Ethan “Rampage” Yau is a longtime poker vlogger, and now he’s a golf vlogger.
The high-stakes grinder recently launched a new YouTube channel where he gambles on the golf course. His first competition was against fellow Hustler Casino Live regular Nik Airball, who appears to be as skilled at golf as he is poker.
Rampage and Airball battled in an 18-hole skins game, starting with $500 a skin before raising the stakes later in the match.
Rampage Vs. Airball
A skins game differs from a traditional golf match in that overall score across 18 holes doesn’t matter. The goal is to win as many skins as possible, and you do that by winning a hole. If there is a tie on a hole, that skin carries over to the next hole.
Rampage appeared to be at a significant disadvantage given he is a 13 handicap going up against a “former scratch golfer.” But he wanted to play it straight up against Airball, who said he hadn’t golfed in six months, which included using the same blue tees as his opponent.
Early in the match, the skill disparity was evident. Airball jumped out to a 6-1 lead through seven holes for a $2,500 profit. Airball’s strategy wasn’t to worry about making pars and birdies. He played conservatively, which put himself in position to win holes if Rampage had just one bad shot.
Rampage won two of the next three holes to slightly close the gap. The high-stakes poker players decided to raise the stakes to $1,000 per skin on the 11th hole, and it was good timing for Rampage as he began to outplay Airball.
“What was going to be a guaranteed win is now looking a little dicey,” Nik Airball admitted on the 14th hole.
Airball, after the golfers tied the 14th hole, missed a long putt to tie the 15th hole, which meant Rampage collected two skins to move into the lead by $1,000. They agreed to again raise the stakes entering the final three holes, this time to $2,000 per skin.
Airball stepped his game up and took the next two holes. Rampage raised the stakes again to $3,000 on the final hole so he would have a chance to get even. But he lost the 18th hole to finish the game down $6,000.
The high rollers closed out the video with a $6,000 coinflip, a shot for the poker vlogger to either get even or end down $12,000. Airball won the coinflip, leaving Rampage in a five-figure hole for the day.
Rampage isn’t the first high-profile player to vlog a high-stakes golf competition. Daniel Negreanu took on a few golf challenges on his YouTube channel before earlier this year.
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