Ethan "Rampage" Yau, a poker vlogger, has launched a YouTube channel about gambling on the golf course. In the first video he faced Nik Airball, another Hustler Casino Live regular, in an 18-hole skins match. According to PokerNews, Yau finished the day $12,000 down after a closing coinflip.

Stakes began at $500 a skin. Total score does not matter in a skins game: each hole won earns a skin, and a tied hole sends its skin to the next one. Yau is a 13 handicap. Airball is described as a former scratch golfer, though he said he had not played in six months. Both teed off from the blue tees.

Airball led 6-1 after seven holes, up $2,500. The pair raised the stakes to $1,000 a skin on the 11th hole, and Yau began to close the gap. After a tie on the 14th, Airball missed a long putt on the 15th, and Yau collected two skins to lead by $1,000.

The stakes rose to $2,000 a skin for the last three holes, and Airball took the next two. Yau asked for $3,000 on the 18th for a chance to get even, but lost the hole and trailed by $6,000. The video ended with a $6,000 coinflip that would either level the day or leave Yau $12,000 down. Airball won it.

Yau is not the first well-known player to film a high-stakes golf match. Daniel Negreanu took on several golf challenges on his YouTube channel earlier this year.

Source: PokerNews

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