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A Brief Description of Ryan DePaulo
Ryan DePaulo is a professional poker player and popular YouTube creator. His crowning achievement was winning the WSOP event in 2020.
Ryan beat 1,624 opponents to win a WSOP gold bracelet and $159,563. What makes the story even more original is that DePaulo became a champion in a parking lot. In 2020, the entire World Series was moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The poker player received a real bracelet for winning online.
Ryan DePaulo presents himself as a mediocre player. To maintain this reputation, he named his channel Ryan Depaulo: Degenerate Gambler. In fact, the poker player shows good results and a decent level of play.
A year before his WSOP win, DePaulo finished third in the Colossus event. He was paid $208,643. To succeed in an event with 13,109 entrants is a great result. Ryan had one more WSOP final table in his career. He finished fourth in the Omaha tournament. Not every professional will win a World Series title and come within two points of second place.
Ryan DePaulo was part of the Americas Cardroom (ACR Poker) team for several years. In 2024, the ACR brand abandoned the partnership. The reason for the breakup was DePaulo's participation in a promotional campaign for the official WSOP website.
Social Media Accounts
The player's main resource is a YouTube channel. As of July 25, 2024, he has over 116,000 subscribers and 308 uploaded videos. Ryan published his first video in January 2018. In it, the author talked about a trip to a live tournament in Atlantic City. For a long time, DePaulo published content about other gambling games. In recent years, almost all of his videos have been dedicated to poker vlogs and comedy.
There’s a lot of variety on Ryan’s YouTube channel and plenty of creative humor. He’s poked fun at Alec Torreli,made an alternate ending to Rounders, and possibly found a simple explanation for cheating in online poker.
The top 5 most popular videos of Ryan DePaulo look like this:
- How I Turned $400 Into $200,000, Part 3. The story of my third place finish at the 2019 WSOP has been viewed 927,000 times.
- I Won $159,000 and a WSOP Bracelet in My Car. The story of my 2020 WSOP win has been viewed 593,000 times.
- How to Make Homemade Dice. The three-minute tutorial has garnered 371,000 views.
- Video Poker JACKPOT 2018! Royal Flush as it happens! Old content about royal flush on slot machine has been viewed 307,000 times.
- How I turned $400 into $208,000. (Gambling Vlog #54) 2019 WSOP. The opening video of my success on Colossus. The video has 302,000 views.
During the last WSOP, Ryan was releasing videos every 2-3 days
Ryan also has an Instagram page with 21,700 subscribers on the platform. The content on Instagram largely repeats the videos on YouTube.
Ryan DePaulo’s Results in Poker Tournaments
Ryan DePaulo calls himself a "degenerate player" and a gambling addict, but his actions do not support this. Although we don’t have clear information about his net worth, a WSOP gold bracelet, three final tables and almost $500,000 in career prize money are an indicator of a high level of skill. In the player's favor, he was confident in his performance at the 2024 WSOP. Although he failed to get to the final table, finishing in the money zone of nine tournaments is a worthy result.
The player's highest achievement is winning the WSOP 2020. The blogger took the bracelet in the $500 tournament. The biggest prize came a year earlier. Third place in the $400 MTT brought $208,643.
Ryan has also won outside of the WSOP. His top 3 successes look like this:
- $41,485 for first place at the 2021 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
- $40,033 to win the 2023 Live! MegaStacks in Philadelphia.
- $24,567 for second place at the 2023 World Series of Poker Circuit.
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