That's been my impression every time I've turned on his stream, lots of ego and entitlement. Tbh, he was insufferable. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and assumed it was just some kind of amusing streak of tuning in at all the wrong times, but after that was my impression every single time for four or five tries, I finally just stopped watching.

I think what was even more surprising was the majority of his chat seemed to think that his passive aggressive jabs at his own subscribers were some kind of "epic you owned him bro" moment instead of just sad and pathetic. Seemed like a bunch of brainwashed sycophants. But if his demeanor tonight is representative of how he gets whenever he faces a bad beat then I guess thats the kind of mentality you need to have to not get banned...

He's frustrated because he can't beat the games anymore. If we could see his graph, we would almost certainly see he's on a big downswing or break even stretch and really struggling to make any money.

I imagine Stars sponsor him because he brings in new players into the game?

Going off his viewing figures it seems like your opinion is in the minority.
Whats the saying, you cant please all of the people all of the time!

When I've watched him its been entertaining enough. As far as the level he plays at, Poker Stars give him plenty freebies, so he would be stupid not to play them.

Im not surprised Im in the minority. Twitch viewership in a lot of channels seem to be brown-nosing and friend simulators, and I dont get that. His seems to be one of those, where you either agree with him and support him whatever he says, or you're out.

Personally I prefer streamers who are upfront and honest when they could be wrong instead of mega defensive like Lex. Ive settled for watching BBZ. He also has "chat pros" coming in with ridiculous poker strat or negative/critical comments but he handles them a lot more maturely.

Nothing wrong with being in the minority, probably the best place to be most of the time. I've not watched him very often but as I say I found him ok.

I think Lex grew his stream from his "blowup friday" streams which were very entertaining. But yeah he is too much of a whiner for me, there is some interesting discussion at times. Spraggy and Kevin Martin are 1000 times more entertaining then Lex.

I don't mind Lex, but tend to only watch streams on mute before sleeping...sounded like he had a rough time of it irl last year and the chat pros must be tilting, but agree he seems to have lost the love for streaming a little bit lately.

I'm no expert, but it seems like he has an edge at PLO mtts at all stakes, plus lower stakes nl (especially turbos and hypers). Hopefully he can get back to the fun streams soon.

I mean his claim is not that he has an edge. If people solely wanted to watch crushers they'd watch apestyles or fedor holz. he is almost 99% losing in 5k BI + but people understand and accept that.

I don't think people understand and accept that. Many of his viewers probably think he's on a downswing and will turn it around.

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Really, that's odd. Afaik he doesn't even say himself that he thinks he is winning at 5ks and 10ks (although he is probably beating SCOOP/WCOOP Mains).

I don't see how someone could possibly think that a winning 5k reg would have the time to be streaming 24/7. The only other winners I can think of that do this is Apestyles (who is infrequent) and BBZ (only plays mains).

I guess people just don't understand the absolute grind that goes into being a winning mtt/cash reg at the high stakes.

Have to love the people commenting who obviously rarely watch the stream.

I'm not a massive Lex lover or shiller, not even a subscriber to the stream, but I do enjoy watching him over a lot of other players. I think Lex is pretty entertaining, does a great job of engaging the majority of his viewers, and has done a masterful job of becoming the top poker streamer when he's online.

No one ever has more viewers than Lex in the directory when he's online. And even when he's offline, most, if not all, streamers don't approach his average viewer count. Lex has the record for the highest all-time viewer count during a single stream. He makes tons of deep runs, has final tabled plenty, and yes, has even won a few really tough field high roller events.

Even so, Lex himself admits to being a loser long term in $5k events. He probably feels that way about $1ks and $2ks too. He says he will never play the dailys, but playing during the various series is +ev when you combine his poker skill and the stream value. Add in the fact that there are plenty of more players who buy directly in plus satty in, and you see why he plays the games he does.

He also openly says that streaming puts him at a huge disadvantage, which it does. Imagine the best players in the world being able to see the majority of the hands you play against them/in the same events they play. They're going to be able to put that information to use much better than the average $22 buy in player.

Additionally, Lex went from being a straight cash player to trying to grind tournaments and build up a Twitch channel. I'd say he's come a long way and improved massively since he first started. He can hold his own, and off stream, if he put in the same grind and study habits, I think he could become a top 10-25 player in the world. The dude has been relevant in poker for so damn long.

I can see why his personality turns some people off, but really, that's the only knock you all have against him.

Some of you guys are idiots.

Who's knocking him? I think he's very entertaining and his stream is extremely professional. And of course he is profiting after sponsorships and subs and bits or whatever.

Am I the only one watching this guy every sunday and realize HOW FU**ING INSANE GOOD HE RUNS?!

Every damn sunday!! I mean, I play A LOT and have NEVER even been close to run that good he does.... This guy can win 10 coinflips straight and even suckout the next hand..... And when he gets one suckout against him, he immediately starts whining like he is so unforune...
I'm lucky I can win 3 coinflips in a row........... AND thats on a good day. Usually I struggle just to hit a flop, he just hits sets, str8s, flushdraws etc constantly....

No one else notice this? This is NOT normal!!!!

are you watching his yt highlights??

No, I am watching his live streams with almost 10k viewers every sunday..... In this blowout series, it's ridiculous how good his run EVERY sunday!! I can't take it anymore, it's making me want to puke.

I would pay to see Lex's face when he reads this lol

You don't agree with me?

Just hit his biggest score on stream.

Nice, he mentioned he has 20-30k in BI per day so considering all his cashes lately he is probably up this series.

I do like Lex, but i also worry for him

Before he was losing a fortune and refused to listen to feedback. But now he has at least got some coaching, and already his results have improved.

but mostly.. I see things where you can clearly see its an issue.. But he doesnt seem to do anything to rectify it. And i think.. thats on him. For example i had things that I struggled with, so I went out of my way to figure out what was going wrong, why it was happening etc.. until i improved it. Like for example.. his heads up... every time he gets to a final 2, or heads up torny.. hes terrible. Like literally doesnt know what to do. So why isnt he going out of his way to learn / improve heads up? .. But ultimately thats his choice

Likewise, i used to think he was good at bounty hunters. But now ive seen him do things like put in 3 quaters of his stack, to chase a bounty thats not even a large bounty.. with like 6 7 off suit, with 4 players to act behind him. One of them calls and has 1010, and he loses 3 quaters od his stack. Then hes tilted... But again wtf? To me... thats his issue to resolve. Until he learns that you cannot chase bounties with 67 off suit, that you actually have to have some form of a hand... thats on him. And i just feel hell keep losing until he realises this.

The sad thing is.. I do actually think he has raw talent for poker. At times you see him do some great things. But until he clears out all of the other things, he wont be making use of his talent! .. But he has to realise that himself!

And people that say " he only gets thousands of viewers because he plays high stakes" - simply not true. He had thousands of viewers when he was playing $5 tournaments. Which is probably whats allowed him to move up in stakes and Stars giving him 'rewards' to play some big tournaments.

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He is streaming every day for winter series. Also rented a flat in Belgium to play as Stars is banned in NL.

Anyone has a graph? I am pretty sure he is playing terrible and can´t be a winning players. Also I guess Stars is gifting him with tickets?