Bilzerian caught exaggerating about poker
We recap some stories you may have missed, including Quads vs Quads and a very funny poker player being late story.
Bilzerian busted
It is undeniable that Dan Bilzerian leads a more extravagant lifestyle than most of us, but for those of you wondering if he sometimes exaggerates, maybe he does.
Friend of PokerStrategy.com Zach Elwood was quick to point out this week that a recent tweet where the Instagram star was claiming to play in an ultra high stakes game, was in fact the exact same one from a game two years ago:
Extra extra! @DanBilzerian reposts old poker chip pic from 2014! pic.twitter.com/85LrESxOlC
— Reading Poker Tells (@apokerplayer) May 17, 2016
PokerStars sponsors Team Liquid
After Team Liquid sponsored PokerStars Pro ElkY recently, PokerStars have gone the other way and sponsored three Team Liquid eSports professionals to play poker.
Janne ‘Savjz’ Mikkonen from Finland, Jeffrey ‘Sjow’ Brusi from Sweden, and Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch from Germany will all be streaming their play on PokerStars on Twitch, as well as attending live events.
The marriage between poker and eSports will only continue to grow, and PokerStars are expecting to announce more gamers getting involved in endorsing poker very soon.
Quads over Quads
Although it is a statistical certainty it will happen from time to time, it's still always a 'stop and look' occasion when you lose with four of a kind, to four of a kind. The latest victim being Kitty Kuo of Global Poker League team the San Francisco Rush:
This is why I hate Pokerstars so much, such a joke !! pic.twitter.com/BFeB6KJDpz
— kuo hui chen (@kittykuopoker) May 17, 2016
The mind of a poker player
Getting a poker player to do anything on time, or sensibly, is a tough ask at the best of times. You are unlikely to see a more perfect example than this, as Sorel Mizzi explains why he was late, and what he did to compensate for it, for his Global Poker League debut match:
