PI (Trainer class)

PI ギャンブラー Gambler
PI sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Other names	Gambler (Generation I) Gamer (Generation III)
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
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Anime debut
TCG debut	Fossil
TCG card	Gambler
Manga debut	VS Porygon-Z (Adventures)

A Gambler, Gamer, or PI (Japanese: ギャンブラー Gambler) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as old men with dice and a dice cup. In Generation IV, they are young men in trenchcoats with coins.

In the past, they were known as Gamblers, but this was changed to Gamer in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. This occasionally caused slight problems, such as in FireRed and LeafGreen when Gamer Rich describes himself as a "rambling, gaming dude" instead of a "rambling, gambling dude." In the English releases of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, they are called PIs, likely because of the trenchcoat's stereotypical association with detectives allowing for easy censorship, but all their dialogue still revolves around gambling. PIs can also appear in Johto's Battle Frontier.

They use various Pokémon, but tend to rely on luck rather than skill. They mostly use one-hit KO moves such as Horn Drill, along with moves that also knock out the user but not always the opponent, such as Explosion.

Appearance

Gambler sprite from Red and Blue	Gambler sprite from Yellow	Gamer sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Sprite from Generation IV	Gambler portrait from Stadium
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Gambler overworld sprite from Generation I		Gamer overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from Generation IV

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Gambler	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	$1680	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	$1540	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Gamer Darian (Rematch)	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Dirk	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Hugo	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Jasper	Initial battle	$1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Rich (Rematch)	Initial battle	$1728	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$	Lv.30	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Stan	Initial battle	$1584	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PI Carlos	Initial battle	$2760	Lv.23	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$	Lv.36	Lv.37	Lv.38	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$	Lv.56	Lv.57	Lv.58	-------	-------	-------
PI Kendrick (Tag battle)	Initial battle	$7856	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PI Carlos (Rematch)	Initial battle	$3600	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$4800	Lv.48	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$6400	Lv.64	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PI Kendrick (Tag battle)	Initial battle	$5176	Lv.31	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In the manga

A PI in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A PI appeared as a background character in the Platinum arc where he was part of a group of people who entered the Battle Frontier after Palmer had his assistants open the gates.

Pokémon

		Misdreavus
		Misdreavus was briefly seen with its Trainer when they were entering the Battle Frontier. None of Misdreavus's moves are known.
Debut	Deprogramming Porygon-Z

In the TCG

There is a card called Gambler in the Fossil expansion of the TCG. It causes the user to shuffle their hand into their deck, then, depending on the flip of a coin, they draw either 1 or 8 cards.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Gokker (TCG) French Croupier German Spieler Italian Rischiatutto Korean 갬블러 Gambler Spanish Jugador (I) Jugón (III / IV)

This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.