1 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,960 Hello everyone, Welcome back to a brand new episode of the poker Go Podcast. 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,320 My name is Donnie Peters. I am joined by Tim Duckworth. It 3 00:00:21,399 --> 00:00:26,839 is Thursday, April eighteenth. We just wrapped up the twenty twenty four US 4 00:00:26,879 --> 00:00:30,679 Poker Open, so we're going to talk about that. We're also going to 5 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,600 talk about generally the PGT that kind of like standings. But the first thing 6 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,960 that we're going to get into today, the hot topic coming out of or 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,159 the hot news I should say coming out of the poker Go office, is 8 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:48,280 the poker gosp streaming plan. So that's gonna be the first thing we're going 9 00:00:48,359 --> 00:00:53,439 to get into today. 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I know we've been hard at work trying to put this together. 26 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,599 Tim has been, you know, probably chief among a lot of people trying 27 00:02:07,639 --> 00:02:13,080 to get this, get this all tidied up, fit the puzzle together, 28 00:02:13,159 --> 00:02:15,479 all that sort of stuff. So so let's get into it, because if 29 00:02:15,479 --> 00:02:22,599 people missed it, we did announce earlier this week our streaming plans. Now 30 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,520 I call it the streaming plan. I don't I wouldn't really call it a 31 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:32,280 schedule because it remains it's a schedule man, its schedule. It remains extremely 32 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:37,280 fluid. Okay, extremely fluid. No, it's perfect. We aren't going 33 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,120 to flex at one point. The times they're locked in, days they're lucked 34 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,560 in, they're definitely not youven. You even said it on our internal call 35 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,199 that you guessed at the times. Okay, so yeah, they don't even 36 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:53,919 give me that. They're perfect. They're perfect guesses. Don't even forgive me 37 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,719 that, all right. So the the big headlining aspect of it all is 38 00:02:58,759 --> 00:03:06,479 that we are planning to do three hundred plus hours of live streaming this summer. 39 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,360 We should come in at our largest summer ever. That's the goal there. 40 00:03:10,759 --> 00:03:14,120 I have no idea what the actual number will come in at, but 41 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,919 it should be well over three hundred. More than thirty different events from the 42 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,439 twenty twenty four World Series of Poker will make it onto poker Go and be 43 00:03:24,599 --> 00:03:29,560 live streamed. Now that does, of course include the w s a p 44 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,080 main event, and then there's a whole bunch of other events that are that 45 00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:39,319 are going to be live streamed. If you want to see the schedule quote 46 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:45,840 unquote flexible schedule, head on over to pokerg dot com. Now, head 47 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:50,000 on over to pokerg dot com slash schedule to check it out to see what's 48 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:53,560 being offered. I do. I do have to say it, even though 49 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:59,400 Tim is joking over there, it's subject to chain. We don't like to 50 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,080 change it, but stuff happens. The World Series of Poker is obviously an 51 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:08,439 absolutely beast of a poker festival. Things happen, different people make final tables, 52 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:12,159 schedules change, change, et cetera. So just keep that in mind 53 00:04:12,199 --> 00:04:15,960 that you know, if you're penciled in on let's say June fourth to watch 54 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,720 the one K Mystery Millions events, something happens and that's not on or for 55 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:23,240 whatever reason, Daniel Legrondian fiel halp me to make the same final table with 56 00:04:23,319 --> 00:04:26,399 some other event, we swap it out. Just just be aware, Okay, 57 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:29,040 so you know you can't really just don't get upset at us. We're 58 00:04:29,079 --> 00:04:32,399 doing We're doing our best. Yeah, we are doing our best. A 59 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:40,879 lot of I would say, a lot of internal debate. I wouldn't necessarily 60 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:46,959 struggle bickering for sure. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's the schedules 61 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,120 out there, the plans are out there. So three hundred plus hours hours 62 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,560 of live streaming thirty plus different events, I think on the schedule that we 63 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,560 have, there's thirty five events. I think that's what I counted, but 64 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,680 I could be off by it. One. It's kind of underwhelming though when 65 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,800 you say thirty events, why, Like it's not because obviously the main event 66 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:10,160 is what is it eighteen days or something. I'm said, it's just when 67 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:13,240 you say thirty events, I don't know, I feel like so underwhelmed by 68 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,560 that. Well, listen, this is kind of what I actually we're just 69 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,759 streaming every day. This is kind of what I want to get into. 70 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:19,839 Okay, I mean, yeah, the first thing that I want to ask 71 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,560 you, you know, I know you're big on this stuff, but like, 72 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,000 what are you most looking forward to now? Now? I want I'm 73 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,480 asking you, Tim Duckworth, the poker fan, like, what are you 74 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,680 most looking forward to? You see this announcement, you go to poker gro 75 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,680 dot com, slash schedule, you see everything that's laid out there. What 76 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:39,319 is like? Okay, this is cool. I'm into this. As a 77 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,040 poker fan, I'm always going to be interested in probably things we haven't seen 78 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,759 before. I'm the WSOP, so things that stand out pretty immediately for me. 79 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,600 There would be say the Big O Championship, new event we've also got 80 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:59,480 the no Lemon hold in PLO double Ward Bompard Tournament. That's a new event 81 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,439 for this here, something obviously never been on the WSP and never been on 82 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,639 Poker Go. So from a poker fan, you know, I kind of 83 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:10,600 want to see these new events, but I also want to see you know, 84 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,519 my heroes playing, right or I want to see stuff that's interesting. 85 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,600 So we've put events on the schedule that gives us the best chance to get 86 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,959 the big names at the final table, but we've also done a bunch of 87 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,199 you know, day one, day two, day three day like pre final 88 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,240 table coverage that can you know, be a bit more interesting, a bit 89 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,439 more dynamic from the viewing standpoint, but also just coming off the USBO, 90 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,800 it's something that the players have been a big fan of too, so kind 91 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,560 of I think that's that's kind of what I'm looking forward to on both kind 92 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,199 of spectrums as a poker fan. Yeah, for me, it's the day 93 00:06:48,519 --> 00:06:55,839 one coverage that we're doing outside of the domin eventin event is kind of a 94 00:06:55,879 --> 00:07:00,720 separate, you know, bucket within in this big giant stream plans. Plans 95 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:05,319 are to stream from Day one a all the way to there is a champion 96 00:07:05,399 --> 00:07:09,720 crown in the WSP main events, so you'll get daily streaming there, but 97 00:07:10,199 --> 00:07:14,279 outside of that, you know, the focus has always really been Final Table, 98 00:07:14,439 --> 00:07:19,680 so I'm excited to see that we were able to push through. Looks 99 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,199 like we're going to get three days at least right now, the plan is 100 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,439 three days of the one hundred k High Roller, so from day one till 101 00:07:27,439 --> 00:07:30,360 the end, which is cool, two days of the two hundred and fifty 102 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:34,279 k Super high Roller, so day two coverage will be available, and then 103 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:40,240 what from day two on of the fifty k PPC is planned as well, 104 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:45,040 So I'm excited to see that that early day coverage, you know, like 105 00:07:45,439 --> 00:07:50,000 you mentioned, coming off of US Poker Open, where we did additional day 106 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,879 one coverage for the first time ever for a series like that. It was 107 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,000 very well received, both on the audience side and on the player side, 108 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,680 So that's something that I hope we can lean into a bit more. I'm 109 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,639 excited to see that we are offering some of that for the twenty twenty four 110 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,079 WSP. I wish we would be doing a little bit more of it, 111 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,120 but you know, I'll take what i can get at this point. So 112 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,959 that's the biggest thing for me. Other than that, I mean, nothing 113 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:22,000 like jumps off the page. I mean, I mean, I'll be honest, 114 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,399 and that's not necessarily a bad thing. You know. It sounds like 115 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:28,279 you're a hater. No, I'm not a hater. I mean, listen, 116 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:31,080 we're going to talk about The next question that I have on this rundown 117 00:08:31,159 --> 00:08:33,919 is what are some things that are maybe missing? And we can certainly go 118 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,480 into that. It's not that I'm hating on it. It's just that like 119 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,759 I'm just kind of used to it by now, right, Like it's not 120 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:48,600 like there's nothing that I'm very happy that we are able to do a little 121 00:08:48,639 --> 00:08:52,559 bit more every year. I think that that is like the biggest win personally, 122 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:54,840 Like you just try and do a little bit more every single year. 123 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,360 Now. I would love to just come out and be like, yeah, 124 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,519 we're live stream I mean eighty events. I mean, I get it, 125 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,320 Like there's obviously a lot of stuff that we can't control in that regard or 126 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,240 we don't make decisions on whatever. That said, like it's it's good. 127 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:11,799 It's like it's kind of like I view, you know, the w SIP 128 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:16,320 schedule, Like as long as it's not a disaster, then it's probably just 129 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,240 a win, like if that makes sense, you know, like it's just 130 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,879 you kind of know what you're gonna get every single year. It's funny because 131 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,279 you know, everyone is always asking us, Like once they announced the WSIP 132 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,080 schedule, then everyone's always asking us, where's the streaming schedule? Where's the 133 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,159 streaming schedule? I mean, why does it matter? I guess is like 134 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,279 kind of my first question to a lot of people, Like, I don't 135 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,840 understand why it matters. You know, it's like, you know, you 136 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,720 know kind of what you kind of you you should know if you're a viewer 137 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:46,440 and you're you know, paying attention, which I think a lot of the 138 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:52,159 people that are asking that question are. I mean, you you know the 139 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,240 floor pretty much. I mean, give or take a little bit, right, 140 00:09:56,279 --> 00:09:58,799 I mean, so, why why do you, like, are you 141 00:09:58,879 --> 00:10:01,639 like scheduling out what you're going to be doing on June seventeenth if you're going 142 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,679 to be watching I don't know, the Double Board Bomb Part tournament like that 143 00:10:05,759 --> 00:10:09,720 sort of stuff. You know, I just think that I think it's I 144 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,960 think it's that people put to you know, the series comes out, sorry, 145 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,200 the schedule comes out, you start putting together your little package of events 146 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,960 and then you know, I'm looking here, Oh, I'm going to play 147 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,039 the eight hundred deep Stack on you know, June fourth, and then we 148 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,399 release our schedule and you see, oh, the eight hundred deep Stacks one 149 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:28,759 of the final tables. Now, obviously, you know, making the file 150 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:33,440 table is an easy thing, but it gives you that little little extra like 151 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,639 carrot that hey, I'm going to if I make this file table, I 152 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:39,200 can be on TV. I think a lot of amateurs, like you know, 153 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,679 not the pros, not the high roller players we're accustomed to, they 154 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,039 think like that. They see the events that they're playing, is they look 155 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,440 we're also streaming, and there's that little like, oh, there's a chance 156 00:10:50,159 --> 00:10:56,039 like I could play for a bracelet and play for a bracelet on TV, 157 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:00,960 and that's still pretty cool for the for those people out there. Yeah, 158 00:11:01,279 --> 00:11:05,360 I think I disagree with that idea, but whatever, But you you're withered 159 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,759 all. No, I'm just saying, like the people that are asking that 160 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,080 question, I don't think are probably coming out to play poker in the summer. 161 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:13,960 I just think that's my point that they're coming out for a couple of 162 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,120 times I don't think that they're coming out for any of those events. I 163 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,159 think the large majority of the people that are that are doing that, that 164 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,320 are asking like where's the schedule, where's the schedule? Are never showing up 165 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,200 with the World Series of Poker. They're they're strictly viewers. No, I'm 166 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,480 not not knocking them. I'm just saying they're strictly viewers and they just want 167 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,200 this our schedule to come out, which is which is fine. I just 168 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,200 it's just it's not that it's a bad thing. I'm not trying to sound 169 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,559 like it's a bad thing, and I understand that I'm fully trying. I'm 170 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,120 fully sounding like a hater. I'm not trying to hate, but I'm sounding 171 00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:43,600 like what I get it. But I'm just saying, it's just interesting to 172 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:46,159 me that like it's like, where's the schedule, where's your where's your schedule? 173 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,840 Where's your schedule? Type of thing, And it's like it doesn't really 174 00:11:50,879 --> 00:11:54,799 matter if we announce it on April sixteenth or if we announce it on you 175 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,840 know, May twenty sixth. What's the difference type of thing? Well, 176 00:11:58,879 --> 00:12:01,679 for the public, yes, internally, amadins it a lot, but yeah, 177 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,679 could, honestly just we could just release this schedule ready May thirtieth, 178 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,320 WSP twenty twenty four racelet event day one, like we technically, you're right, 179 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,759 we don't need to list the events, we don't need to list times. 180 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:18,399 We just show that, Hey, we're streaming every day. Come back 181 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,600 a day day before or even on the day, and you'll find out what 182 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,559 we're doing. But this is a you know, it just kind of helps 183 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:30,159 people discuss. It helps people like plan, it helps us obviously logistically wise 184 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:35,159 figure out our stuff. I think those discussions are only they only result negatively. 185 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,600 That's why I am always team like, don't put events on a team 186 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,360 team vague. Yeah, like just say like we're streaming, like you know, 187 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,120 WSP on this day. This is like you know, like you said, 188 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,879 May thirtieth, day one day, two days, like you et cetera. 189 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,879 Like, don't put stuff out there because the only thing I've never once 190 00:12:52,000 --> 00:13:00,320 like read a comment on social media or it's an article from the media or 191 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,960 whatever about the schedule, the streaming schedule I'm talking about that says Oh it's 192 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 cool they're doing this. It's always like, oh, they missed this, 193 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,360 Oh they're not doing this. Oh this isn't this didn't make the cut. 194 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,720 Oh poker Go is leaving this out. It's always negative, it's never positive. 195 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:20,559 Maybe, but you know, is that that terrible that we're in the 196 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,840 news cycle. Well, no, all news is good news. But I'm 197 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:26,200 just saying exactly yeah, but the news is still the news. If you 198 00:13:26,279 --> 00:13:30,480 just come out and you say, we're streaming every single day, but is 199 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:35,320 it? Will they say something? This is let down. They don't organize 200 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,120 that. That Aussie bloke at poker Go, what's he what's he doing? 201 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,080 Can't even give us a schedule anyway? Three hundred plus hours of live streaming 202 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,440 three forty one and exactly to be exactly three forty one? Got a guess, 203 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,480 No, that's what it is. I'm gonna just stop Final tables. 204 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:58,279 Sorry, we're over. I'm going to extend final tables, make sure we 205 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,720 hit three forty one thirty plus some different events, including of course the World 206 00:14:01,759 --> 00:14:05,840 Series of Poker main events. I mean, listen, what are some of 207 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:09,440 the things you think we're missing from the schedule. Well, apart from saying 208 00:14:09,759 --> 00:14:15,440 more events, that's that's that's a bit of a you know, cup out, 209 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,080 that's the answer. Look, look I'm gonna just throw WSPN on the 210 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,919 bus here. If if certain events were just in a day early. Hold 211 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,639 on, hold on, I need I need a sed hold on, I 212 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:30,440 need it on record. This is Tim Duckworth speaking. You can tell by 213 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,399 the accent, okay, Like I mean, because I feel like you throw 214 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,039 them. You throw more people under the bus than I do. But I 215 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,480 always get in trouble for some reason. Okay, I just want that to 216 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:43,000 point it out here. I had Tim Duckworth of Las Vegas, Nevada are 217 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,919 saying that if the schedule was a little different, you know, like what 218 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,360 I mean is that certain events started a day earlier, day later, like 219 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:56,200 little changes, we could have some different final tables that I think would be 220 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,759 really good. Like, you know, one thing are missing. We're missing 221 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:05,600 the seniors event because you know, it overlaps like the fifty K I think 222 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,559 it is, So you know, moving that a day earlier, day later 223 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,360 means we could have done the seniors. So there's just little things like that 224 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,799 where we're missing some really cool events. Where there's like there's some days with 225 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:22,159 four awesome final tables on and that's that's kind of a bit of a letdown. 226 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,879 Personally looking at this. You know, I'm a mixed game Homer. 227 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,759 Would have loved to see in the Badougie on the schedule, but we aren't, 228 00:15:30,879 --> 00:15:33,039 or we all know I'm probably going to be the only one to watch 229 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,840 it. But yeah, that's my grip is more schedule based, and it's 230 00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:41,440 it's look, the WSP added more bracelet events is here. It's hard to 231 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,559 configure ninety nine bracelet events in what is it, fifty one days or something. 232 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:52,240 It's not an easy task. So I get it like it's never going 233 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,000 to be perfect. So yeah, I mean it is probably never going to 234 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,399 be perfect. I mean, I think the biggest ask, at least for 235 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:03,720 me, is like that we try to get perfect in terms of what we're 236 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,679 offering from the extreaming schedule. I would have liked to see the main event 237 00:16:07,039 --> 00:16:10,720 final tables on the weekend. I know you're kind of anti that, but 238 00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:12,879 I think that would be cool, like Saturday Sunday or the final tables for 239 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,279 the main event. I think that would have been like to build off that 240 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:21,200 on Saturday and Sunday in the middle of the summer. No one, what 241 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,759 do you mean? People don't watch stuff and people in the summer in America 242 00:16:23,879 --> 00:16:27,799 are on lakes and shit, man, no people aren't around TVs. So 243 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:33,639 what we should just move the WSP to September. No, but I'm saying, 244 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,399 like you, I'm just saying Saturday and Sunday I don't think are good 245 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,200 viewing days. No they're not. But I'm saying me personally, Yeah, 246 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:42,120 you think I would have liked to have them Saturday Sunday. I'm not saying 247 00:16:42,159 --> 00:16:45,840 that's correct, you know, But like I think, what are we on 248 00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:49,840 Tuesday? Wednesday? So it's a little it's just maybe we should do Thursday 249 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,519 Friday. Whatever you think the best viewing days are is what we should put 250 00:16:52,559 --> 00:16:56,200 the final table on. Yeah, I'm not sure. Tuesday. I think. 251 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,879 I'm not sure how good Tuesday Wednesday is versus Saturday Monday, or Friday 252 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:04,319 Saturday or Thursday Friday. I'm not sure also how much that matters. But 253 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,519 yeah, I mean I wish that. I mean, ultimately, I always 254 00:17:08,519 --> 00:17:12,680 wish that we could do more, you know, I mean you saw what 255 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:18,559 I put together then it got chopped chopped in half. We we you know, 256 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,039 we did one hundred and twenty bracelet events and there's only ninety nine on 257 00:17:22,039 --> 00:17:26,279 the schedule. You just added twenty one I was I was in there. 258 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:32,200 So yeah. So the one thing that I think that we're missing, which 259 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:37,759 I wish that we could do, but I also understand that it's extremely tricky, 260 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,240 is that I wish we could cover more things. I wish we would 261 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:45,519 cover more events during the time. We also cover the World Ties Booker main 262 00:17:45,519 --> 00:17:49,279 event, which it's just that there's so much going on at that time. 263 00:17:49,759 --> 00:17:53,079 But I also understand that like the wspre main event is the super Bowl, 264 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:59,559 right, so you can't you can't obviously take eyeballs and resources off of that. 265 00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:03,279 That has to be like the number one product. But I also think 266 00:18:03,319 --> 00:18:07,720 that in the goal of telling the story of the WSP, essentially not covering 267 00:18:07,759 --> 00:18:14,519 anything outside of that for two weeks is something that I wish we could do 268 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,920 better at, and I don't exactly know how to do that. I mean, 269 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,720 obviously the easiest suggestion would be, well you just have two streams and 270 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:23,599 you do like this final table over here while you're doing you know, day 271 00:18:23,599 --> 00:18:26,559 two of the main event. Well, if they're going up against each other, 272 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:30,559 do you really want that? So can you stagger them in any sort 273 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:32,880 of way? So it's just it's tricky, but I do wish that, 274 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,519 like during that time, we could cover more than just the WSP main event, 275 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:41,720 because I think there's there's an appetite there. There's kind of two appetites. 276 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:44,720 One, there's an appetite for people to I think watch like final tables 277 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:48,880 versus watch like Day one d Right. While there are a lot of people 278 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,480 that like early coverage in tournaments, there are people that also like, you 279 00:18:52,519 --> 00:18:56,839 know, the end coverage in tournaments. And then I also think there's people 280 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,240 who they like to double dip. They'll fire up two streams at one you 281 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,519 know, look, put one on mute, or have one with the audio 282 00:19:02,519 --> 00:19:06,160 on that sort of thing. So that's kind of they put both on mute. 283 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,200 If Jeff platts on the coll no, Jeff Jeffson, can I can 284 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,359 I throw a stat at you real quick as you're talking about this particular man. 285 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,359 Ninety nine we have ninety nine bracelet events. The main event is event 286 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,599 eighty one. I believe let's wind that clock back ten years, just ten 287 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:25,359 years, you know, no, that far we had sixty five bracelet events. 288 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,319 What event number? Do you think the main event was sixty five? 289 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,559 It was exactly so like you know, the last ten years, maybe even 290 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:37,920 five years, there's been a really strong shift to putting these events post World 291 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,599 Series so that people do stick around. And that does make it hard from 292 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:45,839 a streaming aspect, because you know, you and me agree. There's a 293 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,160 couple of final tables late in the day, late in the game that are 294 00:19:49,319 --> 00:19:52,839 like they're going to be good, They're going to be so sexy for TV, 295 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,079 and it's like, Okay, do we want to take this fifty KPLO 296 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:02,640 final table against day seven of the main It's it's you know, like I 297 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,880 can understand the yes arguments and I can understand the no arguments. It's just 298 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,119 a hot spot for us to kind of you know, be in production wise 299 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:17,039 and also to try and satisfy how subscribers and all the WSP fans out there. 300 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,960 No, for sure, I mean I get it. I think ultimately 301 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,839 at the end of the day, I think we put together a pretty good 302 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:30,200 schedule overall, or a pretty good plan overall. I do think it's I 303 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,759 think it's most important. I think the number one thing that we need to 304 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:40,519 achieve from as the as the streaming company for the World Series of Poker is 305 00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:47,559 that you absolutely positively have to stream every day. That that is like my 306 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:52,000 number one thing. I don't care what it is. You have to do 307 00:20:52,039 --> 00:20:55,599 it like that. That's shit. You can't that. The times of the 308 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:00,039 days of taking days off are just you can't. No more like it, 309 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,839 No more dark days. That just can't happen. So so yeah, that's 310 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,000 like the big thing. You know, you need to you need to showcase 311 00:21:08,519 --> 00:21:12,000 the World Series of Poker. It runs for you know, fifty days, 312 00:21:12,079 --> 00:21:17,519 whatever, fifty one, whatever it is. We start our streaming on May 313 00:21:17,599 --> 00:21:22,160 thirtieth, and we go every single day. You never told us what your 314 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,160 favorite event was just to watch you mean to watch? That wasn't a question 315 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:30,519 like, no, what's your favorite event of the streaming schedule so far? 316 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,240 The locked in streaming schedule, anything that stands out to you? No, 317 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,920 I mean the main event? Do you what do you want me to say? 318 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,359 Come on, why are you going to be so boring? Spice it 319 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,279 up a bit. This is like when you ask people like what's their favorite 320 00:21:47,279 --> 00:21:51,119 poker hand? I usually say aces. I means yeah, I mean that's 321 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,400 why you got ask them what six diamonds? Second favorite hand? I mean 322 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,200 I don't, I don't know. I mean all these events like seem pretty 323 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,839 good. I mean, all right, okay, let me let me. 324 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:04,559 I don't like the Big O and double board bomp Out. Not that I 325 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:07,400 don't like them, I mean I just I'm not not as into those games, 326 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,519 so I just you know, they're kind of they're more filler content for 327 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:14,160 me. Then they're actually like you know, I'm gonna be like, yeah, 328 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,240 I need to watch this type of thing. Got it? Okay, 329 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:22,920 here's the new question ready, excluding the main event. If you could only 330 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:27,759 do commentary on one tournament on ask streaming schedule, which would you choose? 331 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:33,759 Uh, Day one of the ten K six Max interesting? Even though when 332 00:22:33,799 --> 00:22:38,400 I was streaming that interesting. I mean that's the Goats play that. That's 333 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,480 the Goat tournament. Yeah, I mean it's on day one when everyone's super 334 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:47,000 deep four and five and six betting everyone. Let's go that. That's the 335 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 one I want to That's a tournament I want to watch. I mean, 336 00:22:49,039 --> 00:22:53,400 also, I really like the I love the Gladiators tournaments, like I all 337 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:59,200 these like all the sub and it's funny because listen, I used to be 338 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,599 a guy that was like, you know, it's silly to do all these 339 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,960 low buy embracelet events like you know, back in my Poker News's changed, 340 00:23:04,039 --> 00:23:08,319 back of my Poker News podcast days. I mean, listen, there's yeah, 341 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:14,640 I mean it's it's just it's a different time. The BASIP seems like 342 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,680 it's a different company. They got different goals all that sort of stuff. 343 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:26,480 So you know, I've come around now like just essentially one like from from 344 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:33,079 a streaming content company aspect, like highlighting the everyman poker player I think is 345 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:34,720 awesome, which that's what you get in the three hund dollars Gladiators. You 346 00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:38,720 get you know, random guy from Iowa, you know, random guy from 347 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:44,119 Utah. Like you get just like regular people like myself, like regular poker 348 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,839 people that like poker. They come to play. They found an affordable buy 349 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:49,359 and they can win a crap ton of money doing it. They just got 350 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:53,440 through probably twenty thousand people, let's go. That's awesome. Also, like 351 00:23:53,519 --> 00:24:00,640 I just I like it from like a viewer perspective because it's more relatable, 352 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,599 you know, like, yeah, I listen, I love the super high 353 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:07,880 buy and stuff, the elite players because I really try and like study them 354 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,440 and learn and all that sort of stuff. That said, I also like 355 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:18,200 the wackiness, the unorthodox play, the you know of the the smaller buying 356 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:22,079 stuff, because it's more like it's more what you kind of see when you 357 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,559 go out there in the world and play poker. Like you go around town 358 00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:29,400 here in Vegas, you play some six hundred dollars, some five hundred dollars, 359 00:24:29,559 --> 00:24:32,920 you play the South Point Night, the et cetera. Like you get 360 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,559 this type of like the Gladiators of poker style of play. You know, 361 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,759 you're not getting the two hundred and fifty k super high roller style of play, 362 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,240 you know. So it's just it's it's more relatable, you know, 363 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,799 being like, yeah, like this is what I would do in that spot 364 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,079 facing like the most random min four bat from this guy who hasn't played a 365 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,279 hand in three hours, like you know, stuff like that. It's just 366 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,880 it's it's funny, but in a very entertaining way, and it's it's it's 367 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,960 fun to see people living out their dream under the relatable aspect that hey, 368 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,039 that could be me, because I mean I play at fair amount of poker, 369 00:25:06,079 --> 00:25:08,519 and yes I've played some bigger buy ins, but like I'll probably never 370 00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:12,319 in my life play a twenty five K or a fifty k or whatever. 371 00:25:12,559 --> 00:25:17,000 Right, never ever, But I will sure as hell be able to play 372 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,759 a three hundred dollars tournament or a six hundred dollars tournament or an eight hundred 373 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:22,000 dollars tournament or you know those sorts of things. So I can be like, 374 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:27,559 you have that relatable aspect of like I could possibly be there, and 375 00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:32,279 then this is how I would maybe act in this situation. Maybe I'm not 376 00:25:32,759 --> 00:25:37,960 acting super gto super high roller, you know level stuff in this tournament because 377 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,200 I got to be more exploitative. But it's just a more relatable thing. 378 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,279 And it's fun to see that, and you get some different characters and they 379 00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:48,519 got to come from all these different backgrounds and you know, all that sort 380 00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:52,759 of stuff. So I really like that aspect of things. You got anything 381 00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:56,839 else on the schedule. We've talked a long time about it, No, 382 00:25:56,079 --> 00:26:00,440 I think you coveted. Just remember, yeah, it is always object to 383 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:03,039 change, regardless of how how much I want to preach that it's locked in, 384 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,519 and our subject to change is just more of the fact that if this 385 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,799 event gets a twenty five percent increase in players, then yeah, we may 386 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:15,640 have to move a final table or something. But yeah, Hopefully we don't 387 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,680 see too many changes, and hopefully we get the big names at all these 388 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,559 final tables and we can have a pretty good streaming series for twenty twenty four. 389 00:26:23,759 --> 00:26:26,160 Yeah. I mean we're about five and a half weeks out of the 390 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:32,000 World Series of Poker now six weeks out. Whatever it is, SOBSIP is 391 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,559 certainly going to be top of mind. We'll probably be hitting on it in 392 00:26:34,039 --> 00:26:38,799 one way, shape or form on this podcast every single week, so expect 393 00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:44,319 a bit more of it as we go forward. I do have to mention 394 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,519 gotta be a company man for a second, but there is a promo currently 395 00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:52,559 running now that we have the schedule out there. You can save twenty dollars 396 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:56,480 on your first year of a new annual subscription. Use the promo code w 397 00:26:56,759 --> 00:27:00,759 SOOP twenty four when you sign up to Poker Grow. That's good for new 398 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:03,559 customers who want to pick up an annual. It's also good for monthly and 399 00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:08,119 quarterly subscribers who want to upgrade to an annual. So that would cost you. 400 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,359 Then with that twenty dollars off, send me seventy nine to ninety nine 401 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,160 for the year, which is I think right around six or seven bucks a 402 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:21,279 month. So I mean, that's very very good, uh bargain. I 403 00:27:21,759 --> 00:27:23,559 you know, I know I say that as the you know, the company 404 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:29,119 person on this podcast, but I really do believe that it's it's well worth 405 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,519 it with all the value that you can get from watching all this stuff that's 406 00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:37,480 on there. All right. Moving on US Poker Open, aram Zobian is 407 00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:44,480 the twenty twenty four US Poker Open champion. Zobian cashed four times, six 408 00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:49,519 hundred and sixteen PGT points, almost two hundred points ahead of anyone else on 409 00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:56,160 the leaderboard. Stephen Chidwick finished in second place. Zobian one event number six, 410 00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,599 fifteen thousand dollars buy and Nolan would hold them for two hundred sixty four 411 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,160 thousand dollars after he made a deal heads up. He had a first, 412 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:10,759 a second, a third, and a sixth across the eight event series, 413 00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:15,599 so he cashed in half of the events, finished finished on the podium in 414 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,240 three of his four cashes, and then in the twenty five K finale he 415 00:28:19,319 --> 00:28:26,880 took sixth place Zobeian cash for a total of six hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. 416 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:33,480 So good on Aram Zobian. The performance allowed him to climb up up 417 00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:37,680 over a thousand points PGT points for the entire season, moved him into third 418 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,880 place. So yeah, he I mean, he showed out extremely well. 419 00:28:42,279 --> 00:28:47,559 Aram is a very very good player. Made the WSB Main Event final table 420 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:55,160 went twenty and eighteen seventeen sixteen, so something like that pre pandemic, I 421 00:28:55,200 --> 00:29:00,400 guess if you want to classify it as that. But was then he was 422 00:29:00,279 --> 00:29:04,359 twenty eighteen, then he was Would he gets sixth or seventh or something for 423 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,039 like one point six million or something, I can't remember one point eight what 424 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,319 place did he get? Sixth six? Yeah, yeah, he was, 425 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:19,119 I mean a total unknown, I'll say back then, and now he's enjoying 426 00:29:19,359 --> 00:29:22,759 a bit more success, a bit more time in the spotlight, you know, 427 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:26,240 playing on these streams, that sort of stuff. So, you know, 428 00:29:26,359 --> 00:29:32,559 good for Aramazobian In a way, it's like it's kind of Jeremy Osmas 429 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,920 esque. Jeremy Osmas played poker for a while, but was you know, 430 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,039 always just like a quiet grinder that no one knew about. Then he makes 431 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:45,160 the ws Main Event final table, and then you know, eventually starts playing 432 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,039 high rollers, has success there and goes on to have what is you know, 433 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,680 still a very very good career, but like it was that main event 434 00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:56,680 that allowed for that jumping off point. I guess to play a lot bigger 435 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,799 buy and stuff, and you don't. I mean, you don't see a 436 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:04,319 lot lot of guys like make the WSP Main Event final table and then just 437 00:30:04,359 --> 00:30:08,079 like start getting into more and more high rollers. Like I feel like a 438 00:30:08,079 --> 00:30:14,400 lot of WSITY Main Event final tablests just don't play a lot of high rollers. 439 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,519 I mean, maybe they're just they don't care about Maybe they have too 440 00:30:18,599 --> 00:30:19,720 much money now, but that's part of it, and they're just like I 441 00:30:19,759 --> 00:30:22,759 don't need to play as much poker. Why should I, you know, 442 00:30:22,839 --> 00:30:26,119 spend ten K, fifteen K, twenty five K, fifty K, one 443 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,559 hunter k whatever it is on on buyings when I have millions of dollars in 444 00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:32,960 the bank now and I can just kind of chill and play more recreationally and 445 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,599 have fun and be set up for life. Part of it is maybe they 446 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,119 just are fearful the competition, right, I mean, who knows. I 447 00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:41,400 mean the ws main Event, even though it is a big buy in ten 448 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,200 thousand dollars, I mean it's a different type of tournament than coming out and 449 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,279 playing you know, the us PO Grope when or playing a Triton Poker Series 450 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,000 or whatever it may be. Like these, you know, these are like 451 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,880 the best players in the world playing in you know, these types of tournaments 452 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:00,440 that the PGT and others like it offer. So maybe there's just that kind 453 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:06,319 of unwillingness to want to get into that arena. I don't know, but 454 00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:08,680 but it is good to see Aramzobian, you know, come out play a 455 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,759 lot of these events. He's always a regular in the series that we do 456 00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:17,920 on the PGT and then ultimately come out on top here with a US Poker 457 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,799 Open victory. Just running through the event winners eight events at this year's US 458 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,920 Poker Open, Eric Sidel won the opener five thousand dollars. Nolan held him 459 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,720 Event four one hundred and forty five thousand dollars. Jesse Lonis won the second 460 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,279 event. Dan Smith won the third event. David Coleman a lot of success 461 00:31:34,319 --> 00:31:38,400 this year on the PGT. He won event number four, Matthew Wantman won 462 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:44,079 event number five. He denied Daniel mcgranu a title there. Aramzobian, as 463 00:31:44,079 --> 00:31:47,640 I mentioned, he won the event number six. Eric Afriat won event number 464 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:52,400 seven, and then Steven Chidwick won the twenty five K finale Chidwick one four 465 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,640 twenty nine thousand dollars in that event. Let me ask you kind of your 466 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:02,680 initial thoughts on I guess a Ramzobian on the series the winners, et cetera, 467 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,960 and then we'll get into some other stuff about the USPL. Yeah, 468 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:12,119 pretty deserving winner. Results spoke one, you know, first, a second, 469 00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:16,960 and a third heading into the twenty five K finale before he finished sixth. 470 00:32:17,599 --> 00:32:22,039 So yeah, that's all I have to earn him. Really, been 471 00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:28,839 playing our events since the start of the PGT very consistent. You know, 472 00:32:29,119 --> 00:32:31,519 normally sticks to just the tens, but you know, the last year or 473 00:32:31,559 --> 00:32:36,200 so he's been branching out, running a little better. And now he has 474 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,039 a was it one hundred and seven pound Golden Eagle trophy to take home fifty 475 00:32:40,039 --> 00:32:45,640 three pounds. It's actually a pretty like there. We did a photo shoot 476 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,759 with him and he's said, oh man, this is heavy, Like how 477 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:52,599 am I supposed to take this home? And like what was funny was the 478 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:57,640 night before he used like a bunch of his gift cards and he ordered like 479 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,720 twenty coconuts from lemongrass, like unopened, but he left him there overnight because 480 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,039 you know, they finished at three am. So he had a bag full 481 00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:09,440 of twenty coconuts you know that probably weighed twenty five thirty pounds. He had 482 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:14,279 this, you know, one hundred and eighty seven pound Golden Eagle trophy. 483 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,680 He's like, how am I supposed to take this home? And I'm like, 484 00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:20,240 you just gotta do the farmer carry and walk up back to your car. 485 00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:22,599 So we have a photo of him walking that out, which is pretty 486 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:29,160 funny. So Ramzobian is obviously the headliner winning the twenty twenty four US poke 487 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:35,079 Er Open. He joins David Peters, Steven Chidwick, Sean Winter, Martin 488 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:40,240 Zemani. I believe that's it right, as US Poke gre Open champions David 489 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,480 Peters did win it twice, went back to back twenty eight nineteen, excuse 490 00:33:44,519 --> 00:33:47,279 me, twenty nineteen and twenty twenty one. There was no USPO on twenty 491 00:33:47,319 --> 00:33:52,279 twenty due to the pandemic. But I have written down here some page two 492 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:54,640 headlines. I mean, obviously the headliner is Aramzobian, right, but the 493 00:33:54,680 --> 00:34:00,000 page two headlines things that I have written down that that stuck out to me 494 00:34:00,119 --> 00:34:01,440 that I think, you know, you could like you could do like a 495 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:07,920 secondary like story on or secondary you know, news headline on Steven Chidwick is 496 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:12,599 back. You know, he's had a pretty quiet PGT for Steven Chidwick's standards 497 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,119 so far. Don't think we saw him at the Kickoff, had a very 498 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:20,519 lackluster poker gro cup. Did we see him at mixed games in PLO? 499 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,599 We did? He barely did anything. I think he played a couple of 500 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:28,440 the paylo events. Yeah, so he hasn't done much on the PGT this 501 00:34:28,559 --> 00:34:32,159 season, but now he seems like he's back to being Steven Chidwick. He 502 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:37,559 won that twenty five K finale he's got, He had four cashes overall, 503 00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:42,400 he finished second to Aramzovian on the leader board. So it seems like Steven 504 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,880 Chidwick is kind of just starting to heat up to be back to the Stephen 505 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:51,280 Childwick that we know. Interestingly that I was going through some of the US 506 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:57,840 Poker Open stats, Chidwick now leads all time USPO. So going back to 507 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:01,599 twenty eighteen, he lea he's in money one at the USPO. He leads 508 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:05,880 in cashes. He is nineteen, which I believe is three more than anyone 509 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,960 else carry Kats is second with sixteen, and then he's also tied for the 510 00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:15,000 lead for titles, so he's those three categories. Steven Chidwick is at the 511 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,719 top of all three of them. That's pretty impressive. Yeah, so another 512 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:22,559 headline here. Daniel mcgrano continues as hot. Twenty twenty four, he had 513 00:35:22,559 --> 00:35:25,760 two cases. Notably, he got second to Matthew Wantman in event number five. 514 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:30,719 Mcgrowney took one hundred and fifty one eight hundred dollars for that second place 515 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,320 finish. So mcgron, you's still hot here in twenty twenty four. Eric 516 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,400 Sidell still doing it. That's another little subheader here. He won event number 517 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,760 one, he got third in event number five. That that event was Matthew 518 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,960 Waman first, Mgarany second, Sidel third. So Eric Sidell been around forever, 519 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,360 an absolute legend of Poker Hall of Famer, now a ten time bracelet 520 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:55,440 winner after winning his tenth bracelet down in the Bahamas for the WSP Paradise. 521 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,960 He's still doing it. Won that that five k opener here at the US 522 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:06,719 Roger Johnson cashed five times. He cashed all five of the first five events 523 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:13,679 in the eight events series. Victoria Liftschitz also cashed five times, so you 524 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,679 know, crazy runs from both of those players, Johnson and Liftshits. And 525 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:21,440 then David Coleman back on top of the PGT leaderboard, mentioned that he won 526 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,119 an event. He won event number four ten thousand dollars. Nolan would hold 527 00:36:24,159 --> 00:36:29,440 them for just over two hundred thousand dollars there, So David Coleman back up 528 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:34,360 on top of the PGT leaderboard. After the PLO series, it was Dylan 529 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,000 Wiseman who had taken the top spot from David Coleman, but now David Coleman 530 00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:42,599 has come back and he is back up on top. So those are kind 531 00:36:42,599 --> 00:36:47,079 of my page two headlines from the USPO. Do you have anything to add 532 00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:51,800 anything that stuck out to you that you think is kind of headline worthy but 533 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,639 obviously not overtaking around zobim Be in the series Champ you touched on it earlier. 534 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,320 Something that we did on the Poker Got Side is we debuted our day 535 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,760 one coverage. Remco and I were doing commentary. We called ourselves the Bonus 536 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,800 Boys because we were calling this bonus coverage. So first time we did this 537 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:15,480 across a major series like this, where you know we did the final tables. 538 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,000 Not really, that's not that true. Why is it not true? 539 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,639 We used we did early action of the pokemas Is back in twenty nineteen or 540 00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:29,079 something, well whatever. It was called an early action, not bonus coverage, 541 00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:32,400 but that predates me, so it doesn't matter. Did we really do 542 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:37,239 that? I can't remember, Yeah, whatever, but it was. I 543 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,000 believe it might have been no, no graphics. Actually, why would it 544 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,559 be, no, Yeah, this is slightly better anyway, would it be? 545 00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:47,679 Because who knows? The final tables would wrap up and then you know, 546 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,880 there'd be an hour or two break or whatever it would be, and 547 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:55,480 then we'd fire up a feature table from whatever. The day one of the 548 00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:59,719 next tournament was running. We took that down to as close to the bubble 549 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:04,440 as we were allowed by the Aria Poker staff, and then you know, 550 00:38:04,639 --> 00:38:07,119 those players finished up for the day. We finished up usually around what ten 551 00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:10,840 thirty or eleven, something like that, and the next day people would come 552 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:19,559 back pretty rave reviews from the audience and the players. You know, everyone 553 00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:23,679 seemed to be loving it. I loved it being in the commentary with because 554 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:28,360 it was a bit of a different feel, you know. I liked it 555 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:35,000 because one you get to see early to middle tournament stage play and approaching the 556 00:38:35,039 --> 00:38:37,280 bubble, not just like you know, your run of the mill twenty to 557 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,239 thirty big blind final table stuff, which we see all the time, not 558 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,760 only on the PGT, but like that's the majority of tournament livestream coverage, 559 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:51,880 right is, It's largely final table stuff. That said, you know, 560 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,559 this was this was great to see the early stuff and see how some of 561 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:02,679 the top tournament players in the world maneuver at different stacked depths and mostly much 562 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,880 deeper stacked depths, and then as things get closer to the bubble, how 563 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,280 the tournament kind of shakes out and people adjust their play and whatnot. So 564 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:17,119 that was very cool. The players themselves seemed way more laid back, chatty, 565 00:39:17,519 --> 00:39:21,840 outgoing, you know, not just like hyper focus. Okay, this 566 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,920 is the final table. There's five people left. Got to worry about this 567 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,000 pay jump. This guy's got four big blinds, this guy's got twenty seven. 568 00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:31,159 I'm over here with eighteen. What's my range? What's my shoving range? 569 00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:35,000 Should I be three bet jamming this? You know, like all the 570 00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:39,119 hyper focused final table stuff like this was kind of like much more in a 571 00:39:39,159 --> 00:39:43,039 way, kind of like a home game, which is kind of the feel 572 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,159 from the studio most times. I mean, we see it all the time, 573 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:50,159 right because we're in there, but we didn't show it to the public, 574 00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:52,079 and this was the first time that we did that. I mean, 575 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,440 how do you think it went or what are you hearing from the players? 576 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:59,639 Most importantly, I think from the players, they definitely enjoyed it. They 577 00:39:59,639 --> 00:40:05,400 got to see a different side of things that we normally do content wise, 578 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,679 and yeah, you touched on it. They were much more relaxed, much 579 00:40:09,679 --> 00:40:15,559 more jovial up on the feature table, and it was just different. It 580 00:40:15,599 --> 00:40:19,920 was different poker. It was fun. Even the players were trying to get 581 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,280 involved, like, oh, what table are you going to choose? Like 582 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,519 next, I think you should choose this one and then you know, or 583 00:40:24,599 --> 00:40:29,039 no, maybe you shoul choose our one, et cetera. So they enjoyed 584 00:40:29,079 --> 00:40:30,320 it that. You know, we also had players come back and tell us, 585 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,840 you know, they would bust and go home watch the bonus coverage if 586 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,480 they want to watch any of the Final Table stuff. You know, they 587 00:40:37,679 --> 00:40:40,679 they I think these guys that play, you know, the PGT events regularly, 588 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,599 they know they know all the Final Table stuff. They know the Rangers, 589 00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:49,679 they know the ICM place. But it's like, I think there's more 590 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,840 interesting playing a lot during the final tables. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 591 00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:58,800 I think they're just more interested in seeing the varying styles of play when the 592 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,800 average is you know, ffty big lines as opposed to you know, twenty 593 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:07,039 five or fifteen whatever it might be, and they can learn I think they 594 00:41:07,039 --> 00:41:12,679 can learn a little bit more that actually helps them get to the final table. 595 00:41:13,079 --> 00:41:16,199 You know, they can learn more from players, build their notes when 596 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:22,039 it matters most actually getting to the final table. So I have a question 597 00:41:22,119 --> 00:41:27,639 down here, what is one thing you would do to make the USPO better. 598 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,239 You're giving current launch. You can do whatever you want, one thing 599 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:36,079 and one thing only. What are you doing, I mean to make the 600 00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:40,280 USPO better as in the series, I think it's more about getting more people 601 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:45,000 playing the event. A couple of players float to the ideas of million dollar 602 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:51,840 guarantees on the ten ks, you know, that would help expand the field 603 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,960 size, get more players, get some new players, also more satellites, 604 00:41:55,960 --> 00:42:00,519 that would help get some fresh blood in there. You could technically say that 605 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:06,800 doing more five k's would make the series better because you'd get a lot of 606 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:13,360 new faces making the money and potentially parlaying that into the bigger buyings From the 607 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,599 content aspect. I think we just need to do more with the bonus coverage. 608 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,400 I think we can take this down to the final you know, Final 609 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,840 seven, final six. There's a lot more staffing on our part. It's 610 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:30,119 a more staffing on arius part. It's it's going to be late nights for 611 00:42:30,159 --> 00:42:35,599 you and Remico on commentary. I don't think I think it would make our 612 00:42:35,679 --> 00:42:39,639 content more dynamic, more interesting. Maybe it's something we only do for a 613 00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:45,559 certain series, like maybe we build a certain series around a streaming aspect more 614 00:42:45,559 --> 00:42:49,639 than a poker playing aspect. But yeah, I think we can definitely do 615 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,239 a bit more as we start looking you know, to the latter end of 616 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:59,159 this season and also you know, next season. I would I want a 617 00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:04,800 two starting flight opening event that this is what I want, Like, can 618 00:43:05,079 --> 00:43:07,360 you make this happen? You're you're the commissioner, but I'm just worried about 619 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:13,239 how what are you playing down to? Like what do you I I want 620 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:20,119 to do like a a five k opener, two or three starting flights, 621 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,400 like like just a multi day event to kick off the series. Like I 622 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,760 think with a guarantee by the way, like this is all like one package 623 00:43:28,119 --> 00:43:30,280 at the front of a series, just because I feel like that's more what 624 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:39,880 people in the let's say two K to five K price point would would be 625 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:44,800 willing to play. You know, Like I understand we can't come out like 626 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,000 or I just don't think that it would ever be okay that we could be 627 00:43:47,039 --> 00:43:50,480 like let's do a three million dollar guarantee. I mean, obviously that would 628 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,360 be great, but trying to be kind of realistic here, but like, 629 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:57,480 what why couldn't you do just like a one point five million dollar guarantee or 630 00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:01,760 something something that's extremely doable to hit right, but can can draw a good 631 00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:07,000 amount of people and then hopefully you get them to parlay into like the rest 632 00:44:07,039 --> 00:44:08,280 of the series, or at least start playing, you know, some of 633 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,760 the ten k's after they have some success. Like I think that would be 634 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,360 a great way to kick off the US Poker Open. I think it would 635 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:22,280 catch on and spread like wildfire in terms of like how popular it would be. 636 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,840 So that's what I really think. That's like the evolution we need to 637 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:30,599 have with these majors. So yeah, I mean, at least as far 638 00:44:30,639 --> 00:44:35,760 as I'm concerned, I definitely want to keep trying to push that initiative overall. 639 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,840 But like what I mean, you sound concerned. Why are you concerned? 640 00:44:38,119 --> 00:44:40,559 What do you mean? Play down to play down to whatever? Have 641 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,639 have it be the day two and then a day three. I just don't 642 00:44:44,679 --> 00:44:51,320 know if the the appetite the player pool is big enough of that in our 643 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:58,760 events. I think there's still a bit of a a public viewpoint that the 644 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,840 studio is a private place used to play and they're not welcome obviously once you 645 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,760 know, people step in there and play, they're like, oh, this 646 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:10,079 place is great, you know, discounted rake. I don't understand how that's 647 00:45:10,079 --> 00:45:15,000 like forgotten to be a thing. The studio is a public it was. 648 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:19,000 It was brought up during this series, I understand. But like the US 649 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,880 poke rope in is a tournament series, you know, and it's it's never 650 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,360 really like mentioned in the headlines. It's obviously mentioned like later on, or 651 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,920 it's in the structure sheet or whatever that like it's played at the Poker Gro 652 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:34,079 Studio, but like it's never like the US poke up and at the Poker 653 00:45:34,119 --> 00:45:37,559 Gro Studio, the US poke up in inside the poker gro studio. So 654 00:45:37,639 --> 00:45:43,800 like when when the US poke up in itself is being promoted, like people 655 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,840 just I don't understand why people can't think that the US poke rope and can 656 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,920 be played by anyone like I, you know, I don't like It's not 657 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,239 like I see like the win millions, Oh my god, Like I can't 658 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,880 play that. I'm not a millionaire. Like no, I just say, 659 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,599 like, oh, okay, let me look at the schedule, what are 660 00:45:57,639 --> 00:46:00,239 the buyings? Can I play? Okay? Cool, I'm gonna go play. 661 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:04,039 Like I don't know why people think it probably goes to when I was 662 00:46:04,119 --> 00:46:10,000 launched and it just had a initial, an initial bad rap or bad viewpoint, 663 00:46:10,039 --> 00:46:14,320 and it's you just have to slowly convince people that this is not the 664 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,079 case, that it is an open venue. And the more the merrier. 665 00:46:19,599 --> 00:46:22,440 Yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't fully understand that side of things. 666 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:28,079 But but yeah, I mean listen, if you did a one point 667 00:46:28,159 --> 00:46:31,519 five million dollar guaranteed five k opener, you only three hundred entries. I 668 00:46:31,559 --> 00:46:37,239 mean, I think we can get that. Come on, why can't we 669 00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:40,440 maybe why can't we? We can do it? People want to play in 670 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:44,519 the studio. Let's go let's make it happen. That would be my one 671 00:46:44,599 --> 00:46:47,719 change before we move on to the general PGT leaderboard. I got to say 672 00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:52,519 that I think I won the fantasy by the way, it's it's it's it's 673 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:57,719 I'm calling. I need I need to bring in a judge, a jury 674 00:46:58,159 --> 00:47:01,000 to make a decision on this result, because I don't think it's fair. 675 00:47:02,039 --> 00:47:09,719 Why don't you think that Alex Foxon took five events off to get surgery. 676 00:47:10,159 --> 00:47:15,000 I didn't know he was getting surgery, So I would like to cancel the 677 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,920 bet that series. You're already messing up your argument. Okay, your argument 678 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,480 is this, and I listened back to the last podcast earlier today. You 679 00:47:23,519 --> 00:47:30,000 never picked a third person. I didn't need it. I have the Foxes. 680 00:47:30,039 --> 00:47:32,119 Well, yeah, the Foxes scored a combined thirty five points. I 681 00:47:32,199 --> 00:47:39,800 scored five because my team was goat and Jeremy Osmina's Jeremy Osmas did nothing at 682 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:44,880 the USBRO Grog, David Coleman won an event, and I should get to 683 00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:49,280 pick I should get to pick a third person right now. Well, you 684 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:53,440 would have never picked a Ramzobian, So go ahead, you can have yeah, 685 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:57,519 and you still would be like, yeah, yeah, I would have 686 00:47:57,519 --> 00:48:00,039 said lose, But come on, Alex, why gift to go get surgery? 687 00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:05,119 He could have just gone another another week with the ton peck. You 688 00:48:05,199 --> 00:48:12,719 know, doesn't matter. As for the season long PGT leaderboard, David Coleman 689 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,480 is backup on top. As I mentioned, he had some success at the 690 00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:21,079 US Poker Open, which included winning in event he's now He now has four 691 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:27,679 victories on the PGT this season. He's up to twelve hundred and fifty nine 692 00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:30,920 points. Coleman has four wins, nine cashes, nine hundred and fifty four 693 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:36,760 thousand dollars in winnings. Dylan Wiseman is second on the leaderboard eleven hundred and 694 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,360 twenty six points. He's got three wins, ten cashes, and he's the 695 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:45,800 only player over one million dollars in winnings on the PGT this season. He's 696 00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:49,079 got one million, one hundred and fifty five thousand. Then it's a ram 697 00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:52,320 Zobian, the US Poker Open champion, who's up to one thousand and forty 698 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:57,280 eight points. He's got one victory, eight cashes, nine hundred and seventeen 699 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,199 thousand dollars in winnings. Fourth place belongs to player everyone knows. Daniel Legrond 700 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:07,360 new eight hundred and ninety six points, one win, eleven cases, which 701 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,840 leads the way for every PGT player, and seven hundred and seventy six thousand 702 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:15,079 dollars in winnings, and then running out the top five is Sammy Cippola, 703 00:49:15,159 --> 00:49:20,880 who was the PGTPLO Series champion. He still has seven hundred and forty nine 704 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,480 points, two wins, four cashes, seven hundred and seven hundred and seventy 705 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:28,360 six thousand dollars in winnings. But Steven Chidwick's coming up quick. So Steven 706 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:32,920 Chidwick's coming up quick. He's now in sixth place after doing very well at 707 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:38,559 the USPO. Jesse Lonis is moving up nicely. He's up to eighth place. 708 00:49:38,679 --> 00:49:44,159 Kristen Foxon has kind of fallen down or slid down. I mean, 709 00:49:44,199 --> 00:49:45,840 she still has six hundred and seventy eight points, she has one win, 710 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:51,400 she's got five cashes. She's currently in seventh place, but she was up 711 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,440 to what second place behind David Coleman. You know, since the PGT Kickoff 712 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:59,880 Series hasn't done a ton, she's been out there, she's been bad ling. 713 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,280 He's been playing a lot. But she hasn't put up the results. 714 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:07,239 That said, it's obviously a very long season, so I would expect her 715 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,719 to, you know, get back into form, you know, climb back 716 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,159 up the leader boarder, you know, do what she needs to just stay 717 00:50:12,159 --> 00:50:15,079 in the top ten or whatever, et cetera. Jonathan Little won the Poker 718 00:50:15,119 --> 00:50:21,440 ro Cup but hasn't done much since, still sitting, you know, on 719 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,920 five hundred and ninety one points. He's got two wins, five cashes, 720 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:28,159 seven hundred and seventy one thousand dollars in winnings. He made one final table 721 00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:34,159 at the USPO. I think that's it. So yeah, gonna be an 722 00:50:34,159 --> 00:50:39,320 interesting season. I'm kind of surprised with where. I'm surprised with where two 723 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:45,840 people are. One is Jeremy Osmas. He hasn't really done much. I 724 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:50,559 mean, he has eight cashes, five hundred and or sorry, four hundred 725 00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:55,119 and eleven thousand dollars in prize money one. But I'm getting the sense that 726 00:50:55,320 --> 00:51:00,920 his year is starting out like negron News year was last year on the PGT 727 00:51:00,159 --> 00:51:06,960 where it was like a lot of smaller caches but void of like the big 728 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,440 wins of the top three finishes, where where obviously the big prize money is 729 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,199 where obviously a lot of the points are because the points are tied to the 730 00:51:13,199 --> 00:51:16,159 prize money. He does have eight cases, you know, so that's you 731 00:51:16,199 --> 00:51:20,119 know up there. You know, that's like in what that's in the top 732 00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:24,280 five or six in terms of number of cases that he's had. But yeah, 733 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,920 I feel like Jeremy Osmas is lost here. He had twenty cashes, 734 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:34,360 zero wins. Yeah, but how many points he I thought he did? 735 00:51:34,639 --> 00:51:37,039 He had some final tables and stuff in there. Yeah, he had, 736 00:51:37,159 --> 00:51:45,000 you know or something something like that. He just he just just get a 737 00:51:45,039 --> 00:51:47,079 victory being a while No, that's that's what I'm saying. Like he I 738 00:51:47,079 --> 00:51:52,440 mean, he's obviously been playing a lot on the PGT this year, but 739 00:51:52,679 --> 00:51:57,199 you know, he's just he hasn't really like pushed through, you know, 740 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,239 like he has when Steven should kind of started out that way. But you 741 00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:04,159 know, and but now Steven Chidwick's kind of rounding into form. So it's 742 00:52:04,159 --> 00:52:08,760 probably just a matter of time before before Jeremy Osmas rounds into form and then 743 00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:14,679 somebody else that I'm just surprised with is Andrew Lucky Chewie Lichtenberger because I feel 744 00:52:14,679 --> 00:52:17,840 like I see him every single day, Like every time we have a Nolan 745 00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:22,800 Hole tournament, I feel like he's there. I also know how good he 746 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:27,840 is, right, so I'm just like kind of surprised that he only has 747 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,360 three cashes for three hundred nine thousand dollars on the PGT this season. I 748 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:36,679 mean, seems kind of shocking to me. Yeah, I feel like he 749 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:39,760 needs to he needs to go on up to pipoker and uh like getting the 750 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:43,840 lab. But there was like a betting market, you know, is lucky 751 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:46,119 you we're gonna finish in the top forty. I would like snap say yes, 752 00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:52,000 like yes, has to be the favorite. Now well he's in fifty 753 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,639 second place. Like I don't know, I feel like he's just it's not 754 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,320 it's not clicking, it's not working, he's not getting the results. But 755 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,239 whatever it may be, you know, it's just it's just interesting to me 756 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:05,519 that that's how things are are kind of shaken out there. So but obviously, 757 00:53:05,519 --> 00:53:07,760 you know, long season, we haven't even hit the World Series of 758 00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,519 Poker stuff. There's what twenty eight PGT qualifying events as part of the wispy 759 00:53:10,599 --> 00:53:15,280 schedule, so a lot to be had there. There's also, of course, 760 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:20,639 you know, fifteen Aria High rollers nine plo what six no them to 761 00:53:20,679 --> 00:53:22,880 hold them. So you know, there's there's still a lot of tame Aria 762 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:30,239 high close enough, a lot of stuff that that still needs to be you 763 00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:31,880 know, fleshed out over the course of the season. But but yeah, 764 00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:36,679 those are kind of just my thoughts on the PGT leaderboard and of course running 765 00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:38,280 down that top five there. Do you have any thoughts on the leaderboard, 766 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:42,639 like anything that sticks out to you, like my Osmas and Lichtenberger things. 767 00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:45,960 No, not really, I think you touched on a lot of this stuff. 768 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:49,679 Obviously, we have to remember that David Coleman picked up a lot of 769 00:53:49,679 --> 00:53:52,079 points during the kickoff where that was you know, double points. Same with 770 00:53:52,159 --> 00:53:57,599 Weiseman. He scored a title during kickoff, so he got double points for 771 00:53:57,639 --> 00:54:02,039 that. And obviously these those two in particular, huge starts of the year 772 00:54:02,039 --> 00:54:07,039 were only you know, four months in. They have eleven hundred and twenty 773 00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:13,519 six points and thirteen hundred points respectively, which you know puts them basically nearly 774 00:54:13,519 --> 00:54:16,559 a lock for the PGT championship. So I think that kickoff definitely helped, 775 00:54:16,679 --> 00:54:22,119 you know, kind of push them to play more, which saw you know, 776 00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:25,159 Weisman playing a lot more no limit hold them. We saw Coleman jumping 777 00:54:25,159 --> 00:54:29,760 in the PLO series. So you know, if we take a review of 778 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:34,119 what we did this year, I think the Kickoff was a great way to 779 00:54:34,199 --> 00:54:37,639 kick off the season, you know, with the double points. I have 780 00:54:38,039 --> 00:54:45,480 a working thought on the Kickoff. How many events was it? By the 781 00:54:45,519 --> 00:54:50,559 way, five it was? It was four or five? Four five ks 782 00:54:50,599 --> 00:54:55,000 and one ten K. So I think it needs a PLO and I think 783 00:54:55,039 --> 00:55:00,639 it needs a mixed game event in there, because I think it's only fair 784 00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:06,320 to those players to offer an event that is also double points. It just 785 00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:12,079 might be hard to get the K five K a game and a five K 786 00:55:12,159 --> 00:55:16,239 poo they're double points. Yeah, we could do that, and I think 787 00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:20,599 like and you could probably Yeah, I would. I would do that. 788 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,920 I think they would. They would draw, all right. I mean that. 789 00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:27,159 I don't think they're going to be gang puzzlers or anything like that, 790 00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:31,119 but I think it's just a little bit more fair to the like PGT, 791 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:37,519 PLO and uh, mixed game players you know, who really just focus on 792 00:55:37,159 --> 00:55:40,079 that stuff. You know, I'm not talking about like the mcgrowney's, the 793 00:55:40,079 --> 00:55:43,679 Osma's, is the Shulman's, you know, the guys that play everything no 794 00:55:43,679 --> 00:55:47,079 matter what. But yeah, I think that would be fair going forward. 795 00:55:47,599 --> 00:55:52,599 That's my only real take there. I I do really like a wishless item 796 00:55:52,639 --> 00:55:58,199 of me and and I don't know, hopefully producer rich Ryan is actually listening, 797 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,519 because I think he might like idea or he'll tell me I'm stupid one 798 00:56:00,559 --> 00:56:05,000 of the other. I want an end season tournament like I want, like, 799 00:56:05,119 --> 00:56:07,800 you know, right before the w s AP in May, like the 800 00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:15,800 top thirty two players get invited to a heads up tournament where they can buy 801 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:19,840 in, and you know, this is my idea. I already pitched this 802 00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,719 idea. Don't know your idea. This is definitely my idea. We have 803 00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,639 for sure talked about I know that, but I'm pretty sure I'm the originator 804 00:56:25,679 --> 00:56:30,000 of this. No, it was it was one v thirty two or one 805 00:56:30,119 --> 00:56:35,559 v sixteen whatever we decided. If sixteen didn't want to play, seventeenth came 806 00:56:35,599 --> 00:56:38,280 in, so the bracket was set. It was worth like bonus points. 807 00:56:38,599 --> 00:56:43,960 You know, you got points just for playing with my idea, one hundred 808 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,679 percent my idea. No, it was definitely not your idea. It was 809 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:52,239 my idea that I think you then fleshed out, you know what I mean, 810 00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:54,559 made made perfect. I mean I took it from like you know, 811 00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:00,920 European soccer leagues who have like the the season kind of cups or tournaments or 812 00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:05,400 whatever. Like. But yeah, like you know, if you if you 813 00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:08,480 start out like the first you know, four months essentially the first half in 814 00:57:08,519 --> 00:57:13,199 a way of the PGT, and you're and you're performing really well, then 815 00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:16,800 you get a special invite to this tournament. I think probably top sixteen is 816 00:57:17,159 --> 00:57:22,639 is maybe best, just because if it's thirty two, then then thirty two 817 00:57:22,719 --> 00:57:25,559 people can like get in there and get bonus points and like kind of really 818 00:57:25,559 --> 00:57:30,199 separate themselves from people on the outside. But if it's if it's just select 819 00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:36,239 for the top sixteen, it motivates people maybe to push early on. There 820 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,239 are some bonus points up for grabs, but I wouldn't make it crazy with 821 00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:43,280 the bonus points. There would be a buying element towards it. You know, 822 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,639 it's you have, like you have the option if you want to buy 823 00:57:45,639 --> 00:57:47,480 in or if you don't, and if you buy in gray, if you 824 00:57:47,519 --> 00:57:50,760 don't, as you said, you know, you kind of roll to the 825 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:52,960 next place and then yeah, you know, one place sixteen. You know, 826 00:57:53,000 --> 00:58:00,280 two pays for everyone outside of the top forty. No, the out 827 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:04,119 of the way you should you should be rewarded for doing well in the early 828 00:58:04,199 --> 00:58:07,400 portion. And it's like a made for TV heads up event, very very 829 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,519 simple. It would only take a couple of days to do. I don't 830 00:58:09,519 --> 00:58:13,400 know. I think it could be cool. Maybe it's one of those ideas 831 00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:15,960 that might just be cool in my mind and would never actually work. I 832 00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:17,320 have no idea. That could also certainly be the case. I have a 833 00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:22,679 lot of wacky ideas like that. But yeah, but yeah, all right, 834 00:58:22,719 --> 00:58:24,719 that's enough for the PGT talk. I do want to touch on this 835 00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:30,039 Robert Khon bet because you know, we talked about it on the Pod an 836 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:35,519 episode or two ago, where he was getting a he was going to do 837 00:58:35,559 --> 00:58:40,039 a thirty day water fast. He could drink water, coffee, he could 838 00:58:40,039 --> 00:58:44,719 have electrolyte, salt, vitamins for thirty days. That's it. No food, 839 00:58:45,239 --> 00:58:46,960 nothing else to drink. He bet against Sean Deeve. He was getting 840 00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:51,760 twenty to one on three thousand dollars, so he stood to win sixty thousand 841 00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:57,239 dollars. Robert Cohon let Sewn dee buy out for twenty five k. Saw 842 00:58:57,280 --> 00:59:01,360 a video on social media from Coon talking about his decision to accept the buyouts, 843 00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:07,039 you know, kind of saying that, and if I remember correctly, 844 00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:13,159 you know he wants to do the weight loss thing the right way, so, 845 00:59:14,639 --> 00:59:17,119 you know, getting pushed by Deeb and Deeb's wife Ashley, you know, 846 00:59:19,639 --> 00:59:22,800 they were fine, you know, settling at twenty five thousand dollars, 847 00:59:24,599 --> 00:59:30,559 giving Robert Koon that money and then you know, offering I guess their services 848 00:59:30,559 --> 00:59:36,119 are offering, you know, to help Robert Koon kind of get on the 849 00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:39,840 right path instead of doing like this thirty day waterfast where if he comes off 850 00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:43,760 it, you know, who knows where he's going to be at health wise, 851 00:59:44,679 --> 00:59:46,840 who knows what if he's just going to fall back into his behavior that 852 00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:49,880 that might have got him to where he didn't want to be, whatever it 853 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,880 may be. So it sounds like, you know, Sean Deeb is gonna 854 00:59:53,559 --> 00:59:58,119 work with Robert Koon, give access to his trainer, his nutritionness, whatever 855 00:59:58,119 --> 01:00:00,760 it may be, to help him kind of really get on the right path. 856 01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,000 Obviously, Sean Deeve, with that bet with Bill Perkins, has made 857 01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:08,039 a big push towards getting a lot healthier. So he's now gonna you know, 858 01:00:09,159 --> 01:00:12,840 I guess kind of bring Robert koon On, you know, under his 859 01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:15,440 wing, so to speak, and to help him along that way. So 860 01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:19,400 I'm just an update on that. That prop bet is that Robert Kuhn did 861 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:22,760 accept the buyout from Sean Deep for twenty five thousand dollars, So you know, 862 01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:24,960 I think he was seventeen days into when he when he accepted the buyout, 863 01:00:25,039 --> 01:00:28,239 So as far as I'm concerned, like there was no way he was 864 01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,800 going to lose it once you get to that point, I think, you 865 01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:34,920 know, Robert Cuon also said the same sort of thing. But but yeah, 866 01:00:35,519 --> 01:00:37,960 so that's the update there. We got Texas Poker Open coming up. 867 01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:40,119 I know you're going to be getting on a plane. When are you going 868 01:00:40,119 --> 01:00:46,800 down there? Tuesday? Tuesday. So we're doing what coverage every day, 869 01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:53,360 live coverage, both live reporting and live streaming, and the live streaming will 870 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:59,360 be handled by Champions Club Texas, but Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks will be 871 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:04,440 in the commentary booth. The streams themselves will be available. They're actually going 872 01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:07,480 to be available for free on poker Go and the Poker Go YouTube channel, 873 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:13,320 so you guys can watch them that way, streaming every single day of the 874 01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:15,760 Texas Poker Open main event. That main event, of course, has a 875 01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:20,159 thirty three dollars buying two million dollar guarantee, and then there's a bunch of 876 01:01:20,239 --> 01:01:24,320 high rollers that happen after the main event that will also be covering. Tim's 877 01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:29,239 going to be there on site providing a bunch of live reporting coverage, so 878 01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:34,960 you know, Texas Poker Open will be front of mine. Hopefully for a 879 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:37,239 lot of you guys out there who are following along with everything that's done here 880 01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:42,679 on at Poker Goro and the PGT. Maybe we'll be able to check in 881 01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:45,000 with you. I'm not going, so we'll have to just check in with 882 01:01:45,039 --> 01:01:49,280 you at some point, do a podcast halfway through or something like that. 883 01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,599 Maybe when the main event wraps up, whatever it may be. I think 884 01:01:52,599 --> 01:01:54,679 that would be cool to do. So, Yeah, are you staying right 885 01:01:54,719 --> 01:02:00,320 at Champions Yeah, we're else signing that. Wow, they just they just 886 01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:05,760 give you guys the best life. Huh yeah on real. All right, 887 01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:09,679 that's going to wrap it up here on the Poker Girl Podcast. Hopefully we'll 888 01:02:09,719 --> 01:02:14,400 talk in a week or so. Tim will be coming to us from Texas. 889 01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:17,280 Hopefully that's the plan. I'm still here in Las Vegas. Oh, 890 01:02:17,599 --> 01:02:21,440 another thing I need to put on the map. So I put on our 891 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,360 mental notes that we need to do. Figure out prizes for the summer for 892 01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:30,039 whatever podcast stuff. You and I got to figure out the hat situation. 893 01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:34,239 That's another thing. And then we get a plan. Like our next takeover 894 01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:38,079 tournament. We did the South Point. We wanted to the South Point again. 895 01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:42,280 Do we want to go somewhere else? Maybe we go to the wind 896 01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:49,559 you know, maybe we take over an Aria Toney take over a Yeah, 897 01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:52,840 yeah, they have the will We love the South Point? I know we 898 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:54,760 love the south We always talk about it, you know, because we always 899 01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:58,840 play there. They're going to release their streaming schedule soon. They would definitely 900 01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:02,440 want to come on the podcast. Be ready for that. The area of 901 01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:07,119 people, Ryan and Paul, they want to come on the podcast. They 902 01:03:07,119 --> 01:03:10,400 want to talk about the bed MGM Championship and the Arias Summer Classic. But 903 01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:15,440 let's see when that comes out and it's official. Maybe they have an event 904 01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:19,880 that uh is it? No, no, it's not. But like then 905 01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:24,280 maybe they started. Man, what are they waiting for? Who knows? 906 01:03:24,519 --> 01:03:29,599 We're giving them too much work. Probably hasn't it hasn't pretty much either way. 907 01:03:29,639 --> 01:03:31,320 We could just take over to daily. We could just take over the 908 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:36,800 daily on the you know, the the twenty eighth or something at the area. 909 01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:39,719 Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm in. Obviously has to be 910 01:03:39,719 --> 01:03:46,280 before, you know, a couple of days before the w s P starts, 911 01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:50,800 because once starts, you know, we are we're not We're not leaving 912 01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:53,920 that place. Probably gonna sleep there. So so yeah, so just putting 913 01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:57,719 that out there, mental note, you and I. We got to figure 914 01:03:57,719 --> 01:04:01,079 out the next takeover tournaments. Definitely want to get Jeff and Brent back out 915 01:04:01,079 --> 01:04:04,400 there playing. We'll see who we can get out there. We should. 916 01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:09,199 We gotta get morey got you gotta get Maury. Come on, I mean, 917 01:04:09,719 --> 01:04:12,920 how can we not? All right, So that's gonna do it for 918 01:04:13,039 --> 01:04:15,960 us. On this episode of the Poker Girl Podcast. My name is Donnie 919 01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:24,760 Peters. His name is Tim Duckworth, and we'll talk to you guys soon. Peace Express