Not strictly poker related, but this blew all over internet - one of the most popular Twitch.tv streamers, Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris, played online blackjack earlier this week, using a betting site that features live dealers. In the very last hand of his betting spree he decided to place a maximum bet of $5,000, going with a simple "all-in or nothing".
The stream was peaking at around 45,000 viewers when the key hand happened and ended the stream shortly after it was over. It's been a real roller-coaster for Sodapoppin, who's been playing live blackjack for last 2 weeks on Twitch.tv - his streaming numbers went up by huge margin during that time, to the point his stream single-handedly put Blackjack as the top 3 most popular game watched on Twitch.tv during his streaming sessions. However, we are not sure if that will still compensate all the cash he lost. Hopefully Morris learned his lesson and won't be trying to win the money back playing Blackjack.
Watch the video here (the mentioned hand starts at 2:10 mark):
Last edit: 22/05/2015 11:13
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Mariuslol   Norway. May 22 2015 11:59. Posts 4742
i don't think he cares or mind, he's free-rolling. He's probably the one, or one of the people who's made the most money on twitch, remember a few years ago he reached 5k subs, and rumours was that he was banking 25k monthly of streaming with donations, sometimes much more. And has one of the sickest twitch deals. He's rolling in dough xD
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Mariuslol   Norway. May 22 2015 12:07. Posts 4742
think it's just an act, a good one, but an act. Why act like that, when one viewer have given him over 100.000 dollar in donation lol, and he'll make it back within a week of streaming lol
ofc he is acting... i mean for all the twitch streamers "reality TV" is basically the role model and how much of these reality shows are faked? 100%!
they make up stories and stuff all the time to get more viewers
not for me to judge how others want to spend their money, but holy crap. Here I was thinking i would need to be paid to watch this kind of thing. different strokes indeed
edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31064770
son of oil baron theory fits occam's razor i suppose. though is it at all plausible the guy is actually a twitch marketing stunt? The story seems to have made waves in mainstream media, not bad for expenditure in the low 6 figures.
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. May 22 2015 18:27. Posts 9634
It wasnt just him that got 50k there was 1 more guy and another got 30k by the same guy
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traxamillion   United States. May 22 2015 19:34. Posts 10468
Lol wtf 50k twitch donations? What am i doing actually grinding? Shoulda hopped on the bandwagon of streaming bullshit and acting like a tool a long time ago. I could see kids donating to their hero's or something. But what 18 yo+ male is gay enough to just give away his money to some other young male over the computer who has mildly entertained him? Weird
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Expiate   Bulgaria. May 22 2015 19:38. Posts 236
Adjust ppl
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Romm3l   Germany. May 22 2015 20:06. Posts 285
On May 22 2015 18:34 traxamillion wrote:
Lol wtf 50k twitch donations? What am i doing actually grinding? Shoulda hopped on the bandwagon of streaming bullshit and acting like a tool a long time ago. I could see kids donating to their hero's or something. But what 18 yo+ male is gay enough to just give away his money to some other young male over the computer who has mildly entertained him? Weird
for every lottery winning tool you do hear about.....
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Trav94   Canada. May 22 2015 20:35. Posts 1785
So much degen. I love it haha
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. May 22 2015 21:06. Posts 9634
On May 22 2015 18:34 traxamillion wrote:
Lol wtf 50k twitch donations? What am i doing actually grinding? Shoulda hopped on the bandwagon of streaming bullshit and acting like a tool a long time ago. I could see kids donating to their hero's or something. But what 18 yo+ male is gay enough to just give away his money to some other young male over the computer who has mildly entertained him? Weird
supposedly an UAE prince of some sort, his breakfast probably costs more than 50k
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bigredhoss   Cook Islands. May 22 2015 21:55. Posts 8646
this shit is retarded
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Mariuslol   Norway. May 22 2015 22:17. Posts 4742
but he kept giving more smaller ones, i think he's given around 100k, might have been reckful he gave 100k to, but i think he gave that to both, to lazy to check lol
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Mariuslol   Norway. May 22 2015 22:19. Posts 4742
On May 22 2015 18:34 traxamillion wrote:
Lol wtf 50k twitch donations? What am i doing actually grinding? Shoulda hopped on the bandwagon of streaming bullshit and acting like a tool a long time ago. I could see kids donating to their hero's or something. But what 18 yo+ male is gay enough to just give away his money to some other young male over the computer who has mildly entertained him? Weird
It gets pretty crazy when it's new expansions of wow, he's a Waracraft Hero or something, rly good to lol.
He would basically just sit, and comment and thank, or make jokes, every few seconds, struggling to keep up with all the donations and sub, just sitting there saying thanks and eat my dick for hours on end everyday!!
Sometimes they'd do these sub trains, where he'd get 50 subs in 20 minutes n stuff, common occurence lol
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ggplz   Sweden. May 22 2015 23:30. Posts 16784
what an idiot
On May 22 2015 13:14 punix wrote:
ofc he is acting... i mean for all the twitch streamers "reality TV" is basically the role model and how much of these reality shows are faked? 100%!
they make up stories and stuff all the time to get more viewers
really? i don't think he's acting here although he is a childish drama queen
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
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Rinny   United States. May 23 2015 01:54. Posts 600
Hate the game not the player. If it was that easy to make money streaming on twitch everyone would be doing it. I've tried commentating myself playing games and poker and it really does become quite hard, you end up repeating yourself or saying nonsensical things
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Baalim   Mexico. May 23 2015 02:13. Posts 34246
On May 23 2015 00:54 Rinny wrote:
Hate the game not the player. If it was that easy to make money streaming on twitch everyone would be doing it. I've tried commentating myself playing games and poker and it really does become quite hard, you end up repeating yourself or saying nonsensical things
yeah this.. if its so easy just go do it and become rich.
and regardless of what he makes I dont think he doesnt care about losing 5k especially when you have an A and the dealer shows a 6 lol
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Tensai176   Canada. May 23 2015 02:18. Posts 1018
If he won, that's the way to spiral into gambling addiction.