Jaime Staples

Staples has brought low to mid-stakes poker to a huge audience with his streaming on Twitch TV with a combination of great analysis and fun-to-watch commentary.

The 25-year old Canadian pro (twenty six tomorrow as I write this, Jaime being born in Alberta on May 27th 1991) has brought low to mid-stakes poker to a huge audience with his streaming on Twitch TV with a combination of great analysis and fun-to-watch commentary.

His live resume is very unusual for someone with so many fans, less than $50,000 to his name over the last 4 years but online he is close to being a millionaire in earnings, finding a niche market among those who like to see players who they have a decent chance of emulating.

The Albertan had dreams of becoming a professional golfer in his youth, following a stint at the University of Lethbridge, but as with so many, when poker entered his life it took over – some big wins in the PokerStars Big $109 helping him to make the decision that a poker life was the correct route to take.

 He was signed up by PokerStars as a ‘Friend’ in 2015, his Twitch streaming quickly coming to the attention of the world’s leading poker site and the streaming on Twitch TV also gave rise to his vlogging on YouTube.

From August 2016 his personal life became the subject of almost as much discussion as his poker, Jaime chronicling his efforts to give up cigarettes and more recently entering a prop bet with Bill Perkins, which sees him currently trying to lose weight – just as his younger brother and fellow poker streamer Matty tries to gain weight.

Jaime and his brother Matty were joined by fellow pro and recent Big Brother Canada winner Kevin Martin in a special ‘grindhouse’ in Montreal, from where Jaime streamed a 30-day Christmas Challenge, playing every day for his fans.

A few months later, in early 2017, Jaime and brother Matty took the plunge and moved to the Austrian capital of Vienna, the PokerStars Team Online pro telling Jack Stanton on the site’s blog: "I'm loving it. It's so amazing - very different from Canada, but at the same time that's what I'm looking for when I'm travelling. I'm really falling in love with the lifestyle that people lead there. It's a lot of fun."

A third brother, Chris, joined them in Vienna, but with visas being whatv they are the next is set to be Croatia for the poker family tour as Jaime aims to “grow our global audience”.

Aside from grinding the poker tables, streaming and vlogging his way as he goes, Jaime still enjoying playing and watching golf whenever he has the chance as well as enjoying movies, television, art and theater.

It’s a ‘boy-done-good’ story, with Jaime being one of those cheerful and sensitive people who does his best to share a fantastic lifestyle with all those who support him along the way.

Whether he makes it to the heights of global poker superstar or not is a question for the future, but as he explained to Brad Willis back in 2015 before his career really took off: "I try to make a conscious effort to not idolize anyone in the poker world, because I want to be that guy who plays the biggest stakes. I try to not put people on a pedestal anymore."

Read More
6 years ago7,852BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

Jaime Staples VLOG: Building Our Battle Stations!!!

The Staples crew have arrived to their new home (for the next couple of months) in sunny Cardiff, Wales! The guys settle into thei...

6 years ago7,703Bellagio1,

Published 6 years ago

Jaime Staples VLOG: Mikes Gone & Time To Move

Jaime Staples is leaving Split, Croatia and personal trainer Mike Vacanti is leaving them! The guys pack up the house, sort travel...

6 years ago7,682BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

Jaime Staples VLOG: Leaving NYC

Due to hurricane Irma the boys have no choice but to leave NYC and head home to Canada! Stream Boat 2 has officially been cancelle...

6 years ago7,679BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

PokerStaples - $10,000,000 Sunday Million!

It's one of the biggest Sunday's EVER in online poker history as the Pokerstars Flagship Sunday Million tournament is boosted to a...

7 years ago7,670BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

Jaime Staples - Everything I've Been Dreaming Off

Jaime Staples is back to what he loves doing, streaming! Everything's finally coming together in his new "Stream House"!

6 years ago7,595BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

Revealed: Staples Weight Loss Bet Conspiracy Theory

Manz has revealed something sinister going on with the Staples and Perkins $150,000 weight loss prop bet! Shots? Eating Out? $3k M...

6 years ago7,563BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

Jaime Staples VLOG: Matt Plays For $10k!!!

Little brother Matt headlines today's self shot VLOG as he final tables the $11 $50k GTD Bounty builder on PokerStars! With $10,00...

5 years ago7,560ChicagoJoey,

Published 5 years ago

PokerLife Podcast - With Mike Vacanti

Nutrition and personal training expert Mike Vacanti joins Chicago Joey Ingram for this episode of the PokerLife podcast. Mike was ...

6 years ago7,515BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

PokerStaples - Epic Run Good Stream!

Pokerstars Team Online Pro Jaime Staples recently had an EPIC run live on his Twitch stream, with tons of cashes, deep runs, lots ...

6 years ago7,494BDJB,

Published 6 years ago

Jaime Staples VLOG: THREE WINS IN A ROW?!?!?

Professional poker player, Team PokerStars pro, Twitch Poker giant and YouTube Vlogger Jaime Staples is back with yet another dail...

Live Poker Events, 7 years ago

StreamHouse Dominate PSC Invitational

Jaime Staples took down fellow StreamHouse pro Kevin Martin to scoop the $6000 top prize, with Jeff Gross finishing in 3rd spot in the PSC Invitational.

Bill Perkins Bets Staples $150k On Weight Loss Prop Bet

Bill Perkins is known for his love of crazy prop bets and the recent one he made with brothers Jaime and Matt Staples might be one of his best wagers yet.

The YouTube Rich List Top 5

There just has to be an undercurrent of competition between the scores of vloggers and streamers who vie for our attention these days.

Online Poker , 6 years ago

PokerStars' Players to Determine SCOOP Event #57 with Facebook Vote

The 2017 SCOOP is already underway and PokerStars is once again allowing players to have a say regarding what game type should be offered in an upcoming event.

The Twitch Rich List Top 5

It’s the modern phenomenon which has brought poker right up into the 21st Century and today we’re going to make an attempt to fill the top five seats with the biggest TwitchTV poker earners.

Staples Brothers Weight Loss Prop Bet Update

One gorging on pork chops, french fries and potatoes, the other leaning more heavily toward salads and ice cubes.

Twitch Problems: Chat With Matt Staples & Jaime Staples

The Staples brothers sit down for a chat that focuses mainly on the various problems that they typically encounter regarding Twitch content and streaming.

5 Twitch Streams You Must Watch

There are plenty of broadcasts you can tune into, but some of them are clearly ahead of the curve.

PokerStars Mess Up Means Jaime Staples Can’t Play Poker In Romania

It’s a screw-up of pretty epic proportions and has left popular poker streamer Jaime Staples and his family crew almost lost for words.

Mike Vacanti & His Worries For Matt Staples' Rapid Weight Gain

We can clearly see that both Matt and Jaime are perfectly capable of making very fast progress and in the case of Matt Staples - perhaps a bit too fast.