing your face with fried foods then wondering why you're super tired following digestion.

Where I play in Oklahoma players get a full hour. They used to get close to 1.5hrs if they timed it right. It's never been a huge problem because of the 3rd man walking rule. I guess once in a blue moon you have 3 players gone for extended periods of time which means nobody else is able to leave the table but that is pretty rare. I guess in Vegas it could be a bigger problem though as there is more to distract players from playing poker.

On a side note, I'd rather play short handed anyways so if a breakeven player wants to take off, go for it.

D.C., ill play marathon sessions at your home court. gran via can have tedious lines at times and then the line to the crab legs is just as bad. if i'm in a great game i may not wanna pick up. as far as i'm concerned players should still be allowed the 1.5 hr exception after 1 hand on a new down. i've played in many rooms with habitual walkers and winstar isn't typically one of them. the last 2 times i hit gran via i've been picked up and it's bull****.


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Anyone else here try that free $10 on Intertops from Troop? How new is their poker site to the book? Site doesn't have a rematch button, no action at all. The rake is under 5% though for sngs, so there's that at least.

In Vegas I've had people get up for dinner on occasion and be gone :45-hour and it's not a big deal, they usually get the dinner button and that's enough time. I've seen 1-2 people leave the table to go to the pits and get destroyed in the pits and not return to their stack and get picked up. As if they were so tilted from the pits they forgot they had 100-300+ in the poker room still

People who take extended breaks from the table are doing everyone else a favor. Shorthanded is better.

This is often true, but sometimes the table breaks because people are scared to play short so they get up and leave.

I don't see it often in the NL games. I've seen it a lot more in the Bellagio limit games. In the 10-20 games a couple of the nitty regs would do it constantly. They also refused to play short (not even 6 handed). If they are there 4 hours, it wouldn't surprise me if they played only 1 hour. They would come back occasionally to make sure their chips wouldn't get picked up.

@whey,I am about 15 mins into your vlog. I don't mind the longer vlogs. I enjoy them. Not every poker vlog has to be 12 mins and uniform. The people that need and really enjoy poker content will understand the vlog and enjoy it. Like Andrew said he wants his videos to go to his attended audience.

Great job, and I look forward to the vlogs growth.

Finally getting around to watching andrews vids. Good so far. I'm a bit drunk so I'm looking forward to a 45 minute wheydacheeze spectacular just gotta find the channel link

Also, I'm go to that Korean BBQ place you went to. Looked amazing.

I went to the Golden Nugget one night ,and trooper named got called for 1/2. He was walking around filming. He puts the vlogs first.

the southpoint promo has a little downside, but its worth doing it imo. I will do it if they start it over again next year. I will just go play on busy nights, so I won't see too many nits.

I completely agree, but my main complaint is with the floors/poker rooms that allow such a long break, not so much with the players who take advantage of the policy. My philosophy is if you've come to the room to play poker, then stay at the table and play poker. If you want to take an hour to go eat dinner, then cash out your chips and let someone else have the seat. I think rooms should limit breaks to 15-20 minutes, and if players want to take longer to go have dinner, they should receive some sort of token that would allow them to be placed at the top of any waiting list upon their return.


Actually, this creates the most unfair situation of all. Say you have two guys leave the table for an hour to go have dinner together. They're fine, but then whoever else needs to get up to go to the bathroom has to time their trip so that they won't miss a blind. Because if they do, then their chips get picked up and they lose their seat. And not only do they have to time their bathroom break, they also have to give up some hands in profitable positions just after they've played the button.

There's actually nothing worse than a room that allows players to take a one-hour break and combines it with enforcement of the third-man-walking rule.

My local poker room only allows one person to take a dinner break at a time and they get a ticket placed on their spot with the return time. If the person is over an hour, their chips get picked up. All others are 20 min max then their chips are.picked up (and they do.get picked up quickly if there is and list). If you are third person to get up from the table, then you get even less time. Trooper's Bulls hit wouldn't fly where I play.

Florida's a big state; where were you at? There's a big difference between SoFla and North Florida, or even between SoFla and the tourist areas of Central Florida. Hell, there's even a big difference in SoFla itself between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. When it comes to traffic and driving ability in general, Miami is like a third-world country. (And why not, many of the driver's come from third world countries.)

I've lived and/or driven in most regions of the U.S., and there is nothing and nowhere that compares to driving in Miami.

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The most insane thing I have seen is many years ago driving in NYC where there might be 3 lanes and cars drive like its 4 lane. It's pretty crazy.

confirmed, having lived in miami springs

you havent experienced anything until you have a nut job behind you beeping in an attempt to get you to go through the red light you are stopped at...weird ****s™

also, confirmed little cuba,haiti,hondurus,mexico,havana etc etc

The third man has 15 minutes. The 4th person is screwed.

Ok, but then you have to come back down in chips. For instance, at winstar if you have $5k in chips at a 2/5 game and you pickup for dinner then you have to come back with only $500. Most players that have a lot of chips don't want to come back with $500 and more importantly, most everyone they are playing with doesn't want them to come back with $500 either. In these cases it's in most everyone's best interest to just allow the player to go to dinner for an hour.

So is Trooper fair game for discussion now? I actually like the guy (as presented in his vlog) and wish him well, I understand why he's a pretty easy mark for trolls and haters that being said. Everyone I know who has met him IRL (all 3-4 people) say he's a decent enough chap to have at the table/be around.

Glad to see Rayz Raylz getting some love on here. He's def my favorite poker vlogger for some reason. I know he doesn't have best quality, frequency etc but I really like his videos. I admire both him and Trooper for doing what they want to do most days of the week, I think we all wish we had that freedom.

Does PA still make videos often? Surprised to not see discussion of him on here.

What's the monthly rent on this place? Decent gym/pool area.

Yea if I didn't own a place on the strip I'd consider living there. As it is now my HOA fees are $650/month and don't get anything close to what he has and all the stuff we do get we have to share with every hotel person at Vdara. Nothing exclusive for owners