Why Rampage Should QUIT Poker
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2024
- Rampage has been one of the greatest poker content creators and personalities of all time. With almost 300k subscribers, and a friendly positive attitude, he's one of the games' greatest ambassadors.
As many of you will know, Rampage recently lost $1M in a recent downswing, and talked about it both on his channel and on the Nick Vertucci podcast.
Crispin provides a deep analysis of what makes Rampage's situation unique and why Ethan (aka Rampage) needs an intervention from his friends.
Rampage is not transparent. He has ran illegally raked cash games on the X-poker with Wolfgang near the start of his vlogging. He started another illegally raked app game(not to mention breaking terms of service) on club GG(SplashSquad). Fleecing his audience in high raked games which is likely impart why he can take shots at high stakes. The poker community should not support vloggers who normalize high raked illegal app games.
Well said. He also sold limited edition never to be sold again card protectors then just sold more when he sold out (he asked if he could, and as a 1/50 or 1/100 purchaser I said no and reminded him that was fraud - he ignored and did it anyway.
I've been telling ppl he's a scammer for years, but I guess all the pros and streamers feasting on him were too worried about their own pockets to worry about the small fish getting ripped off daily...
I agree 100 percent. It has came out that gg is likely rigged. I've said this forever marino or whatever was involved also
What do you mean by high rake?
I'm sure a lot of people don't know about this. This is really how he can afford to punt the way he does.
@@mrponpon I would imagine it’s how it sounds running a game where the rake is extremely high. Or are you asking What high rake means, do you know what rake is? are you new to Poker ?
"Your worst enemy at the poker table is yourself." Stu Ungar
This is profoundly true.
I agree, we can name 500 players that were on top of the poker world, that went broke. He even acknowledges he isnt interested in playing the low risk lower stakes, even though his ROI is significantly better at low stakes. Train wreck coming.
Brad Owen is a prime example of a successful poker player.
You lost any credibility when you said "There is a real human honesty about him that you find quite endearing"... would you say the same thing about Nic Virtucci? About Eric Lindgrin? About Chino Rheem? These are all scheisters. Criminals, thieves, scam artists never look like criminals, thieves, or scam artists or they would not be successful at it. I like Rampage's videos but I do not for one second believe he is truthful, forthcoming and transparent, honest, and honorable... he is now and has scamed a lot of people while being a part of sketchy poker sites. He is basically an Asian Chris Fergussen and ought to be treated as such. Poker should have a level of ethcis and intergrity, Rampage crosses way over that line knowingly preying upon people for his own financial gains... MAriano and Wolfgang are likely the same. You may like him in a "charisma" sense but he is just acting while stealing people's money not by playing poker but by selling lies and deception
Today's era of social media poker finds itself full of young wannabes using the poker platform as their quest for clout, influence and fame. This generation are obsessed and addicted in their chase for glorified social media / CZcamsrs fame, always looking for the perfect content hoping to hit algorithmic success. Few years from now, most of the people seen on Hustler and other poker streams will be broke and back to being irrelevant. They are not doing anything for the game of poker but giving its viewers a false sense of reality. Also, let's not overlook the fact that most of these poker TV shows are all just advertising for sites like GGpoker, etc.
I am curious what stakes do you play live poker ?
I'll only discuss only the smallest stakes I ever played, which was a 20c/40c game in a developing country with max $40 buyin. There was a complex spot where I tanked so long on a $17 riverbet they had to call the clock.
@@pokerroomreviews😂
I disagree with the downswing argument. If you are a professional you always gotta have the +EV mindset, the only way to get out of the hole is increase volume and study more.
If you can’t have that mindset just go flip the burgers cause poker isn’t for you, I had a couple 100k downs and the only way I got back from it is improving my mindset my game and increasing volume, taking a lot of time off like a pussy is just gonna destroy your game.
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute it to malice, if it's adequately explained by stupidity.
I went from .05/.10 stakes 2003 to four table heads up 3/6 in 2007. Brian cabby tore me a new one when I moved to 5/10. Never have more than 5% of your role on the table. Always move down when you get to 90%.
Thankfully I graduated those stakes in 2008 and cashed out before Black Friday. Used the money to buy my first house in AZ when the market was down.
You have to go through a proper amount of hands to experience the true reality of variance. You cannot move up until you do as you may think you are better than you are. When taking shots you need to know and or question if your 3 bet preflop or all in on the turn was the right move despite the result, and have the hand history to tell yourself next time what to do despite the last result.
This guys at his current pace is going the way of isildurr. Maybe he is making the money up elsewhere but time does not take punts lightly.
The question is, will Rampage be playing Hustlers upcoming million game series? I think he will.
Yeah 95% backed
@@user-xr1gi9si8bno one on the planet would be dumb enough enough to back that donkey
In my opinion Rampage has a good understanding of poker but it’s very limited and he tends to overuse certain staratagies. I think this downswing has just begun judging by what he says and does and has a lot more down side. He also says let’s gamble a lot which is weird even tho it’s true you don’t hear that from most players . If he dosent take a long break I don’t see this whole scenario ending good for him . He needs a solid 6konths and he needs to study and reinvent his whole game .plus that good run he has past few years put a chip on his shoulder and that is hard to shake off he probably can’t even believe what’s going on right now that’s what happens when your confidence grows that much. I also don’t think he ever studies the game on a deep level to where he can keep developing and using new strategies . I don’t see this ending well either way for sone reason even tho I’m rooting for him bcuz he is one of the kindest and most chill dudes
He doesn't need to quit, but he does need to go on a vacation for a few weeks and get his mind cleared out.
the game needs more punters...
If he was running illegal games is there evidence and where are the authorities
theres probably...organized...elements involved. not the kind of people you wanna rat out.
Agree. Greed and chasing the loss = Gambling problem, should seek help. Quit for life, not few months or few years.
Next Tom Dwan
I want my poker skills to eventually pay for law school. Sounds odd on the surface but that's what I'm aiming at. Poker has paid bills over the last couple years when I was struggling, there's no reason after some more financially stability that it couldn't propel me into a more productive role in society.
That's a worthy motivation. Good luck 👍.
Maybe he's not as good as you as at poker but he's definitely a better vlogger :)
He's an incredible content creator.
Promotion of Poker or any other gambling for any reason is by nature misleading but poker players WANT to be mislead. Its a fine game but gambling for a living is a guaranteed ticket to spiritual hell. Gambling is a form of entertainment at best and an effort to escape the obligation of a productive life at worst. The majority of poker players are losing players who are also losers in life and are coping through poker.
doyle brunson had a strong long career. he just had to keep a wad of cash in his home at all times though, so he could pay off the people who performed home invasions on him. which apparently was a common thing for him. crazy life.
Rampages 3 bet on hustler = this guys total career tournament winnings 😜
A comment that perfectly highlights the point of the video. Your insult pre-supposes the ego value of poker stakes, itself a confession of fragility and weakness.
how do rampages fishy balls taste?
With T6 and T2!
Rampage just won $450k in his last 2 streams so that’s poker!
How is it good to constantly punt away huge sums of cash while creating content ? The amount he makes from CZcams is nowhere near his losses.
Rampage has always been a bad player. He's never attempted to play well. He binked because his play style sometimes hits positive variance, but overall his play and results have been terrible.
I hear you. But I disagree with you on some points........
When you are in the league and get injured. You don't demote yourself to the G-League. You stay there and keep going. Also, he makes money from his endorsements/other revenue streams. So at least he (who actually knows his finances) thinks he can take the hit or be able to live with it.
Agreed and taking a couple months off is a bit excessive if you need that much time might be time to consider another career.
So I'm just taking Ethan at his word about the financial impact, which is apparently severe. Re: your "G-League" analogy - people in elite sports, let's say the NBA, have all come up to the apex of their profession by beating all the levels below them. In other words they have stage gate pre-requisites. However in poker the only barrier to entry is how much money you have. There is no requirement to actually be good at poker to play the highest stakes. A billionaire can afford to play nosebleeds for the rest of their life without being a good poker player. Rampage, on the other hand, cannot.
The reply to your reply is the injured NBA player QUALIFIED into that league - talent based.
Poker is if you have the money, you're in...
S2pid analogy 😂
Isildurrr
Stick to Successful poker players like Brad Owen and Mariano
Absolutely disagree with you gambling addiction is exactly like drug addiction. Chasing a high.
Only idiots play online and on your phone. Learned the hard way many years ago
Who the hell is this guy?
Just some chump fish ;).
Rampage is worth $5M, so he is got $4M.
you haven't any clue whatsoever what his net worth is, you have zero clue as to how much he might be making off many other income streams, you haven't a clue as to his +/- in doing other poker games and/or table games are so maybe STFU about things you know nothing about
@@slowery43 - You haven't any clue whatsoever about me, and should never assume I don't know what am I talking about, how you know i don't know him personally? maybe STFU about things you think you know but don't?
Lesson here boys $1mil usd aint shit for rampage
Only 1% of players can make a living at poker because 99% of the people that play poker don't really understand how to make a living at it. Very few players actually knows what it takes to make a living at it. All of you are just as clueless as rampage is, but for season you guys think you know how it works. The 1% that actually make a living at poker wont teach anyone of you how to do it. And that is why its hard to make a living cause the truth is you have to figure it out on your own. And it takes a very long time many years of trial and error to figure out what works best