Theres def something to the btc thing given the clips etc, but he was visibly tilted/cared about losing however many millions he did by the end, he was stunned right at the end you just see him loitering and staring into space. Nobody with 66k btc or 600m would give a flying **** about losing 3-4m in a plo game.

The game ended at like noon local time. Ever been up for 30 hours?

who wouldn't care about losing 5% of their net worth over the course of a couple of hours?

Obviously it's just what he said and no proof but matt said near end that hes been up for 6 days straight


I think some posters are just bad at reading body language etc, matt was pretty chill for almost the whole thing and joking etc , didn't even whine about running bad really he was just exasperating about losing over 10 all ins in a row after the hand then dropped it and kept playing

The whole lawsuit with Leon also makes way less sense if he’s that wealthy

If he really has that amount in BTC he watches his net worth fluctuate massively on a weekly basis.

I'm sure when he loses 10-20% of his net worth over a day or two he isn't all that chipper either. It's not going to change his life either way but him being less than stoic in the moment doesn't necessarily mean he just punted his life away.

[ ] 5%
[X] math is hard

People who make posts like this around here (have seen many in the same vein) are basically outing themselves as not being a remotely serious poker player.

Do people really think he's a good plo player?

The lawsuit was cause whoever was backing him forced him to back out of deal he had with leon and demand full amount of $$$ , but ya I don't know how he would go from being backed then to being worth 600 million in bitcoin now, also wasn't like he was stopping game to call a backer just borrowing money from rob in game.. and Rob was a 3rd party story in lawsuit so I would have to assume rob isn't his backer

Not necessarily, it heavily depends on the person and how competitive he is. Sure, some ultra wealthy whales will still be having a great time after dropping a few million but others will be steaming. Leon was visibly frustrated when he lost a fairly small hand (in BBs) to Rob Yong after Yong called a 3bet with A842. After the hand he asked Yong several times why he called pre. And this was when he was up over a million.

Kid has a ton of heart, is a class act, and is great for televised poker. ANYONE that plays nosebleeds has the sickness. You can't NOT be a degen and rationalize playing that high no matter how big your edge is. So I really don't get the hate.

He went off the rails in the game. Who can blame him? He ran really bad in one of the best games in maybe the history of poker. Personally, I think he's sort of the durrr of PLO, he dos whole bunch of crazy ****, he knows where he's at most of the time and he gets in the best games on the planet. In my book he "gets it" and he's definitely +EV in that lineup.

Durr is a great player, this guy is a whale.

Durrr was considered a great NLHE player because he played against bigger whales than he was. He actually has pretty mediocre results bb wise if you don't count the guy matches. Btw he was considered a complete degen in any game that wasn't NLHE.

Kirk was playing in a game with players several magnitudes worse than he was. He was +EV in that game. If he's as wealthy as some people are saying then he certainly isn't a professional poker player. That said, he's +EV in any lineup like that (more than the "real" pro Sam) and he's been the most entertaining player to watch since durrr and farha

Hating on the dude because he's richer than you are is plain stupid.

Source?

telling matt kirk that he's +EV in literally any lineup is a level. this is a guy that points to $780,000 and says "i'm just trying to double up or lose this".

Tom Dwan was ahead of his time, he was pretty ****ing good.


Don't listen to Polk, just because he go spanked by jungleman does not mean he was weak by any means.

After watching the game for several hours
I suspect Matt made at least a few million from
all that gold he has been diggin out his nose

Pretty dangerous that its publicly known Matt Kirk has 600 million in Bitcoin. Gonna need bodyguards now

Especially if he has any of them on him. Before you know it they grab those coins right out of his pocket.

lol

Hah. Maybe not anymore as its now a hobby, but pretty sure I took it dead serious and did pretty well playing pro for over 10-12 years. But thanks.

If you think Matt is actually any good at poker you dont take poker very seriously yourself.

Agreed in normal circumstances but youre talking about someone who is supposedly a near billionaire from basically doing nothing - Crypto boom. If the 66k btc is true, I can imagine someone like Matt wouldnt give a single **** if he ran bad for a few days playing nosebleeds, especially if youre as big a degen as Matt is.

He is GREAT for TV, I love him, hes the polar opposite to me and thus it intrigues me, but I dont think the btc thing is as true as its being made out given my 'read' lol of the stream. Just my opinion, dont really care if people dont agree lol or Im proven wrong.

Day 3 pt 2 was all pure gold. 4 handed 1k/2k/4k/8k. It was interesting hearing Leon and Rob talk about how this is the biggest plo game in the world besides the one they played in Russia where "every pot Leon was in was for at least a mill". Id be interested in hearing more about that. Also extremely funny for there to be millions on the table and then hear Rob ask someone for $20 so he can order a cappuccino