A true player, this Floridian professional gambler and venture capitalist suffered three heart attacks by the age of 30. Thrown out of the US navy for swearing at an officer, Dan Bilzerian is a badboy who now wants to rebrand himself as “the gentleman of poker”. He has a colossal 4 million followers on Instagram and regularly uses the site to post images of himself with female fans and of his extensive gun collection. In one, he commented: “My greatest fear is that someone will break in and I won’t be able to decide what #gun to shoot them with”. Bilzerian’s cars feature the number plates “SUCK IT” and “MR GOAT”.
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The heart is a lonely hunter, not in the case of this asshole. He is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dan’s heart is totally fucked up, one more cardiac arrest and he won’t be back…. No total recall.
He rocks.
No. He doesn’t.