The WSOP Is Paying Poker Vloggers Up To $40,000. The Man Behind The Program "D22-soso" Tells All 🤑

About this episode

Wayne Chiang shares his journey from being a StarCraft World Champion to shaping poker content at the WSOP.

Before Wayne Chiang was helping shape the future of poker content at the WSOP… he was one of the best StarCraft players in the world. Not “pretty good.” World Champion. Back when esports barely existed… before Twitch… before streaming… before anyone thought playing video games could become a career… Wayne was already there. Grinding real-time strategy games. Writing battle reports by hand because replays didn’t exist yet. Competing against future poker legends, esports pioneers, and internet entrepreneurs before any of them were famous. Then poker happened. And suddenly the same competitive obsession that made him elite at StarCraft… translated perfectly into online poker during the boom. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Wayne “D22-soso” joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for one of the most fascinating crossover stories we’ve had yet: ♠️ Becoming a StarCraft World Champion in the earliest days of esports ♥️ The original “content creator” grind before streaming existed ♦️ The overlap between elite gamers and poker crushers ♣️ Going broke in poker and rebuilding from scratch ♠️ The insane early online poker ecosystem ♥️ Playing the biggest games online before bankroll…

People in this episode

Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young

Guest: Wayne Chiang

Topics covered

• esports history
• poker content creation
• online poker ecosystem
• competitive gaming
• bankroll management
• AI in poker

Keywords

• Wayne Chiang
• StarCraft
• WSOP
• poker vloggers
• esports
• online poker
• content creation
• bankroll management
• AI in poker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WSOP, Live at the Bike

Books & works: StarCraft

More episodes of Table 1 Podcast

• Linda MotherF*cking Johnson in the House. Buying Cardplayer for the Cruises, WSOP Glory, Co-Founding the TDA, Owning a Piece of Party Poker...and SO MUCH MORE. · June 6, 2026 · 1h 28m
• He Lost $10,000 Trying To Eat McDonald's. Mike Noori Shares His Poker Journey. · May 29, 2026 · 1h 24m
• Poker Was Chaos Until He Changed The Game. · May 17, 2026 · 1h 19m
• He Spends 350 Days Per Year Inside of a Casino (And Wins). Allen Kessler Shares His Journey. · May 10, 2026 · 1h 25m
• He Lost Millions…Then Fought His Way Back! Mike Matusow's Poker Journey Is A Wild One · May 2, 2026 · 1h 46m
• He Lost Everything Gambling…But Poker Bailed Him Out. · April 25, 2026 · 1h 13m