His lawsuit demanded $1.2 million-the original investment plus 20 percent. His lawsuit stated that he invested $1 million in the film in exchange for at least eight minutes of screen time and 80 words of dialogue, but his role was later reduced to less than one minute and just one line. In 2014, Bilzerian sued the producers of the film Lone Survivor. The company reportedly lost over $50 million in 2019, mostly on marketing and office rental expenses. Ignite is a public company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, that began trading in January 2019 under the BILZF ticker. In November 2013, Bilzerian posted an unconfirmed claim that he won $10.8 million from a single night of playing poker, and in 2014 he claimed to have won $50 million throughout the year, adding that he 'doesn't play against professionals anymore and the most he's ever lost in a single session is $3.6 million.' Bilzerian has discussed his Poker career on Joe Rogan's podcast on YouTube.īilzerian runs the company Ignite International Brands Ltd., which sells electronic cigarettes, CBD oils, water bottles and vodka, among other products. That same year, Bilzerian defended Alex Rodriguez publicly against accusations that he had gambled illegally, claiming that he was present when the alleged gambling event had taken place and Rodriguez was not present. In November 2011, Bilzerian was one of those sued by the estate of Bradley Ruderman over winnings from poker games, which were alleged to have been paid with funds from an illegal Ponzi scheme.

In 2010, he was voted one of the funniest poker players on Twitter by Bluff magazine.

Career Pokerīilzerian played in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing in 180th place. Bilzerian claims to have studied for four years at the University of Florida, majoring in Business and Criminology, but dropped out of college to pursue a professional poker career. His father was a corporate raider on Wall Street who provided both his sons with trust funds. He is of half Armenian descent through his father. He is the brother of fellow poker player Adam Bilzerian. Early lifeīilzerian was born on December 7, 1980, in Tampa, Florida, the son of corporate takeover specialist Paul Bilzerian and Terri Steffen. Daniel Brandon Bilzerian (born December 7, 1980) is an Armenian-American poker player, businessman, and social media influencer.

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