Although Cates admitted to deceiving his opponents, he denied one accusation. Social media icon Dan Bilzerian claimed on Twitter that he and Perkins both played in the same games against Taleb, who was being ghosted by Cates.

In March , they briefly feuded on Twitter. How Bilzerian obtained his wealth has long been a hot topic of discussion.

He claims much of it came from crushing private games against celebrities and wealthy business people. Cates will eventually face Phil Galfond in a future Galfond Challenge.

No date has been set, but the two online poker legends recently played a mini Galfond Challenge , with Galfond winning.

Long-term, I want all of my business dealings and platform to be solely focused on charitable projects such as this one. Cates : Absolutely.

Poker is my passion and something I have dedicated half of my life to. I will likely always be involved in poker in some capacity for the rest of my life.

Cates : As discussed, right now I am really challenging myself creatively and with more meaningful projects. Both offer different levels of fulfilment and satisfaction, while being rooted in the act of creating.

Speaking more generally, integrity is something that I hold dearly. I have written about this in depth on my Medium , but the gist of it is that since i was a child, I have always taken pride in matching my words with my actions.

Growing up, this led me to be judgemental and now is something that I am more conscious about. I no longer hold people to as high of standards as that was becoming unproductive and doing more harm than good.

So how did Jungleman become Jungleman? He thought it was funny, and, well, the rest is history. He looks much quicker and more wiry.

Worth a look. Cates is, understandably, irked, as Doug Polk recaps the action. There is consensus that Jungleman Daniel Cates is an adept, talented, and successful player.

In this city, the future player spent his childhood as well. At school, Dan wasn't an excellent student and didn't spend much time on reading books, but when studied hard, he could easily get great marks.

At the same time, Daniel got involved into gambling, particularly into poker. They tried to prevent him from playing poker in every possible way and restrict access to everything that on their opinion was harmful to the boy.

But Daniel had a completely different view of life. Luckily for Daniel, the money was kept on the account. Cates has become more recognizable in poker circles in , when he had a duel against Isildur1.

That time Dan lost more than half a million dollars to his opponent. But after some time, the guy was able to win more than a million, having accepted The Durrrr Challenge , which has not been completed so far.

That day young Cates lost the final battle to another poker professional Daniel Colman. Views Read Edit View history.

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