It’s important for the poker ecosystem to bring more money in.”Īs Arieh explains, the key factor in growing a brand that relies on staking is helping players and fans who aren’t actually at the event feel like they are. Chance ’s result helped people win a 30x return on their investment. Dutch Boyd came in second in the Dealer’s Choice and our players won over $130,000. “We’ve had big scores already this summer. If you give someone a good sweat you’re going to be able to play whatever you want.”įans who have invested so far have already enjoyed plenty of success in the first dozen bracelet events. “Even though they don’t have a big poker name, they can engage with their backers and shoot some video, letting people sweat their piece. “I want to be able to let unknown players build their own brand and provide an exciting service,” he tells us. “Some of the richest poker players post on my site.” Building Your Own BrandĪrieh’s motivation to grow the PokerStake brand is wrapped up in players themselves and how he can help them grow.
“I spoke to Daniel Negreanu and overcame that hurdle,” he says.
Arieh had help overcoming that challenge from perhaps the most famous poker player alive. People don’t want to be seen to be broke.”Īs Arieh explains, that is the very opposite of the many superstars who use the site to buy or sell action. There’s this perception that if you’re selling pieces publicly, you’re broke. I don’t own PokerStake, I run it, but when I thought about the biggest hurdles, it was getting good, well-known famous players to post publicly. The feedback and growth so far in the poker industry has been phenomenal. Arieh is keen on what’s new for him this World Series, the staking element to the PokerStake site he runs. This summer is the 24 th since Arieh won his first bracelet and there has been a sense of serendipity to his success, with 8 th-placed Kevin Song also finishing in the same spot all those years ago in the same Limit Hold’em format. We have a chat with me, Daniel Weinman, Matt Glantz and Shaun in and I’m not letting Shaun be the skinniest person in the chat. “It’s cool to see motivated for the first time to get healthy. Not carrying around the extra 30 pounds is helping!”Īfter such a long time sharing time at the felt, Arieh admits he is ‘super grateful’ for the friendship he shares not only with Deeb, but other friends who are helping him stay motivated… and trim! Usually after two weeks of getting my head kicked in, I’m a miserable wreck. “He gave me a piece of that, but I also have to get to 17% body fat. “It’s all built around Shaun Deeb’s million-dollar weight loss bet,” he says. Previously heavily dependent on caffeine and diet sodas, he’s now quit the wake-up juice in a bid to lose weight, so far successful, losing over 30 pounds in weight. It’s the only place where I’m supposed to be a degenerate.”Īs Arieh eluded to, his routine is a lot healthier than it used to be. I wake up, I got the gym in the morning, come here and play poker all day. “Getting out here is cool because I have no responsibilities.
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He still feels like a kid on Christmas Day when it comes to the World Series of Poker. The man previously known as ‘Golfer Josh’ is taking a swing at some very large targets. Shaun Deeb’s Weight Loss Bet and Living Healthily Watch the video below for our exclusive in-person interview with Josh as he dives deeper into this subject and more: Exclusive Interview Now running the popular player staking site PokerStake, Arieh blends his time between handing out lessons at the live felt and helping others buy and sell their action to grow their own personal poker brands. It has shown him that helping others along the road is his true motivation. Winning Player of the Year two years ago has set him on a path not only to his most recent bracelet win on Sunday night, where he took down the Limit Hold’em Championship for over $316,000. The 2021 World Series of Poker was a fun one for many, but for Josh Arieh, it was the culmination of twenty years of hard work into a game that he has now become a legend in.
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