That point does seem to have been made, but you're still here, just checking things out.

gotta love Jaime wins 8-10k and immediately takes a shot at the Super Tuesday finishes 240/314, get that Perky money Jaimeeee

He won a $55 satellite into it actually.

Glad to hear this. I saw him in the ST and thought, "wtf dude?"
Been enjoying watching his and Mike Vacanti's vlogs lately. Mikes dedication is extremely impressive.
Jaime seems to be putting in a lot of hours studying, it seems to be paying off right now.

I think, to some degree, the haters hate Jaime because he's a bit more innocent behaving than Lex or Tonka. Jaime is a good kid trying his best and some people just can't sit easy with that. So whatever, some of you hate him and can't help it. That's really your problem, not his.

Definitely agree with some of this. Jaime puts himself out there for monetary reasons though. He opens himself up to both fans and haters and it comes with the territory that some will like him and some won't. People will voice their opinions about him whether good or bad, im not too sure why some people are surprised by this.

no idea what Jaime's bankroll is, but playing a $55 satty to a $1K seems pretty reasonable based on the range I would assume it is in. I'm sure those sattys are juicy.

good that makes a lot more sense, he seems to be a lot more self aware right now

Hi, im not sure how to talk about this...

I have been playing poker for X amount of years, i am a winning reg on multiple sites. (only for low & mid stakes)

How Staples & lexveldhuis play are standard, and even better then most players.
But their ev is way under the amount of chips they are receiving...

I know this sounds like the beginning donk player.
It just isn't normal how good these guys are at 'winning flips'

What i have noticed is if the pro has a bigger pair the other player his lower pair doesn't get there (yes im talking about the 80 vs 20% flips)

Im not sure what to think or how to feel about this. I cant be the only one that looks at these vids and think its normal how they keep on running godlike like this.

^ You do realise that the videos they put up are only highlights of final tables that they make where they probably do win the vast majority of their flips. If you watched the streams live you would see all the mtts that they bust out of and see them losing flips.

Keep that tinfoil hat stuff out of the thread.

Just quick to bash eh? I'm okay with it though. Just makes the "nesters" in this thread lose more credibility. Spewing negative statements without knowing.

Yeah I'm against false statements being thrown around but it's no secret that Jaime used to jump stakes after a few wins. Maybe he won't know and if that's the case good for him.

In all honesty I used to give Jaime a bit of hate a while back but am respecting him more and more. At the end of the day we're only human and every single one of us in this thread likely makes trivial missteps on a regular basis.

I don't really care about short term variance and results but I respect the way he is going about his life right now.

I agree with this. He's getting some **** under control and comes across really well in recent vids and posts.

Specifically, he's working out daily and amping up his work outs as well; he's gone from hiking to doing gym work like weightlifting as well, with the help of a trainer. I have no idea what his diet is like and suspect that's his weakness, but he's doing the exercise at least.

In fact, he's visibly losing weight and just looks a lot healthier to me, although he's still clearly overweight.

He's also doing a lot of studying apparently, trying to fix holes in his game in order to recover his losses and book some wins. He's made quite a few comments about this and actually this week I think he didn't stream for a day but spent the day studying.

He's also started to do some short meditation sessions and is experimenting with that in a way that I think is not too pretentious.

I personally liked that he purchased a piece of art when he made a score over $5k and then posted that on Instagram etc, even though he got a ton of hate for his taste, I thought it was a cool thing to do irrespective.

So many people who lose large amounts of weight wind up gaining it right back again.

I've yet to see in Jaime the internal drive to want to keep the weight off once the $75,000 incentive to lose the weight is no longer there. Hope I'm wrong about that, but after the year's up he seems more likely to feel like he's got everything under control so he can eat fried eggs and ribs again. He doesn't seem like he'll to continue to push himself to exercise several hours a day.

I think Matt's got more drive.

Yeah, sadly, I feel the exact same. Hopefully we're wrong though as his life will improve immeasurably if he can keep training with the same intensity after the bet is finished and actually get slim. Just feel like he's counting down the days til he can eat junk again.
Matt is doing a phenomenal job so far.. So much so that their trainer has told him to slow down on the weight gain. Really feel he'll be back into good shape soon after the bet is done albeit with a lot more muscle than before.

Also, congrats to Jaime on the recent poker success.. Great to see him on the upswing again. Hopefully it continues!

I think initially the 'fame' of being pretty much the only Twitch Poker Streamer and sponsored by Stars got to him. He kinda came from nowhere and was this bigger name within the Poker community without actually winning much of any significance.

I'm glad he's getting his **** in a pile. Irrespective of if the prop bet is a long-shot, it's going to benefit his life and I think they all know that.

He's clearly healthier, happier and putting in some great results and I'm stoked for him.

The funny thing is that he seems to get a lot of hate, but yet all of the other pros and streamers who know him seem to have a lot of time for him, that must tell you something about his likeability as a person

Jaime's got an obsessive personality, so of course other streamers would enjoy him for his obsession with growing his stream. Viewers who don't share that obsession instead see it as excess. His own brothers even commented to him on his obsessive tendencies, so that should tell you something.

Will you still support him if things start to go the other way, and he hits a downstream, and starts gaining weight again? It's easy to ride the feel good train during the highs, but not so easy to stay loyal during the lows. My message will still be the same no matter what: he needs to deal with his tendency towards excess if he wants these changes to be lasting.

Shipped another one today for $2.5k.. Guy is on fire at the moment!

I will support him as long as he produces content I enjoy. To be honest I care more about that than his results.

In terms of his mindset and potential, why take a negative view and assume he will put weight on again? I'll wait and see how he deals with it, hope for the best for him, and if he puts weight back on I don't think it matters a huge amount as long as he's happy in life. In the past it's been obvious that being seriously overweight has held him back from being happy and feeling good about himself.

The hate is strong when peeps are already being negative about something that hasn't even happened yet.

gotdamn sam give the man a chance to f up first

Why would your support of him ever change, especially based on whether or not you feel entertained.

Maybe it is too early to be saying that Jaime's motivation seems to be the money, and that once it's is no longer a factor then staying slim won't be as high a life priority for him as enjoying food. However it does feels like I struck a nerve with the concern that the motivation for Jaime's weight loss is very much tied to the $75,000. I don't think my comment is negative per se because it's only relevant if Jaime really is at risk of relapsing once the $75,000 is off the table; if he's already altered his mindset then my comment is moot.

I don't think anybody here thinks his mindset has changed just yet, although perhaps he's still just moving forward a step at a time, and once he's lost much more weight, he'll feel like he has more to lose by putting weight back on. For Jaime's lifestyle changes to be lasting after the $75,000 is no longer a factor, Jaime WILL have to adopt the mindset that staying healthy is more life EV than eating fatty foods at some point. That needs to happen for these changes to be lasting. It's something to strive for.

Whats paying off exactly? When he verbalizes his thought process, to anyone who plays for anliving he sounds like a moron. His awareness of boards on all in os so slow he should be checked for a mental disease ( no joke ) and he admitted during his wons he had the lickiest accoubt on the site. He repeatedly got it in so bad it was embarrassing and Pokerstars kept rewarding him. I think someone at pokerstars wants to get the fanboys to think all the hard work pay off but what I see is j 10 beating AA all in and all the other redicukous beats mr all in pre flop made to win which was more lucky than winning the lotto. Thank god for 3 outters over and over and over. Seriously though, i've lost count watching him very slow to recognize boards on all ins where he doesn't realize he's won or lost a pot until the chips are physically moved by Pokerstars to the winner. He should get a nuerological exam.

Oh, the irony!

Well, the reason I support him in the first instance (by watching his stream and following him on Instagram) is because he is entertaining. It's not because I've randomly selected some fat kid to adopt.

I don't know him personally and if he started acting like a massive ******* or his content was terrible, I'd stop watching his stuff and by extension stop supporting him in such an active way.

You specifically asked if I'd support him if he "hits a downstream", whatever that means exactly, and puts weight on again. I am trying to tell you yes, because his entertainment value is way more important than that.

With that said, I think his attempt to take control of his wealth is cool and he's working hard, which is nice to watch.

You might be right, but this is such a negative way to look at things, it kind of sucks to my mind. You're imagining him losing the weight and then putting it back on again, the end. He has his whole life ahead of him and is trying to make some positive changes now, before he gets any older.

Why not just let him go for it, be positive about positive actions, and then whatever happens after that happens?

In terms of doing it for money, it's obvious that the money is motivation, but also clear enough that that's not his only motivation. Bill Perkins came up with the prop bet because he wanted to do something positive for Jaime after meeting him and push him to lose weight, knowing that he wanted to lose weight and how much impact it would have on him personally.

And what are you talking about with his mindset hasn't changed? His actions show that his mindset has changed, but it takes time for a change of actions to lead to a complete change of attitude and for a person to learn strong discipline. You have to give him a chance.