Ethan "Rampage" Yau Launches Golf Gambling YouTube Channel with High-Stakes Skins Match

Ethan "Rampage" Yau has launched a new YouTube channel focused on high-stakes gambling on the golf course. The longtime poker vlogger's first video features an 18-hole skins game against fellow Hustler Casino Live regular Nik Airball.

A skins game awards points per hole won rather than by total score. Ties carry over to the next hole. Yau played at a 13 handicap against Airball, a former scratch golfer who had not played in six months and used the same tees.

Match Stakes and Result

The game opened at $500 per skin. Airball built a 6-1 lead through the first seven holes for a $2,500 profit by playing conservatively. Yau won two of the next three holes. The players raised stakes to $1,000 per skin on the 11th hole.

Nik Airball said on the 14th hole, "What was going to be a guaranteed win is now looking a little dicey." After a tie on the 14th, Airball missed a long putt on the 15th. Yau took the lead by $1,000. Stakes rose to $2,000 per skin for the final three holes.

Airball won the next two. Yau raised the final hole to $3,000 per skin but lost it, ending the match down $6,000. The pair settled with a $6,000 coinflip, which Airball won. Yau finished the day in a five-figure hole.

Precedent Among Poker Personalities

Yau is not the first high-profile poker player to vlog high-stakes golf competitions. Daniel Negreanu took on several golf challenges on his YouTube channel earlier this year, according to PokerNews.