WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:17.000 Hello everyone, Welcome to a brand new episode of the Poker Go Podcast. 2 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.879 My name is Donnie Peters. His name on the other side of the screen, 3 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:23.879 on the other side of the microphone, whatever you want to call it, 4 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:29.399 is Tim Duckworth. How are you doing, sir? I am fantastic. 5 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.960 How about you? I'm pretty good. I'm pretty pretty good. I'm 6 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:38.840 bagged some chips in the WPT World Championships. Got a couple days off here 7 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:45.240 before returning on Saturday, so yeah, feel good overall. It is Thursday, 8 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:50.200 December fourteenth. We're gonna be talking WPT World Championship, w SOP Paradise, 9 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.359 EPT Prague. 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I think 17 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.760 I said last time that we would do the giveaway this time, but we're 18 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.239 gonna have to push it back to next time because I'm just unprepared, just 19 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.439 to be honest with everyone, unprepared, my fault. We'll do two. 20 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.799 We'll do too next week. How about that? Okay, we'll do too 21 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.879 next week. So yeah. This episode of the poker Go Podcast is brought 22 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.359 to you by storm x, the exclusive cryptocurrency partner of poker Grow. Storm 23 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.079 x makes it easy to earn crypto cash back. All you have to do 24 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.840 is head on over to storm x dot io, sign up, start shopping 25 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:56.560 online, and start earning crypto cash back. Earning crypto doesn't have to be 26 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:01.480 hard with storm X, Earning crypto is easy. 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So well, think 36 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:43.919 that like we're rating something higher than the other on this rundown. No, 37 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:46.879 it's it's in proximity to us. Tim and I are in Las Vegas. 38 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.520 WPT World Championship is closest. The next thing closest is the Bahamas. So 39 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.039 that's why we're gonna talk about Wisbye Paradise next, and then Prague is as 40 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:59.759 far away as humanly possible that will talk about third. So WPT World Championship 41 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.840 is very much underway. This entire festival, as we touched on in a 42 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.680 previous show, more than fifty million dollars guaranteed across this entire series. It 43 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:15.400 opened up with a six hundred dollars buying one million dollars guaranteed tournament four thousand, 44 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:20.719 nine hundred and fifty entries. I was several of those. Tim was 45 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.599 one of those two million, five hundred and fifty four thousand dollars in the 46 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:30.199 prize. Bool Michael Rosito wins three hundred and forty thousand dollars for taking it 47 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:36.719 down. Rosito is a crusher, an absolute crusher. Performs extremely well. 48 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.039 I believe he's previously won a WPT Deep Stacks one, some other stuff at 49 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:45.000 the win some other big tournaments. When it comes to large field MTTs, 50 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:50.240 Michael Rosito is, you know, always seems to be performing extremely well. 51 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:57.280 Uh, Tim played scored to cash well, you flopped a full house against 52 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:02.400 me in what was I think in a horrendously played hand. Completely disagree. 53 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.840 We will talk. Well, First of all, if you play the hand 54 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:11.800 like you should, you double f yi. Okay, So here's the hand 55 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.159 for how you're supposed to play it, or play how I normally would play 56 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:16.920 it well, because this is a big difference. Why would you ever play 57 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.399 the hand like this against me? Like that makes you? Let me talk 58 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:24.480 about the hand. You tell the hand and then I'll tell why this is. 59 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.560 This is day one, like g I think of of the it's the 60 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:33.519 let it's the second to last flight of the six hundred dollars opener, the 61 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:38.879 non turbo flight, the last non turbo flight the lines are four hundred and 62 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.759 eight or eight hundred chip big bind anti. There's nine people at the table. 63 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.519 I'm on the cut or in the cutoff. I make it eighteen hundred 64 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.800 with ace king off. Tim is in the small blind. He decides to 65 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:58.920 flat call. The flop comes queen ten ten rainbow. Tim checks, I 66 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.920 go small twelve hundred. Tim calls, turns the seven check check rivers of 67 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.480 four check check. Tim table's pocket queens for a full house. If you 68 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.399 just three bet pre flop, we get it in. You double up. 69 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.120 If you check raise the flop, you get more money out of me because 70 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.319 I never fold ever on that flop in a million years, calling a check 71 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:24.199 raise one hundred percent of the time. So, yeah, you played as 72 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:29.240 bad as humanly as possible. You won the stone men with queens against my 73 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.800 ace king. Okay, that that is true. Well, I want to 74 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:38.040 break this down into two parts. First, post flop, you play a 75 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.879 whole wide variety of junk and crap. You had played seven hands before I 76 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.240 even played two hands at our table, and you were you were there for 77 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:50.519 that's I'm point. So anyway, when I sat down, you texted me 78 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:54.319 you said like you were like forty five minutes, I finally played a hand 79 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:57.480 or something like that. I sat down, I peeled queen jack suit and 80 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.399 raise immediately like like, yeah, that's how you get it. It was 81 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.759 after chips. It was eighty minutes until I played a hand. I wasn't 82 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.839 playing tight. I literally had just seven four offsuit overy hand. But anyway, 83 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:12.519 when I flupped the stones, I honestly, the chance you have ace 84 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.480 king, it's more likely you have like seven three suited. Anyway, I 85 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:19.199 checked all that, and then the board ran out of small cards small card 86 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:23.720 I have to just try and let you hang yourself right. If you have 87 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.639 nothing, you're not giving me any chips. I thought about potting the river, 88 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.120 but I knew you would see straight through that if you had like pocket 89 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.639 nines, So I just took a risk going back to the pre flop. 90 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.600 I told my friend about this hand, and I was like, to be 91 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:40.720 honest, you know, whether I three bit that against another player, I'm 92 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:46.160 not sure because I'm pretty knity and tight out of the blinds. But I 93 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.759 also know that you're capable of just going like all in with ace nine. 94 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:55.800 I don't really want to just like stack you in this six hundred dollars buying 95 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.720 like away point. I don't even know your col it might be bad, 96 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:01.160 but that so that's what I thought of the time. You want to play, 97 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:09.439 just make it call it. You make an AK registration line that circled 98 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:15.319 to circus, circus whatever. Make it eight thousand, let's move cash And 99 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:16.920 I moved over one hundred k and winning, so cash. But you could 100 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.759 have I could have maybe went deeper if you had played this hand right, 101 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:25.480 all right? So that was that was the hand where Tim played it like 102 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.720 an idiot, But what are you gonna do? This is now the second 103 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:32.519 time we've now talked about a hand on this podcast that I've thoroughly disagreed with 104 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:36.079 you on that involves you with pocket queens. The other time was you folded 105 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:41.199 the queens like on the turn in the South Point Nightly like an overpair, 106 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:43.720 And I was like, oh, yeah, that was a yeah, that 107 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:47.600 was against That was against that dealer, dealer friend of ours whatever. Anyway, 108 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:53.040 unbelievable, all right. Next up at the WPT World Championship Festival, 109 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:57.480 sixteen hundred dollars Mystery Bounty. This one had a two million dollar guarantee prize. 110 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.560 School comes in it over three point two million dollars thanks to three thy 111 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:07.240 four hundred and twenty one entries. George Tamescue wins it All takes home five 112 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.720 hundred thousand, two hundred and two dollars. The final table of this one 113 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:15.759 ran till like seven thirty or eight in the morning, which is insane. 114 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.360 Why on earth you would ever have the players do that? First of all, 115 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:26.240 First of all, listen, last year, the same thing happened in 116 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.519 this tournament. It went forever. I had a friend of mine who I 117 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.559 think he finished ninth or whatever, and he busted in ninth at like twelve 118 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.039 thirty or one am, and then they played till like five in the mornings 119 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:41.840 or something crazy like. And then if you think all signs from what we 120 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.399 saw, I think all expectations from the WPT and the Wins front is that 121 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.600 this festival was going to be larger than last year. So you would think 122 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.320 it gets more players, you would think it would last longer, right, 123 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.080 So why wouldn't you just schedule in an extra day? I mean, what 124 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.039 is what what was stopping you from saying, like, okay, guys, 125 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:01.600 eight people left, we're going to bag it up at you know, two 126 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.360 am or whatever it is, we're gonna come back tomorrow and finish it out. 127 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.240 Well, I'm gonna get you. Just make that decision. Yeah, 128 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.879 from about I don't know, two tables out, you can probably see that, 129 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.120 hey, this is going to go long. Let's make a decision. 130 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.840 Now. Let's call Ryan or call Ray and be like, hey, you 131 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.000 know it's one am. There's eighteen people left. I think we should bag 132 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.120 them at eight eight players or nine players or whatever, and then make that 133 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.480 decision early. You know how these tournaments work, you know how they kind 134 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.960 of flow mauth wise, So make that decision earlier and then just hey, 135 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.799 be the good guys. Bring them back the next day two pm, who 136 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.120 cares, doesn't matter what time it is, and let them play for you 137 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.720 know, there was some big money still up for grabs, so better playing 138 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:48.960 the next day fresh than at seven am trying to win half a million dollars. 139 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.200 Yeah. Nonetheless, you know, crazy turnouts for these first two tournaments. 140 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.879 I guess my one suggestion with the six hundred dollars opener got to have 141 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.840 in the ballroom next year. Need need to have it in the ball for 142 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.519 sure, So get that ball them a couple of days earlier. Bangs a 143 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.279 cushout, make it a make it a two million dollar guarantee. You know 144 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:13.399 you're usually gonna smash that. You're probably gonna get three million in the prize 145 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:18.159 school for sure. So definitely, definitely would would push to do that if 146 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.840 I was in the room arguing, all right, WPT Prime Championship, this 147 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:30.200 mother effort. I mean, this thing was insane. Ten thousand, five 148 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:37.360 hundred and twelve entries for an eleven hundred dollars buying That is absurd when you 149 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.840 consider this is not a World Series of Poker event in the summer. You 150 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:46.720 know, there have been massive events like this at the World Series of Poker 151 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.519 in the summer. Despite what Phil Helmy's recent tweet says where he said this 152 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.879 was a world record for a one K buying, which is not true. 153 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.360 It is the large in one way well, but he made it seemed like 154 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.799 it was the largest ever one K buy and which is not true. It 155 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.639 is, though, the largest first place prize for a one K buying tournament, 156 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.080 or at least Matt Savage believes so on Matt Savage put that out there. 157 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:16.600 I trust Matt Savage out regard up top is what more than one point 158 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:22.159 three million dollars, which is just absolutely insane. So they had eight flights 159 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:28.200 for this. You could re enter one time per flight, so you could 160 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:33.279 fire a maximum of eight bullets in this thing. Five million dollar guarantee obviously 161 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.720 smashed ou out of the water. I think they made it on day one. 162 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.720 C ten million, one hundred and ninety six thousand dollars in the prize. 163 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.080 Well, I was in there, didn't make day two, fired three 164 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:45.759 bullets. Tim was in there once, didn't make day two, So we 165 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:50.480 suck first place. As I said, one million, three hundred and eighty 166 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.960 six thousand dollars. Tim put down here some of the other one thousand dollars 167 00:11:54.960 --> 00:12:00.200 buying tournaments that topped this in terms of field size. So this this is 168 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.279 more of just a reference point, you know, not really trying to spark 169 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.799 any any sort of war or anything here. So the twenty twenty three WSP 170 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.480 one thousand dollars Mystery Millions tournament had four flights, eighteen thousand, one hundred 171 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.200 and eighteen entries, one million dollar first place prize in that one, Tyler 172 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.320 Brown won it. Believe Remco and I did coverage of that from the Horseshoe 173 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.799 feature table, which you can probably find on the Poker Goro YouTube channel. 174 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:28.159 Tyler Brown made a crazy call and heads up play to take that one down. 175 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:33.639 And the reason first place in that one was only a million dollars was 176 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.639 because, of course, there's the mystery bounty element that takes a chunk out 177 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:39.519 of the prize pool. So keep that in mind, you know, when 178 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.279 factoring or when thinking about, you know, well, why was the Prime 179 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:45.759 had a bigger first place prize? You know that's why. Same with twenty 180 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:50.840 twenty two WSP one thousand dollars, million dollar bounty, same tournament, but 181 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.600 it did change names. For the twenty twenty three WSP. This had four 182 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.960 flights, fourteen thy one hundred and twelve entries, seven hundred and fifty thousand 183 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.879 dollars for first place. Quincy Borland won that one, and that twenty twenty 184 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:05.679 two to one was the one. Where was it Mac Lance that one or 185 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.559 was it mac Lanson twenty twenty three? I can't remember Mac mac LANs won 186 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.919 a million dollar bounce there or whatever. So yeah, absolute insanity. So 187 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.879 now back to the WPT Prime Championship. This one also needed an extra day. 188 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:22.840 They were two days ago. They were supposed to play down to the 189 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.519 final table, which is going to be streamed on I believe December nineteenth, 190 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:31.000 so a bunch of days off, but they came back with like one hundred 191 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.159 and thirty players. They got down to what they get down to, like 192 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.320 two tables something like that. Uh, didn't they get down to ten? 193 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.480 Ten? Maybe they got down to ten or nine, you know, something 194 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.639 like that. But they ended up coming back. They played down to six 195 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.279 and then they paused, so there was an extra bonus day built in, 196 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.240 which is good. Of course, the final six that reached this final table 197 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:58.200 now are on a little bit of a hiatus. Here Calvin Anderson, Valerie 198 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:03.679 pack Aaron Pinson, Bob Buckenmeyer, who I believe is a WPT champion, 199 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.679 John Glenn Dinning, and Jay Lou. And the chip leader is Jay Lou 200 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.480 with one hundred and twenty three million. Calvin Anderson is second in chips with 201 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:18.840 ninety nine point five million, again one million, three hundred and eighty six 202 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:20.639 thousand dollars up top. And this one, this one is I mean, 203 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:26.879 this tournament was really good, structure, a lot of fun. I'm a 204 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:31.480 really big fan of the one re entry per day. I think it's great. 205 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:37.080 I'm kind of curious as to what they do for this tournament next year. 206 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.840 So as a reference point, last year when they had this tournament, 207 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.759 it was a two million dollar guarantee. Blew that out of the water. 208 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.960 Steven Soong wanted to think he won seven hundred, seven hundred and fifty k 209 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:52.399 something like that. So this year they guarantee five million. Blow it out 210 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.519 of the water, you know, get more than ten thousand, five hundred 211 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.759 entries, more than ten million dollars in the prize school. I mean, 212 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.679 it's just it's absolutely wild. So you know next year five that's the number 213 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:07.480 they should go to next year. Yeah, I mean I think I agree 214 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.240 ten would be the little little dicey. Yeah. Ten is like hmm, 215 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.080 yeah, seems a little bit too close for comfort. I mean, then 216 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.039 again, you know, they went from fifteen to forty when they only got 217 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.039 twenty nine I say, only got twenty nine in the World Championship. So 218 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.679 you know, it certainly seems like the WBT and WIN want to throw their 219 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:33.840 weight around in terms of these guarantees. So maybe they do, you know, 220 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.720 slap on ten million. I would say that if you do a ten 221 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:41.120 million dollar guarantee for this, you probably add another day, a starting day 222 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.840 where people can get in there and fire. You know, then you would 223 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.159 fire ten bullets to max, which I think is fine. I mean whatever, 224 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:52.159 I mean, what's the difference at this point between eight firing max eight 225 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.559 or firing max ten. I mean, it's the same thing. Might as 226 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.559 well just make it, make it a ten k in a way. So 227 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.000 I think you could do that. I like, you're seven and a half 228 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:04.120 number. Something that I've also kind of wondered about is so they have WPT 229 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:10.600 prime and it's the quote unquote mid major tour of the World Poker Tour, 230 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.919 right, and all their main events are eleven hundred dollar buyings. We why 231 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:18.519 wouldn't the championship event be a little bit pricier fifteen hundred two thousand, twenty 232 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.399 one? You know, I think you still have to be in this in 233 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.799 this range, right, Like I almost think twenty five hundred is too high, 234 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.679 which is kind of weird, Like I wouldn't want to go to twenty 235 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.440 five hundred, but maybe you just like this one is fifteen hundred. So 236 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.519 like all their main events all year eleven hundred, and this one's fifteen hundred. 237 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.000 I think maybe that's the change for next year. I like the eleven 238 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.919 hundred price point. I think it draws people like me up to one thousand. 239 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:48.080 It doesn't really rule out the guys that are you know, I well, 240 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.240 mall normally playing five ks ten case like the value there is the ten 241 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.399 million guarantee. If you go to fifteen hundred, I think you're gonna lose 242 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:02.120 the play is like may Fellow Rex Fellow Weekend Warriors, because you know, 243 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:06.200 jumping from five hundred buy into one thousand's okay, from five hundred to fifteen 244 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:10.119 is just it might be a little too much. So I think eleven hundred 245 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.720 is good. Just I think I don't think it needs to change, just 246 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.759 maybe increase the guarantee. Yeah, I mean the only reason that I brought 247 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.839 up that price point change, I generally agree with you is only is because 248 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.759 it's the it's the championship event, So like most times, the championship event 249 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:26.079 is a little bit higher in price point. But you know, other than 250 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.119 that, it's fine. But I am curious though, to see what they 251 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.519 do overall. And if you guys do want to tune in to watch the 252 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:38.039 final table of this event. December nineteenth. I believe it'll be on the 253 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.400 World Poker Tour YouTube channel and probably a whole bunch of other places because they 254 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.960 do have a lot of distribution. So check that out if you want. 255 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:51.400 All Right, the biggest and the best from this series, the WPT World 256 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:59.640 Championship forty million dollars guaranteed in this one. It started on Tuesday, the 257 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.839 first day. So let me say that for starting flights, you can only 258 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.359 enter once per day, so maximum four bullets. If you bust a day, 259 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:11.119 you can't get back in that day, you have to come back the 260 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.160 next day. So you hate it? I hate it? Why are we 261 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:21.079 reducing the prize pool? No, I would like it takes a shot in 262 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.480 this event. I will tell you that I very much prefer this, Like 263 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:27.279 I think one re entry would be okay. I think this is I think 264 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:33.440 this is this is good. I also think that in a way, it's 265 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.960 like if you hit this guarantee, you're like, yeah, we hit this 266 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.000 guarantee and we didn't have crazy entries every single day, Like it's it's like 267 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.880 another bolt in the chamber that you can fire out. In that regard. 268 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.799 Day one A draws six hundred and nine entries, two hundred and two players 269 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.640 advanced. Jeff Hakim bagged the chip lead from that flight, all players start 270 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:57.720 with one hundred thousand and chips. Hakim bagged nine hundred and ninety eight thousand. 271 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:02.160 As it turns out, entering in to Thursday's Day one, see Hakeem 272 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:06.519 is the overall chip leader so far. Day one B this is the day 273 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.759 that I played seven hundred and thirty entries, so a little bit of an 274 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:15.480 uptick there. Peter Nef bagged the chip lead eight hundred and ninety nine thousand, 275 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.839 so he'll be up there. Total, from day one A and one 276 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.680 B, you have one three hundred and thirty nine entries, four hundred and 277 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.559 sixty seven players advance. How many do they need to make the guarantee, 278 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:32.039 sir? How many more? Well, in total they need both more in 279 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.680 total, in total four and eighty two players, they'll be over the guarantee. 280 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.319 That's about twenty seven hundred more players. So I'm talking about thirteen seventy 281 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:45.240 a flight the next two days. It's a big number. Yeah, I 282 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.680 mean it is a big number. I mean the capacity is there like they 283 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.559 could fit it. You know, it's not a capacity thing. It's just, 284 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.880 you know, can people get out there. It's kind of hard to 285 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.400 look back at last year's. So last year they did this then had a 286 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.519 fifteen million dollar guarantee. They smashed it. They got over twenty nine million 287 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:08.000 dollars in the prize. School only had three starting flights, but I have 288 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.799 the numbers from what those starting flights did. First fight six hundred and fifteen 289 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:17.960 entries, Second flight one thy fifty two, Third flight twelve hundred and ninety 290 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:26.119 three. Okay, so that's what they did those years. It seems to 291 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.400 me like you probably lost I don't know, one hundred to one hundred and 292 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.480 fifty players from one A and one B because they were still down in the 293 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:37.039 Bahamas. Yeah, looking at all the social media that I've seen last night 294 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:41.759 in this morning, I feel like every plane out of the Bahamas is full 295 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:45.279 of poker players, absolutely full of poker players coming to the win. So 296 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.680 I know you talked to some of the representatives at the win who are like, 297 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.319 you know, there's a ton of people coming in. There's private jets 298 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.920 landing, like there's all this sort of stuff. I mean like when I 299 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:57.440 I played yesterday and when I parked in the parking garage. There was a 300 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.400 car in front of me who was had a California license plates. I can 301 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.880 only and it was an suv. I can only assume that they like drove 302 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:07.640 in kind of probably that morning or something. But like six guys got out 303 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.960 of the car and I'm like, oh, they just all they all came 304 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.880 like you know, it's like everyone's coming in coming, in coming in. 305 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:19.720 So so yeah, the number WIN bought a Boeing seven four seven, parked 306 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:26.680 it at Bahamas and said, anyone coming this they for sure yet like like 307 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.559 that not a chet. I'm talking Boeing seven fall seven. I wanted four 308 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:33.799 hundred to do that one year. I don't know. I think Party Poker 309 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.720 did that one year and like branded the outside of it and flew everyone down 310 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:41.119 to like Punta Connor or wherever. The That's what WIN should they everyone? 311 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.480 Because it's it's not an easy travel trip, right, It's what it's Bahamas, 312 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.839 Miami. Got to get some connection to Miami from Vegas. It's always 313 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.759 been yeah, you stop in Miami or somewhere. I saw a couple of 314 00:21:52.759 --> 00:22:00.400 poker plays stuck in the airport overnight, so that hell yeah, So yeah, 315 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.160 today's number is one C. There's one C today, there's one D 316 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.319 tomorrow. I would expect they top a thousand today for sure. I know 317 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:15.079 there was some thoughts from like maybe WPT slash win camps that they might break 318 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:18.160 the guarantee today, knowing what we know now, Yeah, knowing what we 319 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.160 know now. That was like before the day started. So, you know, 320 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.759 knowing what we know now, with you know, thirteen hundred and thirty 321 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:29.400 nine entries through these first two days, I think that's hard to do. 322 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:32.880 I mean, they could do it. I mean it's there's a non zero 323 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:36.119 chance they do it, but I think it's going to be extremely hard to 324 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:44.920 break it today. I'm actually leaning hot take to them missing slightly. Just 325 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:47.359 yeah, if I have to pick a side, I'm going to pick the 326 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:51.880 side that they miss because I look at that number, two seven hundred and 327 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:56.720 forty three people they need. That's a that's a lot of people. Yeah, 328 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:00.000 I mean listen, yeah, and it's two thousand, seven undred four 329 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:04.240 three players for a ten thousand dollars buying you know, you know that said, 330 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:11.519 I mean, you're you're probably getting let's see what five hundred four, 331 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.119 So about nine hundred people busted out, So far. Let's say half of 332 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.680 those four fifty are going to be back in Okay, Yeah, you're getting 333 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.799 all these people coming from the Bahamas. I think, you know a lot 334 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:26.960 of people that were one bullet people, maybe two bullet people, are going 335 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:33.799 to be waiting for one C one D. I mean, I'm I'm I 336 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.480 took a shot in this one. I'm a one bullet person for this. 337 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.440 Just with my work schedule and everything that I have going on this week, 338 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:42.920 got family in town, et cetera. I chose one B to play. 339 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.759 It was a fairly decent field. In one B. There was a lot 340 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.680 of club WPT qualifiers. I think they all played yesterday, which was crazy. 341 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:55.799 I mean I had one at my table, the table behind me had 342 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:57.400 two, another table had two. Like there was a lot, and I 343 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:02.400 think they even they even out that, like, of the one hundred called 344 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.880 the club the WPT qualifiers, like twenty nine or thirty or something like that, 345 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:08.200 twenty or thirty of them made it through. So that would tell me 346 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:14.200 that they all played yesterday. So I like the fact that I, you 347 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.200 know, picked that day, not that I knew about it. I it 348 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.519 was just luck of the draw. But it did did work. Out that 349 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.799 way. So that's good. So yeah, I'm not I'm not ready to 350 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:26.960 say that they're they're gonna fall short of the guarantee, but i will say 351 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:30.039 this, I'm gonna get people in trouble for something that they haven't done yet, 352 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.680 and that's if they miss it. I'm gonna come on this podcast and 353 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.119 I'm gonna say going to forty million dollars was a mistake. I mean it, 354 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.400 like, but I've also talked with you, Tim, and like I've 355 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:44.559 said that and I've kind of felt it, like I just going fifteen to 356 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:48.279 forty they got why? Like, yeah, why you could have went fifteen. 357 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.160 You probably could have gotten away with going fifteen to twenty five, even 358 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:56.160 though last year got twenty nine. You know, if you wanted to push 359 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:59.440 the envelope, you would you come out and say, hey, this year, 360 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:03.200 last year, huge success. We guaranteed fifteen. We just about doubled 361 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:06.920 it. You know what, We're gonna guarantee that we double it thirty million. 362 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.039 Yeah, that's like, that's my concern is that, like we've seen 363 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:15.279 this before, right, So two instances that we've seen before stick out to 364 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:18.599 me. Semino hard Rock years ago, they ran that ten million dollar guarantee. 365 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:23.920 They ran it back and they missed horrifically, right, They've Seminole always 366 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.359 does very well with guarantees. They have big guarantees, but they have another 367 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.920 guarantee like the ten million that they had, right. I would say that 368 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.599 you even saw it a little bit with win Millions, ran it the first 369 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.720 year, smashed ran it back the second time, barely made the guarantee that 370 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.799 second time, and now they kind of restructured the Win millions, right, 371 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:45.640 So I would say that there's a little bit of it there. So if 372 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:51.039 they fall short here, I guess one question is like do they care? 373 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.839 How much do they care? And then what does it do for things going 374 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:56.319 forward? Like you can go fifteen first year, you go thirty that this 375 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.720 next year thirty five, forty, Like you know, then you're building up. 376 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:04.640 Like in a way, they've kind of set the precedent that, Okay, 377 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.839 fifteen four was the first year, forty the second year. If they 378 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.640 hit this, they go into fifty next year. Is that the plan? 379 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:15.759 I mean? But I also think that in a way, like I also 380 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.960 think that this is if you were to try and build a ten K event 381 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:25.480 that competes with the World Series of Poker in terms of like size, prize 382 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:29.119 money that gives out first place prize, that sort of stuff. This is 383 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:32.880 probably how you have to do it. You have to come out guns blazing, 384 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:37.039 like you have to make this big jump early. Because the WSOP Maine 385 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:41.319 event has what ninety three million dollars in the prize pool last year, the 386 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:45.599 way that we think it's going, there's a real chance at tops one hundred 387 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.039 million next year. So if you want to get there, you have to 388 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:52.880 be so so so aggressive with what you're doing on the guarantee front in this 389 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:59.000 event. Right, So if that is, I don't know if like that's 390 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:03.039 their target. If it is, then yeah, you probably have to do 391 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:06.279 this. So I mean, listen, I don't hate it. I just 392 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.440 don't want it to be detrimental going forward if they miss, Like if this 393 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.680 ends up like they get thirty four million and then next year they're like, 394 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.039 oh, okay, we're only doing twenty five, Well that's you know, 395 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:18.599 I don't want that to happen, right, You know, we wanted to 396 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.680 We want to at least maintain or go higher. So I don't really want 397 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:26.079 to get two inside baseball here, But you know, when it comes to 398 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:32.400 guarantees. Sometimes it's split, you know, fifty to fifty between say the 399 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:36.559 Win and WPT Global. Sometimes it might just be all it's not I'll say 400 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.359 that, it's not like you're speaking about that, but it's it's all it's 401 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.400 Sometimes it's split between casino online partner. Sometimes yeah, always online partner. 402 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:48.240 Sometimes it's only the casino. Like you know, my point is that let's 403 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.640 say it misses by ten million, but WPT we're handling the full guarantee. 404 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:57.039 Well, they might not care that it missed by ten million, is what 405 00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:59.720 I mean. They might be like, okay, well yeah, no, 406 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:02.359 I like, how much like do they care? And how much do they 407 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:08.839 care? Because this is obviously a massive play for macco like WPT Global Club 408 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:14.599 WPT I'm sure saw massive boost trying to qualify a hundred people like club or 409 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:18.480 sorry, WPT Global qualified hundreds of people for this. You know. It's 410 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:22.519 it's also like they've had a lot of satellites for all their different live partners 411 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:26.920 like gardens casinos sent nine people, some people one in off like I think 412 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:30.640 thirty dollars they said stuff like that. So you know, it is a 413 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.839 big driver for everything that they're trying to do. So, yes, like 414 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:36.759 you said, do they care and how much do they care? Right? 415 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.359 You know, it's like do you just kind of eat the loss if if 416 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:42.519 it happens? You know. So I'm curious. I'm really curious. But 417 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:45.480 well, I mean, we'll see where it goes. I'm still not exactly 418 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:49.240 where you are. I know you're on, You're on. You're currently in 419 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.799 the camp of not hitting it, just just because of what we've had, 420 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:59.359 the loss to flights and what we need. I'm just less bullish and meloss 421 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:02.480 ya. I was completely against, like they've got no chance and they crushed 422 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.680 it. Right, I don't even remember that this year I was a team 423 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:07.640 that will make it. Now I'm just, oh, it's going to be 424 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:11.359 a little tight. Yeah, I mean, I I'm listen. I'm still 425 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:14.799 not ready to go there. I think I said forty four million is what 426 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:17.519 they would get. Maybe I'm a little bit less than that now forty two 427 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:21.279 million, so maybe. I mean, I think they lost a good chunk 428 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:25.880 of players just to the to the basop paradise stuff, you know, and 429 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.839 but looking at Paradise, you look at the people that are still there, 430 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:32.960 and you go down the chip counts, and I'm looking at these names and 431 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:38.200 I'm not sure how many people are there right now like that would be here 432 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:42.519 playing the win. I don't think it's one hundred percent. I've seen at 433 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:48.640 least one hundred people on social media between last night and today on a plane 434 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.680 from Bahamas. And all of those people that I've seen would fire, would 435 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:56.799 have fired one A and one B if they busted. And when people the 436 00:29:56.839 --> 00:30:00.680 people that are still in the events today, it's going to be difficult for 437 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.559 them to get in for one D right. So I'm saying the people that 438 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.079 are still there playing the closer, playing the ten k plow the ten k 439 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.799 six max. Of those players remaining, there's not that many that I would 440 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:17.240 have expected to play all four flights, right, like Isaac Hackson, Shaw, 441 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:21.839 Jim Collopee, suaw Rise, Jacky. Sure, but some of the 442 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.440 other names are like they're Canadian, they're from they're from Asia. They might 443 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.240 not have ever come. So I don't know how many they are losing over 444 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:33.400 the next two days. I think everyone that's wanting to play is here. 445 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.240 We've seen mass exodus from Bahamas, you know, Sidel Livingston, Adam Hendrix, 446 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:42.680 Osmus Schulman. All these guys that would have fired every day and now 447 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.240 are now here for one A, one B, one C, one D. 448 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:48.359 So they may have missed prime, but they're here for the ten k 449 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:52.119 Maine. But there's still a lot of guys Ryan Reeves, China him, 450 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:59.000 like Christian Harder like like, there's a lot of people that are that would 451 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:03.279 have like fired all four flights of this. So there's a good chunk of 452 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:06.000 those people that that they're missing out on. And you know why they're missing 453 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:11.559 out PGT points. Oh, stop get out of here. That's it the 454 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.519 reason. First of all, the the WSP Paradise main event didn't count for 455 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:18.079 the PGT, so you can't say that, but the tan k PLO Championship 456 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.160 does. Just saying I mean, I think today they come in at what 457 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.160 do they need? They need two thousand, seven and forty three, So 458 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.839 today they're going to come in at I would say probably eleven hundred. I 459 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:33.279 shoulda say they need a break a thousand today to feel like it's within within, 460 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.599 within rage, that's all. Oh, if they had seven hundred, 461 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.119 they're probably doing dead. But like a thousand, you're under the you're under 462 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.720 the kind of trend, but you're right there. You could probably might be 463 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.839 out. I think I think I heard Matt Savage. He was lurking around 464 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:48.359 my table talking to some people. I think he said, last night there 465 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:53.559 was like another sixty seats given away in one of the live satellites, and 466 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.359 then another sixty or sorry, two nights ago ors and then there were sixty, 467 00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:00.839 and then last night was going to be another sixty something like that. 468 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.240 So I mean he said, almost five hundred seat. This is a tweet 469 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:08.319 about an hour ago, almost five hundred seats already awarded in Milestone satellites, 470 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:13.599 and there's two more today at eleven am and six pm. So I mean, 471 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:17.680 milestones are bananas. Maybe I should could play one of those. No, 472 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.440 I'm done, I'm dust you only you only got to go from twenty 473 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.519 kid to two hundred and thirty. That's too I mean, I'm joined dead. 474 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:27.880 Yeah, if you're gonna play queens like you did earlier, then you're 475 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.680 for sure drawing dead. How bad? Okay, let's just how mad would 476 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:35.440 you be if I have three bet you four bet jam after playing seven minutes 477 00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.279 at this table, I call I win, and you have to go line 478 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:39.920 up for two hours when are you being pissed off? No, I mean 479 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:43.160 that's just what happens. It is, but I don't really want to do 480 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:46.400 that to you anyone else. Fine, but like come on, okay, 481 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:52.440 you're an idiot, all right. So I still think they're gonna make this 482 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.119 guarantee. It's gonna be bananas. First place is going to be Last year, 483 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.519 first place was a little bit over four million. This year is probably 484 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:05.440 gonna be five six Just absolutely insane this tournament. So it's it's pretty wild. 485 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.400 So yeah, I think we talked about I mean, I have a 486 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:12.039 notes here, thoughts from us, you know, where we think it's kind 487 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.240 to fall for the guarantee. I mean we pretty much covered all this stuff. 488 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:17.680 So so yeah, and then and then you know, I know what 489 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:22.319 we kind of touched on, like what's what might happen in the future with 490 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.960 this event. I believe you had it that they had a three year deal 491 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.599 WPT in the wind, So that's what I told. Yeah, So so 492 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.759 we'll see, you know, but that's going to rely a lot on where 493 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:37.079 this number comes in. If they come in at like forty million, ninety 494 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:40.359 five thousand, I mean, let's keep going. Well, no, but 495 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:45.759 I'm saying it's gonna be hard to like want to up it again, right, 496 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:47.000 top it. It's good, it's good where it is. Let's just 497 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:51.559 don't get too crazy. Oh I get it, but but I'm saying you 498 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:57.519 are sometimes keeping a guarantee the same year after year like doesn't have the same 499 00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:00.480 drawl, like you almost need to up it right. It's so it's it's 500 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.319 tricky. It's tricky, it really is. And then also listen, it 501 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:07.199 also depends on what's gonna happen with WASIP Paradise, which is what we're going 502 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:12.400 to talk about next. But like we we have no idea. Is WSIP 503 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:15.440 Paradise this year? And that's it. We haven't heard anything in the future, 504 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.320 Like is it is it going to happen in the future. If it 505 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:21.480 happens in the future, is it going to be the same time frame or 506 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.239 a these two series gonna go head to head? Is also EBT Progue gonna 507 00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:29.679 be in the mix? We know for sure EPT Progue The dates are announced 508 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:32.239 for next year. Yeah that EPT and Poker Stars came out with those dates. 509 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:36.440 I think it's like December fifth through fourteenth. It's the same window like 510 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:39.880 the EBT Prog ain't moving. They're like whatever, you know, We're still 511 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:45.199 doing so so it really just comes down to, you know, this WPT 512 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.920 World Championship, which I'm pretty sure is gonna be here to stay in the 513 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.960 same window at least for one more year, is what we believe. And 514 00:34:54.039 --> 00:35:00.159 then I guess what happens with dobsip paradise and how does WSP paradise that that 515 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:05.960 or feel that they did, which is what we'll talk about next. First 516 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:10.239 of that bunch is the sixteen hundred and fifty dollars Mystery Millions Tournament. It 517 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:15.760 had a five million dollar guarantee, five million, one hundred and sixty nine 518 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:20.199 thousand dollars in the prize school three thousand, four hundred and forty six entries. 519 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:24.920 Jinhun Lee took home top honors four hundred and twenty thousand dollars and the 520 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:30.599 coveted WSP Gold bracelet. Maria Hoe finished third. Maria hoey poker grow ambassador, 521 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:37.800 well liked, professional player, commentator, ambassador within the industry. Maria 522 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.559 was what was she chip leader on day one, Day two, like Day 523 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:45.960 three, like the whole way. Ultimately, the final table was kind of 524 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.039 crapshooting. I mean she had a big lead for the early part of it, 525 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:53.400 but lost some hands that you know, were basically flips, and there's 526 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:57.880 nothing you can do there because when the the blinds get high and people are 527 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.679 pretty short, I mean, you just got to win your all in, 528 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:04.199 so, you know, another close call on the w s apgald Bracelet front 529 00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:07.920 for Marie Ho but I'm sure she'll, uh, she'll be all right with 530 00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:12.119 ten in her pocket. Who she lost heads up to? Yeah, Alan 531 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:15.719 Barry five thousand dollars. Noloman hold him Allan won eight hundred something thousand dollars 532 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:22.119 and then left poker and started a restaurant franchise. Yeah or whatever. Yeah, 533 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:27.360 I remember that they had they had. They came back for an extra 534 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:31.440 day and Alan had a massive lead massively and finished her off. Okay, 535 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:36.719 next event from WSP Paradise, fifteen hundred dollars Millionaire Maker draws kind of a 536 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:39.719 similar field three four hundred and ninety six entries. Also a five million dollar 537 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:44.199 guarantee on this one. They also topped it five million, two hundred and 538 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:49.000 thirty three thousand dollars in the prize school Alan Demelo wins it all takes home 539 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:55.119 one million dollars from this one. Kind of my trend from these two events 540 00:36:55.239 --> 00:37:01.599 is kind of barely making the guarantee here. You know, there was a 541 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:08.440 lot of online qualification stuff. Honestly, I still don't fully understand how it 542 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:14.760 all worked because it's the information like isn't readily available and not easy to find. 543 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:17.920 Like I think the Millionaire Maker was basically played online, but then only 544 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:21.960 the top one hundred traveled down to the Bahamas? Is that is that correct 545 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.119 with that one? Yep? Yeah. But then the Mystery Millions I think 546 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:27.960 had a whole bunch of online qualification as well. Like it was, it 547 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.519 was very tricky to to find out how this all worked, and all the 548 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:37.039 online qualification came from WSP partner GG Poker. Then you had the twenty six 549 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.840 thousand dollars GG Millions high Roller. Now, this one performed extremely well, 550 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:45.639 five hundred and thirty three entries in a twenty five K well twenty six because 551 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:50.119 it was twenty five plus one ten million dollar guarantee on this one, more 552 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:55.000 than thirteen million dollars in the prize pool. Samuel Mueller wins two million, 553 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.679 seven hundred and thirty six thousand dollars for taking home first place. In that 554 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:05.320 one of course, also the WSP Gold Brace. It's so very good turnout 555 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:07.360 here. Something that you and I both didn't know is this one also had 556 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:12.119 online qualification, which we found out on day two or whatever when it was 557 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:15.000 like, oh, hey, these people also qualified for the tournament. We 558 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:17.199 were looking at the numbers and like, I think pokernews and and WSP dot 559 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:21.440 com had like one number, but then the final number was like higher, 560 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.800 and we were like, well, where do these other numbers come from? 561 00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:25.159 What's going on? And I was like, oh, hey, these group 562 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:30.320 of players qualified online. Oh okay, well send that out now. I 563 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:37.639 sent out a tweight and then I was either hackson or bottom or responded to 564 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:40.239 the tweight saying don't forget about me, and I'm like, what the hell 565 00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:45.480 are you talking about? And then I go back to pucernews and WSP dot 566 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.639 com and the WSB plus app, and I say, oh, these online 567 00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:52.159 qualifiers, it's thirteen of them, and one of those guys was part of 568 00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:53.239 it. And I was like, okay, I did not know that was 569 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:58.760 happening. But little a little wrinkle to that event that we weren't really prepared 570 00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.559 for. Yeah, So I mean, really good turnout for this one, 571 00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:06.159 five hundred and thirty three entries in the twenty five k is is pretty gangbusters 572 00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:09.000 there, so good on them for that. The twenty six thousand dollars PLO 573 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:14.519 high Roller drew one hundred and forty two million dollars guarantee here. Price school 574 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:19.159 comes in at more than three point four million dollars. Nicolas Lempropolas wins eight 575 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:22.519 hundred and seventy one thousand dollars. Really good first place price here, really 576 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:27.679 good turnout. I think this kind of further says that PLO tournaments are performing 577 00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:31.519 extremely well wherever they're really held right now. You know, I think it's 578 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:35.639 good. I know, you know, we've had some conversations with some people 579 00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:38.480 who are here in Vegas at the WIN polo players who are you know, 580 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:44.039 yeah, they're dabbling in the the WIN World Championship two card stuff, but 581 00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:47.079 they're very much looking forward to the PGT PLO series and all of that. 582 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:52.559 So polo tournament players, they're out in full form, they're ready to go, 583 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:55.800 which you know, this twenty six k PLO high Roller, I think 584 00:39:55.840 --> 00:40:00.599 certainly is another piece of evidence to that. I've said it before on this 585 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:05.280 show. I'll say it again. Basically is gonna have one hundred kplo. 586 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.920 Yeah, they're gonna steal it, steal our event. I mean whatever they 587 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.719 but they should like if they have it, like we'll give you the structure. 588 00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:14.960 Hey, here take it. This is what you do. Whoa, 589 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:17.559 whoa, whoa? All right, thirty three hundred dollars, no limit, 590 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:22.079 hold him, six handed draws, seven hundred and fifty five entries, one 591 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:25.880 million dollar guarantee, two point twenty sixty five million dollars in the prize pool. 592 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:30.119 When was all said and done, Boris Kolov winning four hundred and twenty 593 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:35.039 four thousand dollars and the gold bracelet in that one. Do you want to 594 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:37.119 hear a cool stout about Boris Kolov. Well, so Boris Kolov, I 595 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:40.440 will say is that he was kind of ranked on the PGT leaderboard, but 596 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:45.239 this event didn't count. He was. I think he's like somewhere on there, 597 00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:47.599 like top one hundred for sure, if you want to like effort and 598 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:52.400 like look that up. But no, he's got one cash. I know 599 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:55.239 you know who you're thinking. I think you're thinking Alex koulv Oh, I 600 00:40:55.280 --> 00:41:02.239 am damage who's right? Well, now he's I mean my fault alex is 601 00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:08.960 six, got it, I'm a stupid American. Yeah, won the lost 602 00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:15.360 ever for now WSP Bracelet at the Rio. Well, that's just legendary. 603 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:21.599 That's amazing. They should they should have a satellite event at the Rio every 604 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:29.840 year. Fifty two thousand dollars Super high Roller at WSP Paradise, one hundred 605 00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:34.800 and thirty seven entries, really really good turnout here. So so here's something 606 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:37.039 that that well, let me say this, two million dollars guarantee six point 607 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:39.960 seven million dollars in the prize school. Before I get to the winner of 608 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:45.920 this one. Here, here's my general takeaway from this series. The guarantee 609 00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:50.440 and how this series I feel like was built and where I think they kind 610 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:57.239 of missed. I feel like this series was really positioned as almost as high 611 00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:04.719 Roller series, right, but but and like but like the guarantees, I 612 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:08.239 think they kind of have backwards in a way, Like they have bigger guarantees 613 00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:13.800 for the smaller stuff, and they barely made it on those guarantees, but 614 00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:17.320 then the big buy in stuff they smashed all the guarantees out of the water, 615 00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:22.079 right, So it's like they should have the way that they positioned this 616 00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:24.320 from from everything that I kind of saw was like, this is a series 617 00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:28.639 where like we're gonna draw on a lot of big names who can play all 618 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:31.840 these crazy high rollers, right, and then obviously the five K main event, 619 00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:36.719 Like I feel like they like this tournament, like they could have guaranteed 620 00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:39.519 five million easily, right, like and like, but all these big buying 621 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:43.239 tournaments, the twenty six KGG millions, ten million dollar guarantee, they got 622 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:46.519 more than thirteen the PLO twenty five K two million dollars three point five million, 623 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:50.000 the fifty two K or the fifth Yeah, the fifty two K two 624 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:52.639 million, six point seven million dollars in the prize school, like the one 625 00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:57.199 hundred and three Ultra high Roller five million dollar prize school almost eleven million dollars. 626 00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:00.679 Ultimately, Like, you know, I feel like they kind of did 627 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:06.679 it backwards there, so I don't know anyway, the fifty two thousand dollars 628 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.119 Super high Roller draws one hundred and thirty seven As I said, Eric Sidell, 629 00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:16.000 the freaking goat man, one point seven million dollars for mister Eric Sidell. 630 00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:22.360 He wins his tenth basically gold bracelet, joining the likes of who Tim 631 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:30.280 putting you on the spot, the late Doyle Brunson, the great Johnny Chan 632 00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:36.280 and the mediocre Phil Ivy. The mediocre Phil also the Helme if you can't 633 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:37.800 forget for that. Yeah, I mean he's just lie, he's above like 634 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:43.159 he's got like I'm sour on Phil. I'm just soura on Phil Ivy. 635 00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:46.760 Which one? Oh Ivy? Yeah, I'm just yeah, I'm over him. 636 00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:51.639 Oh okay, I can look behind my wall. Right right here is 637 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:55.960 a signed betting slip of Phil Ivy and John Hennigan. Look at you, 638 00:43:57.400 --> 00:44:00.760 Tom. It's a pride pride of place right there next Doyle. But yeah, 639 00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:05.920 I'm just I'm a little yeah, I'm out of a phill. Eric 640 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:08.360 Saidell just continuing to crush show that he's, you know, one of the 641 00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:12.000 best and been one of the best for a very very long time. Again. 642 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:15.039 One point seven million dollars in the bank for mister Saidel. The one 643 00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:22.280 hundred and three thousand dollars Ultra high Roller draws one hundred and eleven entries set 644 00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:27.400 a five million dollar price, will guarantee more than ten point eight million dollars 645 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:34.599 came in ultimately. Masashi oh yeah, Japanese sensation wins it all just under 646 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:39.880 three million dollars two point nine four million dollars for him beat Jason Kuhn in 647 00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:45.800 heads up play. Jason Kuhn had a few big results from WISIP Paradise, 648 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.320 So shout out to Massashi Oyah you had a stat He is now number one 649 00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:55.400 on what the Japanese all time money list according to the hand of the mob, 650 00:44:55.679 --> 00:45:01.159 So very cool, congrats to Musashi. Very cool for Masashi Oya to 651 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:06.519 get that RASO there. And of course two point nine to four million dollars 652 00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:10.280 ten thousand dollars PO Championship draws, one hundred and four entries, one million 653 00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:17.159 dollar prize pool guarantee barely beat it one million, eight eight hundred dollars in 654 00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:22.000 the prize pool at time of recording. There's what thirteen players are remaining, 655 00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:25.960 Bryce Jockey, Jim Collifee, josh Aria, Isaac Hackson, Jeff Gross all 656 00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:31.679 in the mix. This one does count for the PGT, So I think 657 00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:37.800 what Bryce Yockey, Jim Callafee, josh Aria, Isaac Hackson are all kind 658 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:40.079 of in the mix for more PGT points. Isaac Ackson, of course the 659 00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:44.920 PGT leader, so he's trying to he's trying to just lock up that top 660 00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:49.119 spot. Because if you do lock up that top spot on the leaderboard going 661 00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:52.679 into the PGT Championship one, you're going to start with the most chips in 662 00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:55.199 the tournament. Two, you're going to win the fifty thousand dollars Player of 663 00:45:55.239 --> 00:46:00.519 the Year prize for the PGT. So Isaac Hackson is certainly going to try 664 00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:02.719 and you know, pad his lead in that regard. What were you going 665 00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:06.519 to say, No, I was going to say that, Yeah, Hackson's 666 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:12.400 obviously on top. Josh Aria is already qualified, but if he can ladder 667 00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:15.320 up a few spots, he'll get over that, you know, that threshold 668 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:19.320 we've been talking about of twelve hundred points, and I would say nearly lock 669 00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:22.679 his spot. Bryce Yaki's pretty far out, doesn't play a whole lot of 670 00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.320 hold him, so I don't think he'll, you know, make a run. 671 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:29.800 But Jim Klaps the big one. I'm kind of rooting for he can 672 00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:32.400 win. He is in the top forty, which is something you know, 673 00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:36.079 to be honest, he told us he played the six hundred with me. 674 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:39.360 He says, I decided to go to Bahamas just to try and qualify for 675 00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:43.159 the championship, so I know it means a lot to him, and I 676 00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:45.840 think he might be second in chips heading into today, so he's in pretty 677 00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:51.679 good position to make a run at winning the bracelet and then ten thousand dollars 678 00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:54.719 Nolan hold them at six macs through one hundred and sixty nine entries, one 679 00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:59.360 million dollar guarantee in this one, just over one point six million dollars in 680 00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:04.039 the price will four players remain. Mike Watson, Jean Noel, Thurrell dong 681 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:09.079 Chen and Thomas Santurn are battling for top honors in that one, and of 682 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:15.159 course the World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet overall. You know, I think 683 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:20.920 on the service the series was a success. I mean, I don't know 684 00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:27.239 behind closed doors what went on with the bas Ap Paradise exactly. I mean, 685 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:30.079 heading into the series, it seemed like they were scrambling, right. 686 00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:34.159 I mean, there was a lot of offers being thrown out in those last 687 00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:36.559 one to two weeks leading up to the series. I mean all over the 688 00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:38.280 place, you know, free stay, buy one, get one, free 689 00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:43.960 tournament buy ins like everything, right, So that tells me that they were 690 00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:46.480 maybe worried about attendance. But I mean it looks like they've hit every guarantee, 691 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:50.320 which I think you and I both said all along that like they're gonna 692 00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:54.800 probably hit these guarantees. So so yeah, so I think overall, you 693 00:47:54.840 --> 00:48:00.920 know, it's been a pretty good series. Again, we'll see if it 694 00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:04.559 comes back. And you know, of course they have the ten They're sorry, 695 00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:07.480 the ten thousand dollars five thousand dollars Main Event Championship. I mean this 696 00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:10.559 is another one, like five thousand dollars buy in for this one. They 697 00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:16.559 guaranteed fifteen million. What was the final number, fifteen million, fifty thousand. 698 00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:22.079 It's kind of it's kind of tricky, like we don't really know all 699 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:29.039 the numbers, like the numbers. It's okay. So the thing I disliked 700 00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:34.440 about Paradise is they do take this additional three percent out or whatever, which 701 00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:37.800 is fine, it's part of the structure. But I understand, but a 702 00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:39.840 lot of places do that, not the way that these guys do it. 703 00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:45.840 They announced the price pool of fifteen point zero five million, then they take 704 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:47.880 the three pisce. A lot of places do that. I'm telling you, 705 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:52.000 a lot of places do that one hundred percent other places. This isn't like 706 00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:53.639 the first time thing. This is the thing I've bet. I think this 707 00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:57.719 is a I'll tell you this. I know because I've had an issue with 708 00:48:57.760 --> 00:49:00.559 it before, Like, I don't think you should do it that way. 709 00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:05.039 Like if you guarantee fifteen million, fifteen million dollars goes to the players and 710 00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:07.719 end of story, that that's how this works. You guarantee a million a 711 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:10.920 million goes to the players, Like that's how this should work. They're guarantees 712 00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:15.159 for a reason, like this this fine print crap that happens in poker tournaments. 713 00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:20.280 And listen, it's not just the Wasity Paradise, it's all of these 714 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:22.039 tournaments. They do it all the time. There was a whole thing with 715 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:25.360 the MGM Grand Series here in Las Vegas where Tony Burns had to come out 716 00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:30.239 on social media and say, listen, I'm not working with them anymore because 717 00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:32.159 they decided to change their guarantees in mid series. Like, no, you 718 00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:37.719 announce a series, it gets approved, it gets marketed. You need to 719 00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:39.719 honor that. Like that, that's what needs to happen. Just like when 720 00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:45.199 online sites they have a tournament up it's a fifty k guarantee and it gets 721 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:50.039 eight runners and they cancel it, like no, like this is not how 722 00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:55.280 this works, and like the gaming regulators need to come down on these places, 723 00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:59.000 like if you, if you, you can't just change this, like 724 00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:00.800 you can't just put it in find print because it's just it's unfair to the 725 00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:06.519 players. You need to be better with your business and figuring out the guarantees 726 00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:07.719 and all that sort of stuff. Like that's what you need to be better 727 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:14.719 in. I agree. I mean that's also like that's partly what RAKE is 728 00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:17.159 for Rake is, Yeah, it's to pay all the staff and everything and 729 00:50:17.199 --> 00:50:22.320 then in worst case scenario, Rake is like your fallback to cover guarantees if 730 00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:24.840 it has to be that way. So like that that's just how it is. 731 00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:28.760 This is the business that these people got into. Like you have to 732 00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:31.079 deal with it, right, you can't just be doing this stuff. If 733 00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:36.880 you guarantee ten million dollars, ten million dollars should go in the player's pockets. 734 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:40.400 End of story. That's how it is. Like that that's a guarantee 735 00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:47.440 to me, it's the definition of a guarantee. Anyway. The five thousand 736 00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:52.039 dollars main Event Championship, it got three thousand and ten entries. There are 737 00:50:52.639 --> 00:51:00.000 seven players remaining entering the final day. The biggest name remaining is Matt Glance. 738 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:05.239 He's got whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. If you're going 739 00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:09.480 to tell me you're blond, Daniel Nielsen is the biggest name remaining, then 740 00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:17.840 you're crazy, Yes, get out of here. Australian legend Wow Listen has 741 00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:21.480 been around for a while. Yes, has done a lot of a lot 742 00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:23.880 of big things out of the Australian poker scene. That is Daniel Nielsen. 743 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:29.239 He is the chip leader with seven players remaining. He's got thirty seven point 744 00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:34.639 four million, which represents sixty two big blinds. About what fifteen big blind 745 00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:39.719 chip lead over the final table. The final table seven is Michael Skolinka out 746 00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:43.280 of the Czech Republic. You have Mack Lance out of the US, you 747 00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:49.079 have Stanislav ziegel A out of Germany, Gabrielle Schroeder out of Brazil, Montgomery 748 00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:52.920 McQuaid out of the UK, Ruiy Sosa out of Portugal, and then Daniel 749 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:59.599 Nielsen out of Australia. Each player is guaranteed three hundred thousand dollars, but 750 00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:04.760 they are are of course playing for a massive first place prize that is two 751 00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:10.000 million buckeroos up top and dollary. Dudes, Daniel might say, dude. 752 00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:15.039 Okay, So the final seven payouts are three hundred thousand dollars for seventh place, 753 00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:19.360 four hundred thousand dollars for six, five hundred and ten thousand dollars for 754 00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:22.519 fifth, six hundred and eighty five thousand for fourth, nine hundred thousand for 755 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:28.960 third. Second place gets seven figures one point two million, and then first 756 00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:36.519 place is two million dollars and the first ever WSP Paradise Main Event gold bracelets. 757 00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:38.880 I mean, this was it was a fun tournament to fall. You 758 00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:45.440 guys can watch this one on the gg poker YouTube channel is where the live 759 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:50.599 streaming is happening for that. So so yeah, good uh. I think 760 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:52.440 good series overall. Again, I think we're still gonna just have to wait 761 00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:55.079 and see what they do if they if they announce it for next year or 762 00:52:55.079 --> 00:53:00.239 whatever. I mean, I think it. I feel like they don't know, 763 00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:05.280 because wouldn't you want to announce it during this like, hey, we're 764 00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:08.079 coming back like type of thing. Would it would make sense? Yeah, 765 00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:12.039 maybe they want to just run the numbers and you know, give it some 766 00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:15.599 time to see and you know, of course, the earlier you announced it, 767 00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:19.400 the more you can start, like you know, qualifiers and putting everything 768 00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:22.760 together so you don't have to do all that scrambling kind of last minute like 769 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.679 they did this first time around. So but yeah, but as we talked 770 00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:30.400 about earlier, a lot of these people that were down there are on planes 771 00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:35.000 right now trying to get back to Las Vegas to play the WPT over at 772 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:39.159 the Wind So a whole heck of a lot of poker going on tim A 773 00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:46.400 lot of these events at Dobaispy Paradise qualified for the PGT. So who were 774 00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:52.679 some like big movers on the leader board. Of course, we're down to 775 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:54.239 the to the to the end of it, right the only thing that's left 776 00:53:54.760 --> 00:54:00.239 is PGT Last Chance in January January second through seventh, yep. And it's 777 00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:06.159 all about qualifying for the PGT Championship million dollar free role. It's all about 778 00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:08.840 getting in that top forty of the leaderboard. The top forty are the players 779 00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:14.599 that will qualify. So who kind of put themselves in a better position to 780 00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:17.840 make that happen. I'm going to run from top to bottom of people that 781 00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:23.679 earned the most PGT points at Paradise. Number one name Jason Kuhne. He 782 00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:30.400 is now thirty third on the leaderboard. He picked up eight hundred and fifty 783 00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:36.280 three PGT points from his three cashes. Next up, Eric Sidell picked up 784 00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:38.239 eight hundred and four points, one win, two cashes. He's now in 785 00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:44.960 eleventh, pretty much locked his spot in the top forty. Daniel Smodjovic did 786 00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:47.280 how I say it. He picked up seven hundred points for his third place 787 00:54:47.320 --> 00:54:52.079 finish in the twenty five KGG millions. He's up to thirty fourth. He's 788 00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:58.679 already emailed me asking about this free roll, so you know, there's some 789 00:54:58.719 --> 00:55:00.719 conversation. Maybe we s him for the last chance. We'll see what happens. 790 00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:07.119 Obviously we've talked about him already. Masashioya, the guy that I was 791 00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:10.360 rooting for against Jason Kuhne because you know, I wanted more sweats on the 792 00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:15.400 leaderboard than anything. But he picked up six hundred and thirty four points one 793 00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:17.599 win in three cashes. He's now thirty ninth, right on that fringe. 794 00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:23.440 I definitely expect him for PGT last chance up the Turk thirty second place right 795 00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:28.960 now. He picked up just under five hundred points and we've discussed this lots. 796 00:55:29.559 --> 00:55:32.599 You know, I've been asked by players, what is the minimum amount 797 00:55:32.639 --> 00:55:37.760 of points you think will be needed for the to qualify. I've always said 798 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:39.599 twelve hundred. I think you need to get to twelve hundred, and you're 799 00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:44.880 in. Three players have now pushed over that amount, and I would say 800 00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:49.840 a near lucks for the championship. Nick Shulman fourteen hundred and fifty nine points, 801 00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:54.079 Leon the Sturm thirteen hundred and four and Adrian Mataos twelve sixty two. 802 00:55:54.159 --> 00:56:00.280 Reason I say twelve hundreds is important is that there's a logjam of three guys 803 00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:02.559 on twelve hundred, so that matters. But also it just felt like the 804 00:56:02.639 --> 00:56:09.360 riot number between twenty eighth place, which is twelve hundred points it minus two 805 00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:15.840 hundred points is forty fifth. So that is a pretty cluster of you know, 806 00:56:15.320 --> 00:56:21.159 basically eighteen players that's going to be competing for that bubble of those last 807 00:56:21.199 --> 00:56:27.679 few spots to qualify. Pretty crazy. I mean, it's it's good, 808 00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:30.119 you know, it's good. It's good that the race is heating up. 809 00:56:30.159 --> 00:56:32.400 And then of course you know Last Chance January second through seventh at the Poker 810 00:56:32.440 --> 00:56:36.079 Studio in Las Vegas is going to be a lot of fun. Yeah, 811 00:56:36.239 --> 00:56:38.480 a lot of these people out there battling, and the additional dream seats that 812 00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:44.119 are up for grabs just from that seat, that series leaderboard is going to 813 00:56:44.159 --> 00:56:52.360 create a lot of competition. Heading over to Europe, EPT Prague really really 814 00:56:52.440 --> 00:56:58.199 good turnouts out of Prague. So Prague is a are the ept's Eureka Series. 815 00:56:58.239 --> 00:57:00.880 The Eureka Prague main event in a lot one hundred euro by him draws 816 00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:07.239 four four hundred and three entries, which is a record for this event. 817 00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:10.800 So, I mean, listen, last year in this event had foury seventeen, 818 00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:15.280 so just about four hundred more. I mean, it's it's crazy just 819 00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:22.400 how well live poker is doing everywhere. I mean, you know, the 820 00:57:22.519 --> 00:57:28.360 WASB Paradise numbers were good, WPT World Championship excuse me, numbers are really 821 00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:30.840 good here as well, and EPT Prog numbers are good. So yeah, 822 00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:35.920 everywhere just seems to be crushing, which is kind of crazy, you know. 823 00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:40.719 I mean it, I don't know if it's the best move to have 824 00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:45.280 all three of these going on at once. I still don't know. Maybe 825 00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:47.760 it works for like this year, and it's not sustainable going for I have 826 00:57:47.800 --> 00:57:52.360 no idea that said. I mean, these numbers are great to see as 827 00:57:52.440 --> 00:57:55.119 a you know, a poker purist. You know, just just how much 828 00:57:55.159 --> 00:58:00.239 poker is being played on the live front is great. So in this Eureka 829 00:58:00.239 --> 00:58:04.800 main event, two hundred and twenty six thousand euros in the prize school, 830 00:58:04.840 --> 00:58:09.440 Alexander sat Chu wins five hundred and eleven thousand euros for taking that one down. 831 00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:15.280 And then another record setter was had in the EPT Progue main event, 832 00:58:15.559 --> 00:58:20.719 fifty three hundred eurobuy in. There twelve hundred and eighty five entries, topping 833 00:58:20.840 --> 00:58:24.639 last year's twelve sixty seven. Last year was the record this year, said 834 00:58:24.639 --> 00:58:29.599 it, eighteen entries, more more than six point one million euros in the 835 00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:31.440 prize pool. What is that number there that you put, Is it one 836 00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:36.960 point three million euros for first place? Yes, one point three million euros 837 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:40.079 for first place. There are eighty five players remaining, probably a little bit 838 00:58:40.119 --> 00:58:44.719 less than that a time of recording, you know, but they're moving forward 839 00:58:44.719 --> 00:58:46.199 with this one. We won't have a winner to talk about just yet. 840 00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:51.760 But Marley Sprague was still in Omar l Jack, who won the twenty twenty 841 00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:54.440 two at WSP Europe Made Event govar At, mattal Now Ferrell, Steve O 842 00:58:54.559 --> 00:59:00.840 Dwyer, Roman Kalias Kakwan Lao, Leo Margetz, Max Nugebauer who is the 843 00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:05.400 twenty twenty three WSP Europe Champions. So both SP Europe champions from the last 844 00:59:05.400 --> 00:59:08.639 two years are out their battle and trying to become EPT Progue champion. Max 845 00:59:08.719 --> 00:59:14.679 is also currently qualified for the PGT Championship Million dollar f There you go. 846 00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:20.760 So we'll we'll wrap up EPT Prog in terms of the winners from the winner 847 00:59:20.760 --> 00:59:22.639 of the main event, and then we'll also probably hit on I think they 848 00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:24.880 had a bunch of high rollers and stuff there. We'll do that on probably 849 00:59:24.920 --> 00:59:29.079 the next episode when we just have a little bit more information out of this 850 00:59:29.239 --> 00:59:32.440 series. But yeah, I mean again, live poker is thriving. Man, 851 00:59:32.639 --> 00:59:38.239 It's bananas. It's it's absolutely bananas. So if you are a live 852 00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:43.239 poker player, if that's what you do, I'm sure there's a whole heck 853 00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:45.800 of a lot of options for you out there. As you know, our 854 00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:52.039 evidence by WPT World Championship, WSP Paradise, and EPT Progue all in this 855 00:59:52.199 --> 00:59:57.480 month. All right, Game of Gold, sir, did you watch the 856 00:59:57.480 --> 01:00:00.159 finale. Of course I watched the finale. I'm gonna say it again. 857 01:00:00.239 --> 01:00:02.119 I said it at the top of the show. I'm gonna say it now. 858 01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:06.920 There will be spoilers. We're gonna tell you who won. So if 859 01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:08.360 you missed it at the top of the show and you're you're worried, now 860 01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:13.079 it's gonna happen, so turn this off. That's that's your warning. Okay. 861 01:00:14.920 --> 01:00:16.320 So all I thought it was more than twelve episodes. By the way, 862 01:00:16.320 --> 01:00:19.000 for some reason, I don't know why, I thought it was like 863 01:00:19.039 --> 01:00:21.760 eighteen. I think that's what we thought it was gonna be. Yeah. 864 01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:28.000 Well, anyway, the the final episode was like was a two hour special 865 01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:32.480 or whatever, basically double episode finale, and it wrapped up what about a 866 01:00:32.519 --> 01:00:39.159 week ago last Friday, Maria Ho taking it down. She won four hundred 867 01:00:39.159 --> 01:00:45.760 and fifty six thousand dollars. So the final round of Game of Gold was 868 01:00:46.559 --> 01:00:52.039 a sit and go and you started with your chips based on like how you 869 01:00:52.079 --> 01:00:55.679 had performed in previous rounds. There were what six players, Dan Kates, 870 01:00:55.800 --> 01:01:02.360 Josh Aria, who Else, kind of England, Maria Hoe and Jo Viral 871 01:01:04.199 --> 01:01:09.719 Johann Gilbert were the six players in that one, Maria won a massive hand 872 01:01:10.920 --> 01:01:16.719 that was a three way hand against it went open from Fador Holtz, three 873 01:01:16.760 --> 01:01:21.760 bet jam from kind of England. Maria ho calls with Ace king Off, 874 01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:24.360 she had the King of Diamonds, Vader Holts, Alexa just call with queens 875 01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:30.800 believe the flop. What was the flop Queen High? I can't remember, 876 01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:35.000 what's so long ago. It was like Queen High with two diamonds, so 877 01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:39.000 I can't remember exactly. But anyway, Maria got a lot of value or 878 01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:44.519 got some additional value out of Fador Holts. She backed into a straight or 879 01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:47.719 she she made a straight broadway straight on the river. It was interesting on 880 01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:54.400 in the hands on the river. Maria puts out a bet, a fairly 881 01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:58.760 healthy bet, and Fador goes in the tank forever, and he's like he's 882 01:01:58.760 --> 01:02:02.079 talking out loud about like theos of the hands, and you know, he 883 01:02:02.159 --> 01:02:07.480 mentioned Ace King of Diamonds, which would have been a flopped flushtraw two overs, 884 01:02:07.480 --> 01:02:13.039 and then the straight draw as well. He never mentioned, like, 885 01:02:13.119 --> 01:02:15.639 you know, like Ace king Off with either the Ace or the King of 886 01:02:15.639 --> 01:02:17.679 Diamonds. I don't think he mentioned that, so I don't know if he 887 01:02:20.239 --> 01:02:22.880 I don't know if he overlooked that possibility, and what I mean by overlooked 888 01:02:22.920 --> 01:02:27.800 it is that would he have just assumed that she would have just jammed after 889 01:02:27.880 --> 01:02:30.519 kind of jammed with Ace king Off, which I think is probably more of 890 01:02:30.559 --> 01:02:35.440 a standard play. You know, I think Ace king suited you can maybe 891 01:02:35.519 --> 01:02:37.519 be a little bit more inclined to flat because Ace king Suit is a little 892 01:02:37.519 --> 01:02:39.760 bit more powerful than Ace king Off. Ace king Off. You just want 893 01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:44.280 to kind of get fad or out of the hand. And if you you 894 01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:46.239 know, if you take a if you take a race with queens, I 895 01:02:46.239 --> 01:02:52.320 mean I guess you just take a race with queens, and or if possibly 896 01:02:52.360 --> 01:02:53.840 like that was edited out, I mean because obviously we don't don't know what 897 01:02:53.880 --> 01:02:57.159 goes into the editing. But anyway, she wins the hand. She has 898 01:02:57.199 --> 01:03:00.119 a massive chip lead, so she takes home four hundred and fifty six thousand 899 01:03:00.119 --> 01:03:05.079 dollars. She ends up beating Dan Kates and heads up play, I thought 900 01:03:05.079 --> 01:03:08.440 Maria pretty much dominated not only this final sit and go, but pretty much 901 01:03:08.440 --> 01:03:14.039 everything. She performed well early on in the opening sit and go, she 902 01:03:14.119 --> 01:03:16.320 did well in the heads up stuff, I mean, she did well throughout, 903 01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:22.280 So I thought she was a very deserving winner. Overall, Where did 904 01:03:22.280 --> 01:03:24.679 this prize money come from? Do you have any idea? No idea? 905 01:03:25.440 --> 01:03:29.880 Like did did the players didn't have to buy in, right, No. 906 01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:32.280 I think it was like a you know, they'll probably paid to play and 907 01:03:32.960 --> 01:03:38.519 given obviously a combination and travel. I think it was just if this money 908 01:03:38.599 --> 01:03:42.119 is just put up, why is it four fifty six? It seems it's 909 01:03:42.119 --> 01:03:45.079 just like a random numbers make it five hundred. Well, it's got to 910 01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:52.559 do with squid game. The guy, the guy was I haven't watched a 911 01:03:52.559 --> 01:03:54.639 good game, but the guy, the main character, he's he's uh, 912 01:03:55.039 --> 01:04:00.280 he's number as he's player number is four five six. Oh well, I 913 01:04:00.320 --> 01:04:03.039 mean, well that's just it's one hundred. The reason, yeah, I 914 01:04:03.239 --> 01:04:08.360 mean you don't have to copy that exactly. No, that's someone asked the 915 01:04:08.440 --> 01:04:12.239 grand or that, and the gronder literally responded with a gift of that guy 916 01:04:12.599 --> 01:04:16.199 with the four five six on his chest. Okay, well, okay, 917 01:04:16.239 --> 01:04:20.639 whatever what else were they gonna say? Oh, do you think there was 918 01:04:20.679 --> 01:04:26.679 a deal? Did you see that? Like right right before heads up play, 919 01:04:26.719 --> 01:04:29.519 like Maria and Dan Kates kind of come walking out of the back and 920 01:04:29.559 --> 01:04:31.840 like they're finishing a conversation, like I think before the MIC's like get fully 921 01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:34.960 turned on. So like I wonder if they were talking about making a deal. 922 01:04:36.320 --> 01:04:40.880 I'm sure they're probably, you know, but what my question is like, 923 01:04:40.880 --> 01:04:44.079 why would you show that part? Why would you not just edit that 924 01:04:44.119 --> 01:04:47.159 part out? They're just coming back from the bathroom break, oh yeah together, 925 01:04:49.000 --> 01:04:51.519 I mean, come on, I mean it's it seemed like they might 926 01:04:51.559 --> 01:04:55.320 be trying to work out some sort of side. Maybe they did it on 927 01:04:55.360 --> 01:05:00.400 purpose so that people that host podcasts can keep talking about maybe the show. 928 01:05:00.440 --> 01:05:05.760 Maybe maybe I thought overall, Game of Gold was pretty good. You know, 929 01:05:05.800 --> 01:05:10.199 we previously talked about a lot of things that we would we would offer 930 01:05:10.280 --> 01:05:15.719 up as suggestions to improve it going forward. Now I don't know if I 931 01:05:15.719 --> 01:05:19.760 would run it back exactly the same where you went sit and go for fourheaded 932 01:05:19.840 --> 01:05:23.639 sit and go format as the first round, second round was heads up play, 933 01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:28.400 third round was the Indian Poker, fourth and final round was the six 934 01:05:28.440 --> 01:05:32.159 handed sit and go with the finalist. I think the I like having like 935 01:05:32.199 --> 01:05:36.440 a different type of thing for all the rounds, right, I think the 936 01:05:36.559 --> 01:05:41.079 round three the Indian Poker one. Not that I didn't like the Indian poker. 937 01:05:41.079 --> 01:05:43.280 One it was it was a little it seemed a little bit weird at 938 01:05:43.280 --> 01:05:45.760 first, but I liked it when I watched it. So I just don't 939 01:05:45.760 --> 01:05:48.320 know if I would do the same thing again, right, Like, I 940 01:05:48.320 --> 01:05:51.599 feel like you got to kind of mix that part up, because you know, 941 01:05:51.920 --> 01:05:57.039 I think part of the fun that can come from this show is as 942 01:05:57.039 --> 01:06:00.079 seasons go on, like you you don't know exactly what's gonna happen, Like 943 01:06:00.119 --> 01:06:02.320 you don't go into it next year, like if you or I get invited, 944 01:06:02.360 --> 01:06:05.199 for example, Okay, we're not like okay, first one is four 945 01:06:05.280 --> 01:06:08.599 and it's sit and go. Second one is heads up, third one is 946 01:06:08.639 --> 01:06:11.280 I got to study Indian poker, you know, like I don't want to 947 01:06:11.320 --> 01:06:14.320 know, like you need to have that that surprise element, right, yeah, 948 01:06:14.360 --> 01:06:15.960 so I don't know what it would be, what you would replace things 949 01:06:15.960 --> 01:06:18.360 with, and you can change them all really, you know, I think 950 01:06:18.400 --> 01:06:21.639 the final one was fine, of course, but yeah, you know, 951 01:06:21.760 --> 01:06:26.639 of course all should be some some sort of poker variant element or whatever. 952 01:06:26.719 --> 01:06:30.639 But but I wouldn't run it back exactly the same, you know, so 953 01:06:31.039 --> 01:06:33.559 you can probably change up exactly how they're played, you know, just to 954 01:06:33.639 --> 01:06:39.360 keep people on their toes. I think you know other uh, you know, 955 01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:44.159 competitive reality shows like this, like Survivor for example. You know, 956 01:06:44.800 --> 01:06:48.800 they do well in this regard where it's it's not a like cookie cutter every 957 01:06:48.800 --> 01:06:53.280 single season, which is good. So that's that's one thing that that I 958 01:06:53.320 --> 01:06:58.079 would like to see going forward. It seems like all the players from what 959 01:06:58.119 --> 01:07:00.800 I've seen, there was you know, Jeff Platt down down in Bahamas at 960 01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:05.239 the Bisbee Paradise did a lot of a lot of interviews with the contestants that 961 01:07:05.280 --> 01:07:08.760 were on Game of Gold, and I think all of them were like, 962 01:07:08.840 --> 01:07:11.280 yeah, I want to be invited back, Like I'm ready to be invited 963 01:07:11.320 --> 01:07:17.960 back. So you should be completely new cost my like completely new, not 964 01:07:18.000 --> 01:07:24.000 even Maria, and then we can maybe set up like four seasons in bring 965 01:07:24.039 --> 01:07:28.239 back like the final six of each season or something. Yeah. Like, 966 01:07:28.280 --> 01:07:31.679 I think it's good to have some people come back because you want to have 967 01:07:31.760 --> 01:07:35.719 those repetitive characters and you want to build those up, right, But I 968 01:07:35.800 --> 01:07:39.199 also agree with you, like you shouldn't just run back the same people, 969 01:07:39.199 --> 01:07:41.199 and like just because you got on the first one doesn't mean you get on 970 01:07:41.239 --> 01:07:43.480 the second one. Maybe you get on the first one, then you might 971 01:07:43.480 --> 01:07:45.880 come back for like the fourth one for example, you know, like that 972 01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:47.480 sort of stuff. But like, yeah, I think you definitely need some 973 01:07:47.719 --> 01:07:51.239 new people in there, and then you can do what the other reality shows 974 01:07:51.400 --> 01:07:56.360 do, Like you can have like a villain's one, a hero is one, 975 01:07:56.440 --> 01:07:59.400 like a champions one, a first people out one, like all that 976 01:07:59.440 --> 01:08:01.199 sort of stuff, right, you can you can do it as you build 977 01:08:01.199 --> 01:08:06.440 this up, which I'm guessing is in the road map somewhere, I just 978 01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:10.239 don't know where. So yeah, I wouldn't run it back with exactly this 979 01:08:10.440 --> 01:08:13.079 same group, which is I mean, ultimately that's going to be a bummer 980 01:08:13.119 --> 01:08:15.520 to both the people that don't get invited back and then also bummer to people 981 01:08:15.560 --> 01:08:19.560 that you know, became fans of some of these contestants. But that's just 982 01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:23.640 how it is. So I think it's going to be very interesting to see 983 01:08:23.640 --> 01:08:26.840 how it goes forward. And overall I'm a fan, so I'm looking forward 984 01:08:26.880 --> 01:08:32.720 to the next one already. Yeah. So all right, I think that's 985 01:08:32.760 --> 01:08:38.119 all we got. You got anything else? No good luck on Day two 986 01:08:38.439 --> 01:08:42.960 of the World Championship, It's on Saturday, so please save my Christmas. 987 01:08:43.439 --> 01:08:48.520 I'm going to do my r. I'm very poor from all the Christmas presents, 988 01:08:49.079 --> 01:08:51.800 all right, all right, well that's going to do it for us. 989 01:08:51.960 --> 01:08:56.680 My name is Donny Peters. His name is Tim Duckworth. We'll talk 990 01:08:56.720 --> 01:08:59.159 to you guys in a few days. A few days, excuse me, 991 01:08:59.439 --> 01:09:01.960 Probably are next week, I would say so. So, yeah, take 992 01:09:01.960 --> 01:09:20.560 care of the once thaks. 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