For people that can't see the video the likely issue is simply not pressing play. If you just click on the video you'll be sent to the hosting site and likely lost. You just press the play button and it will work. If you click anywhere else you are likely screwed. Hope that clears it up.

That was the highlight

no, we're not that ******ed . we see the image below, and there is no play button. sucks that you guys have made an awesome video and loads of people can't see it. and please sort out the interview archive, it used to be possible to download all podcasts on demand, now the oldest links are gone. love the site!

right there with you sir.


But yeah, just getting a perspective on how they live is great. Chill and humble ftw

Troy Gamble looks more ridiculous with every post. It seems like you're just jealous that these kids will have awesome lives and get to do whatever they want. Quit crying just cause you were poor and your parents didn't love you enough to give you any money.

Also I don't understand the hating on this video ITT. The point of it was to show how these guys live and what they're like. No one said it was supposed to be a high quality production.

Also nice sh00ter shoutout.

I cant find the link anymore? did someone remove it ? it was here ysterday

So you want them to lie or give canned answers like everyone else does on every other interview? I prefer honesty. If Gus acts like a dick in chat and slowrolls, etc., I think he expects and can handle some criticism. Also lmao at you knowing Gus based on meeting him a few times.

These guys are awesome. I am a fan.

these guys are awesome, not cocky or anything (at least from what i get out of this interview) and they seem really cool and down to earth. asian family values ftw. gonna take the dad's roll at 0.25/0.50 though.

I see the online communication gap there, can someone tell the Dang brothers that "UPS" doesn't mean "u piece of sh%t" or "oops". Am I the only one who noticed this?

great interview. I enjoyed it when you can interview and talk to poker players and view their balla homes

I can't remember where I saw it (probably an interview), but Gus has explained before that indeed "ups" means "oops" in Danish.

well "ups" on my part then man, I thought it meant "ship it" for the whole UPS thing, my bad then

why isnt there a lambo in the garage

cool humble guys

think i remember a podcast interview where a name player possibly gus explained that he'd typed 'ups' in chat meaning to say oops, whether misspelt/different language, after he sucked out in a pot. opponent then said like 'yeah you'll be working for them soon if you play like that'. then the nomenclature (lol) also became a synonym for 'ship it' in some circles

No you didn't notice it because the brothers never said it means "u piece of sh%t" -- that was the interviewer. I think TREX tried to say the meaning(Dutch) but was cut off by others a couple of times.

Danish not Dutch

yea thats what i thought as well

Just finished watching it. Very neat segment and I hope that the MPR guys can maybe conduct similar interviews with other DC locals such as CTS and such.

Couple things from the interview:

- Hac says 'like' soooo much

- Love the interviewing topics. Pretty neat to get inside the minds of these guys.

- +1 on the Asian values and family-oriented lifestyle. Awesome to see these guys stick to their roots and watch their siblings grow up and be there for them.

- The flips were quite enjoyable, although I'm not sure if I believe they were the first time Zi's ever 'flipped'.

- LoL @ BestofFive story

- Is the 1st brother in the interview the one who plays on Stars (I think under the name ilvdnfl?)

Great work and I hope there are future installments.

I presume you mean "From Busto To Robusto". It is definitely a great short, and I need to thank you for introducing me to the series. Psyched to see the next installment.

I'm not going to feel bad about our film not being up to that standard for a bunch of reasons:

• 918 Films - the company that created "Busto" - shoots in HD (and I will be SD until March 2010);
• 918 has a full crew - a writer, cinematographer, director, producer, sound guys and plenty of additional staff (my staff was me and a boom mic operator);
• the guys at 918 make films for a living and they are able to work on productions as many of us would work on our day jobs (I devoted the little free time I had in September to it, and even that only totalled about 40 hours);
• 918 spent days getting footage including a lot of on-location stuff (we spent four hours total at the Dang's house to capture about 100 minutes of footage);
• 918 used three commercial production houses for post production work (I did everything on one computer in my basement)

... the list could go on. I dunno - guess I'm just trying to say that your comparison is a bit unfair (even though that standard of quality is something I can aspire to).

Mike

ahhh video seems to work in internet explorer, but not safari. happy days now i can watch it

The use of the beanbag has been almost universally criticized. You are calling this "ghetto" based almost solely on how people were sitting, which seems pretty extrinsic. It overlooks the content completely, but that's your prerogative.

Here's the truth: as everyone filed into the war room while we were setting up our cameras, people just kinda crashed wherever and right in the middle of the room was this enormous beanbag. Everyone started talking - some awesome stuff that we didn't capture because we were still setting up, actually.

When we were ready to start shooting, I figured we should try to preserve that casual vibe instead of setting people up in director's chairs or something like that ... like every other interview you've ever seen. The reason EB's position ended up appearing awkward was because he was trying to sit on the beanbag while still facing the camera.

Lesson learned, believe me.

Mike

Bean bags are awesome. I think anything that gives an insight into high-stakes poker like this video does is cool. Well worth watching.

Oh man, EB on the beanbag.

It does in fact mean oops.