The streamer Adam “B0aty” Lyne is known for his streams to the MMORPG Old Runescape on Twitch. But he is also active in poker. Now he said he rejected an incredibly lucrative offer because of his personal principles: he plays poker on Twitch but not blackjack. He explains the difference.
This streamer is about: B0aty is by far the most successful streamer from “Old Runescape”, a classic version of the MMORPG, which is already considered old.
The streamer was on the air with “Old Runescape” more than 2200 hours last year, on average 2275 people watched it. He also played WoW and he played poker.
When he was playing poker, 1,767 people were still watching him, which is quite a lot for an international poker streamer.
$ 20,000 for 1.5 hours of roulette and blackjack
That was the offer: According to B0aty, his poker passion brought him an offer for a “sponsored stream” on Twitch. He says:
- he should only have streamed for an hour and a half
- he would have had 2 weeks for that
- he would have received $ 20,000 for that – an hourly wage of $ 13,333
- in time B0aty should have played blackjack and roulette
So he justified the cancellation: The streamer says that his rules for streaming are never to sponsor a game that has house odds: a bank advantage.
Roulette and blackjack are “house odds” games of chance because the “bank” has a profit advantage here. While all players are treated equally in poker, blackjack has different rules for the dealer than for the players. In roulette, the “0” is a special case because it is neither black nor red and does not belong to any third.
Streamer explains the difference between poker and blackjack
The streamer says:
I accept sponsorship deals for poker, but the house has no advantage in poker. It’s a game where you can get better. If you lose all your money playing poker, you’re a crappy poker player. If you lose all of your money playing blackjack, it is exactly what is foreseen. Think about it.
Adam “B0aty” Lyne
B0aty says: gambling addiction is a serious problem. Such offers could ruin the lives of many of his viewers and that would be on his conscience forever.
So it would be his job to throw that shit away. Besides, he was damn rich anyway …
The chat of his “Old Runescape” stream then celebrated the streamer and posted “Respect.”
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