# He Got BANNED from Bellagio…So He Built A Better Poker Game at The Venetian?! Brian Okin Tells ALL

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Published: 2026-02-01T02:32:52+00:00
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## Resource

Phenom Poker — now running daily MTTs First-time depositors can get up to a 200% bonus on $2,000 when you use our link: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Mafia Poker Rooms, Molly’s Game Checks, and Building a Vegas Stream Game | Table 1 Podcast Some poker stories start with a “buddy taught me Hold’em in college.” Brian Okin’s starts with a craps addiction in Vienna, a nickname that luckily didn't stick (Dice), and an underground Manhattan room where you had to buzz in like Rounders… and somehow turns into: running a dot-com era e-commerce business, losing $100k+ in a three-day session (plus the cursed cashmere hoodie), playing Molly’s Game (and cashing what might’ve been her last check), and eventually building a high-stakes streamed cash game at the Venetian. In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Brian Okin for one of those conversations that zig-zags between poker, business, and the kind of New York stories you’re not supposed to say out loud. What we talk about: The most confusing legal name in poker: A. Peter Brian Okin Growing up Long Island → Manhattan for 18 years Board games, Uno scoring, and why Monopoly is “the true model of business” First real gambling: Vegas as a kid → self-deal poker → then… an “underground casino” run out of a synagogue 😭 Studying abroad in Vienna + London and falling into craps (aka: “six months of addiction”) The Rounders/Moneymaker-era lightbulb moment: first bluff ever in a 1/2 underground game The “destiny” hand: river gets redealt… and the same river comes again The bachelor party that turned into a Bellagio nightly cash + 5th-place finish Brian Okin’s infamous marathon sessions (and why coffee is basically a performance-enhancing drug) The $100k+ loss + the cashmere hoodie he had to throw away Playing Molly’s…

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