The craziest Twitch poker moments (so far)
We look back at some of the already infamous moments in the short history of poker being streamed on Twitch.
Poker streamer gets hacked live
A scary moment, but thankfully nothing bad came of it, occured when Charles 'Epiphany77' was hacked live on air (Thankfully the nature of Twitch means there were no shortage of witnesses and nothing got stolen):
$108,000 Spin & Go
With poker being broadcast 24/7, often you will get to record some epic moments, like one of the first big Spin & Go jackpots:
KidPoker goes number one
Daniel Negreanu really raised the profile of Twitch when he joined, and attracted more than 35,000 followers almost overnight, but he will still mostly be remembered for this:
Somerville makes poker number one
The undisputed King of Twitch is Jason Somerville, who has helped make poker a popular game to watch online.
With his audience of over 110,000 followers, he regularly commands the biggest poker audiences when he is online.
Earlier this year over 22,000 consecutive viewers saw him come 6th in the Super Tuesday for $30,000.
Then just this week he broke his own record, as 37,000 people saw him come 6th again, in a WCOOP event. This is the biggest poker audience so far for a Twitch channel, and for the first time poker had the most viewed channel on the site.
The rise and fall of StickyRice1
Before every professional and their dog started streaming on Twitch, it was unknown amateur StickyRice1 who raised the profile of poker on the site, with shenanigans like this:
Oops....porn
Streamer Casey 'BigDog' Jarzabek was left blushing when he accidentally left his stream on at the end of his session, and he started to watch pornography, which was broadcast live.
He was promptly banned from the site, but, after a campaign by his fans, was reinstated.
The main reason this was an epic moment was the sense of humour and humility he showed in the face of this embarrassment. He took it like a man and made fun of his blunder, and if anything became more popular as a result:
lolol this just in i twitched while checking out porn without realize it lol. Good times. Its true bigdog likes porn
— Casey Jarzabek (@bigdogpckt5s) June 16, 2015
I mean im sure it doesnt come as a complete shock to most people that I like porn lol. But clearly this was a accident.
— Casey Jarzabek (@bigdogpckt5s) June 16, 2015
lololol One of the better ones ive seen. 🙂
— Casey Jarzabek (@bigdogpckt5s) June 17, 2015
Thanks to everyone for the support. My ban is now lifted. The moose will be loose soon.
— Casey Jarzabek (@bigdogpckt5s) June 17, 2015
Oh this just in my wife @sauve_cj will be joining me on twitch tomorrow to debate this week's events. After all I am a masterdebater. 11am
— Casey Jarzabek (@bigdogpckt5s) June 17, 2015
Poker players going on tilt
Finally, if nothing else, Twitch has been a great place to laugh at the misfortune of other players and see their genuine reactions to losing at the tables:
Did we miss an epic Twitch moment? Let us know in the comments.
