Dan Bilzerian Aims for White House in 2016

Sometime poker player and all the time party animal Dan Bilzerian is expected to officially announce his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in less than two weeks.

The "Dan Bilzerian 2016 Presidential Campaign Launch Party" is set for June 24 at the Marquee nightclub in New York City. Tickets to the event (party) are available at tablelist.com.

The publicity stunt is the latest maneuver in Bilzerian's seemingly ever-growing need for fame and recognition. That fame has reached almost 10 million followers on Instagram.

Rumors abound that the King of Instagram has hired a speech writer who is hard at work at crafting an introduction that will set Bilzerian even further apart from other presidential hopefuls such as Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Let's hope that speech writer is better than the one responsible for Bilzerian's recent public service announcement that he was forced to make as part of a plea deal on explosives charges. Bilzerian got no votes for persuasiveness or originality on that one.

But Bilzerian does have a knack at persuasion, despite the bland PSA. His well-documented social media exploits that include a bevy of girls and an equal number of guns have persuaded millions to follow his every move on social media. And that persuasion has prompted at least one male follower to abandon his fiancee in order to live like Bilzerian, according to this tweet from a young lady seeking to join Bilzerian's entourage as revenge on the boyfriend who dumped her.

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/XU3NqdBc9W

— Dan Bilzerian (DanBilzerian) June 10, 2015

Many are wondering what party Bilzerian will attach himself to in this presidential run. Word is out that a new party will be formed to challenge the GOP and Democrats. Still under debate is whether to call it the Instagram Party or the Playboy Party. The latter choice may not result in an abundance of votes from women, although the name did wonders for Hugh Hefner.

Some positives of Bilzerian making it to the White House include the likelihood of online poker regulation at the federal level. Another plus would be tremendous savings by getting rid of the Secret Service. I'm betting that Bilzerian has enough guns and ammunition to protect himself.