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Ethan “Rampage” Yau has had enough of Allen Kessler’s act.
The popular vlogger, who is looking to prove his recent heater isn’t a fluke, referred to the “Chainsaw” as a “cancer to this industry,” in a tweet. He also used some insulting language that need not be repeated.
Rampage vs. The Chainsaw in Heads-Up Poker?
Rampage, who recently reflected on his meteoric rise from low-stakes to high-stakes, first tweeted out that he’s been reading some YouTube comments from viewers claiming they’d crush him at the poker table. In response, he wrote, “after beating the end boss, Adrian Mateos, and winning my 2nd WSOP bracelet, I like my chances.”
The vlogger is referencing his WSOP Online – Hybrid #16: $5K Championship win in June for $228,825 when he beat Mateos, perhaps the best No-Limit Hold’em tournament player in the world, heads-up for the bracelet. Not only that, Rampage is on a massive seven-figure upswing in livestream cash games. As such, he’s looking to prove the heater will continue.
Kessler then chimed in with a “you’re drawing dead” against “a ton of notable players,” in response. That sparked Yau to politely offer up a $100/$200 or higher heads-up match over 100,000 hands. But Kessler, who specializes in mixed games, responded that he isn’t interested in playing NLH, but did offer to “line up several players” who would accept the challenge. And then the politeness turned into insults, like most back and forths evolve on X these days.
Rampage called Kessler a “whiny ass fart degrading others constantly online,” and said the longtime gambler has “no backbone when push comes to shove.”
“You’re a cancer to this industry and a miserable (expletive),” Rampage told Kessler.
Kessler then said he’d be willing to play his new rival, but only if the challenge involved mixed games. Thus, it’s unlikely we’ll ever see these two battle heads-up as they specialize in different poker variants. Rampage also made it clear he wouldn’t face any of the players Kessler offered to face him heads-up, and said he was just doing it for promotion.
Both players, despite their differences, performed well this summer during the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Rampage won his second bracelet and had some big cash game wins, while Kessler finished in the top four twice in bracelet events.
