[termo]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/t...-inst?bffb

Just quit your job and go pro in poker!

[Cr33pin]

I give him pros cause he is still cut up and in great shape. Most people would end up fat cause who needs to be in shape with that kind of cash flow.

So much hate in the comments

[termo]

Yeah I don't understand the hate. This guy is killing it.

All I have is respect..

[Cattle Rustler]

Fun life, but he could certainly up his writing skills....it got kind of repetitive after a while.

[kapitaw]

dupe:

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-30193.html

but fun instagram to scroll through. also a good litmus test to see how people react to him. if you're hating you're officially a hater, this guy should inspire people on how money can shape a lifestyle.

[big poppa]

Jealousy is strong in those comments.

Andrew Bloy
"Money can buy many things, class is not one of them."

He's got bitches, choppers, boats, planes, cars and drugs.. but he's not 'classy' enough.

He should really start living an honourable life, first step would be to marry a feminist >150lbs

[RawGod]

My opinion of him changed when I learned that he inherited his money.

Very, very few self-made men will display his level of flamboyance and love of posturing. There is a reason for that.

[strengthstudent]

I thought he was awesome too, but then heard that he didn't really earn any of his money, instead he is laundering his father's money in poker. He claims he is an actor but been only in one movie as a stunt man. He is also not a navy seal, he claims to be but as far as I have heard he has never finished the training. He has had 3 heart attacks and he is only 33 years old -- I wonder if abuse of drugs and roids is the cause? Read this on reddit when the story came out.

Anyhow, the lifestyle is amazing and something I would definitely want to have myself. But I cannot respect him as a man.

[cardguy]

Cool guy.

But even if we all the shit going for him - it seems to be mainly hookers he is hanging with.

[jamaicabound]

I think some months back someone had posted this guys instagram profile or an article about him. I think it was back when that lone survivor movie came out since he kinda made news as he paid something like a milll to be in the movie and then I think he sued the producers for not giving him enough screentime or cutting his lines or something like that.

I can't hate on the guy, he's doing his thing, living it up, has pimp houses, women all over, tons of guns and toys.

One thing I can say is it's not like the guy is self made. He's basically living off his dads money or at least bankrolled his poker career and much of his lifestyle with his dads money.

I respect a selfmade guy a bit more just on principal but I'm not one to jump on this class warfar bullshit so more power to the guy, he's living it up.

[cardguy]

If you are being bankrolled by money you don't care about losing - it seems that would be a big edge in playing poker.

Since you have less fear.

Anyway - it makes sense - since even the best poker players in the world don't accumulate more than about 2-3 million dollars. Which is a lot less than what this dude's lifestyle would require.

[Roosh]

I'm not convinced he's being bankrolled by his dad. Any evidence of this?

[Que enspastic]

This thread is a dupe. Can't find original thread

[soup]

That guy is like the Jesus Christ of every man's American dream.

[jamaicabound]

I guess i cant say for certain he didnt make his own money. I know his father was a bigshot i think got in trouble for fake hedgefunds or something like that still wound up getting to keep a big chunk of that money. I think dan does claim to be a venture capitalistm the guy obviously knows how to make money but i just find it hard to believe he could fund his lifestyoe and even venture capital off just playing poker and being a stuntman in a movie. Even if he did use sum of his fathers money or connections who cares really. We all come from different backgrounds my parents helped me buy books a few times in cillege bit does that make my accomplishments any less than someone who didnt get any help in cillege. We all have diff advantages and disadvantages in life but doesnt make our accomplishments any less. There are a number of threads on varuous sites and forums about how he got all his money... http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/30/bus...h-1406632/

[eradicator]

(03-23-2014 11:57 PM)kapitaw Wrote:  

dupe:

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-30193.html

but fun instagram to scroll through. also a good litmus test to see how people react to him. if you're hating you're officially a hater, this guy should inspire people on how money can shape a lifestyle.

dailymail had an article about him

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-guns.html

He also runs an online poker site, that can make money.

[samsamsam]

I read somewhere it was family money also.

It just reminds me of conversations with people who talk about what they would do with a million dollars. Those who you know will never get there spend it much differently than those who have earned it from nothing.

I could be off, most of the self made guys I know, do not post pics about their lives or tell many people about details unless they are tight. They know how hard it was to earn it, their relationship with money is different than those who were given it.

But he can do whatever he wants, his life. He has had 3 heart attacks maybe he is living while he can knowing he could be gone tomorrow. Near death experience can really shape someone's mindset (from what I have heard - luckily I have not been close).

But I heard he was dropped from the SEALs, you may qualify physically, but when your life is in the hands of another, it says something if they don't trust you. Once again, I have respect for the military and do not have any military experience. Just what I have read, it is a tight community and there has to be trust.

So basically, he isn't a team player - no surprise there. Maybe the pink car gives it away.

Edit: Interesting article http://sofrep.com/26399/exclusive-dan-bi...he-record/
From a special forces website.

[renotime]

(03-24-2014 09:42 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

I'm not convinced he's being bankrolled by his dad. Any evidence of this?

The dude is worth 100 million and he's 33. He might not have been bankrolled by his dad, but he probably connected him to people that could make him money.

“Yeah, I mean I do have a trust fund. It didn’t kick in until I was 30 years old and the next one kicks in when I’m 35. So for the bulk of my life I was living off money I made in the military and in business,” Bilzerian said.

http://www.bluff.com/magazine/actor-astr...ole-17067/

[pushkin]

(03-24-2014 09:42 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

I'm not convinced he's being bankrolled by his dad. Any evidence of this?

This is pretty well known in the poker community. He's not a very good poker player and is a consistent loser in the big games.

His dad is actually way more interesting: a Vietnam vet who won a Bronze Star with a Valor device, then went to Harvard Business School and stood out there (in several ways), then proceeded to kill it with sketchy corporate takeovers in the 1980s before being investigated by the SEC and going to prison. Good article from 1987: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/24/busine...e-top.html

I have never met Dan but it definitely seems like he has something to prove based on all his posts at 2+2.

[renotime]

(03-24-2014 10:57 AM)samsamsam Wrote:  

I read somewhere it was family money also.

It just reminds me of conversations with people who talk about what they would do with a million dollars. Those who you know will never get there spend it much differently than those who have earned it from nothing.

I could be off, most of the self made guys I know, do not post pics about their lives or tell many people about details unless they are tight. They know how hard it was to earn it, their relationship with money is different than those who were given it.

But he can do whatever he wants, his life. He has had 3 heart attacks maybe he is living while he can knowing he could be gone tomorrow. Near death experience can really shape someone's mindset (from what I have heard - luckily I have not been close).

But I heard he was dropped from the SEALs, you may qualify physically, but when your life is in the hands of another, it says something if they don't trust you. Once again, I have respect for the military and do not have any military experience. Just what I have read, it is a tight community and there has to be trust.

So basically, he isn't a team player - no surprise there. Maybe the pink car gives it away.

Yeah, I read that he went through hell week twice, but got dropped a few days from graduation because of a personality conflict with an instructor or something.

He must be a tough son of a bitch to have gone through hell week twice, though.

[Frontenac]

The comments say a lot about the people writing them.

The men who are talking shit are jealous and completely unmotivated to better themselves.

The women who talk shit are jealous because they're out of this guy's league, and they know it.

Both are negative because it's their only way of bringing down someone who is superior. They don't have the guts or capacity to go out and make themselves better. Hard work and effort is difficult, while talk is cheap.

One problem I have with this guy is talking about his affiliation with the SEAL's. For me, you're either a SEAL, or you aren't. If he trained with them as a Ranger or Green Beret, then he should say that. Other than that, this guy is awesome any way you look at it.

[Drazen]

(03-24-2014 09:42 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

I'm not convinced he's being bankrolled by his dad. Any evidence of this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bilzerian

Quote:

Due to the size of the fines against him, Bilzerian first filed for bankruptcy in 1991. Bilzerian emerged from that bankruptcy having paid roughly $400,000 in settlement of debts exceeding $300 million.[26] In 1999 he tried to put his house up for sale, and at one point even Mike Tyson was reportedly interested in buying.[27] He filed for bankruptcy again in January 2001, declaring his assets of $15,805 against $140 million in debts. Under Florida bankruptcy law, the value of his primary residence was protected from creditors. The SEC alleged that Bilzerian was using bankruptcy as a tactic to block creditors from finding out the true value of his assets.[26] Later in the month, a federal judge ordered Bilzerian imprisoned for contempt of court due to his failure to disclose his assets.[28]

On June 11, 2001, while Bilzerian was in prison, FBI agents raided his family's residence on the strength of a sealed warrant and seized computers, files, and a Beretta firearm. The raid appeared to be related to SEC contentions that Bilzerian had concealed his ownership of assets during bankruptcy proceedings by transferring them to trusts and shell corporations.[29] Bilzerian was released from prison in January 2002 pursuant to an agreement under which Steffen would sell the residence and split the proceeds with the SEC. Bilzerian was critical of the deal, describing it as the SEC using him "as a hostage to extort money" from his wife.[28]

Just circumstantial information out there. But it seems highly likely that his dad hid a lot of his money and is funneling/laundering it through his son through these channels. I mean maybe he's just a kickass poker player.

Its not really "hating", its just looking at the entire scenario objectively and rationally. The chances are that his lifestyle was funded through less than legal channels and the likely source was his father's hidden assets. Eventually, this will probably catch up with him and he'll end up on that CNBC show that profiles these kind of characters. We've seen this scenario too many times.

[CactusCat589]

Credit to him. How many of these born-into-wealth guys know how to fly a chopter, or even attempted to become a Navy SEAL?

[samsamsam]

This question is always hard to answer sometimes.

But I am fascinated by how a person becomes that way. Not saying how he is - is good or bad. Just how does a person become that way.

Something set into his mind early on that set him into a certain way. Or maybe his parents forced a certain message into his head.

His father's BK and the craziness/chaotic energy about it (well what seems like crazy/chaotic) reminds me of an old boss. He was shaped by this constant insecurity that propelled him to push and push and fight and fight even when he clearly was wrong.

I wonder what that type of energy does when it lands on a kid at an early age.

[Drazen]

(03-24-2014 12:58 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  

This question is always hard to answer sometimes.

But I am fascinated by how a person becomes that way. Not saying how he is - is good or bad. Just how does a person become that way.

Something set into his mind early on that set him into a certain way. Or maybe his parents forced a certain message into his head.

His father's BK and the craziness/chaotic energy about it (well what seems like crazy/chaotic) reminds me of an old boss. He was shaped by this constant insecurity that propelled him to push and push and fight and fight even when he clearly was wrong.

I wonder what that type of energy does when it lands on a kid at an early age.

He is a big risk taker.

Most kids are raised to be conservative, not make too much noise and to avoid risk. His dad was obviously a risk taker and raised his son to be bold, be rash and do whatever it takes. Also, he was in a position in life where even if he did screw up, he would probably be "taken care of" due to his family money, so it built this mindset of invincibility and the desire to satisfy all of his wants and needs at any cost.

I've encountered several of these types throughout life. Some do well, some really get screwed and get in trouble.