32.7m Followers, 338 Following, 1,362 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Dan Bilzerian (@danbilzerian). Social media legend and poker player Dan Bilzerian is one of the most high profile members of the GGPoker team. Bilzerian is best known for his lifestyle-themed Instagram page, which boasts more than 32 million followers, but he is also recognized in the poker community for competing in some of the biggest poker games in the world.

We might never know exactly how much Dan Bilzerian’s made playing poker, but that doesn’t matter – the brash personality is the new GGPoker brand ambassador.

Bilzerian is known to some as the ‘King of Instagram’, with 32 million followers and hundreds of thousands of ‘likes’ on Instagram with snaps featuring exotic locals, gorgeous friends, exciting outings, guns, and general partying exploits. The Instagram star is also known for his poker prowess.

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In 2008, Bilzerian placed 180^th in the WSOP Main Event, and claimed to have won upwards of $50 million through his poker playing career.

Other GGPoker ambassadors include Dan Negreanu, Fedo Holz, and Felipe Ramos – but Bilzerian might be proving to be one of their most controversial, calling a critic of his new position with the online poker site a ‘hoe’ after online discussion about his recent position started to circulate, with people weighing in on whether or not they think Bilzerian’s an appropriate partner.

Some professionals are poking fun at the new ambassador—We’re just going to leave this one here:

Dan Bilzerian becoming a GG poker ambassador is the equivalent of me becoming an ambassador for GQ

— Doug 'Truck Driver' Polk (@DougPolkVids) December 3, 2020

And this reply, too:

what you think about his winnings on GG? pic.twitter.com/TaS7YXqySB

— saicaron (@saicaron) December 3, 2020

In addition to poker and being an influencer, Bilzerian is the owner of Ignite, a CBD and ‘vape’ pen company. The company also sells merchandise from bathing suits, to sandals and vodka.

Ignite has faced their share of legal issues, with the company being accused of funding Bilzerian’s lavish lifestyle, and the former president suing for wrongful termination after accusing Ignite of misappropriating funds.

Dan Bilzerian, GGPoker Brand Ambassador.

Play Against Dan with a $100K Prize Pool

Bilzerian will kick off his new partnership with a tournament. To celebrate his 40^th birthday, Bilzerian and GGPoker are giving fans the chance to play against him in a tournament, and play in a bid to win a party with Dan himself on December 7. (It’s currently unclear if a private jet/yacht/women are part of this prize package).

The tournament will reportedly include thousands of players, prizes, and a $100,000 grand payout.

Dan Bilzerian starred in moviesalongside such stars as Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington, but this isn’t even close to being his biggest achievement. Instagram’s Playboy King is better known for his lavish lifestyle, but is gambling one of his vices?

Dan Bilzerian is a poker player and his passion for gambling is one of the things he’s best known for. He made many exuberant claims about his poker wins over the years, so it’s a bit difficult to separate facts from fiction when it comes to his gambling track record.

Take a look at some of the major milestones of Bilzerian’s poker career, and decide for yourself if his over-the-top claims hold any water.

Kicking-Off Gambling Career

Dan Bilzerian was first introduced to poker while studying business and criminology at the University of Florida. It didn’t take him long to fall in love with the game, but years passed by before he set foot in the actual casino.

While discussing his rise to the top withWall Street Journal, a Las Vegas-based poker player Todd Witteles recalled that Bilzerian earned the nickname “suitcase guy” after first appearing at Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 2007 with a suitcase full of cash.

“Blitz” could afford this kind of high-stakes gamble thanks to the generous trust fund from his father Paul Bilzerian. He earned an enormous fortune while working as a corporate raider on Wall Street before being convicted of a securities fraud.

Dan Bilzerian never revealed how much of his fortune he owes to his father, but it was just enough to start his gambling career. After taking part in numerous smaller tournaments, he finally managed to make it to the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2009, and walked away with $36,626 after finishing in 180th place.

Brushing Shoulders with Celebrities

Bilzerian’s magnetic personality drew some of Hollywood’s most passionate poker players into his orbit – and trouble followed. He played poker shoulder to shoulder with Tobey Maguire and Nick Cassavetes, who described him as “a guy that lives in a constant state of stimulus”.

High-stakes private games with A-list stars and fellow millionaires became the new normal for Bilzerian, but things went south more times than once. Back in 2011, he took part in a poker game alongside Maguire and Cassavetes, and they were asked to pay back the winnings they won against Bradley Ruderman, after it turned out he was running an illegal Ponzi scheme.

He also publicly defended baseball player Alex Rodriguez after he was accused of taking part in an illegal gambling event. Bilzerian obviously has a soft spot for celebrities and businessmen because they’re playing for fun, and tends to avoid professional players altogether.

Dan Bilzerian Poker Tournaments

Extravagant Claims

Dan Bilzerian made numerous extravagant claims about his gambling triumphs over the years, and it’s difficult to take some of them seriously. Back in 2014, he made headlines after saying he won $50 million over the course of about a year, and this wasn’t the first nor last time he went over-the-top describing his success.

The Instagram star also claimed he won $10.8 million over the course of a single night in 2013 and said the most money he’s ever lost in a single session was $3.6 million. Bilzerian also claimed he had a chance to play against players who would bet cars and planes, instead of the actual money.

Whether his claims are true or not, Bilzerian could definitely use the cash since his lifestyle doesn’t come cheap, but it’s highly unlikely he could afford it if it wasn’t for his trust fund money.

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Final Verdict

Dan Bilzerian Poker Winnings

Dan Bilzerian is one of the world’s best-known poker players thanks to his bad-boy antics and lavish lifestyles, which attracted over 30 million followers to his Instagram page. His claims of enormous gambling payouts should still be taken with a grain of salt because he has no way of backing them up.