[Vinesauce] Joel - Balatro ( Part 1 )

[@Brancliff]

"I will not get addicted to this game, I know when to quit", said Joel, moments before transforming into The FlushMaster and chain-slamming suit after suit

[@tangy3003]

"I will not get addicted to this game", Joey said before transforming into... ...the creature.

[@FlauntyToaster]

​@@tangy3003 LA CRIATURA

[@NtheTrulyAlmighty]

@@tangy3003 "But I don't wants to mess up! It's my first time..." I said nervously. I never imagine the day I would be extracting the milk from... ...the creature.

[@AlanNess]

Joel kept saying he is not doing his best, but he continued to demolish the blinds

[@MILFConnoiseur]

@@FlauntyToasterthank you for this funny comment raza

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

"It's not going to be more than one stream" -Joel, Balatro (Part 1)

[@retelefe]

Reminds me of Vinny trying out Slay the Spire 🤣 "This is a one time thing" Playlist: 37 videos

[@valeriansolace]

nice profile picture

[@fecalfunny]

part 2 streamed November 2026 (30 minutes long)

[@The_Funiman]

Balatro Stream part 2 came out.

[@dimples9746]

when joel plays video games it’s like a monkey successfully writing hamlet on its first try and then writing “to be or to be not to be”

[@sangan3202]

i really feel like im watching a grandpa trying to figure out how a phone works

[@oldoutlet6946]

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times"

[@BerserkerKong02]

​@@oldoutlet6946 beat me to it lmao

[@DeadHandtheSurvivor]

​@@sangan3202It's almost like it's his first time playing this game or something. 🤷‍♀️

[@IdiotButtfungus]

Chad lancer pfp spotted

[@w5ildhero]

"This is crack. Rock cocaine. It isn't glamorous, or cool, or kid stuff. It is the most addictive kind of cocaine, and it can kill you. What's really bad is nobody knows how much it takes. So every time you use it, you risk dying. It isn't worth it. Look, everybody wants to be cool. But doing it with crack isn't just wrong, it could be dead wrong." - bintoy

[@Lampoluke]

This is crack. It's not cool, it's not based. It's cringe. It isn't skibidi. Blinty

[@enemyv]

- yimbo

[@Regulith]

You take it 5 times, you're addicted. You take it 99 times, you die. You take it once, you die. You take it hundreds of times, you're addicted.

[@mikeoxlong1395]

@@Regulith It's better than sex. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@GreenLinzerd]

"Now I know you guys are gonna think I'm crazy for doing this..." - Joel, discarding for a Heart Flush when making Heart Flushes is the whole point of his build

[@Farticuss]

Absolute mad lad.

[@TrueLadyEvilChan]

I didn't know what was going on when Vinny started playing it - but since i started playing, I finally understand all the mistakes.

[@ladyirisbits9793]

this stream is bad for my blood pressure, I hope this game gets 20 streams, I want to see him get good

[@lovetrain2455]

Joel going from 'this shitty game was nominated for GOTY?' to begging for it to be hooked to his veins is the standard experience with Balatro

[@n1t4chi]

I love that Joel started with the flush all the way until he actually got great combo that insanely synergizes with heart only flush and he's sitting there like "hmm I will go for two pairs".

[@lemonposting]

The Flusher works in mysterious ways

[@Luigicat11]

It's like the age-old saying goes. Vinnies are from Pluto, Joels are from Jupiter.

[@cheesking50]

Mike is from Uranus

[@Melonposting]

Joel is from Uranus, home of fecalfunny

[@yanniklohlein5998]

Never too late to pivot to heart flush

[@JMUDoc]

I look forward to watching Joel go from "wtf is this shit?" to "wow - I just need a Blueprint to double my polychrome Mime, and I can retrigger all my red-sealed steel kings!"

[@sawritall4292]

To be fair the game isnt very complicated, the game allows more builds than i can reasonably count, Binny even does well with just a high card build which is as simple as simple gets.

[@naransolongoboldbayer8030]

@@sawritall4292 Only one card for me, thanks

[@JMUDoc]

@@sawritall4292 High-card seems to be the meta for the best possible scoring - you get these videos where the guy has fifty red-sealed steel kings in hand, and jokers stacked to retrigger them a billion times.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

To be honest all I do in the entire game is FLUSH GO WHEEEEEE and I've managed to clear a LOT of stakes

[@Stuntbackup]

@@sawritall4292cries in gold stake

[@DandelionYarn]

joey will NUT after he discovers Smeared Joker and Bloodstone

[@squiddu]

google trying to search for bloodstone here.. does it think you're tryna say bloodborne??????

[@1upclock]

Another soul has fallen to Balatro, and Jimbo's grin grows by a pixel

[@elegant_lilligant]

Gather around frens, for this is the tale of THE FLUSHER and how he flushed the difficulty of the game away...

[@lithium444]

"I know when to quit there will only be 1 steam." 30 minutes later, "I think I'm gonna do a part 2 of this."

[@pass_]

remember: pegi thinks this game is for 18+ only so you kids better leave now

[@adrianmakesbooks]

yet gacha games like genshin are being marketed as 12+ its madness

[@flandersnatch2285]

Joey hasn't got to the graphic sex, violence and drug use yet. Give it time, that joker buddy gets wild

[@kinnikuboneman]

Good, kids suck

[@flandersnatch2285]

@@kinnikuboneman you are so lucky you know how to use commas properly

[@chrisyoung1576]

that rating is correct, balatro is better than secks might as well be m rated

[@Mr.Shmeat]

I love how Joey is just like, "I know you're gonna yell at me for doing this" and proceeds to make the best move in said scenario.

[@ChaosTheSalamander]

"guys i know you're shouting that i'm bad. I know it must be frustrating how badly I'm doing" - Joel literally getting to the final game in his very first run, then winning his second run

[@3ma0nlin3]

"99% of Gamblers quit before they win" - Johnathon Balatro

[@iamabucket13]

Jimbo always gets what he wants

[@MapleLunii]

THE FLUSHER Also zoomers in chat were malding like crazy over the 1x speed lmao

[@SladeDaName]

Jeez the chat is atrocious in this vod omg

[@musicaccount3340]

Agree, but Joel kinda brought it upon himself by asking them to backseat at the start.

[@SladeDaName]

@ oh I didn’t even catch that lol

[@funnydishrag1267]

the looming threat of being a Bad Gamer is so scary it has joey profusely apologizing before he makes the objectively correct play

[@Pokechao]

"I will not get addicted to this, this is gonna be a one off" Me: *sees the "part 1" in the title and doubts*

[@MrGameNuke]

He was literally playing it again when this vod got uploaded lmao

[@treot]

joel kept denying himself of the heart flush even though it was the meta

[@MysteriousKammm]

Thank god the creator made sure there would be no microtransactions

[@kinnikuboneman]

Yeah imagine if Konami published this

[@bruh-ment-um]

Lmao, there IS a mod for it, it's just not publicized

[@RGisOnline]

The creator easily could have made millions, but decided not too. What a chad, glad to see he made the game for fun and not money

[@mershere]

@RGisOnline not even that, the creator, LocalThunk has put it in his *will* that casinos aren't allowed to profit off balatro! they can't use the IP, or use the mechanics!

[@DaKingKayden]

i think he could just add some as like paid DLC, like more card skins. something that changes like diamonds into different shapes that function the exact same, just for fun

[@terrarialove69420]

my first comment was about how wholesome it is to see him celebrating over 400 chips but now i am in the hospital with total organ failure from anger on him not knowing how to use the stone joker

[@pzmagma]

Taking a break from playing Balatro for 8 hours straight, just in time to watch more Balatro :,)

[@mervelloyd7439]

2:05:27 Joey says Jupiter like an excited kid seeing his favorite planet

[@PolyverseCube]

The guy telling him to sort them by suit made the first half of the first run painful

[@peebo111]

This is one of those games where Joey is doing fine and like 80% of chat needs to just stfu 💔

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

"It's not gonna be more than one stream." > Plays for two and a half hours > (part 1)

[@frgblae]

Joey "Jonkler" Vargsauce

[@Tinlion09]

I see Joel went for 10 Luck when choosing his SPECIAL stats.

[@GangstaSpongebobSuperFan420]

Dipped in Mama Fren's Chilli Oil

[@employer2659]

Perfectly cromulent

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

lotta type A chatters in this one boys

[@monsterupdatewhen]

how does he consistently pick the WORST chat messages to read and believe

[@Vok250]

I think he just picks average ones and Twitch chat is just that stupid

[@monsterupdatewhen]

@@Vok250 like him doing bad choices by himself is totally reasonable, he's a new player and i'm not mad at him for that but the shit chat says sometimes is not good advice at all, and it's also WORSE because he could think chat knows what they're talking about when in reality they're telling him to play a full house over a hearts flush with lusty joker RIGHT after a sigil use

[@Zercinsia]

So... Chat gets stupier eveyday​? @@monsterupdatewhen

[@sangan3202]

no he legit constantly gets one guy'd while the whole chat is screaming that one guy is wrong ​@@Vok250

[@chiefbungalow]

​@@monsterupdatewhenTwitch chat isn't known to be the most intelligent

[@AggronOverlord_306]

Oh sure, when Joel plays for the first time he stumbles his way on a Heart Flush build, but when I play it I "lose the tutorial" on "ante 3" because I "misclicked the discard button on good plays four times"

[@UrsaMinor-69]

Just today i discarded 5 aces and experienced a brain haemorrhage

[@musicaccount3340]

FYI, if you accidentally play/discard the wrong cards, you can quickly pause and exit to menu and come back - it saves before the action finishes.

[@UrsaMinor-69]

@musicaccount3340 thank you so much for telling me that, what a hero

[@musicaccount3340]

@@UrsaMinor-69 you're welcome. I forgot to say that you need to press escape immediately before the action finishes.

[@DullahanKai]

fentbux with jimbo

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

OH DUDE WHY DID HE SOLD MIDAS. HIM WITH VAMPIRE WOULD'VE GONE CRAZY

[@smivan.]

the pareidolia stack with midas and vampire would be completely unhinged

[@smivan.]

Jeez, why was chat getting so salty over Joel's first goddamn attempt at the funny card game. He was doing perfectly fine for a beginner.

[@mareksicinski3726]

More than fine even

[@roetemeteor]

The only thing I personally got upset over was tossing out a purple seal extremely early, but it's not the end of the world, and someone's first literal game wouldn't know shit about that. And let's be honest, it's a 1 in 53 chance. The higher mult honestly was a good idea.

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

He did better than I did that's for sure lol

[@isaac10231]

This is a game that is perfectly optimized for chat to backseat game.

[@waterbears9874]

gen alphas found joel and cant comprehend normal speed game

[@yanniklohlein5998]

BLAEH FAAESTZER PLLIS 11!

[@waterbears9874]

@ I NEED CONSTANT STIMULATION I NEED DOPAMINE NOW

[@radiantburrito]

“I kyyyiiiiiindaaa wanya go FLOOSH…”

[@ElVaah]

We love our flusher

[@Kristoffer113]

How it translate to English LOL 😂

[@PingerSurprise]

Finally, Yoey plays the Yoey game.

[@griffonsarcade]

Joel said "I will not get addicted to this game, I know when to quit" so the game served up Paredolia combos to ensure BEEG dopamine

[@TachyKusanagi]

"Red Card first run is incredible" when it's the TUTORIAL seed that always gets Red Card. Lmao

[@Langas_Konoe]

J O E L C H I L L D E C O J O N E S

[@Chrnan6710]

chat: [insulting joey's every move despite it being his first ever run in a game with rather complicated meta] joey on the final round of the game: *t̸̟̣͈̊̕h̵̩͎̝͋e̵̻̫̪͗͛̍ ̴̱̳́ͅf̸̲̔̕l̴̘̒͑ủ̷̗U̸̼͑͑͛ş̸̛̻̉h̴̛͙̫̤͋͝e̷͎͕̖͌͘ȓ̸̥̯̗*

[@ZetaNeubourn]

Real talk: Joel, for a poker newbie AND a Balatro newbie, that was an excellent first run. :P Found myself fist pumpin' a few times.

[@vermis0161]

Joel, king of flushing, almost destroyed Balatro with one punch, discard maniac, poker understander. keep flushing Flush King

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

Dear Joey: I want you to know that I keep the "Joey's Castle" card in Cardsauce everytime it comes up :) please enjoy :)

[@cya5983]

3:40 Moments before Joel propels his career into the stratosphere as the “Balatro Guy”

[@clausluger4570]

The *FLUSHER*

[@RichardLofty]

The serial "Flusher" is on the loose! Be careful!

[@lyghters]

Joel "WELL WELL WELL" Vargskelethor

[@za0za_0]

it hurts PAINFULLY when joel doesn't recognize the difference between PLUS(+) mult and MULT(X) mult

[@lampshade6579]

I love this guy is randomly good at somethings for no reason at all.

[@komradekush3411]

gotta love jobel giving explicit permission for chat to backseat game

[@AGiantRoach]

I love Joel feels the need to justify to chat doing heart flushes like they are bad while his build specifically does those best.

[@HOG_ZONE]

call this man skibidi the way he's flushin'

[@Emicatmon]

Joel is too much of a gambler to be able to stop

[@smivan.]

Joel's hyper-Pareidolia stack was absolutely incredible, wow.

[@ShockingPikachu]

Anyone else really annoyed at the chatters constantly telling him to turn up the speed? Just... go play it yourself if it annoys you that much god damn

[@emilyjones8713]

You’re laughing. He sold Photograph and you’re laughing

[@AspieGG]

To be fair, x2 mult from the base score wasn't THAT much, considering he didn't have any retrigger jokers. Especially since banana unlocks something MUCH better if it pops

[@aaron_ow]

We're flushing the toilet with this next hand

[@Awesomespore]

Chat is so horrendous in this, whining about the game speed and criticizing his every move. Inviting chat to backseat was a mistake (shocking, I know)

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

INSANE face card build seed. what

[@themanwhosold4chan856]

it hurt me so much when he skipped buying the hermit card and didnt double his money :(

[@DuongNguyen-vw4fi]

16 mins in and people already start complaining about game speed lmfao

[@tbp_entertainment]

THE FLUSH MASTER.

[@Franknakano7]

Backseating on white stake is especially odd to do.

[@WH173F4C3]

Not just back seating, but backseating terribly getting Joey to do fucking full houses over heart flushes is insane to me lol

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

When Balatro multiplayer is inevitably implemented we can finally have our Greatest Supervillain Battle of the Century: Greedy Grinner vs The Flusher

[@jed4110]

The flusher strikes again!

[@bamf57]

I've seen it in-game before, but the foiled red card is so pretty holy shit

[@a2rhombus2]

"Guys I know this is silly but [does the most obvious and optimal play possible]"

[@galvor0702]

Omg Joey actually plays Baltaro

[@usamimi-no-majo]

We're goin' to Jupiter to get stupider.

[@itryen7632]

It begins.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

I didn't think a Poker themed roguelike deckbuilder would be fun but it honestly is. I've gotten to Blue Stake but haven't cleared it yet

[@chrisyoung1576]

jobel giving fentaneel a chance

[@AspieGG]

1:53:32 did no one notice how that lucky card hit BOTH BONUSES?

[@ingosexton]

17:52 THE FLUSHER...

[@ndgfire]

I will fervently watch any and all Joey Balatro content!

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

I missed the technical and chill energy of the Dwarf Fortress streams, so I'm glad Joey is getting a feel for that in Balatro. Definitely a new favorite

[@pokemooney9329]

It was really nice of Joel to gas me up the whole time he was playing this

[@Atomic-Purple-Guy]

joel has joined the cult welcome

[@jonmahashintina]

(yoey obvsly having fun) chat - you suck game too slow bad play. chat damn harsh, holy shit.

[@Winky813]

"I won't get addicted, this will be a one off stream" 2 and a half hour video with "part 1" in the title lmao

[@glo_omi]

my favourite balatro streamer omg 🥰

[@chiefbungalow]

1:21:27 The addiction has taken hold Welcome to the club

[@Pariatech]

Mama mia, boey playing le gambling game. This is gonna be gud.

[@yanniklohlein5998]

Chat telling Joel that he sucks or that the game is too slow is annoying to me...

[@raspiri]

And so it begins

[@ske2004]

i love how joel cant tell how slow the game is even though i've been through the same thing before turning up the animation speed

[@Mordalon]

He can tell the speed, not everyone cares to speed it up.

[@mareksicinski3726]

Not everyone prefers fast

[@Soubifloof]

the amount of 'one guy's going on is crazy

[@emilyjones8713]

1:37:46 “We’re not doing a great run like we did last time” he says getting fire score every first turn

[@Vok250]

Twitch chat honestly gives the worst advice possible. Joey had a top tier build going and only needed a few tips like always playing 5 cards to maximize his points and get free discards and skipping a few more boosters. Instead they were whining about the settings for two hours. And who was the idiot who said the red card was "insanely bad"? It easily could have won Joel the game if he kept pumping it. +9 multi per round if he didn't sell the rocketship. Joker order also doesn't matter for Joel's picks. The game already resolves them automatically. As evidence in the first entire hour of the stream. Just distracting and confusing poor Hoel.

[@pillynutty5959]

Balatro is the type of game to bring out those types of chatters, like slay the spire

[@zenonewicz]

joker order matters a lot but not for a first time player lmao

[@TheSuperuser49]

"Joker order doesn't matter". Yes. Yes it does. The game literally tells you it's left to right triggering. So +chips, +mult then xmult

[@naransolongoboldbayer8030]

You almost had a point until that last line where you also became the chatters you're complaining about. Joker order matters. You always want to put Flat Multi before X Multi to maximize how much mult is being multiplied (mult-ception, if you will) and some Jokers require being ordered correctly to get the most out of them such as Blueprint before a Hanging Chad

[@TheSuperuser49]

@naransolongoboldbayer8030 even Jokers that provide effects as well, like Midas Mask and Vampire require being in the optimal place to get anything out of them. OP became what he complained about 😂

[@whatr0]

joel getting fibonacci on the first random joker tarot are you fucking kidding me how is his luck this good

[@cringcore]

17:11 i dont want to wear these glasses, i need to improve my vanilla eyes first

[@comerosas]

I'm so excited to see joey play more. I love this game

[@sonicplys64]

Balatro is my 2024 Game of the Year. This game is worse than Fent

[@badger273]

2:01:57 he flushed too hard. He flushed his own opportunities for flushmaxxing away 😔

[@SparkstarScope]

"i will not get addicted, it's not gonna be more than one stream where I check it out" >(Part 1) Hm.

[@istolethepfpfromapulexarts1052]

Chat is so fucking mean to joey, like CHILL GUYS, he literally has to learn poker FROM SCRATCH, yeah sometimes he's gonna miss stupid shit because he's new, hell I've been playing for like 50 hours and I've throw away a 4 of a kind by accident before, it's frustrating to watch but just, he doesn't need 100 people saying lmao are you fr he needs someone to be like "joey the cards values all have to match each other for the full house to count, sort the 3s the 6s and the Aces together to see it more clearly" But ofc it's the internet and chat is moving too fast for a response like that to be helpful so

[@general_ambrose_burnside]

Chat malding over the supremacy of the Flushmeister