Gambling addicted charity enthusiast
Brooklyn
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On a first date:
“So I know this is weird to admit, but I googled you beforehand. It’s cool that you run a non profit, but you should know whoever does your marketing is a fucking moron.”
... I do the marketing 😂
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SHRB. Went 3 weeks without booze gearing up.
This morning studied, meditated 2x, got my sunlight , delayed caffeine for 90 minutes, did cryotherapy.
Draw the best table… and Out in 90 minutes 😤.
Next year just gonna snort a few lines and see what happens.
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Sure, this guy might have a loving wife, a beautiful healthy baby and now an extra $1.6 million in his pocket... but jokes on him! He’s no longer the best player without a bracelet 🤠
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77 loses to AK and shortly after I’m eliminated for the rest AQ into AK.
On the way out a few fans stop for photos. I begrudgingly say sure
One says “that’s my dad over there, we watched you win the bracelet , and it meant a lot to us”
Special moment ❤️
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Everyone I’ve ever spoken to has @NickSchulman as their favorite commentator. For me it’s not close, and I don’t even have a second favorite... @espn @WSOP
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I often get asked how I broke into the high stakes poker scene. Here's the 5 minute version
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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If anyones ever on the rail feel free to holler if you want beers. Bonus points if you cheer for me and/or anti sweat cheaters and scumbags
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If you want to bet at 75/25 odds, if Biden wins I’ll donate all the proceeds to charity .
FYI I am a high stakes pro gambler who runs a non profits , this is a real offer.
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I think the advice of doing your own research is overrated 90% + of the time
Best gambling spots I’ve seen:
Crypto
Biden
Mayweather
Polk
It would have been many hours before my opinion was relevant on these things. But smart people were firing, so I tailed them.
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Let’s get a super highroller freezeout on the schedule for next year. No late entry, no gimmicks … If you want to play you Gotta be there level 1 300bb deep .
Make it the first event of the series. Stream the whole thing.
@WSOP
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16k hands into this challenge and both players think they are running so badly that they need to yell about it. Poker is a beautiful game.
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This is far and away my all time favorite televised poker hand
🤞 for more bluffs like this during tomorrow's #SHRCashGame. #25DaysOfChristmas
Watch every episode: pokergo.com/category/super-h…
Subscribe: bit.ly/2qYWDxp
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Ended with 1.1 starting stacks in 50k players championship. Didn’t need to tell any opponents I hope they get barred, which was a nice change of pace.
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Workout 10AM. Put on lucky cowboy hat and head over to Aria for USPO. Locked in.
But the doors are locked… because the tournament starts on fucking Thursday
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I’ve been a pro gambler for 16 years and I haven’t got the slightest idea how decimal odds work.
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Deep stack NL with Adammo is a thing to behold. He has 3b more than the rest of the table combined, constantly reraising /over betting every street.
Obviously he 5xed his stack in the first four hours lol
He should be the top choice on any tv cash game , by far imo.
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April 27, 2012
I had just won the €5,000 6-max turbo in Monte Carlo. The next day was Day 1 of another €5K event.
I was feeling under the weather and thought some chamomile tea might help my sinuses. But being a dumb young American, I accidentally drank ten pots of caffeinated green tea instead.
My plan to unwind was to drink red wine with Isaac Haxton, Daniel Negreanu, and a bunch of other legends until I got sleepy. This never happened, I ended up staying up all night and I went into Day 2 on no sleep. Ike actually overslept most of the day.
I felt surprisingly fine, except during the bubble, when the hangover finally hit. Luckily, one beer turned things around.
I made it to heads-up. My opponent offered a deal, but because he was European and hoping for a sponsorship, he said he’d only chop if I threw the match to let him win the title and he could pay me afterwards. I obviously declined.
On just the second hand, I got it in with two pair against his higher two pair on the turn… and I banged out a full house to win.
My opponent was Martin Kabrhel.
P.S. I won the next €5K 6-max too.
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My card takes a funny bounce as the dealer pitches it.
I announce “ I am going to turn it over “
Floor happens to be watching and is adamant no one could have seen it and I’m not allowed So I play the hand. POCKET ACES. Three streets of value 📈
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“Dan is by no means a HU professional” - @DougPolkVids
Fuck you Doug, I’ve played at least four times and I’m up $400k
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I was feeling pretty jaded about the main event . But I just bet 25k into 12.5k.
And my opponent starts thinking out loud “OMG betting 5x the pot. “ And then he lists out a bunch of hands I can’t possibly have.
I am now having fun 🎊 🎶
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Wowza
Minraise 30,000 utg. Ali call utg 1. Utg call. Button call
I jam 825,000 (Tt) . Ali calls (99) . button calls (55) . They check down side pot (tons to play behind)
Tripled up!!!!!!
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Some poker nostalgia in a group chat brought me some joy. Gave me an idea for a twitter thread.
Old poker exploits!
I’ll start: On rivers between ~ 2011 and 2014 vs good opponents, I was almost always bluffing if I bet double pot.
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I 2.1x co at bb 15k off 25bb. Adammo calls bb.
KK2r ck I minbet 15 into 89. He makes it 55k. Like I'm a tourist. Fuck you Mikey, 95k to go.
And you know what? He clicks it right back in my face, 135k.
This fuckin guy
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Two special shoutouts
1) my buddy who flies in from out of town to rail. Was tilted after I bluff it off with 82o goes on a walk to calm down. Missed me winning 😂
2) Four hours into my match vs Cristoph, the dealer asks me “so how many bracelets have you won” … savage
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Together we raised $2,718,587 that will be matched by the Double Up Drive. There were 1,116 donations amongst 924 unique donors.
I am working on a bigger write up; but am having a hard time getting my thoughts down. Will have it out within in a few days.
Thanks everyone 🙏❤️
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I forgot my hoodie, just like I did yesterday. Too cheap to buy another stupid $50 poker hoodie so suffering through the cold. Also, @junglemandan just called me a cunt for playing a hand stupidly
#Updates
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I try not to get involved in twitter feuds but it really irks me you didn’t post the entire clip.
The graphics are wrong: Raise + call, in front of me, with three short stacks including 2 bb stack. 100k+ payjumps!
This is a super tough spot for huge money, with a shot clock
Dan smith ask table to "get a moment"(for the table to stop talking)while thinking pre in a single raise pot. Jason calls him out for doing this all the time. Things are heating up at the 100k main!
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This was far and away the best run WSOP I’ve played by a huge margin. The switch to Ballys was awesome. Running the main event with 8600 players is a huge challenge and generally they’ve done a very good job
With that said, making the players play until 7am is completely insane
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Hi fam. If you’re shaken up after yesterday, I think talking to a therapist could be a useful thing.
Finding a new therapist can be a pain in the ass, especially with a timely and pertinent issue like this. I bought a handful of virtual sessions someone whom I think is great.
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HU vs 20 year old in 50k. I have 1.6 out of 3.6 million chips
He asks to chop. I say “I’d only do an even chop”
He says yes! We divvy up the chips and flip for the trophy. He wins. He realizes even chop means split the money and asks for more.
So we are playing it out 😂 💰
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@MagnusCarlsen Hey Magnus. Several of the top poker players are big chess enthusiasts 👋
If you wanna play against some of the best poker players in the world , you can pick the stakes (even if it’s a very small game)
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Important 🤠 clarification: Jason Koon gave me my first proper Cowboy hat. I am a bad friend and left this one on a plane in Macau
Doyle gave me one of his old hats, which I’ve been wearing this week.
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I used to get stoned and get on totally normal with my day. Last night I had a tiny edible and got so high I couldn't swallow water 🤷♂️
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It’s gross how often people get caught cheating/stealing/not paying their debts and show up to the next Aria HR chatting us up like nothing happened.
If these discussions make them feel less welcome playing in live tournaments, that’s a big win imo.
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Donations have been really popping off the past 24 hours and we just blew past $1 Million way ahead of schedule. @chipotleaddict1 @bigpapagates , and I decided to double down and match up to an additional $1 Million. Happy Holidays and very grateful for everyone's support ❤️
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and I wrote some thoughts about the stigma of Suicidal Ideation
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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If Phil comes back to win, this is gonna make a great Disney movie
In the first session back, our hero @PhilGalfond, came out swinging and booked his biggest win yet! Phil and Venividi played 574 hands tonight with Phil winning €183,481.38!
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In 8th grade, my math teacher saw me playing dice and told me some day I was going to develop a terrible gambling problem. She was right.
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Hi guys. My name is Dan, and I have a gambling problem.
Degen Ape #731 bought for 750 SOL ($107468, 27.6ETH) 🚀
solanalysis.com rank: 736 ✨
#DegenApeAcademy #Solana #SolanaSummer
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Chidwick gets introduced as one of the best players of his generations. I get called an avid chess player. 🖕
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2016 ends with a BANG! Tom Crowley surprised us with a $500k donation after we hit $1mm. Final tally $1.7 MILLION!!! dansmithholla.com/2017/01/03…
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Coming to terms with the fact I was heavily invested in a legendary bull run and didn't cash out shit. Doesn't feel great, but I got a couple jpegs out it at least 🥹
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Very proud to announce the fifth annual charity drive. We are matching up to $1.14 MILLION towards your choice of ten charities! doubleupdrive.com/
I wrote about the merits of each charities and other way you can help on my blog dansmithholla.com/charity-dr…
#GivingTuesday
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As an expert on the subject, I’m going to share 3 most reliable ways to start a heater
1.Announcing retirement
2.Breakup
3.Liquidity issue- if i am scrambling to get a buyin together , odds of ripping off a score 10x
GL WSOP degens. I’ll be joining y’all next week 🚀
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Feel compelled to bump my favorite Main Event hand ever
To be clear the action here is Diaz limp Bhojani check, flop goes check Diaz 300 Bhojani mins to 600 with roughly 4.1 behind, I said 1.1 but it was min, Diaz calls, and Bhojani thinking they are all in rides the pony to the rail.
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WSOP 2018 in the books! Definitely my most enjoyable summer ever, a few extra days off along the way made a world of difference. First time I didn't feel any burn out. Over 54 days I played 26 unique events and had 8 reentries.
gyazo.com/c849a6f00c9aefe1ff…
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Me in therapy last week. “A million dollar poker challenge doesn’t really align with my life goals right now, I don’t have to play. “
Me 15 minutes into high stakes action today “Literally nothing else in my life matters other than playing as many hours of the biggest game”
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I am matching donations up to $175k to your choice of 9 charities. Details: dansmithholla.com/2016/11/14…
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@bastilledan Hey Dan. You are obviously the most famous Dan Smith in the world, and I am the second. We both happen to be in Vegas at the same time for Life is Beautiful, I would like to propose an alliance. -DS#2
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Potentially hot take: Wynn Millions is >>> WSOP Main event
Being super well run in a nice venue makes a huge difference.
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The Crossbook vs BK makes the 3 outer all the more painful, but this was a blast.
Thanks for the love y'all
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Me; “The only thing you can do wrong in heads up is fold too much”
@alexandravbotez “I got this”
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Gotta love WSOP making us close boxes during the biggest buyin tourneys, maximizing chances someone gets robbed in devastating fashion.
Fortunately I lost all my $ so I have nothing to fear from potential robbers 🍀
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Maybe the strangest day of poker of my life... even though I lost, it was awesome.
“You need to understand that everything you do at a poker table conveys information.” - @RealKidPoker
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Raise EP, big blind calls. He Quickly leads out on KTJ fd. I fold my 77 face up and say “Not my board.”
He tables 92o and everyone laughs at me 😡
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Very proud to announce our sixth annual charity drive! This year we have $1.5 million in matching funds to go towards 12 great charities.
Information on our new website, DoubleUpDrive.com
Happy #GivingTuesday , thanks for your support 🙏
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Want to stream the $10k "WSOP Main Event" next Sunday with hole cards. Since my gambling addiction/ADD is far too high to just 1 table a $10k, was thinking I might play some slower chess + zoom on the side . Who wants to play and chat poker + chess?
Open to other ideas too!
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No limit players : Yoga and meditation help me focus during big situations. I’ll play my best and the result is out of my control.
Mixed game players; I’ve been playing for 22 hours but the fucking idiot next on the list put a beat on me last week. I will die before I quit.
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If you’re organizing a tournament and day 1 is 10 handed, I think you’re making a big mistake. Change the buyin, add a starting day, or even increasing the rake are all better options.
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He just won the $2,000,000 first place. At a complete loss for words, wow.
Congrats @chipotleaddict1 ! Now we will have an additional MILLION DOLLARS eligible for matching 😮👍🎉🤞🙏❤️
This weekend I have 10 entries in the @Draftkings and @Fanduel NFL DFS Championships. I am proud to announce I will be donating 50% of my total winnings to the world's most effective charities. I encourage other participants to join me by pledging to give any amount.
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Final 9 of the inaugural double up drive charity poker tournament !
$67k to be matched for our end of year drive.
Top 3 places pay, $24k for the winner.
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This pat behind by @scott_seiver is HEROIC. Still in shock. And it won him the fucking tournament 🏆 🏆 🏆
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Has a high stakes tournament ever been run at a shittier casino than the Rio? Serious question.
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Sick spot end of day 1 of $250k invitational … 115 entries so far
I stick in 200k of my 300k chips w JJ. Opponent thinks I’m Allin and tabled his hand (QQ). To be sporting i put in the other 100k blind
842 flop…. JACK turn 🚀
Ended w 604 from 300 and pretty giddy about it
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Thanks for all the love! Today was my Mom’s first time seeing poker in person … very cool ❤️
And it’s my my third (!) consecutive third place finish in $1mm tourneys if you’re keeping score 😝
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So, Phil it is 0% your fault? 100% on your opponent , who never played poker before?
He should understand that normally when hands are pushed forward and tabled it is a fold, but here , due to social dynamics you were just showing your cards, (something he’s ~never seen b4?)?
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Haven't spoken to my Dad's childhood best friend in 8 years. Stumbled on this article which brought tears to my eyes tinyurl.com/SmittyJr
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I feel for the guy who has to hold the mic when no one at the table has said a word the entire day
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