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In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, John Aguiar (aka “Fatal Error”) shares his journey from early online poker grinder to WSOP bracelet winner to DraftKings executive. We discuss the poker boom, 25/50 short stacking, Black Friday, Playa del Carmen grind houses, being staked by Tom Dwan, and how daily fantasy sports evolved just like poker did. If you love poker history, high-stakes online stories, and behind-the-scenes DFS insights, this episode is packed.
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Andrew “AMO4SHO” Moreno joins Art Parmann (https://x.com/artparmann) & Justin Young (https://x.com/JustinYoung07) for a wide-ranging poker life story that starts in small-stakes online heads-up battles…and somehow ends with a $1.4M Wynn Millions score.
All while coaching, staking, and trying to balance the tournament grind with being a husband + super dad.
We talk:
the true origin of “AMO4SHO” (and sibling rivalry)
quitting college the moment poker “clicked”
the degenerate heads-up era (when nobody had tools and everyone was kinda bad)
the $3,300 online sit-n-go where he triple-barreled ace high for his bankroll…then took a limo to celebrate and met his wife, Kristy
building (and later taking over) a live cash-game stable + coaching mindset
leveling up into tournaments with Chris Brewer coaching
the run that turned into Win Millions and a life-changing score
why the PokerGO Studio can be “too fun” (aka: too easy to fire more bullets)
travel costs, taxes, and why he’s playing less this year
👇 Drop a comment with your favorite “I can’t believe that worked” bluff story.
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Show Notes
00:00 Justin’s Therapy Session
03:45 Early Life & Gaming
12:15 Finding Poker & Choosing Heads Up Sit n Go’s
24:00 Justin The Celebrity!
27:10 The Night He Met His Wife
30:30 Getting Backing & How to Run A Stable Without Going Broke
41:30 Getting into Tournaments & Chris Brewer Coaching
44:07 The Wynn Millions $1.4 Milly Win
52:14 The Tourney Bug
55:43 PGT Thoughts
59:10 Family Changes Things
1:03:50 Coaching & The Future
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Andrew's Links:
Get Coached By Andrew: https://www.amo4sho.com/
X: https://x.com/Amo4sho
IG: https://www.instagram.com/amo4sho
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Luiz Rizental (aka “Brazil God”) is one of those poker guys where the résumé sounds fake… but somehow it’s all real:
Brazil-born kid → moves to Austin at 9 → full immersion, no ESL, straight into American school
SMU soccer player → investment banking during the 2009 crash → then full-time trader addicted to volatility
Never played poker seriously until 2017 → loses $1,000, then $60,000 in a week during the pandemic app-game boom
Break-even became the goal → survival mode turned into studying, stream games, and eventually an NBC Heads-Up Championship run
In this episode, Art (https://x.com/artparmann) and Justin (https://x.com/justinyoung07) sit down with Brazil God to talk about:
How trading and poker are similar… and why poker is way more dangerous psychologically
Why you can make a terrible decision in poker and still get rewarded (and how that messes with your brain)
The $60K week that forced him to actually learn strategy
Why most “smart” people stay bad at poker forever
Hustler stream games, personality vs strategy, and whether he’s “putting on a show”
The ACR shirt troll vs Nacho (and the 11-minute cooler that ended it)
Playing Justin in the NBC Heads-Up Championship and the Brian Rast shirt revenge arc
Why he hates tournaments… and why he loves sweating pieces instead
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a high-volatility trader walks into a poker room and refuses to take it too seriously—this is it.
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Chapters
0:00 – The Origin of “Brazil God”
5:11 – Moving from Brazil to America
12:05 – Discovering Poker (Late Start)
17:29 – From Investment Banking to Trading
23:39 – Trading vs Poker: Why Poker Hits Harder
29:50 – Pandemic Poker & Losing $60K in a Week
40:05 – Learning to Survive in Poker
53:35 – Breaking Into Stream Games
1:00:16 – NBC Heads-Up Championship Run
1:13:34 – Why Tournaments Aren’t for Him
1:20:29 – Buying Pieces & Main Event Strategy
1:28:56 – Vegas Plans & Playing on His Terms
1:30:38 – Outro & Where to Follow
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Guest: Luiz Rizental (“Brazil God”)
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Chris Vitch (aka “Death Donkey”) has one of those poker origin stories that feels made up:
Tucson kid → board games, StarCraft clans, and a nickname that stuck for decades
One quarter of grad school at UCSD → then a 3-month heater worth $150K playing 30/60 limit online
Limit streets → 2-7 Triple Draw, Stud 8, mixed games… and eventually 3 WSOP bracelets (yes, including a PLO win)
We talk mixed-game learning, DeucesCracked + Black Friday, “cash game real poker” vs tournaments, Commerce degeneracy stories, and why mixed games are shifting toward cap big-bet (solvers + mental game included).
Behind-the-scenes mixed game universe—this is it.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
5:12 Phenom Poker
6:00 “Death Donkey” origin
11:20 “I don’t want a job”
14:45 $150K heater
34:15 DeucesCracked
43:05 Black Friday
49:35 Commerce story
1:04:40 Bracelet #1 (2-7 TD)
1:08:50 Bracelet #2 (10K Stud 8)
1:12:10 Bracelet #3 (PLO)
1:17:10 DonkeysOnly tools
1:28:45 Wrap
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Mafia Poker Rooms, Molly’s Game Checks, and Building a Vegas Stream Game | Table 1 Podcast
Some poker stories start with a “buddy taught me Hold’em in college.”
Brian Okin’s starts with a craps addiction in Vienna, a nickname that luckily didn't stick (Dice), and an underground Manhattan room where you had to buzz in like Rounders… and somehow turns into: running a dot-com era e-commerce business, losing $100k+ in a three-day session (plus the cursed cashmere hoodie), playing Molly’s Game (and cashing what might’ve been her last check), and eventually building a high-stakes streamed cash game at the Venetian.
In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Brian Okin for one of those conversations that zig-zags between poker, business, and the kind of New York stories you’re not supposed to say out loud.
What we talk about:
The most confusing legal name in poker: A. Peter Brian Okin
Growing up Long Island → Manhattan for 18 years
Board games, Uno scoring, and why Monopoly is “the true model of business”
First real gambling: Vegas as a kid → self-deal poker → then… an “underground casino” run out of a synagogue 😭
Studying abroad in Vienna + London and falling into craps (aka: “six months of addiction”)
The Rounders/Moneymaker-era lightbulb moment: first bluff ever in a 1/2 underground game
The “destiny” hand: river gets redealt… and the same river comes again
The bachelor party that turned into a Bellagio nightly cash + 5th-place finish
Brian Okin’s infamous marathon sessions (and why coffee is basically a performance-enhancing drug)
The $100k+ loss + the cashmere hoodie he had to throw away
Playing Molly’s Game 10–15 times… and the story of the $13k check
Leaving the family plumbing business → starting a dot-com home goods business → the website disaster that nearly killed it
New York home game scene: PLO, no-limit Stud 8, “trading action,” and why Vegas players were sharper
Moving to Vegas in 2015… by smuggling cats on a train (yes, really)
Pre-COVID Vegas vs private-game era: politics, access, and the fork in the road
Launching Okin’s Game at the Venetian + going live on stream
Heads-up PLO battles and why he thinks it’s the purest form of gambling
Brian’s links
https://okinsgame.com
https://x.com/brianokin
https://instagram.com/brianokin
https://youtube.com/brianokin
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