Hey, I'm rooting for him to have been telling the truth too...

... not sure who he's scammed - as no one seems to have come forward in regards to 'backing' him - or paying for some service - like a guide to beating some table game.

It seems unlikely... but yeah I'm rooting for him being 'on the up'

And I always want the rec [especially if they are LAG or having fun at the table] to win over the pros/good poker.

If you have no horse in the game and dont root for Mikki in streamed poker then you are an idiot. I want my games filled with people like him and the people who believe him.

well claiming he has an edge in baccarat seems pretty scammy

Maybe.

I mean, many years ago - I did work on a baccarat count/system. Not going into all the details as to why - but I was able to play as a 'whale' because of who I knew/was with.

Well... yes it's beatable... but the spread of your bets is stupid. It needs to be far wider than BJ - far wider. Obs it didn't matter, as the casino aren't looking [worrying] about big changes in amounts on baccarat. It was just a bit too silly - and meant [with table limits] your unit was very low. I could get away with it as I was a kid... and could give any reason to jump big... especially as the casino was happy to have the person I was with betting there.

So, it's never seemed scammy per se that anyone could have an edge in baccarat. It's just tiny... and more or less useless.

BUT more than that, if you play big - then you only need to lose a tiny amount to be up. For instance if you could break even, and you are deemed worth enough to the venue - then you will be making money. I can't remember the exact details as it was long ago - but it was something like x% of losses you would get back. So, if you win - you keep all the profits... if you lose then you get a % back.

Doubt this happens too much now? Maybe it does? But the venues used to fight to land the big players.

I obs never got any of that edge... but I can image Mikki could... so him being able to play a +EV game of Baccarat - doesn't seem unbelievable to me.

well... I mean, that someone could.

When I see him play poker - I feel it less likely that Mikki is a someone who can. But I know it's possible.

Anyway - as I said, I always want to fun players to win. Never understood this obsession here with the closed off, math pros - and wanting them to take down everything. They are awful for the game. And anyone backing them has killed games. And obs all their backed tourney wins make a mockery of who's done well. As I doubt most the players who have x millions of winnings officially are even millionaires. And many not even in profit from poker. Ho hum.

dont know about wanting them to take down everything but yes the nerdy math guys will be the ones to win long term. I agree though you want the fun players to win some. To barrow a phrase from the FGC world the best games are the ones that give hopeless players the illusion that they can win so they keep entering tourneys and playing the games in general

Mikki for POTUS! Why not? Saw a guy talking last night like he could whip any 4 thugs in prison, wrote a paper which trumped psychologists, had a 168 IQ, several other things off the charts. Brought me right back this thread.

Mikki absolutely torching at Hustler Live 500-500 PLO night. Down $200k already.

Which "investors'" money is he torching tonight? How does he keep pulling together $500k to buy into these poker games?

how can I send him some $$? he's gamble

At this point the dog is playing better than mikki

it's still early in the month.

First hand of the night and Mikki squeezes QJ85ss in the bb vs 5 ppl.

Lol whoever game him money to play

Given your money to Dustin Da Closer might be a better investment than Mikki.

Mikki only lost $400,000 of someone else's money before he tapped out for the night.

pretty sure his big secret of bacc vs the casino is that the same way the shuffle machines can be rigged for poker they can be rigged or hacked in the casinos and when regulators come around they are basically asking the hacked machines if they are legit lol so mikki found a way to take advantage of this as well. just like phil ivey found a way mikki found his own way... at the end of the day it all comes down to ppl are stupid everywhere and there are leaks or ways around things everywhere,,, and probably more then 1 way... just imagine if they tilted the bacc 1% thats where the real money is and it just shows how vulnerable all shuffle machines can be...

Thats obviously his biggest scam. He's somehow convinced people that Staking him isn't massively -ev

I can’t get over the fact that this muppet looks like he’s gonna cry losing 50K bullets and then later says “I went through a phase… where I straddled $50,000 a hand… REALISTICALLY… 100 times a week, if not mooooooore….”

How do people fall for his schtick

I can’t straddle 2K this round guys, but speaking of 2K… I once was betting 20 million a hand on blackjack. But the casino backed me off because I doubled a 17 against an Ace

There is a gullible sucker born every second. There is a whopper liar born every five or ten. It is shocking in a sense, not in another. For we all have areas we are totally blind in, some math, some love, some mechanical stuff, some card sense. And some ... human nature.

I still can't get over how dumb Mikki looks in this Vlog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XqzdwwZcRU

Does anyone know who his gambling coach is?

Why does he even have a gambling coach?

To be fair, the coach is probably right that their money is safer in baccarat than having Mikki play it in a PLO game.

Also I didn't watch the full game yesterday, did Mikki go south with any of his chips on the table again?

I'm sure you have other fine qualities.

Can you tie a cherry stem in a knot ?

Wait they let people go south ???????

Basically 9/10 times someone gives him money or stakes him, he wins!
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Idk how to say it dude, we lost everything

That's a good question. Anyone see it?
Mikki's been called out for going south with chips in the past. My guess is Mikki squirreld away chips off the table as the game went along.

Just insanely lucky he lost the money this time!

I think in 3 of his games at HCL he went all in and lost, but kept like 5k in his hand and said he needed it for gas money lmao

Is he driving a tank or some sort of assualt vehicle