Pokers Greatest Tournament Run By Emplemon 

I’ve always been drawn to YouTube videos that tell a compelling narrative. I like finding interesting stories about random niche topics that the algorithm thinks I’ll like today. One of my favorite storytellers on YouTube has always been Emplemon, and his newest video did not disappoint in the slightest bit.

But before I talk about why this video was effective, I want to discuss why Emplemon as a creator is useful to study for anyone interested in the YouTube creation process. Emplemon is a classic YouTube documentarian; instead of being drawn to short attention span editing trends, he keeps his videos densely packed with information, keeping space for jokes and cutaways to give the viewer a break from information and give their brains a second to process the info. Furthermore, his editing style follows a good balance of visual information. Emlemon makes sure to give viewers enough time to process the info he is presenting without getting bored with the visuals on screen. One more intriguing technique that  Emplemon employs is building his own motifs through his videos. He often uses the same set of auditory cues through his allotment of music and has other visual motifs, such as coloring characters green in many video clips that help not only to make repeated viewers of his videos more emotionally connected, but also primes their brains to learn similar information and make connections to his other videos.

But onto his most recent video: “Poker’s greatest tournament run.”” This video tells the story of the ironically named Chris Moneymaker and his journey as an unknown player going on the greatest Cinderella run in poker history. I think that the story of this video is simply engaging; people are naturally drawn to the underdog in sports, but usually, those narratives only go so far. But in Chris’s case, he actually did it; he conquered poker’s most elite adversaries and won millions in the most 2003’s most prestigious poker tournament. It is a classic feel-good story, and Emplemon presents it in a way that makes it unclear if Chris won until the very end. Every Gamble and bluff he makes is, therefore, intense and engaging.

Finally, people should watch this video because you will learn a lot about poker strategy. I am kind of the worst of my friends at poker and don’t know the ins and outs well, but I learned from this video that Emplemon intertwines teaching poker strategy with examples of poker players using said strategy. Due to teaching techniques in this way, I have had an easier time trying out some of the strategies Emplemon discusses in my games with friends. 

Video documentaries arent for everyone, especially one on a niche topic like professional poker. However, if you’re looking for something to watch to learn about video editing, poker, or just an effortlessly interesting narrative, I could not recommend this video enough.