Daniel “Jungleman” Cates loses 5 Million Dollar in the Big Game Manila

Daniel „jungleman12“ Cates ist a regular in the Big Game, the biggest cash game in the world with blinds of up to $4.000/$8.000!

That means the swing are extrem in this game and you can even lose millions of dollars on one single day!

Daniel Cates lost 5 Million Dollar in the Big Game!

This has happened now to “Jungleman” as he has revealed in a recent interview:

“The $5 million loss was actually my biggest loss ever. It was very frustrating. I did not run well.”

Most poker players would be broke after such a horror session, but Jungleman would not be Jungleman, if he wouldn’t be able to recover from a blow like this.

And then won everything back!

In fact, Cates kept on playing and one everything back before the end of his trip.

Daniel Cates after winning the Triton Super High Roller at the place where he usually plays the Big Game.

Another marathon session and Daniel left Manila break even.

Six-Plus Holdem on the Rise

According to Jungleman, the reason for the huge swings and variance in the Big Game is Six Plus Holdem.

Six-Plus Hold’em is an action-packed variation of Texas Hold’em with the difference that a smaller 36-card deck instead of the full 52-card deck is used:

“It’s pretty new, I guess a lot of VIPs like to play it or something. t’s for sure more gambly. In terms of action, it’s way more action”, said Daniel Cates about Six Plus Hold’em.

And the best thing is you can play Six-Plus Holdem online at the iPoker network. We recommend you to try and learn it now as this game can be very profitable.

Play Six-Plus Holdem online at iPoker

Mark Patrickson

Professional Poker Journalist

Mark Patrickson is a poker journalist with over ten years of experience. He writes for VIP-Grinders.com, sharing his deep knowledge of poker. He creates interesting content about poker strategy, trends, and news for poker fans worldwide. [more]