Emotional win. I really came from nothing. This win is for all those people out there working everyday to get by. They ask me a lot what is it like to be battling against the best players in the world. All I can think about is the fact that the best player in the world is sitting behind a desk or putting on a roof somewhere. I say this because if it weren’t for a few life events going certain ways for me I never would have even had a chance to pursue this career. Forever grateful for these experiences and the support from fans all over the world! Poker is a beautiful game that hasn’t even hit the tip of the iceberg yet for potential growth! Hoping I can be a catalyst to help it!🦍🇺🇸❤️

I can't even get away from this shit during nfl sundays! 😂😂😂

Won the @WynnPoker 25k highroller for $412,000🦍🦍

I finally climbed Mt. @BinWeng88. This is special to me more than most accolades. This was a main goal of mine when I started playing tournaments 4 years ago. Not many people in poker know my early life was very difficult. My father was in prison most of my childhood and my mother was an alcohol/drug addict who I only got to meet twice before she passed away when I was 17. There was a lot of points in my teenage years where I was close to prison/death, statistically speaking that was the path most in my situation end up taking. When I found tournament poker the beauty of it to me was that no matter how rich or poor or what background you come from we all start with the same stack and have to fight the same field to win. I always said no one will ever beat me if that's the case. People always ask me what do I do different that makes me win and there's no answer. I'm a product of my environment, all the things that I went through molded me into the player/man I am today. Diamonds are made from pressure, and the pressure I felt as a child I don't wish on my worst enemy, but it's the reason I am where i am today. #MambaMentality

The most insane run out I’ve ever seen! 3 handed chipleader jams 40bb button with 78 off, SB calls 14bb with KK, BB all in 1010 for 10 bbs flop K87 turn 8 river 8! Tournament over! Millions in the line. 🤯

Chopped the 50k HU with the @harrington25 I got 1.6 million! Never been happier to get 2nd to someone. We weirdly just met this summer but felt an instant friendship!❤️

It's been an amazing 3 weeks off with the family. Time to get back on the road! Going back to @HardRockHolly for their high-rollers and $5300 main event! I took 3rd in the last $3500 main for $410,000 and chopped the $3500 the time before for $405,000. Going to give a 2% freeroll of my action to the main event for anyone that likes, retweets and follows! Winner announced August 5th. Good luck!

Won the 10k warm up for $367,000 🇧🇸

I just won the 50k PLO speechless! Thanks everyone for the love and support, will make a longer post when I come down from cloud 9❤️

Everyone really has to be patient with new dealers. Don’t get mad just help them out. It’s week 1 the more helpful we are the easier it will be. If I see people being rude to them I’ll def be calling them out as should everyone else.

This is not a misprint. This is a $15,700 buyin. Ren Lin No Future 😂

Shipped the Wynn 10k for 200k #AmericanGangster 🦍🦍

Is anyone surprised? 🦍

Thank you everyone for the love 🇺🇸🦍

Morning thoughts: I sit here in Cyprus getting treated like a king. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with a breathtaking view. I ask myself why do I show off this lifestyle that 99% of people will never get to live. Is it for pleasure, memories or something else. I’ve come to the realization that it stems from childhood trauma. Some of the most clear memories I have are being picked on for things I couldn’t control. Having kids pick on you for wearing the same outfits over and over. I would always try and get picked up at a different location from others because I was embarrassed of the vehicle I was in. Having kids tell you they weren’t allowed to come to your house or even hangout with you. In hindsight I’m glad for these situations because it turned me into a killer mentally. I knew I had to out perform anyone around me in every other area to make up for this. I always wanted to be the funniest, the most athletic, the hardest worker, etc. It’s not a fluke that I’ve dominated poker for the last 4 years. We are all products of our environment. The road I had to walk to get to where I’m at was not easy. So I will continue showing off this lifestyle proudly knowing I earned every sweet second of it! Also to show anyone out there that is struggling now that they can make it here. Stay positive, determined and treat others the way you want to be treated. Always be your authentic self. 🦍 out.

Magical couple of days. Ended up winning the Mystery bounty for $619,000 and pulled 12 bounties for a total of $800,000 cashing for $1,419,000 in total and my 2nd triton trophy! Tomorrow I play the biggest buyin of my life the $200,000 @tritonpoker invitational! Enjoy the show I’m about to put on!🦍🇺🇸

I booked a bet $2,000 at 500/1 to win the @WSOP main event. Payout would be $1,000,000. How could I say no! If I lose 2k I won’t remember in a couple of days. If I win the bet I’ll remember the rest of my life. Mikita Badziakouski is the one that booked the bet. Legend 🦍😂

It was a fun summer a little sad I only profited 2 million but we will take what we can get. Always next year!

First picture 17yo with about $200 to my name, living in the Bronx working construction. Even with a sprained ankle showed up a day later ready to work! Why am I posting it? The same ambition is the reason I made it where I am in poker! Even the bad days always showed up ready!

Sick/Funny spot this summer. I win a bet off @harrington25 from the main event. He pays me out in Paris casino chips. The next day I go to reg the 50k and it's 11:48 I'm in line trying to buyin with them and they deny me because I can't verify chips. Mind you there's a hard cutoff if you're not in line by 12:00, which is usually a 7 min walk! So now it's 11:50 most people just give up at this point. I full speed sprint to my truck in sandals looking like a mad man, Grab 50k, sprint back to the line. The lady starts running my money through the machine well they're printing the ticket(she saved me) I get my ticket printed out at 11:58. I sprint again from the Paris reg line all the way over to the max late line in horseshoe. I make it over in the line with 2 seconds on the clock! I'm sweating bullets and my feet are blistered from sprinting in sandals. @ChinoRheem is max late regging, says "Jesse wanna swap a %5 ball with your boy!" I hit him with the hard no! Sorry Chino😂 I end up chopping the tourney for $1,600,000. Moral of the story if I was a quitter I would have been in my truck on the way home looking at updates. Instead I just put a little more effort and got in the fucking tourney! 🦍

Wow our country is in a very fragile state right now. Unbelievable. This isn’t the America I want my children to grow up in. RIP Charlie Kirk. God bless his Wife, Children and other family. If you’re letting your political views mask how big of a tragedy this is you need to take a long look in the mirror and change this mindset. Sad day to be an American and i hate to even say that.

I turn 29 years old today. Life is great.

Chopped the Wynn $600 $122,000!💵💪🏻💪🏻

17 years old living in the Bronx, playing basketball. One of the worst areas in NYC, but had the most competitive basketball games. Guy on other team starts a fight with me over physical play. He squares up swings at my 3 times. I swing once and knock him out cold. I proceed to get jumped by 4-5 MS13 gang members. Bleeding from both ears and swollen eye i get up grab the ball and throw it at the dude and say check ball. Finished the game with a W. Every time I went back those dudes would always try picking me on there time. Yelling “I got the crazy white boy.” Feels like a lifetime ago. Photo from the place below 👇🏻 Van Cortland Park. People ask me how do you handle the pressure in poker. Poker ain’t pressure this is pressure.

My last 12 months of poker. The craziest stat is I final tabled 25/45 of my cashes! Fuck a min cash! 🦍

Stuff like this makes my life a dream. Growing up watching hundreds of hours of high stakes poker. This man was almost an imaginary character from a movie, now I'm in the movie 💪🏻

2 million chip stack average 700k 875 people left $10,000,000 for the winner! 🦍🥷

We just welcomed our 3rd daughter to this world February 1st. Evelyn Marie Lonis❤️

Congrats to my favorite player since I was a kid! Love @RealKidPoker ❤️

Baby GIRL #3 due January 2025! I think one is gonna be in the @WNBA, one will win the @WSOP main event and the last one will be President of the United States! Dream Big Girls❤️❤️❤️

Just closed on a $400,000 house for my parents and going to the superbowl with @meghanpxx! I started with zero but I always knew I'd be here. You better believe I'm proud of it, it wasn't easy! Always chase your dreams and always believe in yourself. I'm a fucking gangster. Out

Some mornings I wake up and can feel an unexplainable tingling sensation. I feel completely in the zone and know I’m gonna dominate the day. I’m very spiritual and believe I have angels looking over me. I always take this time to close my eyes and give thanks to my mother and grandmother who are no longer with us. When I’m in big poker moments I always try and connect with them before and just ask for their blessing. Reassuring them that I will do everything in my power to perform. In these moments it feels like it’s just me and them and there’s really not a more comforting feeling for me.

Bought in for $35,000 played Taiwanese Poker for 12 hours cashed out how much?

I've never ran a sim or studied with any solver or charts in my life. No it's not necessary to win in later stages.

Hey @grok, in 48 hours, pick a random follower who retweets this with a 🦍 emoji and follows me to win $200! Gorilla Giveaway!

Today I'll be playing $100,000 buyin. My biggest to date! Excited and prepared! 🦍

Who would love to see me and @shaundeeb play a heads up match for a $1,000,000?!

Fun poker stat: I've done 6 total $50,000 buy-in tournaments for $300,000. I've won 88 buy-in's for $4,400,000. Moral of the story.. I'm a fucking gorilla!

Just shipped the 15k at @PokerGO studio for $280,000! 🦍

Excited to start on my content journey! Drop a follow on all my socials to see everything! linktr.ee/jesselonis

🐐🐐 @tritonpoker

Just spent an incredible time in Barcelona with my wife, sister, and eldest daughter! I feel fortunate that poker has enabled me to travel the world with my family. We then traveled to France to dine at the famous Les Grand Buffet, recognized by Guinness for serving the most cheeses at a restaurant. Also got my work done on the poker felt profiting over €500,000! Next stop @tritonpoker in Jeju, Korea 🦍🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇰🇷🇺🇸

Most painful hand I've had in a long time..😞

So just wanna warn people don't do any business with Jake/Jacob Ferro. I backed him for tournaments and found out he was telling me he was playing the event just to find out he was pocketing the money to gamble elsewhere. I was giving him money to pay his life bills already which makes it more fucked up. I know he's screwed over a lot of people in the past. Tried giving him another chance, but if he would do this to me he will do it to anyone. I will give updates every month or so if tries to pay anything back. Sucks I have to do this but don't want anyone else getting scammed by him.

I have all the respect in the world for @Amadi_17. We win like champions and we lose like champions. Honored to be able to battle with you. El Matador 🇪🇸 🐂

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Just had the coolest experience in a @Uber ride. Older man named Albert picks me up after a few minutes I ask him where he’s from. This led to the most unexpected conversation. Albert was an Arabic man who moved to the United States when he was 19. He then served in the army after living here a few years. Then in 2007 when he was in his 50s the military reached out to him because they needed Arabic speaking people to translate in Iraq that had previous military experience. I asked him if he had any cool stories from his experience. He then tells me how he worked with Seal team 3 and Seal team 5 and assisted them on assignments. That’s when he tells me a bad ass story. They had an extract mission where they had to go in the middle of some Iraq city that was a hotspot for enemy soldiers. They used a local taxi for disguise and the whole seal team dressed up in enemy clothing and he drove the taxi well blaring Arabic music to blend in. They stop at a taxi stand in town center and he pulls up to a man and asks him if he knows the guy they are looking for. He bribes him with money and the guy gives him the location. They drive to the location and the commander tells him to go knock and tell them they have something important for the man. A older lady answers and he asks if her son is the man and that he had something important to give him. The lady says yes but he’s asleep. So he goes back out to the car and tells the seal team they all go back together. He knocks again when the lady answers the door they all storm in there. The commander grabs the terrorist and says “we got you now motherfucker.” They then put a mask over the guys head and take them back to the military base. Then they interrogate him. The guy was not giving up info. The commander pulls out a Rambo knife and puts it up to his finger. The terrorist still will give no info. Then the commander starts cutting his finger once he got halfway the guy started squealing and gave up info on a lot of higher Important terrorist. They end up turning the terrorist over to the Iraq national army. A week later, he said, the guy was found in the desert killed. Albert then took out his phone and showed me pictures of him with Navy seals and a bunch of pictures from his time over there. I couldn’t hold this story in felt like it should be shared with everyone. Just another reason to never judge a book by its cover. Old man, Albert is a bad motherfucker, and you would never know. When I arrived to my house, I couldn’t help but get out and give this man a hug. I felt honored for him to share this experience with me. He said America gave him a safe place to raise his four children and to get married and he would never think twice about doing it again if he had to. God bless America. ❤️🇺🇸

Today we rest, tomorrow we play the $250,000 @WSOP high-roller. My biggest buyin ever. I will win I feel it in my bones. 🦍

Playing the $250,000 @WSOP highroller! Determined and ready for the moment. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! 🦍❤️

Era: 2013 working construction in the Bronx. The shoelaces say it all. Tough times don’t last tough people do. 🦍

I'm ranked #1 in the world in the game of Texas Holdem Tournament poker. I'm looking for a partner for the Million dollar @tritonpoker invitational. If anyone wants to play or has any connections that would wanna talk feel free to message me on here. Pretty good spot when half the field is recreational. 🦍🇺🇸

Beautiful Life @meghanpxx

Another one. 🦍🦍

Just landed in South France on my way to Monte Carlo for @tritonpoker. Prepared and excited. The American Gangster is about to put on a show. 🦍🦍

No trolling lol I've always believed if thousands of people are studying the same thing how much of an edge can it really be. I think the big edges come in exploiting and knowing how you're perceived and what the other people think you perceive them as. Knowing how to switch gears depending on the stage of the tournament is another big skill that is underutilized. Thats all I got for today. I could go on til im purple in the face of different strategies lol I'll save them for when im getting paid to tell them. 🦍🥷

My biggest accomplishment in life 🩷🖤💜🤍

Wow being in the wealthiest part of Monte Carlo has been truly eye opening. These are definitely the top %1 of the top 1%. 3 Things I've realized: There are no artificial foods anywhere that I've seen. Everything is freshly made. The high end restaurants/cafe are all very cigarette friendly and 90% of the people smoke. In this simulation we live in money can indeed buy happiness and freedom. These people are so content with there materialistic items dictating there existence and pleasure. The joy they get showing off there high end clothes cars and accessories is very apparent. In closing I would just like to say the beauty of Monte Carlo is really unmatched I've went for longer walks and had more alone time here just walking and being connected with my inner soul and peace then anywhere I've been. In my heart maybe sooner than later I will move my family out of the United States and hopefully raise them in a place this majestic.

"Yes, but it's my tournament life, not my actual life" 😂😂

Today is day 6 of the main event and I will not be attending. Very happy with the result. If I didn't go for it on the bubble with the A5 off I doubt I make the run I did! As always thanks for the support! Sending all the good vibes to @JakeInThaGrass @songstephen11 🔥🔥

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In Cabo 🇲🇽 for the @GGPoker 10k 10 million and vacation! Over $1,500,000 up top! Thinking about streaming day 2 on twitch! Would you guys be interested?

My first full @tritonpoker series was magical. The poker, place and most importantly the people. Thanks for all the love and support! Plan to dominate this stage! 🦍🇺🇸

Glad it went to a great cause! Congrats!💍

This @tritonpokerseries Jeju trip has been a rough one for me. Everyday I wake up ready for the moment though. I always say poker is easy compared to life. It may sound a little arrogant but it’s true. Long before I ever played a hand of poker as a professional, life dealt me some impossible starting hands. From an early age I dealt with true adversity. I only met my mother twice in my life after the age of 3. She suffered with demons from drugs and alcohol. My father who I love and respect was put into prison for most of my childhood. I was a go getter from a very early age. Not proud of it but started hustling from the time I was 12-13 years old. Not gonna get into to many details about that right now. Statistically speaking I was on the way to death or jail from a very young age. Thank the lord for my Grandmother. She’s my savior and I wouldn’t be here without her and my stepmother Laurie Jornov. Every time I sit at the poker felt it’s more than a game to me. It’s all my life experiences coming out in every decision I make. It’s not a fluke I never studied a hand of poker in my life and I can hang with the best players in the world. I was bred for high pressure situations and high stakes poker is exactly that. The most asked question I get is how do I separate myself from others and get asked if I can teach it to them. It’s impossible we are all one of ones. All we can do is strive to be the best version of ourselves. Time to win this $100,000 PLO main event. 🦍 out.

When I first started watching/playing poker more. I would go over to my friend @DolphinsFanz shed in the middle of the woods. We would play mini tournaments for like $5-20 each. We would watch clips of old cash games and watch tournaments with the best players in the world at that time. I would always tell him trust me bro I'll be the best in the world one day. He knew the drive I had in sports and life goals. So even though he thought I was a little crazy he knew I would at-least give it my all. Throughout my journey to the top I would always tell people I'm gonna be the best. Even when I was playing $400 tournaments or grinding 20/40- 40/80 limit Holdem with @RonnieBardah. Moral of the story i didn't get to the top by studying or taking the path most do. I did it by believing in myself and envisioning it before I was even in the process of the journey. If you don't believe in yourself how's anyone else gonna believe In you. It takes a confidence that can easily be mistaken for cockiness and delusion. Anyone who has made it to the pinnacle of there craft has to have this sort of drive. Thank you @meghanpxx for always believing in me before anyone else ever did. Never give up on your dreams even if at the time it may seem impossible. Just keep taking steps in the right direction and always believe in yourself! Over and out The American Gangster! 🦍🇺🇸

Just chopped the EPT 30k with @Chris_D_Brewer, both of us bringing home $500,000! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 1 🦍 vs 60 men.. the gorilla wins again.

Chopped the $25,000 in Florida for $260,000

Sorry 🇺🇸 it just didn't feel right.

Numbers don’t lie. Feeling pretty warmed up for @WSOP. In a game full of 🤖 be a 🦍!

I'll sleep good tonight💤💤💤

Wawa Wewa.. Very nice!! #WSOPMain2021

Nas - NY State of Mind 🗽Puffing worldwide. 💨💨

My daughter Harley my wife just sent me the video. She had more fun giving out candy than receiving. If this doesn't make you melt nothing will. Pure innocence and joy.

Day 4 @WSOP main event! 10 off the money average stack 400k we have 1.2 mil! I won the biggest 50k in history last week, can we win the biggest main event this week?!

Don't mind the peach fuzz and the fact I was 10 joints deep by this point 😂🤤🤟🏻

Congrats @ikepoker always been one of my favorite players. Glad to be able to share the felt with you throughout the last few years. I took 3rd place for about $1.25 mil. 🦍🇺🇸

Did I cover?

Another one..

I played 5 events at @tritonpoker went deep in 3 of them! Final tabled the record breaking @GGPoker 25k millions! Decided to head home the next day, missed my kids and soon to be wife! Officially known as the American Gangster at Triton! Thanks for all the love and support! Out.

I made $230,000 playing Taiwanese poker the last two days. The long session is finally over. Tomorrow morning I fly to Cyprus to play the @meritpokerlive high-roller series. Then I will be on my way to Barcelona for the @PokerStars EPT event. Time to represent America the way the gorilla always does.🦍🇺🇸 Just win baby! - Al Davis 🩶🖤

Was a sick one to win, had a 50k must win side bet with 5 others. Made the dynamic and decisions completely different! 🦍🇺🇸

Don’t come at me looking like the kid in school that had all girls for friends.

Getting lasik today @rampagepoker paid for it by trying to bluff J4 into my Quads last night thanks bro!❤️

100k plo my 3rd 100k buyin ever! Blessed and grateful! 🦍🙏🏻 @NickSchulman @RealKidPoker

About to play a tournament

I don't play 50k buy ins often but when I do I win. Stay thirsty my friends. 🍻 5/13 playing for over $2,000,000 for first!

Here we go! Back to Back FTs! Sitting 4/7 today! 235k up top! 🦍🦍

Haven't played on @WSOP in a longtime. First tourney back shipped the ring! 💍💍💍

9 left 6 get paid $300,000 bubble. How do you play the hand? 🥶🥶

6 left in the @PokerStars €100,000 super highroller! €319,000 locked up playing for €1,573,140! 🦍🇺🇸

We took home the trophy for my daughter on the way!👶🏻 plus $90,000!

Chiplead 7 left tomorrow. 🦍🇺🇸 Almost $3,000,000 up top. 💰

My top 5 poker players today! Who are yours?!

In honor of the @WSOP 50k PLO, take a trip down memory lane when I knocked out every single player at the final table. I believe I knocked out around 40/200 runners that year on the way to $2,300,000. Many men I killed twice, @jeremyausmus and @ikepoker being two that I remember off the top of my head. This one was life changing for me for sure. It was my first $50,000 buyin and if I don’t win it everything in my high stakes career starts off different. This is when I knew I belonged with the elites of the game 🦍

The grind don't stop 110 degrees back in the sweat suit! #1 gpi ranked and I plan on staying there a long time! Gotta keep that American flag on top!🇺🇸🇺🇸

Did my first streaming session last night! Had a lot of people in and out asking a lot of great questions! This was a highlight from the stream. @WSOP online bracelet events are alive and well! Lmk if you would like to see more streams!🦍

We just delivered our 2nd baby girl Myla Michele Lonis! My heart has never felt so full!❤️ @meghanpxx

So I’m the odds on favorite to win the @WSOP World Series Main Event. Bet Online has my odds at 16/1. I think I win the main once every 8 years! Seems like good value! 🦍🇺🇸

Just turned 30 years old. Never could have imagined such a blessed life.❤️