After buying the World Collection of Poker final 12 months, Poker guardian firm NSUS Group continued increasing its footprint within the stay poker area on Wednesday. The corporate introduced an funding in Excessive Stakes Poker Productions, the corporate behind the Hustler On line casino Stay poker present.
NSUS acquired the fairness held by former co-owner Nick Vertucci, who was faraway from each day operations in October after sexual harassment allegations. Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Excessive Stakes Poker Productions, will proceed overseeing manufacturing of the present.
“This partnership with NSUS marks an thrilling new chapter for Excessive Stakes Poker Productions,” Feldman mentioned. “With the help of a robust, forward-thinking companion, we’re positioned to develop Hustler On line casino Stay even additional and proceed to supply followers the very best live-stream poker content material on the planet. I’m proud to steer this firm into the longer term. The sky is the restrict.”
Centered On Progress
Hustler On line casino Stay commonly options large money video games and has develop into one of the crucial standard streams with 375,000 subscribers on YouTube. In asserting the deal, NSUS mentioned the corporate plans to “refocus on progress and innovation inside the live-stream poker area.”
Might that embody synergy with the web poker product and WSOP? That is still to be seen, however the progress plans apparently embody seeing GGPoker ambassador and seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu.
“You not often see me enjoying high-stakes poker on streams anymore, however that is going to get me out of retirement and returning to the felt, enjoying on essentially the most epic money recreation stream poker has ever seen,” Negreanu mentioned. “I’m able to battle!”
The value of the funding wasn’t disclosed, however Feldman was happy to see the deal come collectively.
The sport commonly options large pots blended with some wild play. That just lately included poker execs and YouTube vloggers Mariano Grandoli and Ethan “Rampage” Yau battling. Grandoli began the hand enjoying blind and ultimately scooped a pot of greater than $190,000.
The stream has additionally hosted quite a few high athletes corresponding to Jimmy Butler, Ryan Garcia, and Neymar, in addition to on-line players and influencers like Mr. Beast, Ninja, and Alexandra Botez. There have additionally been a number of pots which have exceeded seven-figures, together with a report $3.1 million pot scooped by Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan in Could of 2023.
