Gordie Gronkowski: Game-Changing Red Light Tech You Need in 2025 | DSH #1431
What do poker final tables, rooftop rescue missions, and minor league baseball have in common? This episode.
We sit down with a guest who’s done it all — from hustling poker tournaments in Vegas to making Shark Tank history, to accidentally locking a roommate on a six-story roof. No script, no filter, just real stories and real laughs.
He breaks down a wild final table hand, shares what it’s like consulting for major casinos, and opens up about life after professional sports — including a billion-exosome back procedure (yeah, that’s a thing). We also talk about the grind of the minor leagues, the unpredictability of roulette, and the underestimated talent of women in poker.
If you’re into adrenaline-fueled storytelling, late-night Vegas logic, or just good conversation that jumps from hilarious to insightful in seconds, this one’s for you.
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Small blind will fold, big blind folds, that's a lot of money.
And then I'm knocking everyone out, you know?
So I was like, let me think this out quick.
But if I didn't call it or go all in, then they would have probably folded.
Or if they have a better hand than me, I can't go all in.
It's like, I got to do it.
I can't believe that.
Another final table run, bro.
I know.
That was insane.
Well done.
And Princess Love, literally, like last time I was here a year ago, she was at my table that we started with.
She's at the final table again.
But she looked a lot different.
Every time I see her, she makes the final table.
Like, I don't get it.
How much money is she making these days?
She's just hustling people, I swear.
I feel like guys underestimate girls too.
I mean, I don't undermess or whoa, I don't underestimate them because I was next to Emma and she is actually playing unbelievable.
She was hustling people hard.
Really?
Yeah, she got knocked out, which I was actually hoping that she was at the final table, too.
She was doing great.
But that was crazy.
Like, because Princess was like three down from her.
And I'm like, whoa, you're at the final table again?
She's like, yeah.
Damn.
I didn't know she actually was like kind of pro.
Yeah, she's like that, man.
How much she's been making these days?
She said half a million her first year.
In poker?
Yeah.
Which is here?
I don't know where the hell she's playing.
Yeah, but who really knows that number?
Yeah, I guess you can't verify it, right?
Yeah.
Who's verifying that she made half a million this year in poker hustling guys or people yeah
that's wild it's such a round number it's almost two that is true right yeah that is a round number like half a million exactly half a million yeah half a million like it just lands on that number and that's how much
that's why i was asking you i was just trying to like figure it out like that's wild it's self-proclaimed so we got to take it as is but you've been gambling a lot otherwise uh no i don't really gamble that much like i i love being a consultant for the wind casinos and encore casino in boston there's only like 30 of us that actually have our license to do it it's hard yeah it's actually insane to be honest like i was the first one ever in the world to get my license to be an outside rep
for the encore casino in boston wow and i think it was steve wynn's lawyer who bought uh rob and i's condo right before COVID, which we were very thankful for.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Cause it was time on that.
But you know what?
He might have made more money now.
I don't know, but I feel like he might not have that place is unreal the only thing i didn't like about it is you could hear everything in there oh fuck that yeah so you can't even have sex without the the person next to you hearing it
that's just what everyone in the hallway was saying that the weird party rocking way too hard yeah no i need my privacy like it was that hard and they could hear us i need my privacy man yeah and we had the roof deck like you walk up the spiral staircase and actually the funniest thing ever in the world uh one of my roommates was living in the guest bedroom.
And I'm like, I woke up in the morning.
I'm looking around.
I'm like, whoa, where is this kid?
But his phone was on the guest bedroom, like literally laying there.
Clicked in my mind.
He's stuck on the roof.
What?
Yeah.
There was no key, like once you go on the roof to actually get back inside.
And there was a blanket up there.
I walked up.
I was like, how did you literally like make it through the whole night?
Jeez.
Yeah.
He'll tell you straight up.
He's like, you just saved me pretty much.
Cause it was like almost not midwinter, but right after winter.
That's cold.
It was cold.
How high is the jump?
If he didn't have, yeah, exactly.
It was six stories.
Damn.
Yeah.
Yeah, you would have been goner.
I'm glad he didn't do it.
I almost jumped off a two-story roof once.
For what?
I got locked in my bedroom, in my house.
And my dad was blasting music in the basement, so he couldn't hear me screaming and banging on the door.
I felt like two stories, not that crazy.
I feel like I did it and I landed it good.
Yeah, I feel like back in the high school days, you know, where you feel like, oh my gosh, if like this person sees your shoes, you got to leave.
Yeah.
Like they're dad.
And I did it.
Nothing broke?
No.
Damn.
Two stories.
That's like, what, 20 feet?
So that's like three of you.
Exactly.
Yeah.
So that's really
two.
Yeah.
For me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I guess three stories is where it gets sketchy.
Yeah, exactly.
You know?
Yeah.
After two, it gets sketchy.
What a funny conversation!
Yeah, it actually is.
Damn, I didn't know you were.
Can you believe I lost that?
I was actually like, Well, once again, I'm at the hand.
You know what?
So, what I was looking at during the hand is the kid went all in early, and he was low on chips, too.
So, he kind of had to force it.
I was like, his hand's not like maybe like low pocket pair,
no problem.
I have two overpair,
but he pushed it, and then I was on the button.
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And I was like, the small blind will fold, big blind folds, that's a lot of money.
And then I'm knocking everyone out, you know?
So I was like, let me think this out quick.
But if I didn't call it or go all in, then they would have probably folded.
Or if they have a better hand than me, I can't go all in.
So I was like, I got to do it.
Odds were probably a little less.
He had ace four, I had king nine.
Damn.
King nine, I have a lot of options there.
Throw me some high cards besides the ace, and I probably got it.
Damn.
And I would have won that pot, and I feel like I would have came in top three if I won that.
Wow.
Yeah.
I was just playing odds at that point.
So you know that.
You can't hope for aces every hand.
Yeah.
You know what I mean?
So you know the numbers well, though, on hands.
I mean, I don't know like the numbers like that, but I knew a little bit, you know?
Yeah.
So I was like, let's go for it.
Who's the best poker player in the Gronk family?
Who's won the most?
Oh, my gosh.
That's actually crazy because we don't like play for money like that.
We just play for fun and like bluff each other out just being silly.
I feel like when it's not real money, you don't play serious.
Exactly.
That kind of wasn't real money, but it was, right?
Right.
I mean, no buying technically.
I mean, you could still win money.
They gave me some cash, I think.
Right.
Let me look.
I think you got like 2K or whatever.
Oh, they paid you in chips.
Yeah.
Is that real money or is that just chips?
That's real money.
Can you throw chips out tonight or can you only do real money?
You can pay in chips at restaurants.
Wow.
Okay.
Then I'll do it.
You're going to double that after this?
Where should we go?
One hand.
And then say that one way.
Roulette.
Double the amount.
Here we go.
Roulette.
All right.
So if I do roulette, should I do red or black?
Let's go red.
Don't do triple zero though.
Don't do a triple zero roulette.
So last time I did roulette, they said not to do it.
And that's what hit.
Really?
Yeah.
It said not to do triple zero?
It hit.
Damn.
And I lost all my money.
You know those new things like on social media where you can do,
they're like, you do this, this, this, and then like, you're good.
You're going to win 82% of the time.
Oh, the strategy, yeah.
Yeah, you're seeing it.
Yeah, yeah.
So I did the strategy, not once, not twice, three times.
Triple zero, lost the other strategy, single zero.
Damn.
And you're supposed to win 82%.
How ridiculous is that?
Crazy.
Ridiculous is that.
I don't like roulette.
I do not like roulette.
Oh, I know.
Stick to blackjack, right?
Red or black, like 50%.
I should have just did that.
I mean, it's not even 50, though, on a triple-zero board.
Really?
I mean, because each zero is a 3% edge.
Yeah, you're right.
So it's like, what, 42?
Yeah.
It's low, man.
46, my baseball number.
Roulette's almost as bad as slots.
Damn.
I don't like that.
Yeah.
Holy smokes.
I don't like losing.
Like, I'm actually upset I lost that King Ninehand.
Like, I'm like, in my mind right now, I want to go back out there.
I got kicked off the like final table.
Everyone knew I was going to make it there.
It was just, I need a little bit of like, if I win that, I win it.
Yeah.
You know?
Yeah.
Cause poker is all about momentum and towards.
You win a hand like that.
You're a chip leader.
You're bullying people.
You're going to start playing bully ball.
You know.
You're a bully, aren't you?
I would have, yeah.
Well, now I am, but not
his brothers.
I wasn't.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You got bullied?
Pretty much for my younger brothers.
Dang.
That's why as the baseball player, and they all play in the NFL.
I know.
They had more size than you.
Yeah.
I'm the leanest and not meanest.
Yeah.
You're the nicest.
Do nice guys finish last?
I'm just not going to answer that.
You've been following these NBA playoffs?
Not really.
Nah.
All I've seen is like, oh, the Knicks are so great.
Like, cause
there was no NBA team in Buffalo, New York
where we were born and raised.
And I'm like, okay, cool.
So the first NBA game game I ever went to, Shaq was on the Suns, the Phoenix Suns.
You remember that?
He was washed by then, right?
I mean, I don't think Shaq was ever really washed.
Maybe their team was.
Yeah.
But,
you know, I was like, dang, Shaq's a beast.
You know, I went there, boxed seas, thought it was so cool.
And it was.
But what I appreciated was
how fast the game is when you're down near the court and how big these guys are.
They look so slow on TV.
You know, so I was like,
it's not that crazy when you watch it like here and there throughout your like growing up career.
And I was like, whoa,
this is awful.
You know, and then I was like, well, these guys are massive.
I am short compared to almost every NBA guy.
Yeah.
The point guards are now like six, seven.
Crazy.
Yeah.
They're taller than me.
And I'm like, damn, I'm a beast.
And they're all way bigger beasts than me.
So I went to the game.
I was like, you know what?
The way they're playing right now, I've never seen that growing up.
I was always like hockey, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabers, went to the final game when Brett Hall scored the winning goal in the crease, which should never have happened because the law was at the time, or the rule was, I shouldn't say law, but the rule, you can't have your skates in the crease when you score.
No one reviewed it.
So back then, where's the review?
You know what I mean?
Like, where's the review?
So if they actually reviewed it, they would have still been playing.
And who knows if Sabers would have won.
Maybe not because they were down three to two at the time versus Dallas.
But you just never know.
One of those sports, what-if moments, right?
One missed call.
And that might have been Brett Hull's like career now.
Like, I won it.
I'm out.
Yeah.
Crazy.
And he was an insane hockey player at the time.
Yeah.
Now every sport has a review, right?
Now they're reviewing fouls.
You could challenge it in that.
You literally, with AI, you can just like, hey, you're doing this right now.
And that's what it's going to do as a Sean Kelly.
Yeah.
I'm doing AI on a microphone.
What's the wildest thing you've asked AI?
I don't even know.
That's actually wild.
AI is pretty nuts, man.
Yeah, it is.
I've been fucking around with it.
I'm scared to piss it off, though, because I feel like it'll develop some consciousness eventually.
Yeah, that's actually wild that
you even think of that because I do too.
And I'm now doing like the new stuff with AI and I don't even get it.
Like it's so insane, like the responses I get.
So fast.
Like, hey, should I dance and party rock?
What would the response be?
Should we look it up?
Yeah.
Dance to party rock?
No, yeah.
let's dance and party all night in Vegas.
Like, what would it respond?
It would probably be like, I'll join you.
Oh, I'll join you.
Let's go to a Grank Beach party.
Oh,
yo, what if I asked, what's the best party in Vegas?
You think Grank Beach would come up?
Should we do it?
Yeah, I might have to do that.
All right, let me know.
I got the app right now.
What's the best party you can go to in Vegas?
Chat GBT.
What's the best?
What's the best party you can go to in
Las vegas oh yeah over the super bowl maybe or over wwe on super bowl weekend yeah okay
that has a pool oh i oh no you didn't say that yeah let's see though
it might come up dude gronk beach
eo
that's number three
how's that like number two though that's crazy number one damn well done man
guy fierce flavor town delegate that's uh right That's pregame mode.
I'm playing like cool party.
Yeah, well done.
Guys, by the way, Guy and Hunter, the best.
Speaking of that, I actually introduced Hunter to my friend Tara, and they're getting married.
Whoa.
Yeah.
So you're a little matchmaker on the side.
I'm going to their wedding soon.
Nice.
Yeah.
They're the best.
Well done.
The whole family is amazing.
Yeah.
Well done, man.
Thank you.
Yeah, I guess where do we take this?
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That's vodka?
Amnesia, yeah.
You could have that bottle for the plane.
You could drink it.
You think they'll let me just carry it on, or I got a
no, if you carry it on, you're definitely not.
Like, because if you're over, what, 4.2 now ounces?
Yeah.
I can't even put water.
I can't even put water in my ice shaker.
Water in your ice shaker.
Yeah.
When we were on Shark tank in 2017 really yeah wow number one show yeah you sent me some of those those are lit those ice shakers thank you i was wondering how you forgot about it yeah how'd that uh that deal go great
i mean a rod uh and mark hubin invested it was all five sharks invested nice yeah my brother chris came up with the idea after playing for the dallas cowboys And he's like, dude, I just need a bottle that keeps my protein shakes cold, hits in your cup holder, you know, easy to flip, carry around.
Next thing you know, we're in shark tank.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Now he's killing it.
Who's your favorite shark to grab a beer with?
You know what?
I sat on Barbara's lap.
What?
Yeah, I did.
And she actually before, I think they played it after.
She's like, I'll give a million dollars just to party with you guys.
Damn.
Yeah.
Invite her to Gronk Beach.
Barbara, where you at?
Let's go, Barbara.
Grant Beach.
Step up.
Yeah.
Especially at like that age and how good of shape she's in and takes care of herself and how she's hustling.
She should come to Grimpie's.
Yeah.
She's got to live her life.
Absolutely.
You know?
You're in good ass shape playing pickleball every two days.
I was until I just had like a crazy procedure recently, but what happened?
Just all the back surgeries from like minor league baseball.
Damn.
They're like, yeah, you play pro baseball.
You must have a lot of money.
No, I made 900 bucks a month in the minor leagues.
Like that was the average overall.
That's it?
Yeah.
900 a month.
Jesus.
You can't even live off that.
There was actually a big lawsuit about it
that
MLB, like,
uh, you know, made all this money because of it.
Cause, but who made out the lawyers?
Yeah, because whenever,
exactly.
You get so, like, oh, here you go.
Sign up for this.
You'll make a little money.
Like, what am I going to make at that point?
Like, 500 bucks.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Whenever I get a class action email, I don't even sign up because I know I'll get like there's some that are actually legit, but most of them aren't.
Yeah.
Especially for me.
At that point, it's like, what am I going to get?
$500.
Yeah.
What'd you get?
You get some stem cells in the back or what have you?
Yeah, I had over a billion exosomes in my back.
So what they do,
they call it a disc seal.
They seal your disc.
Think of it like a donut for that, like a jelly donut.
So they seal it off the hole for the jelly donut.
As long as you don't do anything crazy, it'll stop leaking all the fluid.
Yeah.
So we went from like talking about party rocking to talking about back surgery.
That's my ADHD, man.
Yeah, me too.
I'm like, wow, this is crazy.
Well, man, it's been cool.
I hope you win some money tonight.
It's been quick.
Well, I kind of did, but I wanted to win more.
Yeah.
Like, you can't just keep sitting there, like, folding every hand.
You know, I'm trying to, I'm going for the kill.
And at that point, I was just playing odds and I made it to the final table again, but I did want that.
But Night is young, you can still win that.
Or I can go spend it now.
Yeah.
Good seeing you.
Dude, great times.
Unbelievable.
That was insane.
insane.