Brian Okin

We thought these guys were just maniacs. Two Dominican players — wild action, crazy calls. Jason lost $10K to one of them. Then I lost $10K to the same guy. Huge money for us at the time. One hand, Jason shoved with pocket 9s. The guy called with Q-10 offsuit... but not before…

❤️ “I don’t just play poker for the money. I play because I love the game. 12 years ago, I had the stamina to play 20-30 hours straight. Sleep 8… do it again. That’s how I spent my summers in 2013, 2014, 2015 — grinding. I came to Vegas to play against guys I knew were better…

I walked into a room that didn’t feel real. All white. Presidential suite. Skyline view. Most beautiful women you’ve ever seen — welcoming me in like I was somebody. We ordered from the best restaurants. Everyone looked like movie stars. And in that moment… I felt like one. That…

This game doesn’t just humble you. It waits until you’re smiling… Then pulls the rug mid-celebration. I ran $40K up to $200K... then lost it all in 48 hours. In Bobby’s Room. On top of the world — then face down in it. One minute I’m hyped, talking to myself in the mirror like…

Martin Kabrhel just RSVP’d… chaos is now confirmed. 💥 Tonight’s cash game might break the internet. ♠️ Michael Mizrachi – your 2025 WSOP Main Event Champ ♥️ Martin Kabrhel – Mini Main winner & chaos specialist ♣️ Jean-Robert Bellande – aka JRB, action legend ♦️J Isaac –VIP…

I was playing No Limit at Bellagio… and had no idea what was going on. 3-bets, 4-bets — I was a bit over my head. But I had a decent read on people. So I fumbled my way through… and somehow survived. 🙌

Royski always gives me sh*t for being a bad loser 😂 But I’m not. I just hate losing. 😤 Especially when it’s my own fault. I’ll get upset, yeah — but I’m mad at me, not the game. Same guy win or lose… (Okay, maybe slightly different 😅)

When I first got to Vegas in 2016… it wasn’t like this. The games were tough. Tight pros. Real grinders. Now? Since private games were allowed in casinos 🙃… Some of the best pros have been filtered out. The games feel more like private home games… Just with casino lighting.

One of the biggest lessons I learned in New York home games: Never play in a game that owes you money. It starts to feel like fake money. You either dust it back… or win and never get paid. I learned that the hard way at a place called The Penthouse on First Ave. Big, giant dude…

So Mizrachi @TheGrinder44 wins $10M at the WSOP and decides, “Yeah… I should probably play in Okin’s Wednesday game.” I’m flattered. And slightly concerned. Catch The Grinder trying to run it up (or punt it off) at my cash game this Wednesday — 9PM EST 🎥 Live on PokerGO +…

congrats, Patrick Leonard. A good guy. @VenetianPoker

Everyone’s trying to have a good time at the table. Even the pros. You want the kind of player who gives action — fun to beat, fun to play with. Not the guy who gets salty every time he loses. 😤

Poker started blowing up. ESPN. The Moneymaker boom. Everyone was getting into it. I never played at Ace Point where A-Rod played, but I did play at Fairview and Genoa in NYC. Met guys like Peter Olsen, Mike Barack, Jason Rivera. That’s when I started taking poker seriously.

Alan Meltzer. Super nice guy. Loved poker. Left $1 million to his dog 🐕 and his doorman. Pretty sure this happened at Molly’s Game: Straight flush vs. Royal flush. One of the wildest hands I’ve ever seen.

I flopped top set with jacks. Got stacked by queens. Felt wrong. Six months later, I found out the dealer was known for setting up decks. Getting dealt aces after walking back to the table isn’t always lucky. Sometimes it’s a setup.

I sold my business in 2012. Wasn’t planning on going full-time into poker. Even took a 6–9 month break. My ex didn’t want me playing more. Then we stopped at Foxwoods… We both won. Poker kept pulling me back. Eventually, I stopped building the new business and leaned into the…

How did I get my nickname, dot com? Long time ago, I played in a Russian guy’s game — one of the brothers from Molly’s Game. We became friends. He gave me my nickname and it stuck ever since.

“They reshuffled the deck and re-dealt the river. I told the floor: If I lose this hand, I’m quitting poker forever. They dealt the same. exact. river. Six of clubs.”