No, it is very clear that people do not realize this.

Of course this a huge loss for him. I believe he said his biggest previous loss was $30k.

However…

He ran like god for an hour when he played with Ivey and the non-poker streamers and walked away with mid 5 figures.

He’s sponsored by WPT.

He owns a piece of the Lodge which will probably secure him financially if not get him significantly wealthy in the long run.

Even if his poker roll is damaged, I’m sure he’s got people close that would stake him at $5/10 $10/20 until his roll recovers.

The main thing is he needs to refocus mentally. That play with 72 was just purely lighting money on fire just so he could potentially flip over his hand for the lulz.

It was smart to just take the last couple days off streaming even with juicy guests like Robbi.

Imagine playing 200/400/800 one day and asking to be staked for 5/10 the next lmao, I’d probably just quit poker.

agree with your sentiment, he is a high earner with many streams of income, he will be fine financially. the hardest part of the last week for him was not losing 300k, it was losing 300k in a live streamed game in front of 10k viewers, many of whom were offering criticism of his playing abilities, criticism which he does not seem to be accustomed to handling. whatever hit he took financially is nothing compared to the hit that he took to his ego.

I am curious how he handles in some upcoming vlogs

Nieme seemed to do really well

People need to just stop with the Brad Owen will drop down and play 2/5 take. Brad is not a grinder. He hasn't been one for many years. There is no need for him to drop down to grind anything. He's a social media influencer. He could literally quit poker altogether, delete all his poker videos and completely rebrand his YouTube channel to make reaction videos of him watching old movies and TV shows and he would make more money than he could grinding 5/T.

I recalled Neeme's vlogs were real good and interesting when he started. Also recalled Trooper was one of first people who actually filmed himself while playing. Was he the first guy to do it by the way? But I recalled it was interesting when he did it before anyone else did it.



Now Neeme to me seem to be a very honest guy when he talks in his vlogs. He will talk about how he won or loss but he seems just very honest. He also doesn't seem to be the type of guy to sound so excited when he isn't etc. He seems really down to earth especially when he shows himself at the bar drinking with friends etc. When he talks about his thought process and strategy, he definitely an above average player but not that great. I am somewhat surprised he was a 5/10 reg though because the way he talked... yes he is above average but was surprised he was a crusher at 5/10? Can others confirm he crushed 5/10 when he played back then?



When Brad's vlogs came out, I thought okay so he is Neeme friend and his vlogs are okay. I always felt Neeme's vlogs were much better than Brad. Also someone mentioned how Brad basically copied Neeme's whole vlog structure. Anyone else can confirm this? Do recall the way the cards look and analysis seem very similar or almost the same. Now like someone else said as well, I have no idea how Brad got as popular as he did and it seems to be one of the biggest mysteries ever when it comes to vlogging. How in the world did he get so many subscribers and views? To me he is just an average vlogger and average guy.



Someone did mention he uses lot of clickbait titles which I notice recently is true. Never had paid attention to that. But how does this guy get this many views on his videos? If you take a look at his videos, they are very long. Most of his videos seem to be 30 minutes? Neeme's videos are much shorter than that. I also don't like to watch a vlog if it is very long and I'm sure many feel the same. But not only that, rarely does he ever post any losing sessions. I think maybe of all his vlogs, he posts 10% losing sessions at the max? He seem to always win it back. That is good and all but the way his thought process when explaining is... I find it less than Neeme. I would have though Brad is a slight above winning average player at 2/5. But is this guy really a crusher at 5/10 stakes and above? I don't find his game to be that impressive at all. I find Neeme more skillful than him. What was his regular stakes before he got popular? Mainly 2/5 and some 5/10? Neeme was mainly 5/10 but sometimes 2/5? Brad doesn't seem to be a player that is tough to play against. He rarely bluffs big at all and seem abc player. Others agree here?



Some people also seem to mention how they played with Brad before and he is quiet and doesn't talk much. That has always been my take on him as well when he vlogs. He seems to be a quiet guy, nothing wrong with that. But in the videos, he would talk about how everyone at the table is taking a drink and socializing etc and making it sound like he does as well. But someone else says how he was the only person at the table not socializing and was on his phone the whole time. Yea that is what I don't like as well. He seem to be portraying an image that he isn't. I mean I'm sure he is a nice guy in general but there is something about him that I don't like for some reason. Neeme seems much real to me.




Does anyone know what is the biggest downswing Brad and Neeme went on when each played 2/5 and 5/10? Recalled each might have mentioned it in older vlog? Also the thing about Brad looking for sympathy does make sense. Also anyone can summarize the twitter issue? So he mentioned how he lost a lot in the higher stakes but he was very mean to certain people? So he is getting heat from others on twitters because he is complaining and now this side of him has come back which nobody else saw because everyone thought he is a happy nice guy? I mean I'm sure when he was in a downswing at 2/5 before the vlogging, surely he was upset and angry etc. I mean that is normal. I guess maybe he ran good for all these years and now that he is experiencing variance, he is very upset? Also his jokes are very bland so I really don't know how he got this popular in the first place. Only thing that makes sense is he bought ton of subscribers?

Neeme crushed it in the live streams this week.

He comes off as strange to me. The constant smile is weird.

Like a serial killer

He reminds me of Joe from “You”, more than a little bit

i see what you did here.

What???? No way man... if he runs good and has a decent backing deal he can get the 300k back in like 3-4 years and than take a shot again when the games tougher

lol

Finding equilibrium put out a video on Brad this morning. It looks like it's been removed or taken down now though.

That AKcc call off on 69T vs Taras was so bad wtf is he doing. He didn't even run bad at all he literally just punted all his losses off.

I'm pretty sure he took it down because the frame rate was messed up. Wouldn't be surprised to see it reposted.

Yeah I saw that as well. Sad

Rightly or wrongly your post can be interpreted as 'it is only exciting when I know the person can go completely broke.'

i mean why do you think Rounders is the most popular poker movie? its because Matt Damon was buying in to high stakes games with 100% of his bankroll and if he loses he gets his knees chopped off by the Russian mob. nobody wants to watch a movie about Johnny Chan buying in to iveys room with 1% of his bankroll and going back to his mansion whether he wins or loses, they want to watch a movie/vlog where the protagonist has actual stakes on the line.

Kn1sh,

Perhaps you still have the truck for him?

Joey Knish going off on Mike calling him a little punk and saying he plays for money, his kids eat is the best damned poker scene for me, absolutely love Knish

Here’s my take…

You can’t be the nice guy introvert that everyone feels comfortable around if you are the loud mouth extrovert that is sociable at the tables. Once you become sociable, you will become divisive.

The only way he procures such a following is by being the approachable and relatable nice guy.

He’s done a lot for poker and gets recs in the casino. Don’t see any reason to dunk on him at all.

Indeed, let's be real. Poker is in a great state again (compared to 5 years ago).
Vlogs and live streams are a major reason for this

100%

The hate is literally all just jealousy