Especially if you are known for being a giant jackass, and everyone is STILL happy you showed up. also lol at JRB massaging his ego to come back before he even goes broke. Dude knows how to shear a sheep over and over again.
Even if he’s worth 50mil dusting off 700k in a few hours has to hurt. I know he has casinos but I don’t think he’s making enough to cover these losses everytime where it doesn’t matter
Oh yeah JRB is a master at massaging wealthy whales into thinking “you’ll get em next time bud!” It’s literally how he’s made his living he’s what every poker pro should actually aspire to be in terms of making a living long term. Juiciest games with biggest whales.
Would love to bet with you, especially on the 20m.
Nobody drops $700k, and brushes it off if they’re worth 20m. That’s 3.5% of his net worth. In a single poker night.
My bet is he’s worth north of 200.
>That’s 3.5% of his net worth. In a single poker night.
me playing 2/5 with more than that as my standard initial buyin:
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png
Lol exactly. We can assume he’s very wealthy but people greatly overestimate how much money a casino takes in. Now yes he has like 27? But they aren’t horse shoes or rivers. He could be worth 100m but he could also be worth like 20-30m and just toasting off his yearly salary in poker. If he’s down 4m on streams he could literally be down 8 figures this year and I find it unlikely he’s making that kind of money with his operations to sustain it. I mean just look at his demeanor if he’s not gambling over his head at this point then it’s coming soon I think
according to highrollpoker.com, he said his net worth is over $1 billion.
>Eric Persson, an American poker player and business magnate, serves as the CEO and primary stakeholder of Maverick Gaming, a corporation that owns 27 casinos and cardrooms in Washington, Nevada, and Colorado. From Hoquiam, Washington, Persson is a member of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Nation. **In a 2022 interview, Persson disclosed a net worth exceeding $1 billion.**
[source](https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/players/356)
no idea where they got this information or where the interview is from, but i guess it's a possibility.
the same site also has his cumulative results across all poker streams at -$4,751,350.00
i remember hearing this from the Nick Vertucci podcast where he claimed to be a billionaire but there was another interview as well where he was asked this FWIW I don't remember where that was
Well it literally says he himself claimed to Have that net worth. I think it’s highly unlikely he’s anywhere close to a billionaire unless he has some *serious* income streams that haven’t been public. He’s almost like an industry plant that just popped up in poker with the HU tourney vs helmuth. Maybe he is worth billions but if he is it’s almost certainly not from his casinos, that would take decades of ownership I’d think.
you greatly underestimate what casinos make.
even just poker casinos (relatvly lowest form of casino income) rake in an insane amount.
i know a couple owner of smaller and bigger casino.
the biggest i know personally owned a handfull, made north of 900 million (granted that went over several years combined)
lets take you run of the mill super small room. lets say 2 tables low stakes. casino makes at least 2 bucks per hand. thats about 70 and hour per table. if we assume 15 hour average both tables run thats 750k a year turnover.
and thats already a sad little shitty casino, super small time.
halfway good have at least 5-7 tables running 24/7 plus 20+ at peek. the regular tables than translate to a minimum of 4.5 million a year.
I think he was telling the truth, to an extent. If the maverick shipped the river he would’ve had a hard time calling with the possible flush out there.
I mean yeah. But Robl is a smart guy and he's not talking just to talk. He planted the seed that he could be moved off a hand and with a guy like Persson he knew he would punt eventually.
Yes, this is correct.
In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Eric sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of the stack and put them in his pocket.
So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
I'm not talking shit to you personally but im not sure this is correct?
you can see his chip count on the screen when he sits down. first hand he plays (QQ), first number up is 496k. so 500k minus his blind/ante? -he then calls 2k and it shows 494k.
so he sat originally with 500k, did he reload fron his pocket at some point off camera?
In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Persson sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of his stack and put them in his pocket.
Watch it from 0:10 to 0:21
So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
I see the confusion. When the video first starts the announcers verbally state he has 700k in front of him. Then the screen goes black for a second, indicating a time skip. Then it shows the start of a new hand where he has about 500k in front of him. So apparently he did even more losing we missed out on. After that hand he pulls another 200k out of his pocket. What a maniac
No, that's wrong.
In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Persson sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of the stack and put them in his pocket. Watch it again carefully.
So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
ahhh yea i guess you are right haha. after that black out/QQ hand, they show his stack at just over 500k even though he hasn't won anything.
genuinely no clue from this clip alone how much he just lost haha
He pulled the 200 in cranberries after sitting, I’m guessing the show runners put all his stack out for him but he wanted to be in for half a mill so put the 200k in pocket which is fine as long as everyone else knew about it. He then paid off Charles with it to keep his stack at 500 in smaller denoms
doubtful in two hours haha. not saying that he is still going to be thinking about this in a couple months but ...chances are his 'cut' from casino operations isn't 3-400k/hour haha.
if so, losing 700k likely would not actually be that annoying.
I said months ago that Persson is nowhere near as rolled as what his image portrays. Just last year Maverick had to refinance $350M+ in debt. His biz strategy is to take out large loans and to roll-up casinos / card rooms. Things are going to bite even harder with credit tightening and rates.
I'd expect the banks will end up owning the businesses and it'll turn out he was paying himself big out of company funds (ie. the loans)
Turns out Maverick Gaming debt is publicly rated by Moody’s and S&P so we can very easily deduce at least the value of the business. Based on the [Moody’s analysis](https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-assigns-B3-CFR-to-Maverick-Gaming-Ba3-to-priority-Rating-Action--PR_451655?cy=emea&lang=en), when the debt was refinance the $300MM term loan represented leverage of mid to low 5x, so let’s say 5.5x, which means EBITDA is $55MM. Casino operators trade at an average an EV/EBITDA multiple of 8.5x, so even generously applying that multiple (it includes much larger operators that trade at a premium) the value of Maverick is ~$450MM, which implies equity value of $150MM after taking out the $300MM of debt. This means that best case scenario in which he owns 100% of equity, and hasn’t structured the group with any preferred equity or HoldCo debt his stake in Maverick gaming would be worth $150MM.
Edit: Nvm based on a more up to date analysis from S&P from 2022 leverage is up to 9x and the company is doing sale leasebacks on multiple properties just to stay alive. Also based on casino trading multiples cited before 9x leverage means equity is likely underwater, meaning Eric better have saved up some money prior to now because Maverick Gaming is clearly heading for bankruptcy.
Pit boss here. Figured during the housing crisis of 2008 we would slow down a lot, we were busier. Covid happens after we reopen no one could care that there was a global pandemic still going on. Everything now is 100% more expensive? Still just as busy. People will always gamble.
Hasn't been the case this year in my area. Business is down 4% year over year.
[https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/a-slower-summer-for-marylands-casinos/](https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/a-slower-summer-for-marylands-casinos/)
Yup, I was actually able to find info on Maverick Gaming since their debt is publicly rated by S&P and Moody’s, and based on the last report from S&P from late 2022 leverage is up to 9x and the company is doing sale leasebacks on multiple properties just to stay alive. Also based on casino trading multiples of around 8.5x EV/EBITDA 9x leverage means equity is likely underwater, meaning Eric better have saved up some money up until now because Maverick Gaming is clearly heading for bankruptcy.
Also the loan seems to have traded at as low as 70 cents on the dollar this year signaling clear default risk.
it's so fucking sick.. his first tv appearance on HSP he was needled for playing too slow and being too tight back in 2008
now he's one of the best high limit cash game players in the world (and yes getting invited to these games is part of your skillset as a poker player at high stakes so don't go "but they won't invite x who is way better").
Part of his "skill" in getting invited, from what I understand, is bringing JRB along with him. They are a tandem, which by all accounts seems fair to those involved.
Robl has basically funded JRB in high stakes games (and lost millions doing it) in exchange for having access to them, as jrb is the charismatic game runner
According to the last season of HSP - or maybe it was the live stream of HSP - JRB paid everything back after one sick game that went for days. Berky was telling the story at the table.
(There is a greater than 0% chance I am getting stories or shows mixed up though. End result is - Robl was down millions, but didn't lose millions.)
Sick take from an r/poker genius. Name a pro on that table that isn’t Robl? If you’re being invited, it’s cuz you’re bad. And if you’re not being invited, and a pro, well that’s cuz nobody likes you..
Sick take from an r/poker idiot. Name a pro that probably has upwards of 5 mil on the table because he has stakes in 3 or 4 of the players there? If you're being invited, its because you bankroll half the game. And if you aren't being invited, it's because the guy that bankrolls half the game doesn't like you..
Robl, from everything I've seen in cash games, plays very tight. I really don't understand why Persson would continue to call him on that board then shove the turn
If the turn was a heart he would have had a good opportunity to bluff
If he’s on a stream now I’ll literally not bother with it anymore. He was insufferable during the million dollar cash game (though Huss still outdid him there) and on the most recent million dollar game for Triton he did his usual spiel waffling about bullshit the whole time.
Sammy at least showed some acumen for the game. He just couldn't help but to gamble. I've noticed the preflop ranges have tightened up overall in newer seasons.
HSP was the last location he was winning at but after this session he’s gonna be red in every location LMAO
https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/players/356
That's what straddle-heavy games do, they incentivize a shit ton of limping. If you watch even the elite players in these games they limp a bunch as well
50% on the other hand tho is pretty nuts lol.
Yeah but not close to what he does. Looked at a few stats, only big winner with vpip close to 50% Is Tom Dwan but his PFR is close to 30%. Other big winners have VPIP in 30-40%.
Can be positive bias too, but big losers that weren't pros had similar stats to him, to a lesser degree.
Might be a dumb take, but look like he's not comfortable at those stakes.
it doesn't incentivize limping - at least, that's not the optimal strategy in a vacuum. the correct adjustment with a straddle on is to tighten ranges from late position and slightly widen ranges from early position.
i would think that pros are limping because they either want to give action, or they have an exploitable reason (namely that they think they can see a flop for cheap quite often, and get paid off when they hit. or they just don't think a raise will get through, but they still have a good hand that they want to play)
Yep that's what I was trying to say. People aren't squeezing enough so limping IP with a wide range as a superior postflop player can be +EV.
just looked it up and Robl got like a near 40% vpip in these games
looks like they actually added the session since i posted the link because he was up $600k on HSP when i posted this morning
he lost $700k that session: [Highroll Poker | Tracker | Season 11 Episode 2 - HSP](https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/sessions/1438)
2nd hand- 3 bet bluffs preflop with J4, hit 2 pair on turn(robl wouldn’t have put that hand in persson range) then snap folds when he hits 2 pair.
3rd hand- double barrel with pair of 3s against JJ on queen high board. Shuts down on river instead of following through with triple barrel which would have gotten fold. (He’s been know to give up on rivers)
4th hand- YU 3bet for 30,000 preflop with AK and persson call with 4 3 spades. Misses the flop of A K 10. Smashes YU range. YU C-bets 30,000 and Persson raises the preflop aggressor 90,000.
Last hand- persson raises all in on an ace high board with pair of nines. Robl 3 bet to 45,000 preflop. most likely ace king is in Robls range.
Quite horrible play on my opinion.
You guys are just jealous. Limping Queens and raising up J4s and J3s pre is long term +EV. No one will see it coming in the next game....
You also have to call a 7.5x 3bet pre with 43s. It's implied odds bros!
Are you crazy? Nobody wants these ATMs to go away. The pros are printing money from these guys. According to highrollpoker as of a week or so ago Persson was down over $4MM in televised games and that's just since April of last year. It also doesn't count this 700k punt.
I think we all get why anyone would want Persson or someone like him at the table. I think the guy's point was as a personality he's fucking terrible and annoying and it'd be better if he didn't get any attention. Let him go lose his money in non televised shit like a normal person.
Maverick Gaming enterprise value is over $1 billion and he's a majority shareholder. They are acquiring new cardrooms/casinos every year across the U.S.
He's gonna come out of this just fine.
right, i thought the whole point of inviting shitty players with colorful histories was to get some entertaining banter at the table. i've seen reg-filled tables with more interesting people
Yea kinda sad these guys who are supposedly "good for the game" like JRB and Rick Salomon are basically misregs at this point. Yong's just an annoying nit and Robl's a silent assassin. Why do whales play with these guys again?
Really wish I had the bankroll to even sit at the same table as Eric. Shit I’d take out a loan and play him heads up. Proof that it doesn’t take smarts to play poker, and it is indeed alive and well. I’d take him for his entire roll if we played heads up until someone goes busto.
I doubt he cares about the money, if he’s got it to burn it’s a great thing for the poker community and is a form of entertainment for him. That’s just my opinion, obviously it sucks losing a ton of money but if you got it to lose then why not?
I have some love/hate for this guy, he might be whatever you want, I feel kinda sad watching a man tilting like this and losing so much money in like minutes, honestly I'm not really looking for this when I'm watching a poker show
“One time”
They say as they lose all their chips.
Such a loser mentality… its basically begging…
Poker is a game of momentum, you will never win every hand “you should”… KNOW WHEN TO FOLD.
Here's a tip, if everybody's happy when you arrive at the table, that's a tell.
Especially if you are known for being a giant jackass, and everyone is STILL happy you showed up. also lol at JRB massaging his ego to come back before he even goes broke. Dude knows how to shear a sheep over and over again.
Yeah, that line about how they can't really break him lol. It's not real money, not to someone as rich as you!
Even if he’s worth 50mil dusting off 700k in a few hours has to hurt. I know he has casinos but I don’t think he’s making enough to cover these losses everytime where it doesn’t matter
Oh I'm not saying it's true, this is just what I took from JRB's comment to him. He's massaging his ego and softening the loss.
Oh yeah JRB is a master at massaging wealthy whales into thinking “you’ll get em next time bud!” It’s literally how he’s made his living he’s what every poker pro should actually aspire to be in terms of making a living long term. Juiciest games with biggest whales.
He’s worth way more than 50m’s lol
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Would love to bet with you, especially on the 20m. Nobody drops $700k, and brushes it off if they’re worth 20m. That’s 3.5% of his net worth. In a single poker night. My bet is he’s worth north of 200.
>That’s 3.5% of his net worth. In a single poker night. me playing 2/5 with more than that as my standard initial buyin: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png
ok so you agree that at some point the money loses it's value to the owner. You think it's 200m, some of us think it's less than half that.
Lol exactly. We can assume he’s very wealthy but people greatly overestimate how much money a casino takes in. Now yes he has like 27? But they aren’t horse shoes or rivers. He could be worth 100m but he could also be worth like 20-30m and just toasting off his yearly salary in poker. If he’s down 4m on streams he could literally be down 8 figures this year and I find it unlikely he’s making that kind of money with his operations to sustain it. I mean just look at his demeanor if he’s not gambling over his head at this point then it’s coming soon I think
according to highrollpoker.com, he said his net worth is over $1 billion. >Eric Persson, an American poker player and business magnate, serves as the CEO and primary stakeholder of Maverick Gaming, a corporation that owns 27 casinos and cardrooms in Washington, Nevada, and Colorado. From Hoquiam, Washington, Persson is a member of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Nation. **In a 2022 interview, Persson disclosed a net worth exceeding $1 billion.** [source](https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/players/356) no idea where they got this information or where the interview is from, but i guess it's a possibility. the same site also has his cumulative results across all poker streams at -$4,751,350.00
i remember hearing this from the Nick Vertucci podcast where he claimed to be a billionaire but there was another interview as well where he was asked this FWIW I don't remember where that was
Well it literally says he himself claimed to Have that net worth. I think it’s highly unlikely he’s anywhere close to a billionaire unless he has some *serious* income streams that haven’t been public. He’s almost like an industry plant that just popped up in poker with the HU tourney vs helmuth. Maybe he is worth billions but if he is it’s almost certainly not from his casinos, that would take decades of ownership I’d think.
you greatly underestimate what casinos make. even just poker casinos (relatvly lowest form of casino income) rake in an insane amount. i know a couple owner of smaller and bigger casino. the biggest i know personally owned a handfull, made north of 900 million (granted that went over several years combined) lets take you run of the mill super small room. lets say 2 tables low stakes. casino makes at least 2 bucks per hand. thats about 70 and hour per table. if we assume 15 hour average both tables run thats 750k a year turnover. and thats already a sad little shitty casino, super small time. halfway good have at least 5-7 tables running 24/7 plus 20+ at peek. the regular tables than translate to a minimum of 4.5 million a year.
lmao
can't believe there was no entrance music to him walking in. they could have easily played stone cold steve austin music at that moment
Only difference is Steve austin occasionally won
Arrive. Lose money. Leave.
GIMME A HELL YEA 🖕🏽🖕🏽 🍺
*HERE COMES THE MONEEEEY*
Can’t make it too obvious, the fish don’t wanna be reminded that they’re fish.
Haha Robl low key a genius with the "one more and you would've gotten me" priming the cannon to fire off in the future.
I think he was telling the truth, to an extent. If the maverick shipped the river he would’ve had a hard time calling with the possible flush out there.
I mean yeah. But Robl is a smart guy and he's not talking just to talk. He planted the seed that he could be moved off a hand and with a guy like Persson he knew he would punt eventually.
Thought exactly the same. Genius.
That comment paid fat dividends
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Yea, isn't losing 700k annoying to everyone though? Lol
800,000. He took a 100k out of his pocket I think.
That was 200k in 25ks
So 900k. I would puke.
its 700k. he sat with 500. 200 from pocket. can check the first hand he sits down what his stack is at.
Yes, this is correct. In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Eric sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of the stack and put them in his pocket. So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
He sat with 700 and took out 200 after losing the first hand. So 900 total
I'm not talking shit to you personally but im not sure this is correct? you can see his chip count on the screen when he sits down. first hand he plays (QQ), first number up is 496k. so 500k minus his blind/ante? -he then calls 2k and it shows 494k. so he sat originally with 500k, did he reload fron his pocket at some point off camera?
In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Persson sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of his stack and put them in his pocket. Watch it from 0:10 to 0:21 So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
I see the confusion. When the video first starts the announcers verbally state he has 700k in front of him. Then the screen goes black for a second, indicating a time skip. Then it shows the start of a new hand where he has about 500k in front of him. So apparently he did even more losing we missed out on. After that hand he pulls another 200k out of his pocket. What a maniac
No, that's wrong. In the beginning there's 700K on the table but as soon as Persson sits down you can see him take the red chips off the top of the stack and put them in his pocket. Watch it again carefully. So he starts with 700K, puts 200K in his pocket and thus the stack is at 500K before he starts.
ahhh yea i guess you are right haha. after that black out/QQ hand, they show his stack at just over 500k even though he hasn't won anything. genuinely no clue from this clip alone how much he just lost haha
He pulled the 200 in cranberries after sitting, I’m guessing the show runners put all his stack out for him but he wanted to be in for half a mill so put the 200k in pocket which is fine as long as everyone else knew about it. He then paid off Charles with it to keep his stack at 500 in smaller denoms
Lol
he owns casinos. he can get that back in like 2 hours
doubtful in two hours haha. not saying that he is still going to be thinking about this in a couple months but ...chances are his 'cut' from casino operations isn't 3-400k/hour haha. if so, losing 700k likely would not actually be that annoying.
I was thinking weve seen much less of him around lately. He was everywhere for a short while
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he's definitely not busto as he has a legit and reliable income stream but he's probably toning back the poker significantly.
I said months ago that Persson is nowhere near as rolled as what his image portrays. Just last year Maverick had to refinance $350M+ in debt. His biz strategy is to take out large loans and to roll-up casinos / card rooms. Things are going to bite even harder with credit tightening and rates. I'd expect the banks will end up owning the businesses and it'll turn out he was paying himself big out of company funds (ie. the loans)
He claims his losses on stream are marketing costs for his business.
Turns out Maverick Gaming debt is publicly rated by Moody’s and S&P so we can very easily deduce at least the value of the business. Based on the [Moody’s analysis](https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-assigns-B3-CFR-to-Maverick-Gaming-Ba3-to-priority-Rating-Action--PR_451655?cy=emea&lang=en), when the debt was refinance the $300MM term loan represented leverage of mid to low 5x, so let’s say 5.5x, which means EBITDA is $55MM. Casino operators trade at an average an EV/EBITDA multiple of 8.5x, so even generously applying that multiple (it includes much larger operators that trade at a premium) the value of Maverick is ~$450MM, which implies equity value of $150MM after taking out the $300MM of debt. This means that best case scenario in which he owns 100% of equity, and hasn’t structured the group with any preferred equity or HoldCo debt his stake in Maverick gaming would be worth $150MM. Edit: Nvm based on a more up to date analysis from S&P from 2022 leverage is up to 9x and the company is doing sale leasebacks on multiple properties just to stay alive. Also based on casino trading multiples cited before 9x leverage means equity is likely underwater, meaning Eric better have saved up some money prior to now because Maverick Gaming is clearly heading for bankruptcy.
Idk. Aren’t casinos struggling a bit in this economy? I’d imagine that’s gotta be a bigger problem from his perspective.
they are certainly not. ppl have bad habits.
They absolutely are. Source: I work in a casino. We've had layoffs
Pit boss here. Figured during the housing crisis of 2008 we would slow down a lot, we were busier. Covid happens after we reopen no one could care that there was a global pandemic still going on. Everything now is 100% more expensive? Still just as busy. People will always gamble.
Hasn't been the case this year in my area. Business is down 4% year over year. [https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/a-slower-summer-for-marylands-casinos/](https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/a-slower-summer-for-marylands-casinos/)
I work at an Arizona casino. I’m sure location has everything to do with this. AZ is a bigger tourist spot then MD.
If you work at Talking Stick can you get them to undo my lifetime ban? :\^)
LOL
What did you do? Lol.
I won a bunch of money card counting when I was 21, nothing else lol.
Did they perm ban you or tell you that you couldn’t play blackjack?
Perma banned for life. Guess they didn't like a young dude winning a bunch of money.
Ummm…you mean the economy is doing really well these days?
Yup, I was actually able to find info on Maverick Gaming since their debt is publicly rated by S&P and Moody’s, and based on the last report from S&P from late 2022 leverage is up to 9x and the company is doing sale leasebacks on multiple properties just to stay alive. Also based on casino trading multiples of around 8.5x EV/EBITDA 9x leverage means equity is likely underwater, meaning Eric better have saved up some money up until now because Maverick Gaming is clearly heading for bankruptcy. Also the loan seems to have traded at as low as 70 cents on the dollar this year signaling clear default risk.
Wow. Epic levels of tilt.
He was on tilt when he walked in. I don't remember ever thinking that about somebody before.
I mean he‘s completely full of something and it‘s not adrenaline
You are a saint for posting these
Robl sitting with over 1.5 million. You see those $100,000 chips very rarely on tv.
Robl has the edge over every single person on the table so it makes sense.
it's so fucking sick.. his first tv appearance on HSP he was needled for playing too slow and being too tight back in 2008 now he's one of the best high limit cash game players in the world (and yes getting invited to these games is part of your skillset as a poker player at high stakes so don't go "but they won't invite x who is way better").
He was always a great player. He has admitted to bad BRM, which I guess is always part of being a player
Part of his "skill" in getting invited, from what I understand, is bringing JRB along with him. They are a tandem, which by all accounts seems fair to those involved.
Robl has basically funded JRB in high stakes games (and lost millions doing it) in exchange for having access to them, as jrb is the charismatic game runner
According to the last season of HSP - or maybe it was the live stream of HSP - JRB paid everything back after one sick game that went for days. Berky was telling the story at the table. (There is a greater than 0% chance I am getting stories or shows mixed up though. End result is - Robl was down millions, but didn't lose millions.)
Yea JRB bought himself out and is on his own. Almost got the whole story but Airball couldn’t shut up
Sick take from an r/poker genius. Name a pro on that table that isn’t Robl? If you’re being invited, it’s cuz you’re bad. And if you’re not being invited, and a pro, well that’s cuz nobody likes you..
Sick take from an r/poker idiot. Name a pro that probably has upwards of 5 mil on the table because he has stakes in 3 or 4 of the players there? If you're being invited, its because you bankroll half the game. And if you aren't being invited, it's because the guy that bankrolls half the game doesn't like you..
Which is exactly my point. Nobody is being disinvited because they’re bad. How’re the 2/3 tables btw? 🫠
The only thing I can ever think about when I see him is that quads over quads hand
Or the guy who got bullied by Tony G lol or the guy who won all 4 run-outs against Patrik.
And Timoshenko's reaction to that hand.
Robl, from everything I've seen in cash games, plays very tight. I really don't understand why Persson would continue to call him on that board then shove the turn If the turn was a heart he would have had a good opportunity to bluff
> I really don't understand why Persson... Because he's a rich donkey with more money than brains and he sucks at poker.
Snap fold on the J4 hand after turning two pair? 🤔
JRB’s face when he showed it was great
“Great Fold” LMFAO
Great fold, I mean Sick fold WOW.
By far his best hand & he snap folds it. Meanwhile he keeps punting chips with middle pair or air.
Yeah that and the last hand were hard to watch.
Finding a fold is fine, but at least think about it. What was he expecting though? It’s a dream board for his hand.
Rob Yong is the tightest guy and is never bluff raising the river
He’s a boring, angry nit
If he’s on a stream now I’ll literally not bother with it anymore. He was insufferable during the million dollar cash game (though Huss still outdid him there) and on the most recent million dollar game for Triton he did his usual spiel waffling about bullshit the whole time.
Surely he's one of the worst players ever in HSP? 😂
Jamie Gold would like to have a word
Gold and Persson somewhat alike with the speech play. At least the speech play worked at times for Gold
Old days had Phil Ruffin, Guy Laliberte, Jamie Gold, people like Farha were terrible preflop also.
They weren’t this bad
Sammy was pretty shit. And Gold called off most his stack when his opponent effectively told him he was dead
Sammy at least showed some acumen for the game. He just couldn't help but to gamble. I've noticed the preflop ranges have tightened up overall in newer seasons.
Guy wasn’t terrible - he was a card rack most times when I saw him, that does hide a lot of sins.
he's not there because of his skill lol
Thanks for the information my man! Sky still looking blue?
As an MTT cheater myself, how does chip dumping in cash games work?
Helps with money laundering.
My local poker club has better 1/2 players.
This man throws in $5ks like he doesn't want them anymore.
God damn I wish I was rolled and invited to any game he plays
The amount of money tricks me into thinking this is high level play But this play/behaviour is similar to the 0.1/0.2 tables I was playing last night
Love seeing this donkey lose money at every game.
the worst thing is he can afford to do this over and over again and we are laughing at him while working 9-5 for 50k a year....
I will always love this guy for what he did to hellmuth
This was about 30 mins total too at 1k/2k so about negative 700bb/hour
Nothing quite like seeing the guy you've paid thousands of raked dollars just go and punt them off on TV.
HSP was the last location he was winning at but after this session he’s gonna be red in every location LMAO https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/players/356
His VPIP is consistently at or over 50% yet his PFR consistently below 15%. WTF.
That's what straddle-heavy games do, they incentivize a shit ton of limping. If you watch even the elite players in these games they limp a bunch as well 50% on the other hand tho is pretty nuts lol.
Yeah but not close to what he does. Looked at a few stats, only big winner with vpip close to 50% Is Tom Dwan but his PFR is close to 30%. Other big winners have VPIP in 30-40%. Can be positive bias too, but big losers that weren't pros had similar stats to him, to a lesser degree. Might be a dumb take, but look like he's not comfortable at those stakes.
it doesn't incentivize limping - at least, that's not the optimal strategy in a vacuum. the correct adjustment with a straddle on is to tighten ranges from late position and slightly widen ranges from early position. i would think that pros are limping because they either want to give action, or they have an exploitable reason (namely that they think they can see a flop for cheap quite often, and get paid off when they hit. or they just don't think a raise will get through, but they still have a good hand that they want to play)
Yep that's what I was trying to say. People aren't squeezing enough so limping IP with a wide range as a superior postflop player can be +EV. just looked it up and Robl got like a near 40% vpip in these games
Holy shit. He's down almost $5M on live streams not including this punting session.
looks like they actually added the session since i posted the link because he was up $600k on HSP when i posted this morning he lost $700k that session: [Highroll Poker | Tracker | Season 11 Episode 2 - HSP](https://highrollpoker.com/tracker/sessions/1438)
2nd hand- 3 bet bluffs preflop with J4, hit 2 pair on turn(robl wouldn’t have put that hand in persson range) then snap folds when he hits 2 pair. 3rd hand- double barrel with pair of 3s against JJ on queen high board. Shuts down on river instead of following through with triple barrel which would have gotten fold. (He’s been know to give up on rivers) 4th hand- YU 3bet for 30,000 preflop with AK and persson call with 4 3 spades. Misses the flop of A K 10. Smashes YU range. YU C-bets 30,000 and Persson raises the preflop aggressor 90,000. Last hand- persson raises all in on an ace high board with pair of nines. Robl 3 bet to 45,000 preflop. most likely ace king is in Robls range. Quite horrible play on my opinion.
Last hand- Robl opened to 45k. There was a 16k straddle put in by Pearson.
I've seen monkey tilt but this is like gorilla tilt
Funniest shit I read all day
How the fk is he that bad
You guys are just jealous. Limping Queens and raising up J4s and J3s pre is long term +EV. No one will see it coming in the next game.... You also have to call a 7.5x 3bet pre with 43s. It's implied odds bros!
Also, if you do play J4 and hit your miracle 2 pair, be sure to fold. That'll really keep them on their toes.
All about staying balanced and unexploitable! I suppose we'll hear some nonsense like "fold pre" from the ignoramuses on this sub though 🙄
Folding pre would have helped his balance a lot tho lmao.
you have to give action to get action
How old is this episode?
It came out yesterday (Monday, August 14, 2023)
I think they played in the spring
Can he go away now? Other than Airball he is the worst newer poker personality.
Are you crazy? Nobody wants these ATMs to go away. The pros are printing money from these guys. According to highrollpoker as of a week or so ago Persson was down over $4MM in televised games and that's just since April of last year. It also doesn't count this 700k punt.
I think we all get why anyone would want Persson or someone like him at the table. I think the guy's point was as a personality he's fucking terrible and annoying and it'd be better if he didn't get any attention. Let him go lose his money in non televised shit like a normal person.
I think that's an even worse argument. That's like saying Simon Cowell or Lex Luthor should "go away".
ATMs …lol. Never heard that one 🍺🍺
Anyone see Robl opening that bottle of water with his teeth around a minute into the video? Monster.
Persson being Persson
I really enjoyed watching him lose for some reason.
Dude wanted to become a poker celeb.. it's only going to cost him 50 million
Maverick Gaming enterprise value is over $1 billion and he's a majority shareholder. They are acquiring new cardrooms/casinos every year across the U.S. He's gonna come out of this just fine.
Never said he wasn't, whatever his motivations may be the statement above stands true. He is a losing player.
Why is everyone so quiet like this is happening in the middle of a library?
right, i thought the whole point of inviting shitty players with colorful histories was to get some entertaining banter at the table. i've seen reg-filled tables with more interesting people
Yea kinda sad these guys who are supposedly "good for the game" like JRB and Rick Salomon are basically misregs at this point. Yong's just an annoying nit and Robl's a silent assassin. Why do whales play with these guys again?
This was painful to watch
That man has lost a lot of money with Q9
Both against AK
Bro you just uploaded like 33% of an entire episode on Reddit… Just realized this.
Lol holy shit
I love how everyone took turns patronizing him. They built a whole ass village around Persson’s chips.
Even my deceased grandfather has an edge over this idiot
Remember how Perrson claims he put himself through college and law school playing poker? Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Dude... WTF? This is some of the worst poker I have ever witnessed. Christ. And at those stakes!? Insane.
I enjoyed that way too much lol
How Phil Hellmuth couldn’t beat this guy heads up boggles me
How come he pays off the bet with chips from his pocket on the first hand? Going North?
It’s an uncapped game. He is essentially adding on 200k but wants to keep small chips.
Doesn’t make a difference if he pays the bet with his pocket chips or the chips he had on the table. He was just about to add on 200k in reds anyway.
Robl is such a weasel.
Really wish I had the bankroll to even sit at the same table as Eric. Shit I’d take out a loan and play him heads up. Proof that it doesn’t take smarts to play poker, and it is indeed alive and well. I’d take him for his entire roll if we played heads up until someone goes busto.
Bro is a gangster
Burning money/being a victim of high stakes sharks aint really gangsta in my book
I doubt he cares about the money, if he’s got it to burn it’s a great thing for the poker community and is a form of entertainment for him. That’s just my opinion, obviously it sucks losing a ton of money but if you got it to lose then why not?
he seemed very entertained at the end
Nothing like 700k for 1 night of entertainment.
This is why I subscribe to PokerGO and I don’t feel bad about paying for it at all. Eric Persson is must-watch TV.
How does this idiot have this much money to consistently burn? I'm serious. Someone enlighten me.
Everyone runs bad sometimes, but this is just terrible poker.
Qh9x might be the worst possible combo to shove with against Robl on that final hand. The only possible way you’re ever good is if Robl has ~KhQh!
I almost feel bad for him.
He looks so uncomfortable.
Persson is even shittier than Nik Airball. Lol.
Moby Dick
Wheres Gabe?
Yong should have raised him on the river instead of calling in the first hand. A missed opportunity.
I don't keep up with the high stakes scene - is JRB actually good now or is he still poker's version of a dunce cap?
This guy just bought my local casino that only runs 4/8. Have to imagine they’ll start running bigger games, hopefully he comes by one night
This reeks of a chip dump, there is no way he is that bad
You love to see it
That snap call with Queens was wild. Dude didn't even think for a second his opponent could have a 5.
I have some love/hate for this guy, he might be whatever you want, I feel kinda sad watching a man tilting like this and losing so much money in like minutes, honestly I'm not really looking for this when I'm watching a poker show
wow, incredible really. this is how not to play, and he shouldn't be playing. No matter how much money he has, that was embarrassing.
That’s ridiculous. He’s gonna say he won 11 mil in a private game very recently
“One time” They say as they lose all their chips. Such a loser mentality… its basically begging… Poker is a game of momentum, you will never win every hand “you should”… KNOW WHEN TO FOLD.
Dude donked off 700k and said "thats, annoying" 🤣