Popular YouTube poker vlogger Alexander Seibt 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 through 759 movies. Wolfgang has gained traction over the previous couple of years by not solely using the shorts function for fast hand breakdowns, but in addition by mixing in some journey, his love of school sports activities, and sometimes leaping in viewers’ house video games.
In a wide-ranging interview with Card Player final 12 months, Seibt detailed the complete course of that goes into making a video for his YouTube channel.
“It’s almost as if you’re making a documentary every time you play,” he mentioned. “The regular player just goes to the casino, pulls out their chips, puts them on the table, and just plays. But for me, there are so many extra steps.”
That consists of taking notes whereas enjoying to doc an enormous 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 evaluations the ultimate product and provides in voice-over and sound results together with another ending touches.
The consideration to element and enjoying in decrease stakes video games has confirmed profitable.
Inside The Numbers
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 observe the motion.
(*1*) he says. “So, one-minute videos have become the next wave and I was a pioneer in that aspect.”
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— Wolfgang Poker (@wolfgangpoker) November 9, 2024
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 due to his summer time WSOP vlogs, on-line streaming, and the launch of his new podcast. Meanwhile WPT ambassador Brad Owen has barely much less subscribers with 757,000, however has extra views with 200 million.
Other 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.
