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Ryan Depaulo
Ryan Depaulo is an American professional poker player, CoinPoker ambassador, and YouTube content creator based in New York , who built a cult following in the poker community by documenting his unfiltered life as a tournament grinder. Self-described as a “proud degenerate gambler,” Depaulo etched his name into poker history during the 2020 pandemic by winning a WSOP bracelet from the front seat of his car in a Whole Foods parking lot in New Jersey - one of the most viral moments in modern poker. In 2026, he remains one of the most entertaining and prominent forces in the poker content creation space, balancing high-volume tournament play with his role as head of the CoinPoker Creator Squad.
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
With total recorded earnings of $966,062 across 153 cashes including online results (according to The Hendon Mob and CardPlayer), Depaulo holds one WSOP gold bracelet, four WSOP final tables, and five recorded wins. His live earnings total $544,380 across dozens of cashes. His career-best live score came at the 2019 WSOP, where he finished 3rd in the $400 No-Limit Hold’em Colossus Event #61 for $208,643.
Major Tournament Results
| Year | Event | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | WSOP Online $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold’em (1st – Bracelet) | $159,563 |
| 2019 | WSOP $400 No-Limit Hold’em – Colossus Event #61 (3rd) | $208,643 |
| 2025 | Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 Championship Event #27 (9th) | $41,315 |
Biography & The Parking Lot Legend
Ryan Depaulo first entered the public poker consciousness through his YouTube channel, which features comical, chaotic, and relentlessly honest tournament vlogging. He quickly distinguished himself from traditional poker training vloggers by highlighting the harsh financial swings, late-night fast-food runs, and emotional rollercoasters of an aspiring grinder. He began posting videos in 2018 and built his channel to over 117,000 subscribers.
His defining career milestone took place in July 2020 during the WSOP Online Bracelet Series. Lacking legal access to the online poker software from his home state of New York , Depaulo drove across state lines to New Jersey . He parked his car in a Whole Foods parking lot and played the entirety of Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 on his phone from his driver’s seat. After 12.5 hours of play against a field of 2,427 entries, he captured the $159,563 top prize and his first gold WSOP bracelet, creating one of the most viral moments in modern poker history.
Previously a sponsored player for ACR Poker and later Stake.US , Depaulo joined CoinPoker in January 2025 as a brand ambassador. He heads the CoinPoker Creator Squad alongside Frankie C and Corey Eyring , producing YouTube vlogs, podcasts, and live social content. He also hosts the Degen Debrief Report on YouTube. He is married with a young child, and brought his family to Las Vegas for the 2026 WSOP rather than spend the summer apart.
Play Style & Strategy
Depaulo plays a loose-aggressive, exploitative style of No-Limit Hold’em built on unpredictability and a vocal table image. While he leans into the “degenerate” persona for content, his deep runs in high-variance, massive-field tournaments - most notably his 3rd-place Colossus finish in a 13,000-plus entry field - reflect a genuine understanding of tournament dynamics and short-stack survival. His ability to consistently navigate multi-day fields at a high volume is the less-discussed side of a career more often talked about through its storytelling than its results.
CoinPoker Ambassador
Depaulo is an official ambassador for CoinPoker , the cryptocurrency-based online poker platform, joining in January 2025 as the platform’s first American ambassador. He heads the CoinPoker Creator Squad, a content-focused arm of the ambassador program alongside Frankie C and Corey Eyring .
Social Media & Online Presence
Video Highlights
Derick Elomina is SoMuchPoker's Lead Content Writer and Interview Specialist, reporting live from WSOP bracelet events and Asia Pacific poker festivals such as TMT, APT, RDPT and APL Jeju, alongside player features and interviews for the site's Stories section. He discovered poker at 14 playing home games with friends, and by 21 he had entered the industry as a field reporter, starting as a hand reporter before building his current role on the tournament floor.
