Top Pro Mario Mosböck Launches a New Poker Channel on YouTube

High-stakes poker pro Mario Mosböck has entered the crowded but potentially lucrative YouTube/Poker marketplace.

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The WSOP was forced to take its No Limit docuseries off of YouTube. © WSOP

Key Facts:

  • Leading Austrian high-stakes poker player launches new YouTube poker channel.
  • Backed by TritonPoker and CoinPoker, Mario Mosböck’s channel has already garnered 5,500 subscribers.
  • There are over 125 poker YouTube influencers. Brad Owen tops the chart.
  • WSOP has had a YouTube nightmare, with AI controversy leading to its docuseries going dark.

High-stakes Austrian poker pro Mario Mosböck has joined the growing number of players with their own YouTube channel dedicated poker. The 29-year-old launched his new endeavour on the streaming platform a week ago and has quickly garnered over 5,500 subscribers.

“Former pro-football player turned high-stakes poker pro. You will get a real look at what it means to play the biggest games in the world,” is how Mosböck has labelled his new YouTube channel in its description area.

As a former professional football player who scored 21 goals in 48 appearances for SKN St. Pölten II, Mosböck is an interesting and popular figure. CoinPoker, the world’s largest cryptocurrency online poker room, was pleased to offer him an ambassadorial role in August 2024. At the time, his career earnings were approaching $12 million.

$17 Million Man Gives Away $5,000

A runner-up finish in the 2023′ WPT Big One for One Drop’ contributed $4.6 million to the Austrian’s haul. Since signing with CoinPoker, Mosböck has enjoyed further success and taken his winnings beyond $17 million. How much of this sum represents profit is unclear.

Ultimately, Mosböck has a profile that appears custom-made for YouTube success, and he has the backing to attract healthy numbers. Even before his first video went live, the Austrian took to social media offering, courtesy of TritonPoker and CoinPoker, 200 new subscribers $25 online ‘tickets’.

The high roller also has the support of a professional production team. Their first video production – which attracted 50,000 views in five days – highlighted Mosböck’s passage through a recent $200,000 buy-in Triton event. In it, he analysed his key hands and explained his decision-making.

YouTube’s Poker Influencers Get the Big Bucks

Mosböck is entering a crowded but potentially highly lucrative marketplace. There are over 125 poker YouTube influencers. The list is headed by Brad Owen, whose 404 videos have earned him 791,000 subscribers despite a relatively low watch rate of 291,000 per video.

Fronted by Canadian actor-turned-poker player Greg Liow, the Greg Goes All In channel boasts 371,000 subscribers. Specialising in ‘shorts’, a Greg Goes All In video averages 412,500 views. His most successful video, ‘finding a marked card in your poker game’, has had over 15 million views.

YouTube money calculator sites estimate that the Greg Goes All In channel provides its owner with an average monthly revenue of $34,206. Brantzen Poker (403,000 subscribers) is believed to generate similar income – helpful for its frontman, LA-based Brantzen Wong, whose bio states he is “most commonly grinding out the $5/$5/10 NL streets.”

AI Was the Limit for WSOP Docuseries

YouTube has not been so kind to The World Series of Poker (WSOP). Controversy has erupted over the use of artificial intelligence to create fake player quotes in a docuseries it commissioned and recently published, titled ‘No Limit’.

The eight-episode series, produced in partnership with filmmaker Dustin Iannotti and the WSOP, followed top poker players during the 2024 WSOP Paradise festival. It captured 700 hours of footage to create a behind-the-scenes look at elite poker competition.

However, within three weeks, its paymasters took to social media to declare: “WSOP has recently learned that AI-generated content was used in the No Limit docuseries to alter players’ words without authorisation.”

“We have removed the videos and will redo the editing to ensure the final product reflects our standards. We sincerely apologise to everyone affected and appreciate your understanding.”

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About the Author
He firstly took up playing poker professionally - during which time he won two televised tournaments, became an author and commentated for many TV stations on their poker coverage. Concurrently he also penned columns in several newspapers, magazines and online publications. As a bonus he met his partner, who was a casino manager, along the way. They now have two children.

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