Limon's boss caught him playing online poker at work.
He told him to choose: the job or the cards.
Then Limon showed him how much he'd been winning.
The boss changed his mind. Now Limon could play in his office—as long as he taught him how.
Unfortunately, the boss turned out to be a world-class tilt monkey. The keyboards didn't stand a chance.
Abe “Limon” joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for the story of a kid from Oregon who hustled baseball cards at Monopoly, discovered card counting through Mensa, and eventually decided he wanted a cut of the poker business—not just the pots.
He was making the calls. Filling the seats. Buying the drinks. Getting PLO games off the ground.
The casino was collecting the rake.
So he asked for half. They offered 40%. He says he would've happily taken 20%.
That deal leads us into the business behind the games: hosting, casino politics, ownership at Live at the Bike, and why getting pushed out didn't mean the checks stopped coming.
And after all of it, Limon says he made millions, kept the money, and walked away when the job stopped being fun.
His explanation: “I'm too rich for this.”
In this episode:
♠️ Becoming the house: Limon explains the table-stakes catch with an example of a $50,000 royal flush and a banker with only $10,000 in front of him.
♥️ The 40% rake deal—and what happened when the casino owner noticed how much the PLO host was getting paid.
♦️ Limon's side of the Live at the Bike split: Ryan Feldman, Doug Polk, a change in the business model, and getting paid for another year before the buyout.
♣️ The Main Event bet that lets you pick 100 top players—and why Limon says he's never lost it.
We also get into:
- Talking his way into university without submitting an application first.
- A 100% rakeback account at Ultimate Bet, being cheated, and the refund he says never came.
- Why he blames bigger stakes and nonstop bomb pots for driving his regulars away.
- His WPT call-in show, where the people he talks about can call to argue back.
- Why he misses the old gambling scene—and thinks modern poker feels like a cubicle job.
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Show Notes
00:27 — Meet Limon + “Country Club Ready”
02:50 — Where the Name Limon Came From
06:12 — Oregon Roots + Hustling Baseball Cards
11:27 — Talking His Way Into University
15:29 — Mensa, Card Counting + Getting Paid to Solve Puzzles
17:05 — Being Cheap Without Being Miserable
20:47 — Bookmaking, Credit + Keeping Customers in Action
26:46 — Getting Paid When Gamblers Owe You Money
30:01 — Card Counting Bans + A Career in Finance
33:50 — Becoming the House + The Royal Flush Catch
41:46 — Playing Poker at Work + Teaching the Boss
46:02 — Ultimate Bet, 100% Rakeback + The Missing Refund
49:08 — Getting Crushed in PLO + Wanting a Cut of the Rake
53:12 — Negotiating the 40% Rake Deal
59:27 — Live at the Bike + Hosts Losing in Their Own Games
1:05:34 — Early Poker Streams + The Money Behind the Table
1:10:58 — Bart, Ownership + Building Live at the Bike
1:13:24 — Ryan Feldman, Doug Polk + The Buyout
1:19:51 — Moving to Commerce + Protecting the Game
1:26:09 — Bigger Stakes, Bomb Pots + Losing the Regulars
1:32:08 — “I'm Too Rich for This” + Walking Away
1:33:09 — The WPT Call-In Show
1:34:51 — The 100-Player Main Event Bet
1:39:52 — Golf Hustles + What Happened to Gambling?
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