{"id":4788,"date":"2021-12-13T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:54:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:54:03","slug":"dan-bilzerian-bails-on-his-10k-heads-up-match-against-alex-obrien-with-no-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/dan-bilzerian-bails-on-his-10k-heads-up-match-against-alex-obrien-with-no-explanation","title":{"rendered":"Bilzerian Bails On His $10K Heads Up Match Against O\u2019Brien With No Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/dan-bilzerian-and-alex-obrien.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Bilzerian and Alex O\u2019Brien\" title=\"Dan Bilzerian Bails On His $10K Heads Up Match Against Alex O\u2019Brien With No Explanation \" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/dan-bilzerian-and-alex-obrien.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/dan-bilzerian-and-alex-obrien-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dan Bilzerian fails to show up for $10k heads up match against Alex O\u2019Brien<\/li>\n<li>Bilzerian offers no explanation for his no show<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Kade steps in as a replacement for Bilzerian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dan Bilzerian<\/strong> boasts of winning millions of dollars playing high stakes poker but those claims have been questioned by the poker community over the years, as there is very little evidence to show Bilzerian winning at the poker table. <\/p>\n<p>The self-proclaimed \u201c<em>Instagram King<\/em>\u201d who has over 32 million followers on Instagram is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/ggpoker-welcomes-dan-bilzerian-as-its-latest-brand-ambassador\">ambassador for GGPoker<\/a>. <strong>Alex O\u2019Brien<\/strong> ended up winning a <em>Dan Bilzerian birthday freeroll<\/em> and GGPoker tweeted the same to confirm that O\u2019Brien had won. <\/p>\n<p><a>Alex O\u2019Brien<\/a> is a female poker player from Germany who has a <strong>very unimpressive poker record with just over $4,000 in career prize money<\/strong>. She was delighted to win the <em>Bilzerian birthday freeroll<\/em> on GGPoker and was looking forward to playing against Bilzerian. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00hSVqwbVa\">https:\/\/t.co\/00hSVqwbVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex O\u2019Brien (@obrientweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obrientweet\/status\/1468269089655296001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>O\u2019Brien told media that she knew playing someone as controversial as Bilzerian would put her in the spotlight but she was okay to do so.<\/p>\n<p>She made it clear that if she did end up winning any cash against Bilzerian she would donate it to a charity. However, the GGPoker ambassador decided not to show up and play the promised $10k heads up against O\u2019Brien. Neither GGPoker nor Bilzerian offered an explanation as to why they never made good on their promise to O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"acr-steps-up-and-steals-the-spotlight\">ACR Steps Up and Steals The Spotlight <\/h2>\n<p>The news of GGPoker and Bilzerian backing out of their promise to O\u2019Brien made headlines on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/americas-cardroom\">Americas Cardroom<\/a> was quick to step up to the table and take advantage of the attention.<\/p>\n<p>ACR tweeted at O\u2019Brien and said they were willing to put up the $10,000 on her behalf and would get ACR ambassador <strong>Vanessa Kade<\/strong> to step in instead of Bilzerian and play O\u2019Brien. Kade is a former ambassador of GGPoker who got into a Twitter exchange with Bilzerian when he signed up as a new ambassador for GGPoker.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh my goodness, guys!! Thank you so much. There is only one person that I would love to do this with: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanessaKade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VanessaKade<\/a> \u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cJr6HnzLjm\">https:\/\/t.co\/cJr6HnzLjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex O\u2019Brien (@obrientweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obrientweet\/status\/1468579460513468426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Bilzerian called Kade a colourful name and when Kade asked GGPoker to take action against Bilzerian, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/ggpoker-cuts-affiliate-partnership-with-vanessa-kade-over-dan-bilzerian-issue\">dropped Kade as an ambassador<\/a>. Kade has agreed to play O\u2019Brien and the two female poker players are happy to face each other and play for charity.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc51 It\u2019s happening! We\u2019re hosting a $10,000 heads-up match \ud83d\udc65 between Alex O\u2019Brien (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obrientweet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@obrientweet<\/a>) and ACR Team Pro Vanessa Kade (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanessaKade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VanessaKade<\/a>). The best part is the cash will go to a charity of the winner\u2019s choice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/good4poker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#good4poker<\/a> \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0NXOflYmmX\">https:\/\/t.co\/0NXOflYmmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Americas Cardroom (@ACR_POKER) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACR_POKER\/status\/1468687017303318530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>GGPoker also responded in the end and has decided to put up the $10,000 which O\u2019Brien will give to charity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Dan Bilzerian fails to show up for $10k heads up match against Alex O\u2019Brien Bilzerian offers no explanation for his no show Vanessa Kade steps in as a replacement for Bilzerian Dan Bilzerian boasts of winning millions of dollars playing high stakes poker but those claims have 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