The Insanity of Mr. Balatro

[@RTGame]

They used to call me The Balatro King back in college, you know

[@Mikoto-Haiba]

It's the Messiah!

[@FirefoxEzo]

Mister Balatro himself has arrived.

[@duckzm.]

They also used to call you John Balatro, right?

[@AltName7]

This comment specifically not getting a heart yet is so funny.

[@droiidaster]

We can't escape you now you're litterally in everyone's Balatro videos

[@ernietime2229]

Can't wait for Shen to start chanting "convert the left card into the right card" like a sleeper agent

[@drooprtroopr6969]

Change the leftmost chosen playing card so that it may become the rightmost chosen playing card.

[@ernietime2229]

@@drooprtroopr6969transform your westward card to mimic you eastward card

[@Flaming_Saturn]

@@ernietime2229 transmogrify the currently existing card that you have chosen that is closest to your left eye into the currently existing card that you have chosen that is closest to your right eye

[@stonks3507]

Left card = Right Card

[@ernietime2229]

Double it and *don't* pass it to the next person

[@JoCat]

ovarall Dan's advice is pretty good aside from dismissing wheel of fortune, it's definitely gonna hit next time for sure he doesn't know what he's talking about, it's definitely gonna hit next time you use it, okay like maybe not this time but the next time wheel of fortune is gonna hit

[@AeroViro]

don't worry next time it definitely is going to hit, yeah next time it absolutely is going to hit, next time it definitely is going to hit, yeah next time it absolu

[@atrane365]

always hits. it's not a 75% chance to miss. it's a 25% chance to always hit

[@tu1122]

Aw dangit

[@SuperCopyCat12]

Localthunk *swears* it's a 25% chance and I **do not believe them**

[@misamagica]

It's definitely gonna hit next time, and if not that, then it's definitely gonna hit next time, and if not that, then it's definitely gonna hit next time, and if not that, then it's definitely gonna hit next time, and if not that, then it's definitely gonna h

[@SapphireXIV]

Holy shit its "Turn the left card into the right card" and ADHD

[@DrakeBoehm]

I died laughing at this

[@bbanksracing]

DAWG- 💀

[@marcusorta714]

So true

[@luk4aaaa]

JUST HOW I PLAY

[@AstolfoIsHot]

i found you.

[@Tanuki_Destiny2107]

John “RTGame” Balatro

[@Dracobyte]

HIS NAME IS JIMBO!

[@luk7269]

Actually it's daneshiro

[@jamesjdog]

Money, We need more Money 💰, The Hypetrain is not a Confidante !!

[@CR1MSONACE]

​@@Dracobyte John "RTGame" Jimbo

[@Some_Dingus_You_Knew]

I swear, if you just casually say "Convert left card into the right card" on like a crowded bus, like half of the passengers will turn and stare like activated sleeper agents. Its the newest version of Jangling Keys.

[@edarddragon]

that phrase is engrained into me lol

[@TheDracoStar]

I like how Shenpai was just able to call upon RTGame like he's a Yu-Gi-Oh Card basically. And in this case, RTGame is basically Exodia for this game at this point.

[@ceph_and_seethe]

-be Daniel "Drift King" RTgame -join voice chat -start giving Shen advice -predict blueprint -start gambling even further -run goes downhill from there -run becomes unsalvagable -"oh i seem to be going through a tunnel" -leave voice chat -shen loses the run -it's all your fault -come back -"oh, i don't believe it"

[@Volcano_Ballads]

Thank you drift king, very cool!

[@4whomittolz846]

Shen you gotta turn Hack into Danniel now

[@blakksheep736]

You see, it's not enough that Dan wins at gambling, everyone else must lose.

[@firidelihasanalt2153]

@@blakksheep736 he steals the luck of those around him for personal use

[@dandragon01]

Wait how did he ruin the run?

[@milaminute]

>shenpai and rtgame balatro >look inside >photochad

[@RusskiBlusski]

It's always Photochad. Until plant comes knocking.

[@average_trans_furry]

Roffle viewer spotted

[@milaminute]

@average_trans_furry i can't believe we're both roffle viewers and trans!

[@average_trans_furry]

@@milaminute :D

[@mothtransman]

@@milaminuteTHERES THREE OF US NOW. WE MULTIPLY.

[@vizodi]

that blueprint prediction and dan going through a tunnel (fleeing) when he loses you the game was actual insanity to witness live

[@boothil]

I often think its funny how Dan doesnt play any gacha games but hes way more unhinged than the average gacha gambler

[@WakkaMadeInYevon]

The problem is that they have pity systems, you are guaranteed to eventually """win.""" Dan wants to feel the rush, he wants to stare God in the eyes and say, "All In."

[@exploertm8738]

Dan would destroy all gachas and prove that there's no god up there other than him

[@harshlarose6670]

Pretty sure he does play Genshin, just not on stream.

[@Ivy-jq6di]

Didn't he say he pulled Hu Tao on her rerun like a year ago on stream lol

[@velconx15]

On his Firewatch stream, Chat got to see his desktop and saw Genshin Impact there. I think it's also in his Firewatch KZbin video.

[@talonzilla]

I feel like some context is required for 21:54 : RT told shen to take the rare tag for the blueprint in the next shop, so she does and in comes the blueprint, hense the shock and surprise of shen and rt's "Im just really good at gambling"

[@Aqituaq]

He’s never punished (memetic phrase from his first few balatro vids)

[@Rusty_Spy]

Shen finally upgrading to the pro strat of 'quit out of the game that mistake didn't happen actually'

[@SollowP]

If I had a nickel for every time Dan has just appeared in someone's Balatro game and taken over, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[@Sabwones]

Without wanting to throw too much shade on Dan, his 'advice' has boiled down to 'roll an absolutely busted seed and roll it into infinity'.

[@RBrito-fd4lc]

@@Sabwones In his defense, it does tend to work

[@allterran7093]

​​@@Sabwones People usually talk about SmallAnt when it comes to funny streamer luck, but I've yet to see SmallAnt consistently all-in gamble his way to the top like RT does. He could stumble into a busy highway and there's not a single doubt in my mind that he comes out the other side unscathed.

[@baul997]

RT Game luck is super high just remember that in persona 5 he won the lottery almost the whole time the times he lost the lottery you can literally count on one hand

[@Luvilli]

whos the other that summoned Dan?

[@grunika5120]

did not expect to see The Creation of Adam in a Shenpai thumbnail

[@goatcat2737]

The Creation of Gambling

[@gunknightben1829]

​@goatcat2737the conversion of the left card into the right card

[@TlalocTemporal]

@@gunknightben1829 -- The Creation of the Right Card

[@SunshowerWonderlab]

The Creation of Photochad

[@funnyname1529]

the rt stands for convert the left card into the right card

[@Lanthardol]

conveRT the left caRd inTo the RighT card

[@labthegamer2721]

39:45 that's laugh of a person who has lost all sanity

[@Rurike]

7:20 Dont worry shen, every balatro player has to do this at least once, theres a reason the mantra exists left card into right card, left card into right card, left card into right card

[@StickMaster500]

When she converts the left card into my right card till I gamble

[@coleredmon1908]

You are a man of focus, commitment, and sheer [KZbin] will. Fair play to you

[@shadowjoker285]

The Thumbnail 😂, honestly RT has become like a god of Balatro to rin and shen at this point and with their dynamic with all if them its hilarious 😂

[@cee_ves]

you know they used to call him the balatro king back in college

[@LordAnubisGaming]

I love it when your editor realizes your brain breaks completely and starts spamming Windows error messages 😂. Shout out to them, you Shen, and Dan for making this wild funny vid lol.

[@queenmajura5794]

7:41 YOU CAN’T SAY THAT! YOU’LL SUMMON, HIM!

[@hossdelgado626]

RT IS DRIFTING

[@General_C]

SHE CALLED HIM FOURTH.

[@crisstrider8857]

see RT stands for "High Card" duh

[@Vivus959]

14:42 Voxer's final words: "Hatsune Miku"

[@iaxacs3801]

Voxer be like: "I can't see the end of the horizon, HATSUNE MIKU!!!!!

[@tysonvienneau1830]

​@@iaxacs3801Is that you?! Have you come to put me out of my misery?!

[@AngrySunTheory]

Shen at 0:11 - "I'm going to make a lot of people mad." Me - Oh, don't worry about that! You're new, and there's no way I'm so immature that I'd freak out over the funny joker poker game. Me at 0:42 - NO SHEN! BUY CONSTELLATION! CONSTELLATION IS BEST GIRL! ...Turns out, I'm just as toxic as you think I am. :(

[@shinyminunthetheatregeek2036]

When she missed the straight flush at 16:11 😭

[@er00ic]

I'm more upset that she placed the banana after the x mult card

[@arkthecat9212]

The difference between your eyes and RT's in the thumbnail really sells the sanity difference. Couldn't think of a funny way to say this, it's just a really nice thumbnail :)

[@TheClericYT]

So RT just went: - Hijack the stream/video - *G A M B L I N G* - Ditch out as soon as *G A M B L I N G* doesn't work

[@justadude450]

40:20 The 2nd tunnel has hit the RTGame

[@micahgraham8547]

As someone who has played way too much balatro, I actually found the last video super refreshing. It's nice watching someone play this game like a normal person and not min-maxxing in a terrifying attempt to destroy God.

[@Farticuss]

I've seen a bunch of streamers/KZbinrs I watch finally checking the game out the past week. It's so fun to see them go "I don't even know what poker hands are, I don't know if I can do this" to "IF I TAKE THIS JOKER AND PUT IT BY THAT JOKER MY 5 OF A KIND FLUSHES ARE GONNA GO INSANE CHAT" in like a 2 hour span.

[@aereonexapprentice7205]

The best part about Shen's asynchronous stream and edited videos is that after watching the first Balatro in this channel, the Shenpai streams channel IMMEDIATELY got hit by two 4hours stream of Balatro that we are watching now. Can't wait for Shenpai to stream killing god in Balatro right after this video uploads.

[@NicolasDarknessWolf]

NOT THE CREATION OF MADNESS HAHAHAHA amazing thumbnail shen

[@McBehrer]

35:00 replaying a glass card doesn't increase its chances of breaking, it's a flat 1/4 chance at the end of scoring

[@NeoDMC]

Wrong, if you DON'T want it to break it's 3/4 chance of breaking. If you DO want it to break it is eternal glass forged in the heart of a dying star.

[@Fizzpig]

RTGame dipping once he realised he screwed up is the funniest part

[@Farticuss]

It's not his fault shen didn't gamble good enough.

[@sorasan2466]

selling sock and buskin for scary face, then selling scary face back for sock and buskin, only to immediately sell sock and buskin again is hilarious

[@charlieseen]

God I love all the custom cards. And Voxer cussing at you if you lose a game is peak

[@whachamacallit5864]

THE HOLY SCRIPTURE: COVERT THY LEFT CARDETH UNTO THY RIGHT CARDETH!

[@BomaineBempire]

“I am your lord, Your god, and you shall convert the left card into the right card.” -Balatro 32:26

[@EclipseFactor]

Shen really just said “With this sacred treasure I summon, The Drift King!”

[@samflynn4707]

RT's arc from playing the game for the first time to becoming the undisputed master of Balatro is truly one of the greatest stories of 2024

[@undersea_sharkxz]

Silliest thumbnail of all time

[@hardware72]

1:17 I have had a single hand go into the exponential score range. I have yet to recreate it, but it further fuels my need to play more and see it again. I'm not addicted.

[@Pipothegreatfirstofhisname]

You just arent gambling hard enough

[@trandelifa1]

My non-Balatro mind (and high) mind can't keep up. I'm here for the sounds coming out of Shenpai and the editing.

[@BlueCoreBard]

He cannot even be contained to his own channel anymore

[@thegameplayer125]

rin and shen: we started playing bilatro daniel: time to train you to be masters at the game

[@samohanka]

2:37 I thought the king of spades was Hatsune Miku for a second -

[@softpanties]

Too much fortnite

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

After watching Balatro University play this game near perfectly so often, it's really refreshing to see someone play this game for the first time. I forgot how fun it is to see someone figuring out this game for the first time LOL

[@atrane365]

"I took videos earlier. In bed, I-" PHRASING SHEN

[@AceAsAce]

What a normal Balatro video

[@tundralwhisper7345]

I heard that they used to call him the Drift King back in college

[@platamorales]

Turn the left card, into the right card.

[@disassemblyfactory]

4:29 The DuckTales jumpscare. I know what you are.

[@jakubolex1026]

I was playing while watching, and I SHIT YOU NOT I got Gross Michel the same time as Shen did and we said BANANA one after another.

[@Theotheralt2]

I love how RT is just haphazardly collecting my favorite content creators high scores

[@BiometalModelT]

I'm sorry I don't have any other words to describe how funny this was. This was so freaking hilarious

[@OMEGAXD303]

"What's the highest score you ever get?" "Sixty four billion?" "Oh yeah that's nothing, we could beat that" "*Soft whimpers*"

[@sorio99]

I’ve had a run once where Wheel of Fortune hit four times in a row. There’s not a point to me bringing it up, I just wanted to brag.

[@aptspire]

16:09 oh, c'mon, it was RIGHT THERE MAN!

[@goosifyed9717]

HOW DO YOU MISS A STRAIGHT FLUSH ;-;

[@Weeaboogod_]

Jimbo welcomes all clowns yo his circus

[@zaheela]

“Playing so much on tablet I keep trying to drag them” FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS MY PROBLEM WHEN GOING BACK TO MY PC VERSION!!!! *deep breaths* ….AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Samara202-lmk]

RTgame's appearance: 16:19

[@Khaisz.]

0:56 So am I Tenacityxl, So am I.

[@maddestmadman3516]

He's just waiting, staring at the balatro category on twitch waiting for someone he knows to fail a run and then appear

[@Evanz111]

I can’t get enough of that hello at 0:00 🥹🥹🥹

[@silvadic2207]

“Hi, I heard there was gambalin’, I’m so excited.” Ah yes. Father.

[@Capum5]

This just confirms my idea that the Stages Of Balatro are: 1: Let's play this kooky card game! I have no idea what's going on! 2: I finally kinda understand, and finally beat the standard mode! Let's see how high of a score we can get. 3: Turn the left card into the right card. Turn the left card into the right card. Turn the... 4: There is no Future, no Past, only Balatro. God is dead and we have killed him. 5: I found this funny seed, so let's see what happens!

[@CamarilloCraze]

I've got >3000h on Warframe, and never seen a single second of Balatro until now. Watching Shen play Balatro for my first time ever is how I imagined it feels for Shen to play Warframe for the same time. I don't have a clue what's going on but I sure am enjoying it

[@Farticuss]

Get Balatro on your phone man, it's the perfect game to play on the shitter at work.

[@gadgetlabs3230]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one with undying gravitation towards Flushes

[@degurkin]

Ballot beeing retextured to Voxer is peak memes

[@hisupwassup]

40:19 - Sir, the train has hit the second tunnel

[@freddykrueger7324]

Shen and RT together is just comedy gold

[@thospe-f8x]

"Trust me, I'm really good at gambling" is never a red flag.

[@MaidenOfAir]

34:43 Rare Daniel L. Retriggering glass cards doesn’t make them more likely to break, it’s just 1/4 at the end of hand no matter what

[@qbertking1910]

The laugh at the very end is killing me. Amazing video!

[@Pizzachu0819]

HOLY FUCK MORE SHEN BALATurn the left card into the right card

[@_marshP]

"It's so over -- We're so back -- It's so over -- We're so back" average balatro game

[@miyakokira1312]

Ive watched this video too many times as well as the other balatro video. The eyes with the editing gets me, thank you Shen for the enjoyable content ❤

[@cl4p-tp474]

"standard pack was terrible skip it" thats an apt description of every single standard pack

[@mtheguardian49]

I love the thumbnail with shen looking exhausted and RT looking absolutely insane.

[@sirsmiteful6285]

I can’t believe how little time it took for you to make your own, custom card art mod. It’s amazing!

[@wisemanrusty1305]

40:37 i've only now realized that shen sounds like a magpie when she laughs

[@manwithabasicprofilepic]

Again, the edits were phenomenal! Shen's crash near the end had me cackling

[@anji_thesleepyone]

I just see Danial “Drift-King” RT MR BALATRO HIMSELF in the video cover and instantly clicked 😂

[@anji_thesleepyone]

Daniel… I’m not editing this but don’t question the misspelling autocorrect is so weird (yes it was autocorrect my best guess is probably my friend Dan screwing with me for calling him Daniel when is name is spelled Danial)

[@blockeontheleafeon]

I love the little sounds Shenpai makes at the beginning of videos. She's an adorable little scrunkly.

[@lucio-ohs8828]

Some tips: -you can move your jokers during scoring and it’ll keep the joker order from the start of your hand. Basically, you can maximize score then move blueprint next to mime and you’ll double your gold card value while keeping your score -you want to bring the amount of triggers and scoring events as close together as possible. 5x5 is bigger than 9x1, even though added together they’re both 10. So with blueprint and photochad, copying chad triggers the card 3 times, and the photograph is 1 scoring even per trigger. If you copy the photo, you can 2 and 2. What to copy depends on stuff like red seals, other jokers, and playing card modifications.

[@pgfontana97]

Cant wait for the entire Joker collection to turn into Voxer collection

[@critch7514]

The name's Latro, Bill Latro

[@X-SPONGED]

34:44 Fun Fact: Glass cards do not get an increased chance of breaking by being retriggered by Jokers or red seals. They have a flat 1 out of 4 chance to break and that's it.

[@WyxlanLonestarX]

I can't believe a second tunnel has hit the RTGame

[@spoopyghosti6961]

5:38 Man that statistically improbably is wild

[@WhiteGuyGraal]

Funniest Balatro video by far . The edits and you going insane was perfect

[@X-SPONGED]

25:00 I actually learnt that because of how the Jokers work, you can actually play the hand as usual and THEN put blueprint next to mime right as the hand is being scored to simultaneously score higher and get more money. This is because Gold cards are "played" as soon as you achieve enough chips to end the round and the Jokers act like their original position at the moment you played your hand. The cards get scored as usual but because you preplaced the blueprint there, you also get twice the cash

[@ChronoEclipse]

You can definitely feel, hear and understand the fear and anxiety as well as the overall "Please God help me" scenarios going on in Shen's voice and mind lol

[@reagansido5823]

I wasn't ready for the custom game over text lmao!

[@blakksheep736]

16:18 RTGame appears here.

[@stalkermike]

Hey this popped up after the last video I was watching. Didn't realize you posted it and was surprised to see I caught it brand new. Loving your videos. Keep it up.

[@Venomtankmod]

Now we just need the hattrick of rin penrose and shen playing balatro and suffering together

[@unai49999]

7:42 It may be just a little sound que, but that restored 10 years of life

[@burningblaze7820]

Crying at that thumbnail

[@burningblaze7820]

RT killed it, literally and metaphorically

[@clodolcmidnights837]

You ever have a moment where you find a KZbinr who’s avatar weirdly reminds you of one of your OC’s but there’s literally no way it could possibly be anything other then a coincidence? Yeah, that’s what I’m experiencing right now

[@Natsunalia]

MR rtbalatro strikes again with his insanity. Also I am still hung up how it took me tell ante 3 to realize the BEAUTIFUL bird heaven cards. They are incredible and will probably be using it when I get this game myself