Why This Poker Star Lost His Friends After Releasing His Book

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Eli Elezra is a recognizable face from the Poker Boom. No matter what poker show you were watching in the glory days of poker, odds are Eli Elezra was on your screen. But where has he been lately? And what poker controversy caused him to step away from the spotlight?
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  • @PokerBoomYT
    @PokerBoomYT15 күн бұрын

    What iconic poker star should we cover next?

  • @habs798693

    @habs798693

    15 күн бұрын

    Ted Forrest. Haven't heard from him in a while.

  • @whoppersupper3970

    @whoppersupper3970

    15 күн бұрын

    Luke swartz from UK would be interesting

  • @jamesshaw4272

    @jamesshaw4272

    15 күн бұрын

    miami john cernuto if u havent already

  • @younggunz0620

    @younggunz0620

    15 күн бұрын

    Tom Dwan

  • @707Berto

    @707Berto

    15 күн бұрын

    Steve Albini... RIP.

  • @rebar33
    @rebar339 күн бұрын

    No friends in poker. Just people pretending to have fun. Everyone at the table hopes everyone but them loses all they have to them.

  • @deanvoss7098
    @deanvoss709814 күн бұрын

    As a rule of thumb I never loan money to friends for gambling

  • @cowardlederer1
    @cowardlederer113 күн бұрын

    Eli you took a page right out of my playbook! Well done, those Full Tilt days were wild weren’t they?

  • @sandhanitizer15

    @sandhanitizer15

    12 күн бұрын

    Whoever runs this account is a legend 🤣

  • @theREALTRUTHagn

    @theREALTRUTHagn

    11 күн бұрын

    Those tilt high stakes cash tables with Durrrr, Ivey, Hanson ect.....was inzane dayz

  • @jamesshaw4272
    @jamesshaw427215 күн бұрын

    "during the full tilt days, money flowed like water" yeah that was kind of the problem eli

  • @mattcoffee1269
    @mattcoffee12696 күн бұрын

    so the book had nothing to do with losing friends. what a weird title to your video

  • @user-wq9dh4wt3h
    @user-wq9dh4wt3h5 күн бұрын

    They are definitely not as rich as they claim to be. A lot of them are broke

  • @CleanMoneyLLC
    @CleanMoneyLLC9 күн бұрын

    He beat me out of 32k pot a multi millionaire and won’t pay his debts Yet here I am nowhere near the wealth he has and pay every soul that I owe no matter what shit just doesn’t add up

  • @dovebar7598
    @dovebar759815 күн бұрын

    Scam artist.

  • @raymondrufa971
    @raymondrufa97115 күн бұрын

    I was wondering how he was doing. Glad to see he got into the Hall of Fame. I'd like to request Barry Greenstein if you haven't profiled him yet.

  • @ChrisLythgoe-mz1of
    @ChrisLythgoe-mz1of4 күн бұрын

    Remember at the WSop a few years back he didn't want anyone sat next to him if they had not had the Devil Juice! He went down in my estimations after that 😡😡😡

  • @jtome84-91
    @jtome84-9115 күн бұрын

    Most of the original guys were all scammers

  • @mikebelnap3079

    @mikebelnap3079

    15 күн бұрын

    Still are

  • @robertosan66677

    @robertosan66677

    15 күн бұрын

    Yeah all controversy on those guys ,,,milking the public thinking they stars n rich ,,,in reality they broke n owe money ,,,like Brad boom

  • @user-mf2fd6dq8x

    @user-mf2fd6dq8x

    12 күн бұрын

    It's Poker....now we got Rampage n Merryano.

  • @larrywheels762
    @larrywheels76215 күн бұрын

    I was on his side until he said loans dont have to be paid back. Hes the guy that borrowed money, im sure he didn't say - hey you, give me some money, im a gambler. Dude has no integrity. Paying back a loan is honorable.

  • @howard5992

    @howard5992

    11 күн бұрын

    Well he dodged the question actually " I never promised to pay the money back *the next day* " Basically saying that if someone loaned him money they will just have to wait

  • @michaelblankenau6598

    @michaelblankenau6598

    4 күн бұрын

    He said loans don’t need to be paid back the next day . Not that loans don’t need to be paid back at all .

  • @DigitalCowboy87
    @DigitalCowboy8713 күн бұрын

    Saw Eli at ResortsWorld about 5 months ago, was playing cash of course in a separate room. Not sure what the game was and didn’t wanna be annoying and bug him. Oddly enough the only person at the table that knew him was the dealer. Nobody else had any idea who he was. Not a bad thing tho, shows that there will always be a never ending stream of new players in the game!

  • @MrAgmoore

    @MrAgmoore

    11 күн бұрын

    He looks a lot different with the white hair 👨‍🦳

  • @mikewilliams3509

    @mikewilliams3509

    8 күн бұрын

    I was about to say the sames hes 20 years older and has gotten elderly ​@MrAgmoore

  • @hushpuckena126
    @hushpuckena12615 күн бұрын

    I played the Hall of Fame event at the WSOP the day he was inducted.

  • @Prolific_Troll
    @Prolific_Troll15 күн бұрын

    Well done with your channel/content mate, it's been a joy watching you grow.

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    15 күн бұрын

    Really appreciate this - thank you!

  • @billysikes1374
    @billysikes137415 күн бұрын

    I thought he was a multi millionaire from Restaurants, typical pos

  • @mikehong2691
    @mikehong26916 күн бұрын

    Thank You!-For The High Content About Eli Elezra!-One Of My Favorite Poker Players!-Raymond "Mike" Hong!&(I've Learned About Poker From-All The Poker Pros&I've Won-Myself-Also!-Mike!)😎👍!!!!!!!!!

  • @mikeduke1294
    @mikeduke129410 күн бұрын

    I have no idea about the financial arrangements these guys make. But what's interesting is the rather high % of these poker player stories that nclude allegations of reneging on gambling/staking debts. Which leads me to question what % of allegedly successful players are, in fact, successful (at poker specifically). I'm starting to think the marketing and side hustles are more the point than making money at the actual game. And based on all these outstanding loans, it's not enough for most players, even good ones.

  • @lance862

    @lance862

    9 күн бұрын

    I believe the reality is that about 20% of players are winning money off the other 80%.

  • @crustydinglecherry3451
    @crustydinglecherry345115 күн бұрын

    He owe me $20🎉

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    15 күн бұрын

    Get your money back!!

  • @Woody13woodpecker

    @Woody13woodpecker

    14 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @user-mf2fd6dq8x

    @user-mf2fd6dq8x

    12 күн бұрын

    Matosow owes me a Big Mc Meal.

  • @daryldarichuk2149

    @daryldarichuk2149

    10 күн бұрын

    I asked him about. He said he has no intention of paying that $20 back, sorry 😅

  • @geoffreyhughes1
    @geoffreyhughes115 күн бұрын

    Eli is a beast he was playing on a show recently. Not sure what show it was.

  • @Prolific_Troll

    @Prolific_Troll

    15 күн бұрын

    No, he's a fraud. His game is trash and he's always been a losing player. He's in debt to everyone. Stop praising scumbags.

  • @dovebar7598
    @dovebar759815 күн бұрын

    This man owes EVERYONE IN THE POKER COMMUNITY.

  • @play36inadaygreenskeeperbe69

    @play36inadaygreenskeeperbe69

    15 күн бұрын

    What Israeli doesn't owe everyone. Especially now

  • @play36inadaygreenskeeperbe69

    @play36inadaygreenskeeperbe69

    15 күн бұрын

    #110. This man is a parasite and a ne'r do well

  • @nicholi2789

    @nicholi2789

    14 күн бұрын

    Where’s the proof?

  • @mikew742
    @mikew742Күн бұрын

    Not sure on his logic about repaying (or not) loaned money. Very uncool.

  • @louismaberry9683
    @louismaberry968313 күн бұрын

    You do a great job.

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    13 күн бұрын

    Appreciate this! Thank you

  • @denizhardy791
    @denizhardy79115 күн бұрын

    Read Mike Mattasow’s book, “Check-Raising the Devil”. You will agree when they do finally vote him into the HOF.

  • @andrewr8144
    @andrewr81449 күн бұрын

    Hmmm. Connected to Israeli Defense. Suddenly gets a big business and he uses the money to become a professional gambler. He then finds himself inside the biggest poker games, and part of the online boom. Then, suddenly the FBI shuts it all down and knows about inside cheating. Hmmm.

  • @dannylopez9417
    @dannylopez941715 күн бұрын

    He never has done me wrong, always a class act…but that’s my experience

  • @chunckyfreshnut
    @chunckyfreshnut4 күн бұрын

    Dam poker players need to sign over their house.

  • @jamal4473
    @jamal447315 күн бұрын

    Hi Kyle! How’s your day going today?

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    15 күн бұрын

    Day is going great, thanks for asking Jamal!

  • @simondaughtry4619
    @simondaughtry461914 күн бұрын

    I dont believe in anyones background unless its VERY well documented ... much less a poker players. He longed to be a soldier huh? Yeah..I was bummed when Volvo took me out of their crash test dummy program ~I loved it so.

  • @terencehill3972
    @terencehill39729 күн бұрын

    Well, that's how I always perceived him as an enigmatic somewhat slimy side character (probably the only one with his own book). So are his posts now, unclear and seeminly dodging a straight answer, wiggling out. My questions are: 1/ does he owe money now, is he broke? 2/ is his book any good?

  • @Brian-vk1hm
    @Brian-vk1hm10 күн бұрын

    LOL Eli was never a professional poker player. He was the fish in the game. Funny how you think 100% of the players playing high stakes are pros. You know that makes no logical sense right?

  • @jakecooper5855

    @jakecooper5855

    7 күн бұрын

    You need to back off the fentanyl, it's screwing your brain

  • @bennylevine387

    @bennylevine387

    15 сағат бұрын

    So in the end, logic dictates that you shouldn't refer to a 5-time bracelet winner as a "pro?" Oh.

  • @Conan776
    @Conan77613 күн бұрын

    5:40 This #MoreBob thing is really getting out of control

  • @martinchivers7341
    @martinchivers734115 күн бұрын

    A crook even before hitting Alaska.

  • @paulg6274
    @paulg62749 күн бұрын

    Eli's "insane skills"? 😅 Eli's a fish-reg

  • @peterbrunetto5018
    @peterbrunetto501810 күн бұрын

    *****yes I will be paying the WSOP this year!!! I'll be in Vegas in July!!!!!

  • @jasonbatteiger2421
    @jasonbatteiger242113 күн бұрын

    i'd think he'd be losing friends since he's a known deadbeat. saw him promoting this book right as it came out, ignoring all sorts of calls for "pay me my money you deadbeat" from a variety of poker pros.

  • @jasonbatteiger2421

    @jasonbatteiger2421

    13 күн бұрын

    yikes, would've been better off just not saying anything, instead of "back when full tilt paid me stolen money (as it was a ponzi scheme) i paid back my debts, but when ever anybody lent me money they knew it might not be coming back, oh yeah here buy my book by the way"

  • @jasonbatteiger2421

    @jasonbatteiger2421

    13 күн бұрын

    at the end, umm no, unless dude pays back the people he borrowed from he'll always be known as the deadbeat guy who used to be on TV poker shows.

  • @regalsurvivor3418
    @regalsurvivor341810 күн бұрын

    Typical gambling addict.

  • @Vinny2390
    @Vinny239015 күн бұрын

    That's really crappy saying that he never intended to pay back the money borrowed. Definitely not a cool dude for that.

  • @checkmugged

    @checkmugged

    15 күн бұрын

    Where on earth did he say that?!

  • @SaintGeordieLad

    @SaintGeordieLad

    15 күн бұрын

    He never said that, he said he didn’t intend to pay it the next day not ever

  • @Vinny2390

    @Vinny2390

    15 күн бұрын

    My mistake. Has he paid them back then by now ?​@@checkmugged

  • @Vinny2390

    @Vinny2390

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@SaintGeordieLadholy moly. My mistake haha

  • @ThePdog3k

    @ThePdog3k

    15 күн бұрын

    You are clearly a very poor listener, maybe you should go back to school.

  • @chessbrilliance8783
    @chessbrilliance87839 күн бұрын

    An israeli guy.... No surprise there...

  • @joshpare4237
    @joshpare423714 күн бұрын

    Great vid!

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    14 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @greenfez2121

    @greenfez2121

    8 күн бұрын

    Great comment!

  • @CobraQuotes1
    @CobraQuotes115 күн бұрын

    so he jewed them

  • @wildbillhandcock1327

    @wildbillhandcock1327

    15 күн бұрын

    No that’s Dwan

  • @michaelg4664

    @michaelg4664

    15 күн бұрын

    Must be so sad to be you.

  • @mattperil6074

    @mattperil6074

    15 күн бұрын

    Zionist’s gunna Zionists

  • @DNRchist

    @DNRchist

    14 күн бұрын

    @@mattperil6074 people without a sense of humor gunna be cryin'

  • @forteen_aytey_ayte

    @forteen_aytey_ayte

    13 күн бұрын

    check the site in my username for the complete resume of Eli's crew.

  • @user-mf2fd6dq8x
    @user-mf2fd6dq8x12 күн бұрын

    Do Courtibee....lol.hahaha. @ least she can do Only Fan's

  • @TexasPoker40

    @TexasPoker40

    8 күн бұрын

    Man I forgot about the bee, I guess she won so much from spin n go she retired. Lol

  • @chalachin4452
    @chalachin445215 күн бұрын

    This dude aged so fast. Not recognizable.

  • @jamiebury1807

    @jamiebury1807

    10 күн бұрын

    He was born in 1960 man he is 64 years old nearly

  • @hilmsay4134
    @hilmsay413415 күн бұрын

    Mike Mattisow is potential poker HOFer????

  • @MoneyHoneyBunny

    @MoneyHoneyBunny

    14 күн бұрын

    he's been screwed for a few years in a row, a lot of people were pissed he didnt get in in 2023. Some players said they were giving ALL their votes to Mike because of it so, he should get in this year if there's any justice

  • @dsrrellgriffith1161

    @dsrrellgriffith1161

    12 күн бұрын

    Mike is a jerk, have u ever met him? He needs help,,,hahaha

  • @danstevens6515
    @danstevens651510 сағат бұрын

    Another poker player/ scammer

  • @gbpg2016
    @gbpg201614 күн бұрын

    First time hearing the commentary sound like it was recorded in a bathroom.

  • @PokerBoomYT

    @PokerBoomYT

    14 күн бұрын

    Been having some mic issues, but will work on fixing this

  • @adammork7171
    @adammork71715 күн бұрын

    ☕️

  • @cochice1977
    @cochice197715 күн бұрын

    🗑️

  • @lincolnjeon2666
    @lincolnjeon266615 күн бұрын

    BASES ;LESS, LOL BY YOUR STATEMENT YOUR GUILTY. LOL

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