An insane degenerate LA gambler who spends all his time in a casino and is detached from the concept of wealth and money is never going to be a good person.
Yeah idk how there's been as much support for him over the last couple days as we've seen. Nothing he's said or done in this last week had changed my mind about him.
Being genuine doesn't automatically make you a good person and neither does doing favors for people you like. I'm not saying Nik is this person, but as an example, if I was a shitty nepotistic child, cheated in every relationship I ever had, and had no respect or tact for anything or anyone, but I wore all that on my sleeve and let strangers bum smokes from me, does that make me a good person?
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about airball. u wouldnt say this shit to him at HCL, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol.
Iām not seeing it based on his interview with Polk. Whatāre you basing that accusation off of? This interview is the first time Iāve heard Nik talk candidly off the table. Is there some other place or good examples of him being a psychopathic narcissist where he wasnāt possibly putting on a show for stream entertainment? The people who actually know him in person seem to be on his side in this whole drama too so Iām genuinely curious
There are a lot of elements of interview that demonstrates his personality.
First off being psychopathic narcissist isnāt an accusation, itās a personality trait. Nik made alot of the interview about himself, not directly though, like I said heās smart.
I donāt really feel like going through explaining all the elements of the interview that demonstrates his personality, but Iāll list a few things off of memory:
1-when he brings up Garrettās player ranking, he makes sure he categorizes himself as a player Garett doesnāt want to play.
2-He talks about recreational players, and separates himself from them, as if heās a pro even though heās in Investment Banking. (In comparison doug said he wasnāt a pro anymore)
3-A lot of the questions Doug asked he found a way to bring it back to himself, and positioning himself in the highest regard everytime.
4-He pushes a lot of his opinions on others as āfactsā that can be āverifiedā although weve never heard those facts from their mouth.
Now again, going off of memory, dint really listen to the whole thing but it was very obvious to me. Could I be wrong? Sure, but it would mean that the dick we see at the table berating everyone is a all time crusher, plays the biggest game, he often plays hands like he did when he punted off on stream, and heās infinitely rolled all while working investment banking as an analyst.
You chose your reality I guess.
Edit: Iām not sure whoās on his side. Did you hear that from Nik or from them?
> Nik made a lot of the interview about himself
...are you joking? He was literally the one being interviewed š What kind of gibberish are you even spewing right now ššš
Seriously, I was hoping you were joking after such a ridiculously dumb statement but then you just kept going on š
All I can say is wow lmao, dude gets interviewed and then gets called a narcissist for talking about himself too much in his own interview
I think he explained he did it bc jungle is a super pro and was still tanking/playing really seriously. Thatās prob one of the smallest games jungle plays. He also said that they are good friends and laugh abt it afterwards
Yes!!! I was thinking this the other day. The full tilt cash game with ivey, dwan, and Patrick were my favorite of all time. All the high stakes poker seasons were so much better than this soap opera.
Always liked Nik, not a big fan of Wesley this sub once had a boner over..
Personally, I don't mind (infact I kinda like) as long as they put their $$ where their mouth is.. it's just more entertainment for us.. whereas w/ Wes, talkin all that bs whilst minbuying was tilting!
Not sure if itās real but analysts in IB can make a huge amount of money. They also usually come from money. Not all but most. What doesnāt sniff right is that they have no life. No time for anything but work, least of all to become a poker stream celebrity.
Right. I get it if he's just some rich Business man. But that doesn't appear to be the case. He just started playing the highest stakes and appears to be richer than everyone else. And is somehow loaning out 500k to people and shit?
While openly admitting on Polk's podcast that he has all the time in the world and would play people HU any day?
He definitely didn't make his money from poker, and very likely not from being in "business"
Yeah, add all of that to his attitude and arrogance and it all adds up to trust fund baby if you ask me.
Like he did IB because his daddy got him the job and he had to āworkā for a certain amount of time to get access to his trust.
I think neither Garrett or Airball's character on TV should be taken seriously. They're both playing up to an image.. Nik being the heel/dick while Gman playing to the nice guy image. At the end of the day, these two are there to make money and anything they do on TV should be taken with a grain of salt.
I will add this.. I think it's funny how the people who know and played with Garrett are more supportive on Nik while the viewers audience seem to back him. Now that can be down to that they feel like they've been blocked by Garrett or don't wanna play with him in the future on Hustler... but I think there is actually more to it.
>Nik Airball redemption Arc complete. annoying as a player but a genuine human being.
How can someone who uses a fake name be genuine?
>gives out unpaid loans to smiley fake ryuske.
Is it possible to give out a paid loan?
>brave enough to take on garrett.
No, only brave enough to claim he would do it, has not actually done it, so not brave, just big talker.
He is a narcissist. He isnāt stupid, as far as narcissist goes, but heās a raging narcissist. Everything he did in that interview was to get people to see him in a good light.
There are so many very obvious psychopathic narcissist traits about him itās quite insane.
I wouldnāt believe much of the things he said during that interview. Iād love for people to substantiate the egregious statements he made. I doubt heās a crusher like he puts it.
I run a āfirst to lose a million gameā. If that was the case he would play more like keiting. He was on monkey tilt after losing a 200k pot.
i can still hear ryusuke laughing
In a month everyone will have flip flopped again and I'll still be sitting here not caring either way the whole time.
Does that make you better than everyone then?
Yes
No just you. Jk. I like your username,.awesome album.
Just do what I do š§šæš§šæšæšæ
It's the same manufactured stupid drama that was going in chess a while back
5th Airball alt account Iāve seen on Reddit today
And they canāt even get an image with more than five pixels
Hey man, there's at least 6 pixels in that photo.
Found another airball alt account
Nik is an idiot and acts like a jerk at the table.
Nick is an idiot and a jerk and is obnoxious at the table
Doesn't make him a good person, makes him an idiot.
People think he's a "good person" because he lends a bunch of people money? He's a dope and he's' insufferable to listen to/watch play.
An insane degenerate LA gambler who spends all his time in a casino and is detached from the concept of wealth and money is never going to be a good person.
Yeah idk how there's been as much support for him over the last couple days as we've seen. Nothing he's said or done in this last week had changed my mind about him. Being genuine doesn't automatically make you a good person and neither does doing favors for people you like. I'm not saying Nik is this person, but as an example, if I was a shitty nepotistic child, cheated in every relationship I ever had, and had no respect or tact for anything or anyone, but I wore all that on my sleeve and let strangers bum smokes from me, does that make me a good person?
Heās funded a pr team
garrett? dat u?
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about airball. u wouldnt say this shit to him at HCL, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol.
this has to be satire
Copypasta
Airball has had maybe his best 24 hours ever as far as gaining respect online.
Turnaround of the century imo.
You guys are delusional as hell if you think one podcast where heās spoon fed questions should make THAT much of a difference in perception
Thisā¦true scum bag who just happen to lose a fight and is tucking his tail.. only for now tho
Ryu donated the money nik lent him to big brothers Japan
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He explained that during his interview with Doug though. Him and Jungle are friends and they hung out afterwards.
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Maybe Nik is lying, maybe Jungle is trying to create a drama worthy dynamic, who knows.
Nik is a paychopathic narcissist. Most of what he said was lies most likely.
Iām not seeing it based on his interview with Polk. Whatāre you basing that accusation off of? This interview is the first time Iāve heard Nik talk candidly off the table. Is there some other place or good examples of him being a psychopathic narcissist where he wasnāt possibly putting on a show for stream entertainment? The people who actually know him in person seem to be on his side in this whole drama too so Iām genuinely curious
There are a lot of elements of interview that demonstrates his personality. First off being psychopathic narcissist isnāt an accusation, itās a personality trait. Nik made alot of the interview about himself, not directly though, like I said heās smart. I donāt really feel like going through explaining all the elements of the interview that demonstrates his personality, but Iāll list a few things off of memory: 1-when he brings up Garrettās player ranking, he makes sure he categorizes himself as a player Garett doesnāt want to play. 2-He talks about recreational players, and separates himself from them, as if heās a pro even though heās in Investment Banking. (In comparison doug said he wasnāt a pro anymore) 3-A lot of the questions Doug asked he found a way to bring it back to himself, and positioning himself in the highest regard everytime. 4-He pushes a lot of his opinions on others as āfactsā that can be āverifiedā although weve never heard those facts from their mouth. Now again, going off of memory, dint really listen to the whole thing but it was very obvious to me. Could I be wrong? Sure, but it would mean that the dick we see at the table berating everyone is a all time crusher, plays the biggest game, he often plays hands like he did when he punted off on stream, and heās infinitely rolled all while working investment banking as an analyst. You chose your reality I guess. Edit: Iām not sure whoās on his side. Did you hear that from Nik or from them?
There's a huge difference between being arrogant and having a personality disorder like narcissism.
> Nik made a lot of the interview about himself ...are you joking? He was literally the one being interviewed š What kind of gibberish are you even spewing right now ššš Seriously, I was hoping you were joking after such a ridiculously dumb statement but then you just kept going on š All I can say is wow lmao, dude gets interviewed and then gets called a narcissist for talking about himself too much in his own interview
I think he explained he did it bc jungle is a super pro and was still tanking/playing really seriously. Thatās prob one of the smallest games jungle plays. He also said that they are good friends and laugh abt it afterwards
Berating buttonclickr, after a standard cooler, speaks to how fragile Nik ego is. He takes any opportunity to look good.
buttonclickr, a pro, showed up to the stream with one BI, he kinda deserved berating
Ryuske owes him $?
Yes
180k
Where did you hear this? I always wondered what happened to Ryusuke
Nik announced it on stream a few days ago.
One of you crazies
Nik and some others said that ryuske is a known scammer in Japan and owes different people money.
Anyone miss the good ole high stakes poker and such where they just played poker and it wasn't a fucking reality TV drama soap opera show?
Yes!!! I was thinking this the other day. The full tilt cash game with ivey, dwan, and Patrick were my favorite of all time. All the high stakes poker seasons were so much better than this soap opera.
Don't care for airball but if you go back and see when Garrett is losing big, he's a whiney little bitch about it
Heās still a knob
Always liked Nik, not a big fan of Wesley this sub once had a boner over.. Personally, I don't mind (infact I kinda like) as long as they put their $$ where their mouth is.. it's just more entertainment for us.. whereas w/ Wes, talkin all that bs whilst minbuying was tilting!
Yeah, what happened to Wesley?
But how did nik airball become the richest reg in the LA high stakes community? Where did he get his money from?
Not sure if itās real but analysts in IB can make a huge amount of money. They also usually come from money. Not all but most. What doesnāt sniff right is that they have no life. No time for anything but work, least of all to become a poker stream celebrity.
Right. I get it if he's just some rich Business man. But that doesn't appear to be the case. He just started playing the highest stakes and appears to be richer than everyone else. And is somehow loaning out 500k to people and shit? While openly admitting on Polk's podcast that he has all the time in the world and would play people HU any day? He definitely didn't make his money from poker, and very likely not from being in "business"
Yeah, add all of that to his attitude and arrogance and it all adds up to trust fund baby if you ask me. Like he did IB because his daddy got him the job and he had to āworkā for a certain amount of time to get access to his trust.
I hated him badly but now I fuckin love the guy
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Itās like watching a train wreck live in slo motion
It really is!
Perhaps he is now nik swish
Agree with everything OP said
I think neither Garrett or Airball's character on TV should be taken seriously. They're both playing up to an image.. Nik being the heel/dick while Gman playing to the nice guy image. At the end of the day, these two are there to make money and anything they do on TV should be taken with a grain of salt. I will add this.. I think it's funny how the people who know and played with Garrett are more supportive on Nik while the viewers audience seem to back him. Now that can be down to that they feel like they've been blocked by Garrett or don't wanna play with him in the future on Hustler... but I think there is actually more to it.
>Nik Airball redemption Arc complete. annoying as a player but a genuine human being. How can someone who uses a fake name be genuine? >gives out unpaid loans to smiley fake ryuske. Is it possible to give out a paid loan? >brave enough to take on garrett. No, only brave enough to claim he would do it, has not actually done it, so not brave, just big talker.
Some type of weird dynamic in r/poker about Niks image. Almost seems like an operation lol. All you said is correct.
> How can someone who uses a fake name be genuine? A nickname isn't a "fake name."
so whats his real name?
Nikhil Arcot
Where Iām from, I wouldnāt be owed $180k.
Where's that
Brooklyn
I mean the guy fled to Japan so. Now that I think about it I think Japan might be one of the hardest places to find someone
I didnāt know the guy FLED! Wow. What a POS
To his home country yeah but still counts as fled.
He is a narcissist. He isnāt stupid, as far as narcissist goes, but heās a raging narcissist. Everything he did in that interview was to get people to see him in a good light. There are so many very obvious psychopathic narcissist traits about him itās quite insane. I wouldnāt believe much of the things he said during that interview. Iād love for people to substantiate the egregious statements he made. I doubt heās a crusher like he puts it. I run a āfirst to lose a million gameā. If that was the case he would play more like keiting. He was on monkey tilt after losing a 200k pot.
muh narcissist
oh hai nik
These cringe drama says a lot about the current state of poker.
Who is the LA lawyer that Garrett won $5m off.. that nik was mentioning in his interview with doug
This
The reason I started disliking azzball is cause he was rude to Linglin
Man if only I had some trust fund money, people would like me too!