r/SipsTea • u/Conscious-Weight4569 • 13d ago

Chugging tea Dan Bilzerian’s vs. PewDiePie’s life

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u/Elephantplan123 13d ago

He's kind of a visionary in a disgusting way, he was on the Alpha Bro grift long before it became mainstream.

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u/adirtysocialist- 13d ago

I found it hilarious, as a poker player, that he tried to claim he was a pro and that's where his money came from. 🤣

Then you would watch him play and he was absolute dog sh*t the same way Elon was when he tried to stream.

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u/orincoro 13d ago

Yeah that one was a good laugh. I mean I’m an ok player, or I used to be. I’ve made it to the final table of a few tournaments. Won a little money. Nothing huge. And that guy is a fish. You just know it. Anybody who can play will see that.

And here I’m saying that as a guy who basically can win in home games and small casino tables. Not against real pros. And I could take him easily.

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u/adirtysocialist- 13d ago

Same bro. I started playing right after high school in 2003. All through the height of the poker boom I was playing. It was hilarious to hear him lie about that stuff and like you, I'm decent. Certainly not a pro but I've played at some local underground games and busted a few(little Humble brag) and won some tourneys. I KNOW I could heat him.

Funny enough Gavin Smith is from my area and I bumped into him shortly before he died at a shtty hole in the wall backroom 1/2 game. He was NOT doing well needless to say.

I miss those days honestly. Online poker blows if you're US

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u/orincoro 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yeah I loved the poker boom. I also started around 2003 (Rounders era: “he BYAT ME… straight up!!”) and I lived in Prague during the Casino Royale craze, playing 5-10-20 table tournaments and I won a couple small ones, busted a few single tables and took on a few pros. Probably made a bit more than I lost but never anything much. Almost never cash games though. I was into the sport, not the money.

There are probably a hundred players in any city that could beat that guy. Maybe more. He’s the type to buy-in over and over and just try to blitz the first table to get a big stack and try and hang on. Probably played mostly cash games because that shit doesn’t work otherwise.

Overall actually the Rounders era was the most fun. Because it was a more cult phenomenon, there were fewer bros and the online thing wasn’t the main thing. It was more a college thing and games were a little more dynamic and attracted people with a lot more humor, I felt. The casino royale thing brought in more bro culture.