So, as the big losses keep piling up for Trooper- another 800$ loss in his last vlog, anybody wants to take a qualified guess of how long until busto?

My prediction is that he is either getting a dealing job or another type of job to cover up his poker losses before 2017 is over.

I agree that check/folding, check/calling or bet/folding are better with the 88 hand. I never claimed that I played it well on the river. I am not afraid to feature hands that I misplay. I do it so my viewers can learn from my mistakes. River raises are for value 95% of the time.

As far as the thumbnail goes, I have to add some from google images from time to time to balance my range. You wouldn't want to see a tiny chip stack as the thumbnail would you? I try not to spoil the outcome. Don't check my HM DB if you don't want spoilers.

Boski, keep up the good work- really enjoy your vlogs and i am becoming a bigger fan for each video. (Despite of some spew!)

I was sandwiching alot at Venetian Grand Lux because of couple of pics in your vlogs this summer, its also easy to understand why you love Wynn so much. The dealers there are on another planet, they are so professional that often i feel like they know what i am gonna do when action is on me before i know it myself

Also your humour is fantastic on many occasions, so is your different face experessions in some of your hand breakdowns.

Nobody plays hands optimally 100% of the time. I don't care who you are. My hats off to you sir for admitting this and posting hands that are misplayed. I also think this will make you a better player in the long run too.
This 88 bet/call wasn't played nearly as poorly played as Neeme played the KQ hand, in his last vlog, where he rivered trips and check/called when the board was four to a flush.
I think Trooper would improve his game if he posted more hands and would listen to criticism and debate about hands but we all know this isn't going to happen.

Dude, its not really about "nobody is flawless" or "nobody plays hands optimally 100 percent of the time". Of course, everybody makes mistakes. But its also about what kind of mistakes you do.

Its more about being able to gauge the crystal clear trends of livepoker at non high stakes, and act accordingly. At least when this is your profession, your work. One of these trends is that riverraises is value like 98 percent of the time, wich Boski also have said countless times in his videos so its obviously a dicipline kind of issue here, not a lack of knowledge about trends in livepoker.

In this particular hand when we went 4 ways to the turn and the single worst turncard in the deck geats dealt, its basic handreading and basic ranging of our 3 opponents that 1 one of these guys is extremely likely to have either a flush or a straight when that turncard hits. Once you see the guy counts out the riverraise you should just instafold and instantly know that your hand is no good. I play mostly cashgames, and i make these folds on regular basis without a second thought. If you are up against a player who is capable of making a riverraise bluff, you will notice pretty quickly. And if not, your set of 8 is beat.

It doesent matter if your high up in your own range,it doesent matter that it sucks to get that runout with top set, it doesent matter that the turn went checked around, it doesent matter that their line doesent make sense and all that kind of higher level pro thinking: all that kind of logic is trumphed by the stone accurate population read that riverraises is value and nutted hands, unless you got proven otherwise or is up against a player you know is capable or showing up with a wider range.Thats it.

This is a trend that is supported by tens of thousands of hours from countless liveplayers, and should have the highest priority when facing these kind of situations. It really is a dicipline exercise in trusting your gut,trusting your knowledge and trusting that what you see is what you get.

Edit: The guy even comments about he was afraid somebody has the A high flush, but when the turn gets checked around he felts more safe with just the second nutz. Lol, that tells you something about how the average liveplayer thinks about poker. Unless they have the stone mortal nutz, they are afraid of putting their stack in. Like is these kind of guys ever raising river for thin value? Is a guy who thinks like this ever gonna commit a large amount of chips to bluffraise a river in a 4 way pot? Its gonna rain in hell before that is happenning.

Not a fan of Neeme hand with the backdoor 10 high flush what he laid down. Think calling flop when flop goes bet call on k24r with 2nd pair 10 kicker and a backdoor flush is not good.

I forgot about Mr Dorson!

Fold pre tho.

There is something off in the way he reported the hand. When the flop hits there's 10.200 in the pot, so both Neeme and Doc Sands checks, there is a bet of 3.300 from MP and CO (Tyler) calls the 3.300. Now there is 16.800 in the middle when it's on Andrew. The way Andrew reports it there's only 13.500 in the pot before he calls (by his graphics).

Anyways, with 16.800 you should call with middle pair and peel. I think he could've saved some money by betting half pot OTR, instead of 2/3, but as played I think it's okay.

Props to Brad Owen for admitting he ****ed up that last hand of the Monster by not paying attention..it happens to the best of them.

Owen, Boski, and Neeme have pulled away from the pack as the top three poker vloggers, ainec..

I'm probably behind the curve on this one but I've just realised whenever Trooper mentions he's in a 'good game' you know he's had a losing session. I think the reason for this is he's trying to give the impression that he's just been unlucky (again), whereas if he said it wasn't a great game and he lost he's closer to admitting he was outplayed by better players.

Trooper is the number one lifestyle Vlogger.

Trooper is being supported by a person whose identity is unknown to us, is my guess.

That said, even with external income, he can't sustain these losses much longer.

Trooper didn't waste $30 of his own money eating on the strip in the latest vlog. He actually talked about going home to eat, that's a rarity for Trooper.

If Trooper stops eating $8 slices of square Pizza on the strip, you know he's hurting for money.

Outside of his monthly "stipend" from his benefactor, Trooper can't have $3K liquid.

Also his Starbucks spendings alone has to be a relatively big amount during the year, even with some giftcards he is getting from the fans.

Like 4 bucks each, 4-5 times pr day? That **** adds up over time, no doubt.

Trooper's bankroll is the best mystery I've followed since Lost.

Lol, i hear you. But really it isnt that big of a mystery. He has been busto several times since moving to Vegas (one time when he had to get dealing job at Linq,one time he got staked for a period of time), and is probably living on the edge from month to month. Wich is creating alot of negative stress, blowups and rants like we are seing in many of his videos.

If youre properly rolled losing a 200$ buyin at 1-2 means nothing, but if you have a 2000$ bankroll to work with sure it means alot. Not to forget losing 800$ and what that means to you.

Hi PK

Anyone wondering what Mr Dorson and Troop meeting about? What's the new biz?

This is what keeps people coming back over and over again.

The "when is this ***hole going broke" factor gets viewers.

Well we will have to wait and see next month isn't his lease up? If he resigns I think that tells us he's doing a little better then he's leading on.

PK? What are you talking about?

He will renew lease for sure because he couldn't qualify again somewhere else, except the **** hole he used to live in.

Eviction will take a few months anyway.

Are you European? The way you do your dollars. PK is from Germany

Did we ever know if he was collecting unemployment all this time for being laid off his dealing job?

Aha, i see. Yes, good catch! Idiot from northern europe as Phil Hellmuth would have said

I really dont watch Kraut to be honest. Think he is little bit of a clown in some sort of ways in his behaviour, what he says and his manerisms.

It will never come to that but Trooper has fans that would assist him. I would let him crash in my place if he needed to.

We got your back OG.