Common YouTube poker vlogger Alexander Seibt just lately introduced that his “Wolfgang Poker” channel has now reached 1 billion views.
After reaching the a million subscriber mark in November 2023, he now has topped 1.5 million and reached the billion-views milestone by way of 759 movies. Wolfgang has gained traction over the previous couple of years by not solely using the shorts characteristic for fast hand breakdowns, but additionally by mixing in some journey, his love of faculty sports activities, and sometimes leaping in viewers’ dwelling video games.
In a wide-ranging interview with Card Participant final yr, Seibt detailed the whole course of that goes into making a video for his YouTube channel.
“It’s nearly as for those who’re making a documentary each time you play,” he stated. “The common participant simply goes to the on line casino, pulls out their chips, places them on the desk, and simply performs. However for me, there are such a lot of additional steps.”
That features taking notes whereas enjoying to doc a giant hand correctly for the video. He additionally movies his play in addition to intros, outros, and B-roll footage. Afterward, Seibt sends the footage to a full-time salaried editor. He then opinions the ultimate product and provides in voice-over and sound results together with another ending touches.
The eye to element and enjoying in decrease stakes video games has confirmed profitable.
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Seibt credit using YouTube shorts as one other key to his recognition. Shorts are fast and to-the-point, checking in at lower than a minute, with on-screen graphics simply permitting viewers to comply with the motion.
“YouTube has been rewarding individuals for posting shorts as a result of everybody’s consideration span has sadly gone down due to the quantity of issues you possibly can devour,” he says. “So, one-minute movies have turn out to be the following wave and I used to be a pioneer in that side.”
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Now with a billion views and 1,500,000 subscribers, Wolfgang Poker leads of the pack amongst poker vloggers, however there are some that getting near the seven-figure mark.
Daniel Negreanu now has 865,000 subscribers and 151 million views because of his summer time WSOP vlogs, on-line streaming, and the launch of his new podcast. In the meantime WPT ambassador Brad Owen has barely much less subscribers with 757,000, however has extra views with 200 million.
Different lively notables with huge followings embrace Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau, Mariano Grandoli, Ryan DePaulo, Lexy Gavin-Mather, Jaman Burton, Ben Deach, Lex Ozias, Marle Cordeiro, Greg Liow, Tim Watts, and Jeff Boski.
