From Instagram to High Stakes Poker
Usually we know Dan Bilzerian from Instagram, where he regularly posts pictures of near-naked women, sportscars and guns:
Sex sells and the combination works as he has by now reached unbelievable 22.4 million followers on Instagram.
Watch the Off the Felt episode with Dan Bilzerian by All In Magazin here:
Dan Bilzerian and Poker
It looks differently when it comes to Dan’s poker skills. Even though he claims persistently that he has won 50 Million Dollar in High Stakes Cash Game most people don’t believe him.
To date he only has only one live cash, which comes from the 2009 WSOP Main Event, where he finished in 180th place for $36,626.
Although he is playing online poker every once in a while, he can’t prove any bigger cashes or winnings in cash games or tournaments.
Recently famous Poker Pro and Youtube/Twitch streamer Doug Polk has put Bilzerian publically in the stocks in a video named “The Truth About Dan Bilzerian’s Poker Ability” for his apparently non-existent poker skills:
Dan Bilzerian shows up at the WSOP to play NL $500/$1,000
However, a couple of days ago Dan showed up at the brandnew King’s cash game lounge in the Rio runned by King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik and the Aria Hotel & Casino.
Quickly the rumour spread that Bilzerian was going to play King’s Casino owner and Super High Roller Leon Tsoukernik Heads-Up at $500/$1000.
Several top pros such as Dan Colman, Tony G, Mike Sexton, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow and Martin Kabrhel joined the scene.
Waites for a Seat…
The problem was that the waiting list for the NL $500/$1,000 game was already full with Dan Colman, Antonio Esfandiari, Tony G, Leon Tsoukernik, Brandon Steven, Brian Rast, Igor Kurganov and Ben Lamb.
Apparently Dan Colman was insisting that the players on the waiting list have to come first. WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel decided to start the game with the players on the list.
And leaves without playing a single hand…
So Bilzerian had to wait. After the game started Dan and his crew decided to leave the lounge without having played a single hand.
First there was the rumour that he will come back later once a seat gets free, but ne never returned…
It would have been a great show to see Dan Bilzerian battle some of the best players in the world at NL $500/$1,000, but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be.
Next time, Dan!
