WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:21.039 One. Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Poker Go Podcast. 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:26.359 My name is Donnie Peters. His name across the table from me is Timothy 3 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:32.119 Duckworth. How are you, buddy. I'm doing great. That's good. 4 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:36.320 I'm glad you're doing great. I'm doing pretty well myself. Thanks for asking, 5 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:40.280 even though you didn't ask because you don't care about me. You're selfish. 6 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.719 But yeah, you didn't even want to press the record button today. 7 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:48.320 Let's um, so, don't make me throw you under the bush. Okay, 8 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:50.840 I won't, I won't do it, but you can't. I'm just 9 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.079 really saying, don't you know, don't don't. Don't push me, man, 10 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.280 don't push me. Um. Today on the episode of the Poker g 11 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:02.640 Podcast, we're gonna talk about Airball and Burkey because they completed their match short 12 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.280 of one hundred hours, but they completed it, and we'll get into all 13 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:10.719 of that. There was another round of High Stakes Duel. High Stakes Duel 14 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.120 returned. There was also a special undercard match. For the first time ever, 15 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:21.560 WPT Choctaw reached a final table. In the recent days. We'll hit 16 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.560 on that, probably touch on the event before that, WPT Seminal, because 17 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.719 they do have something very important in common with one another, Maybe a family 18 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.879 pot, maybe not. I don't really know. I'm sure Tim has something 19 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.079 He's talking about gardens and flowers earlier. I don't really know what the heck 20 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.280 is going on. But yeah, of course, as always, gotta give 21 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.239 a shout out to the giveaway contest that we are running. This one's a 22 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:52.560 special one because we are giving away a signed and framed High Stakes Poker Special 23 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.599 Edition live stream Felt signed by Matt Burkey, Nick Earwall, Doug Polk, 24 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:04.400 Eric person for Tilly Lynjy, Rob Young, Nick Schulman, and Brent Hanks. 25 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.560 The first group of those all played in the episode than Nick Schulman and 26 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:13.000 Brent Hanks were the commentators for that live stream. 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Is that what that take? 52 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:00.759 Yes, he said he would like to be there. It was just 53 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.000 kind of out of the blue, so I was confused. He was obviously 54 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:05.199 listening to the podcast. Yeah, a couple of days late, but you 55 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:10.240 know, it's busy man. He's been traveling. He was down in Florida, 56 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.080 then he was up in Reno. I mean, the guys all over 57 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:16.480 the places. Globetrotter for sure, he's a star. So the south Point 58 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:20.800 Nightly Takeover coming up Wednesday, May thirty. First, they have one hundred 59 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:27.120 and fifty dollars deep stack fifteen thousand dollars guaranteed prize Pool Nightly Tournament that day. 60 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.639 It starts at six pm. Tim and I are going to be going 61 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.839 to be there playing. Um. Sounds like Jeff Platt might be joining us 62 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:39.160 pending other things work out. We'll try and wrangle some other people from the 63 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:43.279 Poker Grow family. But of course, most importantly, we really want anyone 64 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.920 that's out here in town, from the Poker Grow podcast family, the extended 65 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.319 family, the audience, the listeners come out there and join us. We'll 66 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:55.319 have some fun with it, maybe give away some swag, have some other 67 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:57.600 prizes. Who the heck knows. Maybe maybe Tim and I will put a 68 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.160 bounty on our heads. It has to be like a bounty where like if 69 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.560 there's a password, like when you bust us, because I'm not just giving 70 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.600 the bounty to like Nancy and seat three when she busts me, and she's 71 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.839 like a regular south Point person has no idea about the Hopefully they all turn 72 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.279 up on time you have a little meet and greet, you know, I 73 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.680 go from there. I mean, Who's Who's who? Sure? I mean 74 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.759 I'm kind of in for that. I like it all right, let's uh 75 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.959 get again, well just quickly on the date Wednesday, May thirty, first 76 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.319 last day of the May. So get in there and come play with us 77 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.959 over as he Point m News and happenings. So when when when did this 78 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.800 happen? A couple days ago? Last week? I can't remember exactly when 79 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:40.839 it took place, but Nick Airball he called it quits against Matt Burkey. 80 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:46.959 So obviously the heads up match that has basically taken the poker world by storm 81 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:51.360 over the recent weeks. Nick Airball called out Matt Burkey, had some choice 82 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:56.279 words to say about him. Um I think he called him a scumbag or 83 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.600 a scammer or something like that, one of those s words. At one 84 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.959 point, they end up playing two hundred four hundred heads up noelamant hold them. 85 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.839 They played it over at Resorts World. It wasn't streamed. There was 86 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:13.120 some updates on social media, landon Tice brown Ball or some of those guys 87 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.800 were out there giving you updates. Matt Burkey was covering it on the Only 88 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.120 Friends podcast on a regular basis. He would talk about what happened in the 89 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:25.519 match, you know, various hands what not. Doug Polk was kind of 90 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.439 working with Matt or sorry, not with Matt Burkey. Definitely not with Matt 91 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.600 Burkey. Doug Bolk was kind of working with Nick Airball. Nick Airball being 92 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.759 newer to heads up poker, and he was also doing some stuff out there 93 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:41.480 on the hands that were played. So despite it not being streamed or like 94 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.560 live apporting or anything like that. Still got a lot of coverage overall. 95 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.360 So Airball he called it quits after just fifty eight hours of play. They 96 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:54.800 had planned to play one hundred hours of two hundred four hundred heads up. 97 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:59.360 Noelmant hold them. They played fifty eight hours. Airball was down more than 98 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.519 a million dollars. I think it was like one million, twenty nine thousand, 99 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:06.040 seven hundred I think was the exact figure. Um, Airball just calls 100 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:10.879 it quits. The people. They had a clause that if he got to 101 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.040 a million, you could quit, and you could quit. Yeah, so 102 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:15.279 I mean he called the quits. Yeah, he didn't. He's not like, 103 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:18.120 you know, I'm gonna try and fight back, cut my losses over 104 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:21.480 these next you know, forty two hours. Nope, I'm just calling it. 105 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:26.360 Matt Burkey's clearly better than me, and that's that. Um. You 106 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:30.360 know. Matt Burkey, he kind of went over like the last situation on 107 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.439 a recent podcast episode of his, and he was talking about how when they 108 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:39.920 first started, Um, they went into the match, I think I think 109 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.399 air Ball was right around three hundred and thirty thousand dollars away from the million, 110 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.680 and that's what he put into play that day. So Burkey kind of 111 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:47.839 got the sense right away, is like, okay, this is kind of 112 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.519 like the case money. If he loses this in front of him, it's 113 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:56.720 likely gonna be game over. That's ended up. What happened the final hand 114 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:03.000 where Burke stacked Airball. I think it was set over set tens versus threes, 115 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:07.439 disgusting. I believe the board was nine eight three, and then the 116 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.360 turn was a ten. They get all the money in. Obviously Airball doesn't 117 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.560 hit the case three on the river, and that is that now. I 118 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.439 mean, first of all, before we get into the nick Airball releasing a 119 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.319 statement, I mean, what are your kind of your takeaways from the match? 120 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.279 Overall? I wanted blood, and I think we got blood. I 121 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.879 mean, we got seven figures of blood. What else do you one? 122 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.559 You know, I started with I really wanted Airball to win, and then 123 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:39.279 I slowly came around to the other side, so I was actually surprised it 124 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.879 ended in whatever it was fifty hours. But hey, now we can move 125 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.480 on and find something else controversial to talk about. I guess, yeah, 126 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.279 I mean, I guess so. I the troll side of me was like, 127 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.960 it'd be cool or not cool, it would be funny if air Ball 128 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.919 won. You know, the troll side in me, the poker player, 129 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.759 poker enthusiast, poker, die hard poker, trust, whatever you want to 130 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.759 call it inside of me said, I want Matt Burkey to win. So, 131 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:11.360 you know, I could kind of see both sides of it. I 132 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:15.720 believe I said before that I kind of want what's best for headlines. Overall, 133 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.360 I think it's still played out as it was really good for headlines. 134 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.000 I think a seven figure loss of more than a million dollars, I think 135 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:28.200 Airball calling it quits early. Now. I know they did have that clause 136 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:31.559 in there that allowed him to call it quits, but still, you know, 137 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.919 he did call it quits earlier than expected on one hundred hour match, 138 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:37.519 losing him more than a million dollars. I mean, I don't I feel 139 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:43.399 like we got pretty much all that we could ask for from this. Yeah, 140 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.519 overall, I mean that's kind of how I feel I thought it was. 141 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:50.279 You know, Burkey was the better player in this matchup for sure. 142 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.399 You know. And Burkey, you know, he's talked about it several times 143 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.559 on his own podcast. He's not a heads up player by any means. 144 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:03.679 That said, I think he has a lot more experience in the high stakes 145 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:09.440 streets, probably in some probably in some shorthanded, maybe some heads up scenarios. 146 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.639 When you get you know, you're playing these games, the games get 147 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:16.840 shorterhanded, whatever it. Maybe he's probably the better poker player overall, which 148 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:22.120 I think Airball alluded to in his statement afterwards. So I'll just get into 149 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.240 it now. In the statement, so first of all, Burkey beats Airball, 150 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.519 Airball calls it quits. Airball basically says on Twitter like, you know, 151 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.679 hey, I'm down one million, twenty nine thousand, whatever, I'll 152 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.000 release a statement in a couple of days, that sort of thing. Burkey 153 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:41.639 said on his podcast that Airball like extended his hand after the match, they 154 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:46.320 shook hands and you know, went their own ways. And then now yesterday 155 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.639 it's Wednesday, May ten, So on Tuesday May ninth is when Airball released 156 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.000 a statement on Twitter. He said, first of all, I want to 157 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.600 congratulate Matt Burkey on his victory. There was a lot of shit talking, 158 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.200 most of it for fun and to add to the excitement of the match. 159 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.480 But in the end, I have to give credit where credit is due. 160 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.720 He played well, and he played better than I expected he would. He 161 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:09.279 won fair and square, and he deserves to celebrate his win. What do 162 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.879 you just quickly, what do you think his celebration is going to be like 163 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.320 some protein shakes, some chicken bread. I don't think Burgie's going to be 164 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:20.480 heading off to the club and popping bottles, although that would be a fun 165 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.720 little twist in this whole thing. Yes, all right, back to the 166 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.559 statement. I want to apologize for the comments I made about Matt being a 167 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:31.639 scammer and the negative comments I made about his business that was out of line, 168 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.840 and I regret making those contents. Got caught up emotionally in the heat 169 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.679 of the moment and said some things I shouldn't have, and for that I 170 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.919 apologize. Matt showed during this match that he is a true professional. I 171 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.120 have a lot to learn as a poker player. I have a newfound respect 172 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:50.399 for heads up poker. I didn't have any experience and heads up, but 173 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:52.519 I learned a lot while studying and playing this match, and I have a 174 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:58.639 lot more to learn. My experience is in live ring games, and that's 175 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.840 where I feel most comfortable and have the most fun. I also have a 176 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.320 lot to learn as a person and a public finger in the poker industry. 177 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.960 My close friends know the type of person I really am in the character I 178 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.399 have, but in poker, I enjoy being an exuberant, polarizing character. 179 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.440 I believe that poker needs characters, but sometimes I go too far with it, 180 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.919 and that's something I need to work on. I'm never going to change 181 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:26.639 how I really am. Fun, loud, social, sometimes obnoxious, but 182 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.840 I can work on being a better and not making comments that can be hurtful. 183 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.360 In the end, I just want to have fun and play some poker. 184 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:35.639 Thanks to everyone who supported me throughout this match. It was a fun 185 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.720 journey, even though I fell short, even to the haters, I appreciate 186 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:43.360 all of you as well. Great statement, I mean, very good statement 187 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:50.480 from him. Seems like he's possibly turning a new leaf. Kind of recognizes 188 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.360 that he looked like you idioted at many points throughout this saga that was happening, 189 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.080 you know, whether it was the scam or comments, whether it was 190 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.639 the cons shit talking as he says, you know, the I mean the 191 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:09.039 bathroom breaks like that sort of like funny, weird stuff. Then you get 192 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.759 him on High Stakes Poker, the live stream, he's he starts off like 193 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:15.600 it kind of looks like it's gonna get crazy, then it dies down. 194 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.840 Then it's like the whole hymn and LNJI like laughing at everything fast. Then 195 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.159 it turns into Airball just getting absolutely hammered off wine and then just going nuts 196 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:28.799 in that last hand verse gentility, which you know, it seems like Airball 197 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.759 kind of just like took a look in the mirror. And also, like 198 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:37.200 I think the sentiment from the community, I think going into the whole thing 199 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:41.200 with Burkey and air Ball and throughout the early stages of it, there was 200 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:46.759 very much two camps. You were either for Airball or you were for Burkeyan 201 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.320 and Tim and I have talked a few different times about like, well, 202 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.679 you know why you might be on either side. I think the high stakes 203 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:58.480 Poker live stream really pushed more people towards Burkey because Airball was like on full 204 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:03.960 display for many hours being Airball. People were exposed to that and they said, 205 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.919 you know what, I don't like this guy. He's the villain, 206 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.600 He's the heel. Burkie is the hero, right, And I think that's 207 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:16.080 how it kind of played out. I think as a result of that, 208 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.080 you know, and as Airball laid out in this statement, he doesn't really 209 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:24.919 want to be that type of person in poker. Yeah, he might recognize, 210 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.159 as he said that that poker does need its characters. I think Tim 211 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.200 and I would be the first to tell you that poker needs its characters. 212 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.480 But it doesn't sound like Airball wants to be at least as much of the 213 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:41.399 bad character as he portrayed himself. So we'll see where he goes from here. 214 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:46.480 We'll see how much of this statement is truthful going forward. You know, 215 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.120 the statement looks great on paper, it reads super well. You know, 216 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.679 it's getting a lot of love, all that sort of stuff. But 217 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.080 at least me personally, I'm a firm believer of actions speak louder than words. 218 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:00.720 So we're just gonna have to see how he plays out. I guess 219 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.919 a recent example that I could point to in terms of like what I'm kind 220 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.759 of getting at is there was a Twitter spaces recently where Doug Polk was on 221 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:13.039 there kind of like holding his own feet to the fire and taking you know, 222 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.240 questions and commentary from the mob, so to speak. He got into 223 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.279 it with Daniel m'granny. They talked through a lot of their problems. Doug 224 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.399 like basically broke down in a way talking about how he was bullied young and 225 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.919 coming up. But then once him and Daniel got off, and like Matt 226 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:30.480 Burkey got on, said some comments, and some other people got on. 227 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:35.240 Phil Galfon later on, Phil Golfin obviously wrote the piece about Doug. Doug 228 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:39.919 seemed to kind of revert back to like the old Doug. So like, 229 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.240 are we gonna see Nick Airball revert back? I don't know. For now, 230 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:46.600 we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that this statement is 231 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.919 a very good statement, and it looks like he's going to turn a new 232 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.279 leaf. It'll be interesting also to listen to the Only Friends podcast see what 233 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.480 Burkey has to say. I haven't listened to the recent I've been away, 234 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.799 but what he has to say kind of in regards to this statement. But 235 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:07.080 he did allude to on previous episodes that, um, you know, Airball 236 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.519 seems not totally off the wall all the time. He was kind of, 237 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.320 you know, playing a character in a lot of ways. So so we'll 238 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.480 see we're going forward. But um, yeah, it does sound like like 239 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.360 Aerall wants to like be around high stakes poker. He wants to be in 240 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:22.000 at all, um, not high Stakes Poker the show, but high stakes 241 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:26.240 poker, like the community. He wants to play on Hustler high Stakes Poker, 242 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.799 other shows around the industry. You know, he wants to get those 243 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:32.679 invites, um, which I think he will. But if he would have 244 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:36.360 kept going down the road that he kept going down, maybe some people were 245 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.120 like, I don't know about that guy. You know, I don't know 246 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.639 so much anymore. Um. So yeah, that's kind of my long takeaway 247 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:45.399 from from the statement part of things. You got anything to add there? 248 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.960 No, I think he na owed everything that I think we'll still say a 249 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.559 little bit of a Nick Airbell bully kind of passing out. I mean, 250 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.480 he can be like loud and yeah and borderline ob noxious at the table, 251 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:02.840 but he got kind of crazy when he started drinking at high Stakes Poker, 252 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.880 I want to say, and you can probably correct me here or you know 253 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.599 if I'm wrong, but he got really drunk on like a Hustler Casino Live 254 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:12.480 episode a couple of weeks ago, and like I think afterwards he was like 255 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.839 might have tweeted something about how like I don't even know who I was last 256 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.599 night, like that sort of thing. Like so you know, he's gotten 257 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:23.240 a bit wild before, right, and I think it happens when you stopped 258 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.480 pummeling them a lot, well, you know, yeah, of course, 259 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.319 I mean, I'm sure it was good Merlau or you know, cabernet or 260 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:33.759 whatever the heck he was drinking. But yeah, but anyway, it seems 261 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:36.920 like it ties a bow on the on the air Ball Burkey stuff for now 262 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:41.039 again. Air Ball loses over one million dollars to Matt Burkey, who, 263 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.039 as we said, is going to be you know, celebrating with probably some 264 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.519 protein chicks and chicken breasts over problem champagne bottles. He did say on the 265 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:55.240 Only Friends podcasts that Aboll tweeted at He's not but he lost. Matt confirmed 266 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.839 that they both paid basically eleven thousand dollars in reik and then the other bit 267 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:03.960 of other portion, whether it was somebody twenty four thousand was what Nick spent 268 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:08.559 on massages, because he basically got massage just like you would, yes, 269 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.839 exactly, like just like you would when you when you would play um. 270 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.599 All right, so that's that high stakes duel four, so kind of a 271 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:19.880 two parter here because we had the undercard that took place on Friday, May 272 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:25.440 fifth. That was Mike Madisow versus Shawn deep Um, a one time match 273 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:30.519 winner take all ten thousand dollars apiece. Going into it, I think Shaun 274 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:34.720 d was the favorite. I think rightfully so, but the Mouth beat him. 275 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:40.359 Mike did not expect that at all. Shaun Dy was up early and 276 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.440 it looked like, okay, this is gonna play out kind of how we 277 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.480 thought the better player is gonna win. Um, Madisow seemed a bit more 278 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:51.279 of like a subdued Madisow. If you're tuning into poker these days, not 279 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.799 only just this high stakes film match, but like poker as a whole, 280 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.720 and you're expecting to see Mike the mouth of old, I don't. You're 281 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.519 not gonna get that anymore. You know you're gonna get him. It's different 282 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.960 Mike Madisow. Um, you know, I thought, okay, you know, 283 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.359 Sean Deeves got him about two to one. I think he's gonna run 284 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.359 away with this thing. Next thing, you know, Mike Madisow flips the 285 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.200 scrib he's got Deep two to one, ends up closing out the match. 286 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.559 Um, you know, he was very like, you know, Sean, 287 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.160 you played great. You know all this sort of stuff. Maybe we'll run 288 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.440 it back, etc. We're both too nice to each other, that's the 289 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.240 way. Yeah, I mean, it's it's funny because you got you got 290 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:27.400 a contrast of you got the whole airball Burkey thing, the whole Burkey Doug 291 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.359 Polk thing happening kind of like over here on the left, and then over 292 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.599 here on the right. You got what is supposed to be like a heads 293 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:40.079 up mano imano battle and they're just being friendly. Yeah, you know, 294 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:44.000 so, I mean it's kind of hard, but I hope people enjoyed it. 295 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.039 You know, it's fun to to have those sort of matches out there. 296 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:51.000 Um you know a little bit of a differing content offering, um, 297 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.039 you know than a than a live ring game or you know a live tournament 298 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:56.920 final table or something like that. Um so yeah, so Mike Madisow pocketed 299 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.079 the twenty k, hopped on a scooter and got a body here, and 300 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.240 that was both said they would like to play again. Yeah, so let's 301 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:07.720 go, guys. Maybe we up the stakes a little bit double down. 302 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.640 I don't know. I mean, this is it's like an unofficial high stakes 303 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:12.000 tool, so I don't I don't know if it would have to fall under 304 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:15.319 that they could actually, they could do whatever they want. I feel like 305 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:18.200 for the first time in high stakes duel history, except for I guess helme 306 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:22.480 with no Grander, these two could play, you know, a variety of 307 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.680 different games. Since it is an undica, we don't need to go too 308 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:29.160 crazy, but you know, we could do a PLO one. We could 309 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.160 do it. I'm definitely not gonna be out there for like seven cards stud 310 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.559 high Stakes tool man. You can cover that all you want. I'm sure 311 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:38.480 the production team will rip your head off for it. Um. So this 312 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:44.079 was the little appetizer for High Stakes Tool four. High Stakes Tool four saw 313 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:48.440 Daniel mcgran new against Eric Person Round one, fifty thousand dollars each. First 314 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:55.759 or winner takes home one hundred thousand dollars. Daniel Legrandew basically cooked him. 315 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:00.400 I mean Daniel I thought played better. Daniel had the better hands, you 316 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:06.160 know. Finally, after a few different tries in the high Stakes Duel ring, 317 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:11.880 Daniel was able to get a victory come out on top. And so 318 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.359 before we get into you know, going forward and what happens with High Stakes 319 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:18.759 Duel four, let's play the winner's interview with Daniel Legranu. I spoke with 320 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.359 him after he won, after he took the crazy body suit off, you 321 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.079 know, put the middle fingers away, all of all of that sort of 322 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:29.480 stuff. All right, Daniel Legron, you it's about time you got one 323 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.599 of these high stakes dual wins. How you're feeling it? Relieved more than 324 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.759 anything. You know. We got an all in and I had Ace King 325 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.759 and he ate Ace Queen suit and I'm like, all right, this is 326 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.519 a flip. It's a flip. Let's see if I can hold, you 327 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.599 know, and you know the turn, I was like, okay, chop, 328 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:45.079 but no, I mean I just had all the hands right. It 329 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.079 was like I had so many big hands, and he never really had much 330 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.279 going on. He bluffed me a few times. I didn't really do anything 331 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:52.319 special. I don't think, you know, I just ran better than he 332 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:56.519 did. Any sort of preparation coming into this match, playing Eric for the 333 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.279 first time, very little, Like I wasn't worried about like any sort of 334 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.519 game theory anything like that. I watched some of the streams, some of 335 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:04.279 his highlights and his table talk and stuff like that, and he really does 336 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:07.279 a good job of balancing. Like he'll say things that you would say if 337 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:11.519 you're bluffing when he has you know, he reverses it a lot, so 338 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:14.799 you can't read too much into it, although you know, once in a 339 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:17.359 while I was like, I sort of feel felt it. But the other 340 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:19.359 thing issue too with when people do table talk. When you play with a 341 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:22.079 shot clock, you don't have a lot of time to process. It's kind 342 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:25.920 of have to make your decision. If I have like three minutes, sometimes 343 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.200 I'll probably get to the bottom of it, but I don't know. I 344 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:30.119 felt some time pressure a few times in that regard, which is fine. 345 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.279 You know, it's better to have that than not. Yeah, I wanted 346 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:37.559 to ask you specifically about kind of playing someone like Eric who's a little bit 347 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.279 more willing to be out there character wise, and then you're someone who's, 348 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:44.799 you know, throughout your whole career really been like I can really read people 349 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.319 and that sort of thing. So did that play into today's match at all? 350 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.960 Or I tell you what I feel like if I didn't do a lot 351 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.160 of work. If I did a lot more work, I feel like I 352 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:57.119 would have I'd be like a lot more zoned into some of the stuff that 353 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:00.519 he does. But I really didn't spend a lot of that time. It 354 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.640 was sort of a last minute, not last minute. I've had time to 355 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.880 do it, but I've been busy doing other stuff. I've been you know, 356 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:07.480 watching hockey and sports, and I've been on Twitter spaces eight hours a 357 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.160 night, you know. So yeah, and then uh, you brought some 358 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:15.119 props and a costume. Yeah, what was the idea behind that? I 359 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:17.960 thought it was fun? Right, So this thing like, for me, 360 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.559 it's like about the fun. Obviously, fifty thousand dollars doesn't mean anything to 361 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:22.119 him and it's not going to change my life. So I'm trying to, 362 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:26.039 you know, create some entertainment. I thought, like HARKing back to when 363 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.359 I, you know, dressed up like Scotty Wynn, I thought, you 364 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:30.000 know, he's got a unique look, you know. I was like, 365 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:32.440 all right, let's have some fun with it, all good natured fun. 366 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.160 Right. So, like I guess, you know, sort of the topic 367 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.200 of jokes has come up, and I think like if you joke with people 368 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.400 where they're not really the butt of the joke, they're in on the joke, 369 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.839 you know. And I felt like with the hands and everything like that, 370 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.480 like as long as I make the person that I'm you know, making 371 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:47.240 they're laughing. I'm good with it. Like people saying, hey, you 372 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.519 shouldn't talk like Scotti. You're taking Scott like Scotty loves it, like he 373 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.839 loves it more than anybody. I'm like, so he's not offended. Why 374 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.039 are you? You know? And then how you feeling going into the round 375 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.440 two? You guys are obviously going to rematch it, So how you feeling? 376 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:02.319 I feel good? I mean obviously, you know, I think he'll 377 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.960 bring some a different game for the second one, or I think he's gonna 378 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:07.359 do some different stuff. Right, we'll see, you know, like I'm 379 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.720 prepared to play, you know, a few different ways and stuff like that 380 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.319 and go with the flow. I didn't have to run any big bluffs because 381 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:17.119 I had hands. But it's funny because there was one hand where he folded 382 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:21.440 the turn and I had four high and I was one hundred percent going to 383 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.119 bluff that pot, like I'd already made up my mind that I'm gonna call 384 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:26.319 this turn if he bets him jamming, but he just folded down. I 385 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:30.640 was like, okay, cool, I win four high, all right? 386 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:36.119 So that was Daniel Legron. You post round one win against Eric Person. 387 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:38.480 You guys heard him say there, he basically had the cards to get it 388 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:44.200 done. Even the final hand Ace King verse as Queen Person had the ace 389 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.839 Queen Nagran who dominated him with the Ace King. I mean it was just 390 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:49.559 the grown us day. That's how it can be in this regard. And 391 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:56.079 yeah, I mean going forward, this was originally supposed to be two rounds 392 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:59.839 between these two players. That's that's what they signed up for. But things 393 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.240 change and Eric Person backed out kind of eleventh hour, last minute, but 394 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:08.079 he backed out. So the rules we also change the rules for high stakes 395 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:11.920 tool. It's that you just have to win two matches consecutively and then you 396 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:15.799 can walk away with the title. So McGrane has one of those under his 397 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.279 belt, one of the two wins. He has to win the next round 398 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:22.680 and then he can take the money. If someone else comes in and beats 399 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:25.000 him, you know, they have to win two in a row to cash 400 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:29.640 out, etc. So right now where we are with this is there's thirty 401 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.440 days or twenty nine or twenty eight days, however many days it is until 402 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.119 someone challenges him. Yeah, there's been some people out there that have that 403 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.799 have kind of stepped up to the plate mostly via social media, throw their 404 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:47.279 names into the ring there to challenge Dan and legrand you and then I guess 405 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:49.960 it's on us a slut who we wants in? We'll see who change share 406 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:56.240 challenges Daniel, who you got? Who would you like? Who's the dream? 407 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.720 Yeah? Your dream? Like you can pick anyone. Honestly, I 408 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.240 think it would be pretty fun to see Doug Polk play him. They have 409 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.000 their history and high sex feud. You know. I wouldn't mind saying someone 410 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.839 like s Fandiari, you know, two losers to fill home with playing off 411 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.960 against losers. Yeah, like come on swept by Phil, you know, 412 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.920 and then maybe we see Phil come in and round five. I'm just happy 413 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:22.400 you haven't said Phil home. That's what I'm happy about. No, we 414 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:26.960 don't need to see that again. Yeah, I'm with you. I would 415 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:33.440 like to see Jason Koon okay um just because he's the one who ultimately came 416 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.079 out with the belt in High Stakes Dual three the heavyweight champ. He's the 417 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:40.759 heavyweight champ. I would like to see him now get back in the ring 418 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:44.519 facing the gron. I think that would be a fun, really high level 419 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:48.559 poker match. But also two guys who have like enough personality that it would 420 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:52.440 be fun and entertaining. But the personality isn't overbearing, Like they're not totally 421 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:56.440 like in your face, non stop whatever. I know, these two like 422 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.480 wouldn't really come at each other a whole ton. Yeah, but I still 423 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.880 think it would be fun to like just see that level of poker between these 424 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.359 two guys one hundred thousand dollars apiece, and then we go from there, 425 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:10.599 and then like I think, going going forward from that, If Nigrani wins, 426 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.160 great, he has the belt, Um that's that's a great story. 427 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:15.240 If Kohon wins, you know, he goes on to the next round, 428 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:21.240 which I think he's a very worthy continued to to go forward. Um, 429 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.400 So yeah, I think that's who I would want to see. But it 430 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:26.680 mostly comes back to what happened at the end of High Stakes Tool three and 431 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:29.839 see him come back. I like your call of Antonio Spondiardo. I think 432 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:33.400 that that would be fun. Um. So yeah, I think that's all 433 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.039 I got for those for that one. I mean, I don't really know 434 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:41.000 who else. Doug Polk, I just I don't know. I feel like 435 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.640 I feel like it might be a little too like kumbaya, Like after what 436 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:51.279 happened on the Twitter spaces, they might like, you know, and I'd 437 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:56.519 kind of steer away from that and less kumbaya. But I don't know. 438 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:59.680 I don't know. I like Jason Kohn, you know, That's what That's 439 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:02.960 what I said. So yeah, I mean, I don't know. Do 440 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:06.160 you think anyone's gonna come up? Jungle Man might be cool. I think 441 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:08.920 they'll pay people will challenge obviously we have. The thing is is like Dan, 442 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:14.319 and we experienced this when Jason Kohon won and he ultimately like didn't find 443 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:18.599 a challenger for the next round, So that was one point. But that's 444 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:22.440 what I'm getting at is that this Daniel is a very good player, right, 445 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.960 So like if you were to play Daniel at one point six million, 446 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.759 you might not want to do that, but you only have to put up 447 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.839 one hundred k, So it's it's much more palatable for for challengers. It's 448 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:34.079 much more easy for people to like raise money if they have to all that 449 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:37.599 sort of stuff. So you know, the difference between playing someone for one 450 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.079 hundred thousand dollars or playing there for one point six million is a very very 451 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:45.000 big difference. Okay, So I think we're gonna see a lot of people 452 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.160 throw throw their names out there. It's to get in there, and then 453 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:51.599 we're gonna have a tough time challenging. We don't have a date for this 454 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.759 yet. Again. We have to let the thirty days play out and then 455 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:56.519 we'll go from there. Um so yeah, maybe you and I will you 456 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:03.240 know, run it up, throw some money, steal four on four. 457 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.880 I mean we can just start that like in our backyard.'s what we 458 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:11.880 can do, all right, Moving away from all the poker girl stuff, 459 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:17.359 We're gonna head on over to Oklahoma, if you can believe it. WPT 460 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:21.640 Choctaw my first ever wt Evan. I've never been the Choctaw. Yeah, 461 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:25.920 don't really care to go. It's great. Okay, I've heard the opposite, 462 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:29.400 but okay, really from her, from everyone that goes there, don't 463 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:32.480 you know what everyone that says that goes there, it's a place that once 464 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.839 you go once, you don't ever have to go by. I love that 465 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:38.240 place. The pool is awesome. The pool is awesome. Pool. Anytime 466 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.519 somebody tells me that about a place, that means that means you don't even 467 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:48.200 have to go once. I like ch so WPT Choctaw reaches its final table. 468 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:55.039 beIN Wang is absolutely crushing. He is the chip leader of the WPT 469 00:29:55.200 --> 00:30:00.759 Choctaw final table, but he's also the chip leader of the wp T Seminal 470 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:04.680 Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table that happened what like a week or two before 471 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:11.680 Choctaw. Yeah, so Ben Wang is absolutely crushing. I think he started 472 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.119 the year with a massive win at Borgata. If I'm not mistaken, in 473 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:18.160 the in their Return event, I think he was the winner. He yes, 474 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.359 he won the return for a million dollars. There you go. A 475 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:26.759 couple of weeks later he won them. Yeah, the event you played the 476 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.480 second main? Here? The event I played? Can you played the Horle 477 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:32.559 Shop Main? No? I remember we went. We went to the horse. 478 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:36.799 It was waymoky and crazy, and I was like, I'm not putting 479 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:38.400 myself through this. The heck with this, I'm out. He won that 480 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:42.400 for two hundred and twenty seven thousand. Had a bunch of little little cashes 481 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:49.440 leading up until Seminal chip leader Choctaw y Seminal. I think he's got He's 482 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.400 got like well like forty percent of the chips and player like something one hundred 483 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:56.359 and fifty four big blinds playing for one point one million dollars. Yeah from 484 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:02.279 a field of two thousand, two hundred and nine sounded seminal. Um. 485 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:07.160 That final table is going to take place later on this month at the I 486 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:11.319 hope they didn't change this name because I'm gonna say it, the hyper x 487 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:14.440 E Sports Arena over at the lux Stor. I hope they didn't change the 488 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.839 name. I know, like it used to be called like the Allied Esports 489 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:21.079 Round. Yeah, I think that the current terminology. So anyway, Um, 490 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.880 it also used to be a club that I went to a couple of 491 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:27.960 times. It was a great Um. I forget exactly. I just think 492 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:32.000 that I think they had hip hop nights on Wednesdays and that was like when 493 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:40.079 we um so yeah, So Ben waging Is is crushing the WPT Seminal Final 494 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.400 table and then he makes the WPT chalked off Final table. Just a little 495 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.599 bit of a contrast in the first place prizes. Tim mentioned the one point 496 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:49.599 one million dollars the more than one point one million dollars for Seminole Choctaws four 497 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.759 hundred k. Still a great chunk of money, but um, you know, 498 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.359 only about one third of the prize one a little bit more than one 499 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.960 third or of first place prize there these chalked off field size is this is 500 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:05.160 something that's stuck out to me, Like when I was watching the updates. 501 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:09.000 I mean, they've kind of taken a dip recently, and I think it 502 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:14.200 really just has to do with the time slot that it's put in. So 503 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:20.319 Choctaw this year, the main event, the WPT Main Tour WPT Choctaw event 504 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.000 had a two million dollars prize. School I saw that it got you know, 505 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.200 two point one three million in the prize when I was like, that 506 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:28.559 seems weird. I feel like they used to get like nine hundred two thousand 507 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.839 runners. So I went back and looked. So last year they actually had 508 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:35.799 seven eighty seven. This year they had six hundred and twelve, so pretty 509 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:39.279 steep drop off there. Year before that twenty twenty one, nine sixty four. 510 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:43.240 So let me just kind of run through these because I want to give 511 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.519 them months also. So this year twenty twenty three, they ran WPT Choctaw 512 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:51.880 in May six hundred and twelve entries. Last year also ran it in May 513 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:55.079 seven hundred and eighty seven entries. Twenty twenty one they ran it in July 514 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.640 nine hundred and sixty four entries. Now, there wasn't anything in twenty twenty 515 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:04.880 due to the pandemic twenty nineteen, five hundred and seventy seven entries. Guess 516 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:09.200 what it was in May twenty eighteen, seven fifty five, twenty seventeen, 517 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:14.640 nine, twenty four, twenty sixteen, one thousand and sixty six, twenty 518 00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:17.559 fifteen, eleven hundred and seventy five. All four of those years eighteen, 519 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:22.559 seventeen, sixteen, and fifteen, we're all in August twenty sixteen was end 520 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:28.279 of July slash August. I don't know why you would see this data and 521 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.640 have this in May. Ever, I think you have made a big big 522 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.279 data people and we would see this and be like, yes, this is 523 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:36.799 clearly you put this in August, right, Like, yeah, this is 524 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:39.759 what you come like. Obviously, everyone focuses on the SUP in the summer, 525 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:43.880 right, There's obviously stuff that goes around in Las Vegas, but it's 526 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:50.440 it's mainly World Series of Poker focused. Then afterwards like boom into Chalktown something 527 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.920 like middle of August, you know about you know, there's obviously going to 528 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:57.440 be the Europeans that head on over. You know, usually like EPT Barcelona's 529 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.680 kind of in that slot, but w PT Chalk Toss seems like it really 530 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:06.359 thrived in that window. Um. So yeah, so I know there's uh 531 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:10.280 some WPT people out here. They're listening. Our advice to you would be 532 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:15.039 look at WPT Chalco back in August. Now I know what we're gonna get 533 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:20.079 the text message that says it's because of production and we got to film the 534 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:22.199 final tables at the end of May and blah blah blah and yah yah yah, 535 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.719 yeah, okay whatever, figure it out. Okay, figure it out. 536 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.119 Um. But overall, the story from this is Ben Wang, is 537 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:32.800 he gonna do it? Is he gonna win both? Are these back to 538 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:37.400 back? Because because they also have gardens which has start Maybe he'll make that 539 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:43.639 foul table too. I'm gonna say he wins one and finishes second or third 540 00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:46.159 in another one. I'm not sure which. But you're Ben Wang, Yes, 541 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:50.159 you make both these foul tables. You have the chip leads that he 542 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:55.760 has. What is a failure to you? If you finish fourth in one 543 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:59.639 and fifth in the other, where you are you like pissed? I think 544 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:02.159 I feel like you have the top three bars. Yes, if you have 545 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:06.440 fourth or worse in both, I think that's a failure. I mean, 546 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.480 actually it's not a failure is the wrong word, you know, it's just 547 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:13.920 disappointing. Disappointing. Seminal, he has double second and chin. He has 548 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:15.760 so many chops toll. He's only got ten big blinds more than seconds, 549 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:20.360 so it's a lot of a flatter, uh set of chip counts. I 550 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:22.000 remember, Seminal, he has a big advantage. I remember when we first 551 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:25.320 saw this guy, was that Seminole When we went down there for those high 552 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:30.400 rollers in August the one year and I was like, who's this guy? 553 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.280 Guy? You know, We're like, yeah, it's been wing. He 554 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:35.320 was talking about how he like was playing home games and then he's like in 555 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.599 the twenty five cows like, I don't even know what's happening any of the 556 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.880 best. Clearly he is the best. It's having one hell of a year. 557 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:43.639 Um, we'll see if he goes on to uh, you know, 558 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:50.679 win these or you know, top three tables gardens. That would mean going 559 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:53.159 into gardens which starts win next week. This week, I don't even know. 560 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.960 Um, I mean it has to be all eyes on him. The 561 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:59.400 return of the Gardens too. By the way, what do you mean a 562 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.039 return of the guard Well, they had a couple of years off, oh 563 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:05.239 they did. Gardens is a great place to play, you know, gotten 564 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:08.639 stots on the twenty first. So okay, so they're gonna like lead right 565 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:12.719 into the final table pretty much. Yeah, make the font within, fly 566 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.480 to Vegas or drive or take an uber like nick eraball, whatever you want 567 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:19.440 to do. Um. So yeah, that'll be a good way to kind 568 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.559 of lead into the summer there um overall. Um. But yeah, as 569 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:29.400 I said, all eyes on bin wank breakout player of the year. Did 570 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:32.159 he break out before this? I'd have to look it up. But well 571 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:36.679 you would say yes, No, I would say why would I say yes? 572 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:42.119 He needs to like have like won something? Wow? He has, 573 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:45.039 But what is your definition of how valuable that win? What is the wind? 574 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:49.000 Tell me? Well, he wanted to win PGT High Roll of back 575 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:52.800 in March last year for nearly two hundred thousand? What else anything else? 576 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:58.079 Before? That's got a second place in a um WPT Lucky Hot steep Stack. 577 00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.960 No, he's got multiple six figure scals, is what I'm trying to 578 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:07.639 say. I think he is a multiple four four if we five, he 579 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:12.360 won the Bogada, fifth in the Bogada, he's definitely broken out. Does 580 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.360 not quality, No, because I don't. He's got results back to twenty 581 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:20.400 fifteen. Does not understand, but like he no, one remembers second through 582 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.360 whatever place you want to put on it. They only remember the wins. 583 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.599 Okay, like that, that's just how it is. You only got our 584 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:29.199 wins. And then we're signing for a breakout. I mean, yeah, 585 00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.519 you have to like have won something, and it has to be a notable 586 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:35.440 something. So like him winning a high roll or tournament, which generally are 587 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.840 are side events respectful to the PGT. No, but I'm saying that one 588 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:44.320 was probably a side event as part of a series. Like it wasn't like 589 00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:46.400 he won like a Poker Masters event. No. Yeah, he's got multiple 590 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:52.039 wins, but no, and the your qualifications, Yeah he does not. 591 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:58.480 This is his breakout year and started in January when he won their Return then 592 00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:01.599 a million bucks could likely win another million bucks at Seminal and then you know, 593 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:07.639 had that bank roll a little more with four under k and then jump 594 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.199 is PTV more actually played a couple sounds like if you're gonna bet on somebody 595 00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:14.559 to win a bracelet. It's probably been waning because he's just winning everything this 596 00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:20.320 year. Jeremy Bakley. Um, yes, yes, shout out that guy. 597 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.920 That's his first name, right, je Jeremy Becker, Jeremie Becker. 598 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:27.719 His one Like what four? I think it's win. No, I think 599 00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:31.039 it's four win daily tournaments. Yeah, in the last like two weeks. 600 00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:35.280 Every time, Win does a really good job with their social media. If 601 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:39.519 you're part of like a poker room out there and you're looking to kind of 602 00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:43.719 do things on social media, I would look at at Win Poker on Twitter 603 00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:46.760 and do what they do, okay, which is like, take a nice 604 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:51.400 winter photo, tweeted out, put it out there. South Point does a 605 00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.960 pretty good job of this as well, you know, constantly putting their stuff 606 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.800 out there. Um, just just put your stuff out there. People are 607 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.599 following, they want to know what's happening in the streets, and this guy, 608 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:04.840 Jeremy Becker is out there winning everything. Six wins this year. But 609 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.480 he said flick four in the last two weeks, he said four at the 610 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.880 win one of the nation, one in Hollywood, Florida, and the fourth 611 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:13.719 the winner Like in the last two weeks. He just wins all the dailies. 612 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:17.079 He's yeah, twenty fourth of April, thirtieth of April, fourth of 613 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:22.960 May just just crush. And yesterday yesterday or two that hasn't yet, yeah, 614 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:25.559 but that's not yet. But yeah, yeah, he's just winning. 615 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:30.280 He's seven and everything dropping for twenty five K, forty one dollars. I 616 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:34.960 mean he's only he's only winning like four K in these in these nightlies, 617 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:37.280 but you know he has eight hundred K winning yea. Yeah, No, 618 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:40.840 he's a solid player. I've played with him sometimes in the in the win 619 00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:45.079 events. Um, he's good. Uh. And you know, it's always 620 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.519 good to see these people go on these crazy heaters like this. I always 621 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.639 like, I'm like a sucker for that, like the bin waning stuff, 622 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.000 this stuff. Um, you had the what was it Georgie was the other 623 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:57.000 guy George crushing everything. So yeah, um, I'm always a sucker for 624 00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:59.679 that sort of stuff, you know, partly because I'm just waiting for mine 625 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:01.960 to have it's coming. Sit nowhere, that's right, Um, all right, 626 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:07.199 let's head on over across the pond. Triton, North Cyprus kicked off 627 00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.599 today. Tim and I have been watching the live stream on the Triton YouTube 628 00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:15.440 channel. In the office today was what the twenty five k GG super millions 629 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:22.159 as part of the series one hundred and fifty nine entries. Hello, well, 630 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.519 by the way, this reminds me speaking of going across the pond, 631 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:28.880 you left something off the rundown, EPT Monte Carlo. Hello, we'll get 632 00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:31.800 to We'll get to that next. Um. But yeah, uh so, 633 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:35.639 yeah, so there's three point nine almost four million dollars in the price, 634 00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.400 well nine or eighteen thousand dollars. For first, there's people playing in the 635 00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:42.960 tournament I've never seen before. There's obviously a lot of notable names, right, 636 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:45.320 you know, you got the Stephen Chidwick, Jason Kuhn's out there, 637 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:49.960 Nacho Barbara, I saw Nick Petrangelo, Dancemoth, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. 638 00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:52.320 And then there's just people. I'm just like, who are these people? 639 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:58.400 Yeah, I mean they're they're probably crushers from other countries. Yeah, 640 00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:00.920 a lot of them are from like Ciders, Russian guys. A lot of 641 00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:05.159 the Asian players that you haven't heard of just yet are out there playing. 642 00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:08.559 I mean, it looks like it's just going to be just for trying on 643 00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:14.119 like Gig or Poke King maybe, Yeah, I'm assuming there was. I 644 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:19.239 think I think on Gig because Gig Gig Poker is UM like a sponsor official 645 00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:23.519 sponsor obviously with Gig Super Millions UM being a part of the series. So 646 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:28.960 so yeah, Triton, I'm assuming they're live streaming everything from there, So 647 00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:31.320 tune on in for the next what two weeks UM. A lot of stuff 648 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:37.480 going on. Chief among them is this luxe On Invitational, the luxe On 649 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.840 Pay Invitational two hundred thousand dollars buying. That's one of those ones with a 650 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:45.960 very unique format that you basically have to enter in pairs, although you're playing 651 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:51.000 individually. And what I mean by that is a businessman or a VIP however 652 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.599 you want to classify them. Can invite the pros. If you're a pro, 653 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:58.239 you can just rock up and be like I'm in because my two hundred 654 00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:00.960 k I'm in. No, like Steven Chitwood can't show up, Jason Coon 655 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:04.679 can't just show up. Those guys have to be paired with somebody. Um. 656 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:07.880 We talked about this, uh couple episodes ago. We mentioned Carry Katz 657 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:12.519 and Bryn Kenny were in there. They're now out now longer. Carrie said 658 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:15.880 he's not gonna go. Um I I didn't see Brent on the updated list, 659 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.079 so so yeah, um, I mean that's gonna be a fun one 660 00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:22.440 to fall of course. Um big. They still split the field, right, 661 00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:24.920 vps play one day? Honestly, I have no idea. I think 662 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:30.119 they still split the field so they don't merge the VP and pro pool until 663 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:32.119 day two. I mean that's that's smart. You know, that's smart. 664 00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:35.840 Yeah, I mean I think that's good. You wouldn't want to, you 665 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:38.320 know, if you're just gonna show up as a VIP, get randomly drawn 666 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:42.840 to a table before a bunch of killers, and it's like yeah, yeah, 667 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.719 so, um, I didn't see Talal Shakirchi on there, winner of 668 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:51.559 the last Triton Poker Series main event over in Vietnam. I would like to 669 00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:53.280 see him get in there. Um. So yeah. I think you can 670 00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:57.559 go to Triton Poker dot com. Uh, you know, click on the 671 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:00.639 little link for the Luxon invitation and you can seek some of the pairings that 672 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:04.480 are out there. The one that jumps out to me is the Puna Puncery 673 00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:09.320 and Danny Tang just because we're like Puna a VIP. I mean, definitely 674 00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:14.360 don't. It seems more like a poker player to me than a VIP. 675 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:17.719 But that's gonna be a super super fun event to follow. Of course, 676 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:21.559 they have a one hundred thousand dollars nolan At main event. They have a 677 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.920 fifty thousand dollars Short Deck main event. If you haven't ever watched Short Deck, 678 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:27.840 I know it like hasn't caught on like everyone said it would over here 679 00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:31.519 in the States, but it is super popular among the Triton crowd, and 680 00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:35.960 they're basically all on every hand because it's like you can't get dealt a bad 681 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:38.119 hand and then they just somebody gets it in and it's just it's an all 682 00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:43.360 in fest NonStop. It's like kind of a more tame version of a Flipping 683 00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:46.440 going Away because every time I watched Short Deck on the Triton series, there's 684 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:50.400 an all in every hand, eighty percent of the hands all in. It's 685 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:52.960 crazy. So yeah, so that's gonna be going on. But we have 686 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:58.639 to touch on EPT Monte Carlo because Tim decided to leave it off all of 687 00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:00.480 the rundown because he just doesn't know what he's doing. The guy has never 688 00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:02.920 been to an EPT, so He's just like, you know what, never, 689 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.119 the hell with it? Have you really never been to one? That's 690 00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:10.039 not my fault that you lived in Australia. Okay, if you would have 691 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:15.719 moved here sooner, you likely would have been over there. Yeah. UM 692 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:21.719 believe it was a record center for the main events m one. They had 693 00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:28.320 more than a thousand entries. Mike Watson, Sir Wats becomes the third two 694 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:32.719 time EPT champion. Um, Mike Watson won the PCA years ago, and 695 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.960 the PCA was always counted as part of the EPT, I think, except 696 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.159 for one year, was part of the NAPT. But we all know what 697 00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:44.920 happened to the NAPT. It went away. Um so yeah, so Mike 698 00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:49.760 Watson comes out on top. I thought Mike Watson did a great winners interview 699 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:53.159 afterwards with Stapes up on stage, you know, just kind of talking about 700 00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:57.280 what the win meets to him in his career and all that sort of stuff, 701 00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.559 The pressure that was on him, you know, being ferience with the 702 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:02.960 child at the final table, blah blah blah. Very well spoken interview. 703 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:07.639 The media person in me watched the interview happened and I was like, that 704 00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.280 was really well done. Mike Watson. I'm very proud of you. Let's 705 00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:14.039 not forget who his wife is. Well, she's a pr pro. Yeah, 706 00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:16.440 I mean yeah, hell but they people jam a mic in front of 707 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:20.559 your face with cameras on, like you know, you don't always articulate yourself. 708 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:22.519 I'm chief among them. I say dumb shit all the time. It 709 00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:27.119 doesn't matter, And I talk on the podcasts and microphones and live streams and 710 00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:30.800 a lot, you know. I mean that's just how it is. You're 711 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:32.280 pretty good at it. I don't really know how that happened, but you 712 00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:35.960 know, look, I heard your Daniel the Grinder interview. You asked him 713 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:37.559 how are you feeling? Twice? And that's a big, big no no 714 00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:42.519 in our industry, asking how are you feeling? But I thought I phrased 715 00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:49.320 the first one like not It wasn't that. You gotta just look. I 716 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:51.920 remember that, I remember, and I remember going in like, how am 717 00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:54.519 I gonna like ask this? Because we do hate we do hate the hart 718 00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:58.760 are you feeling? But with him, it was like you've been in here 719 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:01.440 trying this many times, you haven't been able to beat anyone. Yeah, 720 00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:04.639 now finally you got one, so like, you know, how does it 721 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:07.119 feel? To kind of get that monkey off your I mean, I know 722 00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:08.960 how I might have approached that question, but it is hot. Even from 723 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:12.880 outside. It's hard to think of the right questions. And I mean I 724 00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:17.400 hate I hate the very the very generic. You just want how do you 725 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:21.840 feel, you know, with the money, But it's I think I think 726 00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:23.719 you can kind of bend the rules a little bit there if there's some history, 727 00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:27.440 like with Daniel, it's like, you know, you've been in here 728 00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:30.880 multiple times, like how do you feel to get that monkey off your back 729 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:32.320 in a way to finally get a win inside here? Not just like, 730 00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:36.559 hey, you want how do you feel? Like, No, that's that's 731 00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.880 dumb. What was the second time I said it out? I can't remember. 732 00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:43.760 It was later on it was something to do. I transcribed it for 733 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:46.719 the winner story and I saw that I saw another Hey, yeah, sometimes 734 00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:51.239 my brain just doesn't work. That's just how it is. What are you 735 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.599 gonna do? What are you gonna do? Um? Mike Watson did great 736 00:46:54.639 --> 00:47:00.679 though, as I said, um crush that tournament. He beat Leonard in 737 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:05.559 heads up play. Mao has played a bunch of PGT events yes in the 738 00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:08.920 past, so um clearly two of the more experienced players. Um, you 739 00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:13.000 know deep in that field at the final table, et cetera. Um, 740 00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:15.960 I think uh, Mike Watson took home. They made a deal heads up, 741 00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:19.840 but then per the EPT, they always played for something on the side. 742 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.360 He took home what seven euros, which is like eight hundred and twenty 743 00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:29.320 k USD. I remember them that used to be like seven million USD back 744 00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:31.039 in the day, right, I mean that's how it was, right, 745 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:37.800 Um, one hundred thousand dollars super high roller over there. Mikita Badziakowski won 746 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:42.960 that one. Um. So yeah, the EPT is just it's going strong. 747 00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:46.039 Yeah, I mean it seems like nothing ever happened with the EPT. 748 00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:49.679 We kind of went away for a little while and then it came back and 749 00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:52.000 it's just right back to where it started. I mean, poker is more 750 00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:57.320 popular than ever. The Europeans need something. Unless you know, unless you're 751 00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:00.440 in Choctaw than it's going the wrong way. We're gonna run the next takeover 752 00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:04.719 tournament and Choco they move it to if they just move it to August, 753 00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:07.960 Yes, they need to meet Augus. There's gonna be eight hundred entries in 754 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:13.840 that tournament. UM so yeah, what else we gotta talk about no Gambino 755 00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:17.079 future is going strong on poker grow, high stakes, poking strong on poker 756 00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:22.960 grow. Um, you got a family pot? Do you want to get 757 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:25.639 into that? Yeah, I'm hopefully you have one. Why would I have 758 00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:29.559 got a big troop this weekend? I did have a big trip. Let's 759 00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:32.360 play the music. I don't know what I'm really gonna talk about in regards 760 00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:35.559 to my big trip, So we're gonna play the music and then we'll just 761 00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:49.440 get into some stuff. It's time, all right, buddy, what do 762 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:53.320 you got from me? You have something versus something small, So something's gonna 763 00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:58.159 be the size of the titan We did finish the Titanic. Yeah, it's 764 00:48:58.199 --> 00:49:01.000 about he was very scared of the people dying. But that's yeah, that's 765 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:06.440 what it is. Um, he's he's got two wobbee teeth. One fell 766 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.559 out, got ten dollars from a tooth ferry. He's had this other one 767 00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:13.400 that's just been just sitting there the front tooth just not falling out. Yank 768 00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:15.320 get out man. Yeah, Well, so he had to do the whole 769 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:17.320 like, you know, tie a string and I put it on the door. 770 00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:22.519 I suggested that you'll what happened Sunday. He gets hit in the face 771 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:24.760 of basketball training with the ball and it's bleeding a bit. I'm like, 772 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:28.400 all right, it's fine, you'll be okay, you know. Do you 773 00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:30.079 want me to pull that out? He says no, no, no. 774 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:34.079 As he's playing basketball, he's like flicking it with his tongue back and forth. 775 00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:36.800 And I'm like, this kid's gonna swallow his tooth anyway. We get 776 00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.039 home, like, let's pull it out. He's no, I'm too scared. 777 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:40.599 I'm too scared. And then I joke with him. I get a 778 00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:44.800 pair of tweezers. It's like no, no, no, I get like 779 00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:46.000 some string. He's like no. He runs away. Then I'm like, 780 00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:49.519 all right, I know how and get him. I go to my garage. 781 00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:53.239 I get my wrench. Come out your wrench and you know, the 782 00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:58.559 adjustable wrench. Yeah, And I chase chase him on the house for like 783 00:49:58.599 --> 00:50:01.719 ten minutes. He's so quick. I finally get him. I put him 784 00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:05.280 on the couch and like climb on top of him and hold him down, 785 00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:08.079 and I put the wrench and I'm going to write out He's I'm not gonna 786 00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:10.480 do it, but he's just like freaking out, He's like, and then 787 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:13.840 my wife's just like, you're gonna scar him for life. I was just 788 00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:16.320 gonna say you're gonna scar I'm like, I'm just messing around. So then 789 00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:21.760 he's never gonna want to go near a tool box every Then then he starts 790 00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:24.079 wrestling with me straight away, like there's no break. He just starts wrestling, 791 00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:29.079 jumping on me, and his tooth pops out. He's bleeding, but 792 00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:30.639 he's fine. Now he's too sad. He got his ten dollars from the 793 00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:36.800 tooth fairy and he's he's all good. I don't know what the rate is. 794 00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:39.480 We we were on shore and the first time we gave him ten, 795 00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:43.880 and now we've just got to stick to ten. I guess ten dollars. 796 00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:45.320 It seems like it's a lot. How many teeth you lose. The kids 797 00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:49.880 at a lot of money. He lose a lot, though. I think 798 00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:52.880 you lose all of them. I mean ten bucks, man, good lord, 799 00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:55.960 Yeah, my kids like getting ten bucks, that's for sure. Whatever 800 00:50:57.000 --> 00:51:00.719 you start with you have to continue with, So start low. We made 801 00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:04.800 the mistake starting with a quarter quarter. God. Well, times are tough, 802 00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:07.800 man. We just went to Disneyland. That's what Tim was talking about 803 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:10.199 my big trip. We went to Disneyland. Big argument with my wife, 804 00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:13.599 going back and forth, should we go, should we not go? She 805 00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:16.119 wins, Happy wife, happy life, all that good stuff. We ended 806 00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:22.840 up going to Disneyland. Kid loved it. She's what twenty six months old 807 00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:25.119 now, um, so she loved it, had a lot of fun. 808 00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:30.760 She's still kind of scared of the actual characters. She's scared of like adults 809 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:36.320 and costumes. She doesn't like that brother to Santa Claus freaked out, brought 810 00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:40.000 to the easter, Bunnie absolutely freaked out. The bigger costumes that came around 811 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:45.159 on Halloween freaked out this one. She was like kind of because she watches 812 00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:46.480 you know, the Disney characters all time, Mini, Mickey, et cetera. 813 00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:52.079 So she was she was a little bit more willing to like interact with 814 00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:53.880 them, go near them, but like she wouldn't hug Mini. She would 815 00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:58.000 only go kind of near her, like give her a high five. So 816 00:51:58.159 --> 00:52:04.920 yeah, my big takeaway is that the food at Disneyland absolutely sucks. Okay, 817 00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:07.440 it's like a hot so no, it's why is that a hot? 818 00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:13.400 Take? It so bad? It's just I've never what you pay fourteen dollars 819 00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:17.360 for like dry ass chicken and some white rice. People talk about like the 820 00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:22.599 treats they have. It was like the special like Halloween treats, Christmas treats 821 00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:27.760 and stuff. The I've only I've been to Disneyland a few times, disney 822 00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:34.039 World as well. I've only found one thing that is like worth like what 823 00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:38.000 I think the money. That is they have these jumbo turkey legs. I 824 00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:42.920 mean they are like the size of your head. This is like a Thanksgiving 825 00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:45.880 I have no idea, but like they're amazing. Okay, they're so good, 826 00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:51.159 like they're just smoked turkey legs. They're awesome. That sounds pretty good. 827 00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:53.599 Um, That's the only thing that I think is worth it. Everything 828 00:52:53.639 --> 00:52:59.079 else I think stinks and is super overpriced. But like I feel like they 829 00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:04.280 should like really like do it up, like make the restaurants and the food 830 00:53:04.280 --> 00:53:09.079 option is better. They're just not there's not that good. They're not Okay, 831 00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:13.599 nothing is good. Not taking the family into Disneyland. It's so expensive 832 00:53:13.639 --> 00:53:17.239 for me. You're rich. You're giving out ten dollars tooth fairy gifts as 833 00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:22.400 I'm today, you're about to book our trip to Hawaii. But yeah, 834 00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:27.960 yeah, Ira eight fish Tacos on the beach there. Disney Disneyland was good. 835 00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:30.960 You know, ultimately I'm happy we went. Um it was good. 836 00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:34.440 Not gonna go for another seven years, I told my wife. But happy 837 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:37.639 enough to go on rides? Was it rides for like young yeah? She, 838 00:53:38.679 --> 00:53:42.840 uh, my kid was. We measured her on like there's a lot 839 00:53:42.840 --> 00:53:45.639 of rides that don't require any heart requirement. Okay, then there's obviously something 840 00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:49.199 that require you to be like, you know, ninety inches tall or something. 841 00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:53.039 Um, But there was a few where she met the minimum requirement, 842 00:53:53.079 --> 00:53:57.880 which was thirty two inches. She was like exactly thirty two, which might 843 00:53:57.880 --> 00:54:00.239 have been because we you know, we did her hair a certain way made 844 00:54:00.280 --> 00:54:02.079 her a little bit taller, but anyway, it doesn't matter. Um. 845 00:54:02.119 --> 00:54:06.199 But yeah, so yeah, that was that was fun. We found out 846 00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:10.320 she doesn't like spiders because we went to um the what is it, the 847 00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:15.679 Avengers campus. UM. Spider Man not so into that. UM A little 848 00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:20.239 bit scared of uh, I would say, timid, not really scared timid 849 00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:23.199 of the um the darkness and a lot of the rides. But she liked 850 00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:27.199 it overall. So yeah, I thought it was good. It was a 851 00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:30.920 good trip. Quick four hour drive from Vegas. So yeah, quick four 852 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:35.239 hour drive. I mean, yeah, it wasn't that bad. What I 853 00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:37.119 hate that drive? No, that drive is fine. You should try and 854 00:54:37.159 --> 00:54:40.320 do the drive to Tahoe and then I've done that one come back and we 855 00:54:40.719 --> 00:54:45.159 did that once for Gary. No not that one again yea. Um, 856 00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:47.559 but yeah, so that was my tribute was fun Disneyland. Um, if 857 00:54:47.599 --> 00:54:51.639 you guys have any different opinions out there, maybe you share the same sort 858 00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:54.079 of thing on the food, let us know on social media. Um at 859 00:54:54.119 --> 00:54:59.639 Doniana score Peters, that's me at tram Stoff with a zero for the O 860 00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:02.760 on him. And speaking of social media, I'm gonna give a shout out 861 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:07.599 to Gary Gates. You guys know a friend of the Pod fourth place main 862 00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:12.960 event finisher a couple of years ago. He's been doing these AI mascots. 863 00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:19.119 Have you seen these? Scary as hell. Basically he's just been using artificial 864 00:55:19.159 --> 00:55:22.159 intelligence. Mid Journey is the AI tool that he's been using, and he 865 00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:29.239 goes in there and he prompts them to like recreate the mascots from the sports 866 00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:31.719 He started with the NFL. He put that out there. They spit out 867 00:55:31.760 --> 00:55:37.639 all thirty two NFL teams mascots, some of them are just out of control, 868 00:55:37.719 --> 00:55:40.320 hideous. Like again, social media gets in a frenzy, and then 869 00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:45.159 he did the NBA after that same sort of thing. Just total total whack 870 00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:47.320 job, you know, mascots come out of it, and then he did 871 00:55:47.320 --> 00:55:52.960 the NHL. But like all three of these tweets and each one is like 872 00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:55.039 a thread and you can find him. He's just at Gary Gates on social 873 00:55:55.079 --> 00:56:00.480 media. Gary is with two rs on social media on Twitter. Um, 874 00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:04.480 you can find these threads. But I think he was on like he was 875 00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:07.880 on a morning show today in Phoenix Talks, yeah, talking about it, 876 00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:12.000 like all these different websites have written about it. Yeah, a lot of 877 00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:14.800 the teams, a lot of the teams are like having fun with it, 878 00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:19.119 like like today the Washington Capitals are going on their thing. Um, the 879 00:56:19.199 --> 00:56:25.320 Detroit Pistons one has like its own subreddit now, like among the Detroit Pistons 880 00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:29.400 fans, they've like really taken a love to this guy. And it also 881 00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:32.440 so it uses like the team colors, but it like distorts the name and 882 00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:36.000 everything, like totally changes the name and a lot of them, so like 883 00:56:36.360 --> 00:56:38.719 the Pistons one, it's changed. I think peton is how you would say 884 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:42.559 it, p t O n Okay, So like the subreddit is just like 885 00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:45.559 yeah, peton, peton, Like they're all about pton now. So it's 886 00:56:45.599 --> 00:56:47.559 just this whole it's this whole thing. Um. But you know, if 887 00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:52.159 you guys want some want some fun in social media, you can check out 888 00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:57.000 Gary's Twitter at Gary Yates and uh yeah, see what one is your favorite? 889 00:56:57.000 --> 00:57:00.440 It's pretty wacky and wild. We need to do some some sort of 890 00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:05.000 poker thing with AI at some point, but yeah, but anyway, that's 891 00:57:05.079 --> 00:57:08.480 that all right, that's gonna do it for Tim and myself. 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