What's the over/under on ECB posts in this thread before it runs its course? At 2 now.

Im not going to quote it because I’m not sure of its accuracy. Someone in the YT comment section of a recent vod scrapped cumulative winnings from the end of every stream. It had Nick V winning the most by a wide margin, much more then Garrett, which shouldn’t be surprising since Gman only plays once a week. The number quoted wasn’t noting to scoff at, considering the stream has been running less than a year. Granted he could lose off stream.


-RS

People seem to keep discounting the fact that the other players are his friend(s)/friendly rivals/etc. it’s not random suckers at the table. Which, for me, is a whole new layer of f****d up.

I can see Nick Vertucci pitching the stream idea to the Big Johns, the Mayhems, and the Israeli Ron’s. “Yeah guys, keep gambling it up, this streak will blow up really fast!” (to no benefit of anyone besides Nick and Ryan.). All the while Nick is playing a 15% Vpip money printing tight style of poker.

Again, I fully understand that these guys can choose to not play on steam. I get it.

Last night Nick played a hand vs Poker Bunny and Barry…

Nick - 66
Poker Bunny- AsQs
Barry- J8

On the turn (5k in the pot)….something to the effect of

6s5hJs7c

Nick overbets 6k, Barry Folds, Poker Bunny calls.

River A.

Nick bets, Poker Bunny folds.

Nick flop sets

Barry flops top pair and turns open ended straight draw (finds a fold on the turn)

Poker Bunny flops nut flush draw and rivers an Ace (makes the correct fold on river)

-RS

I'm just going to drop this in .. Nick is away from the table a lot. Does the software know when he doesn't get cards? Or anyone for that matter.

I actually caught the hand above. Barry does make some very exploitative folds IMO and this is one of them. He may have been scared of putting chips in on a draw against two of the tighter Players at the table .. with spades probably not good.

Nick lost a lot of value on the River IMO, betting way too much (close to pot again?). Bunny would've called for less but Nick probably wants to keep up the pattern so that his bluffs get through at that price as well. GL

Nit Vertucci

This thread is pretty embarrassing tbh.

You guys realize that the private games everyone has been complaining about ruining poker for 10 years now are just this, but infinitely sketchier?

Private games in casinos have always been a good player or two organizing, and then they poach whales from public games with promises of less pros and more action. The whales then almost never play public games anymore, and instead dump to the tight but "extroverted" pro and his buddies every week. I've seen this happen in multiple card rooms, and it has killed the 5/10+ action permanently in two cases.

This isn't new and it isn't suspect. To think he'd choose to do this all on stream and funnel chips TO HIMSELF and not a second party is so silly. He could easily organize a home game or off stream game, and get way better returns if he wanted to cheat. This isn't stones with 60 average viewers nightly.

He set himself up in a profitable situation and is winning what, 450k total? I get people hate him and I personally don't care for him, but there's a lot of 80iq takes in here.

I don't care for Nick but he ran like **** the first few months on the stream also.


I played with one of the famous LA stream players last Friday here in Vegas and they told me Garret has banned Nick from the Friday game.

Yup I’ve seen way worse in private games..

I know since Covid a lot of players mostly whales are buried at these games and I never see them at casino anymore which is bad for poker in general.

Surprised Garret has any say on who can join the game

Garret is the game. No Garret, no game.

Rarely respond to these tin foil hat threads, but I'll take the bait this time:

-I always have exactly 100% of my action in any game I play. Some speculate I must receive an appearance fee for games I play or have a piece of the ownership. Both assumptions are completely untrue. Others in this thread go the opposite direction by comically accusing me of needing to sell action to get a seat. Again untrue.

The reality is unfortunely much less juicy: I help HCL viewership when I choose to play in their games, they help me by building great lineups. There never has been any additional compensation by either party.

-It's both without merit and BS to attack Nick's reputation by accusing him of foul play simply because he now plays very well and has been running insanely hot recently. As someone who is occasionally attacked for the same reasons, it's wrong and it hurts as I've been committed to always doing the right thing my entire poker career in an industry where few can say the same.

It would make zero sense for Nick and Ryan to risk their entire company and reputation by cheating in the most obvious way imaginable after quickly building a very successful business. My playing regularly on HCL alone (often with Nick) tells you all you need to know about my trust in them running clean games. If there was even a very small chance I was being cheated when I sometimes have 250-500k on the table and am happy to put it all in the middle, I could never play. The risk wouldn't be worth it, especially as I only am interested in occasionally playing poker in very good/big games. It's the same reason why I have the luxury of avoiding the shadiness of private games when other pros decide it's worth the risk.

Full disclosure: Nick is a friend and I've never seen him do anything unethical at the poker table. LOL at me being able to decide if the owner of the stream gets to play on his own show.

Yeah ban the owner of the stream from playing on a specific night sure. Smh.

It’s unfortunate and sad ANYONE would even suggest the above nonsense. To even suggest or elude to this is reckless and not cool especially in todays culture of guilty to proven innocent.

Hustler Casino live HAS NO ELECTRONICS ALLOWED AT THE TABLE. NONE!!!! We have the tightest security of any and all games. And the integrity of our show and especially myself is #1. So what I “Find odd “ is you don’t recognize optimal poker and I also “find odd” Is nobody found it odd when I was on a downswing in November and had to take a break it was so bad. Oh and my VPIP was no different.

Get off the rail and learn the game. And don’t play with other peoples reputations.

Nick Vertucci

People like you need to be ***** slapped for screwing with somebody’s reputation with absolutely no facts.

Number one I ran the number one real estate training company in the nation for eight years with no Attorney General or FTC complaints. Only a few Dickheadz like you who go to the Internet and say negative things. Nothing else that was ever founded, it was all unfounded comments and very few.

Number two I was a police officer for 20 years and have never even been arrested or had a speeding ticket in 30 years. So to say I’m a convicted felon makes you look like a dumb **** that you are. And I actually like this part of the post so it will discredit everything else you’re saying as it should.

Number three and not that I owe you or anyone any explanation but I am running good and have had seven wins in a row if you’re so caught up on stats. One of the reasons for that is in the last five months I’ve been studying the game every single day and have dedicated myself to Poker now that I have shut all my businesses down to focus on the show.

And lastly micro punter please introduce yourself to me someday if you bump into me so I could give you that ***** slap that you deserve.

Respectfully of course

Nick Vertucci

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Sorry you feel this way of course itÂ’s your opinion. I created the show to make the best life streaming poker show in the industry. One other thing to note is now I play poker full-time and itÂ’s my passion. Hustler Casino live has more security stops than any show out there. We do not allow any electronics, none! And we have anywhere from an hour to a five hour delay. It is literally impossible.

And lastly for anyone to even suggest that is reckless and not cool.

Nick Vertucci

Yup this is how private games go. Stop being a whiney idiot.

I really don’t understand your post but you’re entitled to your opinion. All these guys you mentioned we are all friends and we have been playing on and off stream for years. Nobody is forced to play and in fact everybody feels so blessed to have this platform to be able to play anytime they want. We all just love Poker. Why does it have to be any more than that. And it’s really funny that everybody focuses on low VPIP… Isn’t it at the end of the day my money and shouldn’t I be able to play to win if I play three or four times a week?

Nobody cared in November when I was on a huge downswing and actually had to take a two week break to reset. I really do appreciate you watching the show so thank you for that. But maybe sit down and just really rethink what you’re saying.

Nick Vertucci

Sorry you feel this way of course it’s your opinion. I created the show to make the best life streaming poker show in the industry. One other thing to note is now I play poker full-time and it’s my passion. Hustler Casino live has more security stops than any show out there. We do not allow any electronics, none! And we have anywhere from an hour to a five hour delay. It is literally impossible.

And lastly for anyone to even suggest that is reckless and not cool.

Nick Vertucci

I appreciate you understanding and not jumping on the wagon of this idiot

Well at least you’re a lot closer to the truth than the original poster. I am not poaching anyone I have played with these guys for years on and off stream. We are all friends. I’ve really worked on my game in the last six months and take it very seriously, it is nothing more than that.

You don’t have to care for me like you mentioned but keep in mind you don’t know me. But I do appreciate you watching thank you.

Nick Vertucci

Okay…but you’re not even playing all that good. Like I said, I think it’s scummy that you pitched this live stream to your IRL friends, “it’s going to be great…we’re going to sell tshirts!”, and then you play with a style that nobody else would ever be invited back in the stream if they played that way. It’s your choice and it’s their choice. I get it.

I find myself watching less and less when you’re playing. I only watch when you are playing against Luda Chris, because for some reason, you’ll go into deep water with him, even though I think he outclasses you. I think you’ve ran good vs him, specifically, and I know he will put a real big dent into your winnings when the variance regresses to the mean.

-RS