WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.080 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:17.199 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. I am 3 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:21.440 joined by Tim Duckworth. It's been a minute a month 4 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:30.719 March second, our last show. Partly laziness, partly me being 5 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.320 on my deathbed, partly work, partly just a whole bunch 6 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:36.200 of excuses. 7 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:39.280 To be honest, I think it's majority work. I think 8 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:41.280 we can say that it's been pretty yeah. 9 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:42.320 Yeah, business. 10 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.520 Yeah, but we should still hop on during work because 11 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.320 this is the fun part of work, you know. So, 12 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.320 I mean, the work is largely fun, I would say, 13 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:57.200 but you know, this I think is certainly the most 14 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.399 fun aspect of it all. But you know, we've been 15 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.960 letting the fans down. I've seen some Twitter message places 16 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.519 I'm hitting me uh on purpose? Yeah, I mean, what 17 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.159 are you gonna do? We apologize, but we're gonna be 18 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:13.599 We're gonna be coming in hot for the rest of 19 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:19.239 I'll say what twenty twenty five, well guaranteed three months, 20 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.359 because we're gonna go strong from now until like the 21 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:26.040 end of the WSP. Of course, obviously WSP is going 22 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:27.799 to be the biggest and the best, of course, I'm 23 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.640 looking forward to that. But we had a whole lot 24 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.400 of stuff to catch up on, you know, because last 25 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.959 last time that we talked on the podcast, I should say, 26 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.400 we talked about how the PGT Mixed Game series was 27 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.920 doing great. It was a couple of events into that series. 28 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:46.840 That series then wrapped up. We had Super High Rollable 29 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.439 Mixed Games wrapped up, We had the PGT PLO series 30 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.040 wrapped up, and then just recently the twenty twenty two 31 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.079 or twenty twenty two, Wow, I'm taking it real far back, 32 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:01.079 twenty twenty five US Poker Open was completely so quick 33 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.599 rundown of what we're going to hit on. Shannon Shore 34 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.239 winner of the US Poker Open, Jesse Lonis, winner of 35 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:11.319 the PGTPLO series, chatt Ea Sledge winner Super High Roller 36 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.680 Bowl Mixed Games, and Chino Reem won the PGT Mixed 37 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.560 Games and he did so for a second time. We 38 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:23.240 also have our giveaway contest thing and because it's been 39 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.719 a while, Tim has organized two code words for all 40 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:31.120 the listeners out there, So stay tuned throughout this episode 41 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:36.319 on when those code words will drop. 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Correct, correct, Well, listen, 60 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:49.879 I already ran through all the tibriggers and. 61 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:53.599 He was out, Yes, but he could still get a 62 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:55.319 little bit of a little bit of a rebate. 63 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.520 What do you mean, Oh, the tiebreakers determined the champion, 64 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:00.400 but you got the money. 65 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:02.439 Yeah, we split the money, so he could have split 66 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:05.719 the money with Nacho if Nacho had emerged. 67 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.439 Okay, okay, I see what you did there. Well it 68 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.159 doesn't matter because Nacho blew it in the end. Did 69 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.319 you see the final hand? By the way, I. 70 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:17.279 Saw the clip on social I was in the room 71 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.279 when it happened, and we were locking in for a 72 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.240 long heads up battle, me and now photographer Antonio, and 73 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.160 you know, all of a sudden it was over. 74 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:28.199 I mean, I don't know what Nacha was doing, to 75 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:36.360 be honest, just yeah, you know, I think I think 76 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.480 somebody at some point asked Nacho. I can't remember if 77 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.079 it was on stream or if I was in the 78 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.319 room and I heard it, or maybe it was on 79 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.399 day one during the commentary that I was doing. I 80 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.519 can't remember exactly, but somebody asked him like if he's 81 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:50.800 a like a field player or like a theory player, 82 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.399 gto player, And I can't remember what he said, but 83 00:04:55.439 --> 00:05:00.480 I immediately thought, he's obviously a field player, yes, like 84 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:00.839 you know. 85 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.759 Come on, I same as football people. 86 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.920 Yeah, exactly. I don't think he had any time extensions 87 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.319 on that final h okay, I mean he called it 88 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.759 off with Ace High and a two pair for Shannon Shore. 89 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.000 It did seem like one of those like I'm going 90 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.800 to try and make a sick call, read the guy's 91 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.720 soul type of stuff, but without any time extensions. I mean, 92 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:24.439 somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't 93 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.800 think he had any. And he didn't think that long. 94 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.120 He thought maybe twenty seconds or so and then called 95 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.800 it off. I mean didn't really feel like there was 96 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:34.839 a lot of bluffs there. It was a pretty dry 97 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.920 board overall. So yeah, anyway, it doesn't matter. Let's get 98 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.480 back to the real story here, which is Shannon Show winning. 99 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:45.560 Shannon Shore won it. He played tremendous. I thought was 100 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:49.439 extremely locked in from late on day one of the 101 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.519 tournament and then all throughout the final table. Obviously, you know, 102 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:57.800 playing with Nacho Barbero heads up, he was the beneficiary 103 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.959 of Nacho calling with Ace High on the final hand. 104 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.560 And yes, but you know, I thought Shore was very 105 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:09.639 much in control throughout the entire I'll say last forty 106 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:11.560 percent of the tournament. You know, even if he wasn't 107 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.839 the chip leader, let's say, you know, he was doing 108 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:18.519 extremely well. I think it was sure that also busted 109 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:22.480 Jeremy Becker on day one, which gave him a nice 110 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:24.879 boost when he had aces and a great spot for 111 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.000 a squeeze. Becker had flattered in position against somebody else's 112 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:33.040 rais with ace queen suited. Becker then back jammed. Obviously 113 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.199 the aces make the call, and you know that was that. 114 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.800 But Shore finishes the series with two cashes. He won 115 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.560 both times that he cashed, he won a veent number 116 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:47.920 five a ten K event. Seventy six entries in that one, 117 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.759 two hundred and twenty K is what Shore won. And 118 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.759 then he won the twenty five K championship event for 119 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.600 five hundred and twenty nine thousand dollars. And in that 120 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:03.639 championship event there were seventy three entries just quickly. Why 121 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.079 did that one ten kit have such a small field? 122 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.000 Well, there was a little bit of an overlay of 123 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.160 the win that may have led to that. I think also, 124 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.480 you know, people get a little burned out, take a 125 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:20.160 Saturday off watch some I know baseball, some playing base 126 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.079 It was also a big UFC caught on, so I 127 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:26.319 knew we lost. At least one player had told us 128 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:29.399 he's not coming on this Saturday. So I think there's 129 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.680 just a lot of little things. I think it's just 130 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.560 more five days in a row, take a day off, 131 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.399 get also Sunday off, and I think it you know, 132 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.920 apart from those numbers, he saw the Monday rebound with 133 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.199 that record breaking field size, so I think the day 134 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.639 off's still are positive for what we're doing right now. 135 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.040 So Shannon Shore wins that final event to win the 136 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:52.560 twenty twenty five US Poke Ropean title. He also moves 137 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.800 up to ninth on the season long PGT Lead Award. 138 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:00.879 This season on the PGT, he has five cashes, two wins, 139 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.120 and he's won nine hundred and thirty seven thousand, five 140 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.720 hundred dollars seven hundred and forty points is what he has. 141 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.639 He's really having an outstanding year. I know our season 142 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.839 is a little bit weird, I guess because we start 143 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.600 a little bit later with the January stuff still wrapping 144 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:21.680 up from the previous season. But it sure's best year ever. 145 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.279 If you want to look at Hendimov, his best year 146 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.959 was way back in two thousand and six. Is actually 147 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.160 that was his first year with a recorded cash on Hendon. 148 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.679 He won one point six two to two million dollars 149 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.879 this year already he's won one point nine two seven million, 150 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:41.360 so very much on his way to having an incredible 151 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.480 career year. He has four PGT wins this year now 152 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.799 to this season, as I mentioned, and the other two 153 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:51.039 came during the Last Chance Series. He won two events 154 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.240 during that Last Chance Series. In twenty twenty five, Suore 155 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.360 has five total wins. In addition to those four PGT wins, 156 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.960 he won the WSP Circuit main event at Horseshoe Las 157 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:05.320 Vegas in March for two hundred and seven thousand dollars. 158 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:08.960 And then another note is that he has seven six 159 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:13.080 figure scores in twenty twenty five. So Shannon Shore is 160 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:19.279 absolutely positively on freaking fire. And I just want to 161 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.279 say that if you haven't read it yet, there's a 162 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:25.440 great feature piece on Shannon that's done by Lance Bradley 163 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:30.720 that came out not too long ago. It's on Lance's substack. 164 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:35.519 It's called The Overlay. Theoverlay dot substack dot com, I 165 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.600 believe is the URL. It's not just about poker. I mean, 166 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:41.440 obviously Shannon's a poker player, so that's the backdrop of everything, 167 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:44.399 but it really is about Shannon's personal growth. You know, 168 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:48.000 giving up alcohol, which he has done for the large majority. 169 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:49.679 I don't think he's one hundred percent cut it out. 170 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.720 Like for example, last night he was at Stony's after 171 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.279 they won. That was all over my Instagram feed. 172 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:57.159 Shadow was invited to that. 173 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.600 Oh yeah, I mean, I'm sure anyone can shown. 174 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.519 Up turned it down. I was not. 175 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.480 I didn't know that was I mean I used to 176 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.000 go to stonies all the time, like back in the day. 177 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:09.799 I didn't know that was still a thing. 178 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.600 But I guess it is different than when I remember, 179 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:14.840 which is a different location. 180 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:16.879 Oh, I didn't know that if. 181 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:19.480 You went to the one that was in kind of 182 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:23.320 that strip mall, like across from the apartment complex the Manhattan, 183 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:27.840 it's no longer there. Actually it's actually in town Square. 184 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:28.720 Okay. 185 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.720 But the the the overlay feature that Lance Bradley did 186 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.039 with Shannon Yeat, it's not just about Poe Gray really 187 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.200 is about his personal growth over the last I'll say 188 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.960 a year or so, giving up alcohol, being more present 189 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.480 with his family. He's you know, really kind of gotten 190 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:45.840 back into like health and mental well being and all 191 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:49.320 of that. Talks about how everything that he's been doing 192 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.639 has really helped him play the best poker of his life. 193 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:55.000 It's a pretty inspiring read, and you know, it can 194 00:10:55.039 --> 00:11:01.039 only it only like Bode's weight to like how well 195 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.480 he's performed this year. You know, I read that when 196 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.600 that came out from Lance, and I was like, oh, like, 197 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.879 you know, Shannon's in a great headspace right now, and 198 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.679 then all of a sudden boom, It's like it's all 199 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.960 kind of makes sense. So of course, you know, I 200 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.440 know people can sit out there and say, oh, well, 201 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:17.759 it's just variance. You know, Shan's been doing this forever. 202 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:20.120 Eventually it's going to click, yes, oh yeah, sure, but 203 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.120 you know it is kind of just weirdly coincident all 204 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.679 that as he's been working on himself from a health aspect, 205 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:28.759 from a mental aspect, all that sort of stuff, and 206 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.000 now this is all coming together on the poker felt. 207 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.600 You know that says something to me. So if you 208 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.919 guys want to check that out, you can over att 209 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.960 theoverlay dot substack dot com. Again, that was by Lance 210 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.279 Bradley who wrote that piece. All right, so Shannon Chars 211 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:44.720 the winner. I'm going to get into a bunch of 212 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:49.440 questions with you, mister Commish about the USPO. First, up. 213 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:51.759 You know, his title came right down to the wire 214 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:56.120 final tournament, final heads upmatch. You know how special was 215 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.960 that to see it end in such a dramatic fashion. 216 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.200 Before you answer, I will say that I always wanted 217 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.559 to come down to the final tournament and I know 218 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.360 you know that. So from your perspective, is that also 219 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.240 the feeling? 220 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:10.720 Yeah? I agree, it's always you know, you don't want 221 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.840 it over before the finale starts, so having it come 222 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:18.399 down to that last event is always great. You know, 223 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.679 normally it does involve someone winning to knock the knock, 224 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:24.840 you know, the current leader off, so a lot of 225 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.279 pressure on those guys. You know, personally would have probably 226 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:30.039 preferred a few more sweats once they hit the money 227 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:34.320 instead of just Shannon and Nacho. But you know, well 228 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.080 there were a couple I think. 229 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:37.879 They've they bombed out before the final table. 230 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:39.559 They bummed, so it would fir. 231 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.120 Sorry there was there was Eric Blair was the other one, 232 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.080 and the right before the money was Brandon Wilson. 233 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.120 Yeah. I would love one day for us to get 234 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:48.120 a sweat where everyone at the final table could possibly 235 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.039 win with certain scenarios, just make a make you know, 236 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:56.279 double down on the ICM implications with some you know, 237 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:01.519 massive Golden Eagle implications. But yeah, it is always good 238 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.360 to at least have a sweat to the very end 239 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:06.279 and get that dramatic finish between the two. 240 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:10.720 And let's not overlook how good Matthew Wantman's series was. 241 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.399 He had one win, three cashes. I think he had 242 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.960 a first and a second, was. 243 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:20.399 It, yes, first on the runner up finish, yeah. 244 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.559 Yeah, and he cashed for five hundred and twenty eight 245 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.879 thousand dollars total, So very good showing for Matthew Wantman. 246 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.960 He was hoping to claim his second series title. He 247 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.840 previously won a PGTPLO series, so he would have been 248 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.399 a two time series winner on the PGT had he 249 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:39.360 done that. But of course, as we've been talking about, 250 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:44.080 Shannon Shore was able to overtake him. Shore has been 251 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:48.279 one of the most consistent performers for what seems like forever, 252 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:51.240 you know, like nearly two decades. I remember I mentioned 253 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.240 that two thousand and six was his first year that 254 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.960 I saw in Hendon that he has a recorded cash. 255 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.799 This is his first major PGT series win. You know, 256 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.759 what does it mean to you? Now? The USBO group 257 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.080 and has some really good names attached to it. Stephen 258 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.159 Chidwick is a winner, David Peters won it twice, Sean Winter, 259 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.679 Martin Zemani or Rob Zobian, Like, what does that say 260 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:14.840 to you as the commission. 261 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.720 Yeah, I think with the PGT, we've always been known 262 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:20.360 as being this high role of circuit with the biggest 263 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.519 and best names in poker, right the Stephen Chidwicks, the Nogrando's, 264 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:26.679 Nick Shulman, all these guys that play uber high steaks, 265 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:32.039 and I think from the tourist perspective, we want to 266 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:33.840 be more well rounded and we've done quite a great 267 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.440 job of doing that. See players that you know, aren't 268 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.360 these uber high stakes guys win series titles, you know, 269 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.159 may start attracting more people to come play our events. 270 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.159 It's not just dominated, you know, by the by the Foxes, 271 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.120 It's not dominated by Nogrando. We can see these players that, 272 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.919 you know, if we talk about average bayings aren't as 273 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.440 high as as those guys you mentioned, or previous USPR 274 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.080 champions Chidwick and Peters and Sean Winter. So from the 275 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.480 tours perspective, it's good to see some of these new 276 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.720 faces in a way win series championships, win just PGG 277 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.679 titles in general. 278 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.039 Yeah, along those lines, I would probably throw Michael Rosido 279 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.080 in there. He won an event during the twenty twenty 280 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.159 five US Poker Open. I know Frances Anderson didn't win, 281 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.799 but he took third place in the first event. He 282 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.200 was out there competing, so it's good to see him. 283 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.360 We saw Nick Seward make some runs, so he's he's 284 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.840 out there battling. Neil Warren is like the new new 285 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.600 guy on the block. 286 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.080 Saw him bucks today. 287 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.879 Actually, oh yeah, he's definitely really like he really wants 288 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.799 a title, like he wants to get not not like 289 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.840 a series title first, I mean, he wants to get 290 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.519 a trophy first. And then so he's out there gunning. 291 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:51.200 You know, Andrew Mourno's out there gunning. So it is 292 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.240 cool to see Matthew Watman is like he's now arrived, yes, 293 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:56.720 but he was. He was one of those guys before. 294 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.720 You know Shannon Shore as well, not that Shannon Show 295 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:02.879 hasn't been around for a long time, but now Shannon 296 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.159 Shore being the US pore Open champion and performing on 297 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.320 this type of stage against this type of competition, you know, 298 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:13.879 he's very much in that group. So I echo what 299 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.840 you're saying, it's really kind of cool to see all 300 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:22.000 these these players doing so well. So do you think 301 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.360 I mentioned he has seven hundred and forty points on 302 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.759 the season, ninth on the PGT leader board. Let's do 303 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.759 a little bit of projecting here. You know, how do 304 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:31.799 you think the rest of his twenty twenty five PGT 305 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:33.759 campaign is going to play out? Do you think he's 306 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.720 a lock to make it into the top forty and 307 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.759 then qualify for the million dollar Championship? 308 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.440 Yeah, I mean, let's I want to look at his 309 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:43.240 kind of past history at the PGT. He's best he 310 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.320 was twenty twenty two season where he had nine hundred 311 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.000 and eleven points. So he's already trending to have his 312 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:54.399 best year probably last ye seven ninety one. Obviously he 313 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.519 won those last two. He won those two PGT Lost 314 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:00.559 Chance events to get him in to the PGT Championship. 315 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.960 So for this year he's got seven hundred and forty points. 316 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.519 We know he's playing the WSP, we have pokem Masters, 317 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.039 we have all these events here in Las Vegas where 318 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:11.079 he doesn't really need to travel. I'm sure he can 319 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:14.119 pick up another one hundred two hundred points with not 320 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:18.039 too much trouble, and yeah, I would say that. You know, 321 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.119 I think we discussed it a little bit on that 322 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.680 day one bonus coverage commentary that you know, we always 323 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.799 talk about a thousand points being a threshold players should target. 324 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.960 I think this year is going to come down just 325 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.240 a little bit. Maybe it's nine hundred, maybe it's even 326 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:34.119 eight hundred, just with some of the rule changes we've made. 327 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.720 So I think he's basically I don't want to say 328 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.559 he's in, don't want to say he's locked in, don't 329 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.200 want him to go on a holiday for eight months, 330 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.680 but I think he's well. 331 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:44.359 He once to show up to the WSP and I 332 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.359 think he went like zero for fifty six or something. 333 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:50.319 Well, let's not hope that happens. So yeah, I think 334 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:53.000 he's probably pretty safe. It's more of a it's more 335 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.200 going to be a where he finishes in that top forty, 336 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:59.359 and hopefully it is he stays in the top ten. 337 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.640 Looking at the PGT leader, where there's something I think 338 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:05.839 you should add, you should add a points per cash 339 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.079 is like, Okay, I guess he's got seven hundred and 340 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.319 forty points. He's in ninth, but he only has five cases. Yeah, 341 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.640 you know, everyone kind of around him or above him 342 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.200 has more cashes, you know, so they're they're doing it 343 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:21.400 with a little bit more volume, where Sure has proven 344 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.720 so far that it's like when he gets into the money, 345 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.839 it's probably going to be a top refinish, maybe even 346 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:29.359 a win, right, you know, I think that's just kind 347 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:31.960 of cool to see. Whereas you have someone like, you know, 348 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.359 let's look at Nick Shulman for example, not that Nick 349 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:36.720 Shulman hasn't had plenty of deep runs, but he's still 350 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:39.359 void of a win, yep. And he has you know, 351 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.960 he's he's he has the most cashes. Yeah, he's tied 352 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.880 for the most final tables, but he has fourteen cashes, 353 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:48.039 So he's doing it a little bit more on volume, 354 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:50.119 even though it is like, you know, they are deep 355 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.839 runs and final tables and whatnot. I would say somebody 356 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:55.759 who's for sure doing it on volume is John Reardan 357 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.119 right now, twelve cashes, five hundred and thirty five points, 358 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.279 only has one top three finish from those twelve cases, 359 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:06.160 so he does have four final tables. Yes, does reard In, 360 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:10.480 but it's more just like a volume play with John Reardan. 361 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.759 So I agree with you on shore it's also something, 362 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.480 you know, something where I think he's playing a little 363 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:19.079 bit bigger now, you know, twenty five k's are something 364 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:21.240 that I expect him in, whereas before it was like 365 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.480 we could see Shannon, we could not see Shannon in 366 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:25.960 the twenty five K. Kind of depends. Maybe it depends 367 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:28.200 how his series was going. I remember there was a 368 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:30.000 couple series, you know where he would show up for. 369 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.599 I can't remember if we had five ks to start, 370 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:35.079 but he would always be there for like the opening events, 371 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.200 either the five ks or the ten k's and then 372 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:39.720 kind of see how it goes and then go from there, 373 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:42.559 right and then maybe he would play a fifteen K 374 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:44.359 and if he didn't do anything, he was kind of 375 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:46.359 done for the series, which you see a lot from 376 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:49.880 the guys on the tour, you know, they kind of 377 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:53.400 phase out as they go. But now I expect Shore 378 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:55.400 to be there, Like he'll be there for the five K, 379 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:57.240 he'll be there for the twenty five K. You know 380 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.240 at the WSP. With the year that he's having, could 381 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:02.039 maybe see him dip his toes in the fifty K 382 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.000 or whatever. I think I think he'll get in eventually. 383 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.640 He got in last year, but it was via the 384 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:09.799 Last chance, so this year I think he gets in 385 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:14.240 just the direct entry. How'd you feel about the USPO overall. 386 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.640 I mean it was I think it was good. We've 387 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.319 touched on it. I knew the numbers were going to 388 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:21.720 be down. They were down across the board on average 389 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.359 compared to what last year, down compared to Poker Cup 390 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.880 always going off the last series. 391 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:29.440 We had about thirty five. 392 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.920 Its last year. 393 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:35.160 It was up from last year. But I'm looking at 394 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.680 just the last series. 395 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.240 And I would say, like you would want to go like, Okay, 396 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:40.319 let's look at Poker Girl Cup year over year. Let's 397 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:42.519 look at USPO year over year. Let's look at you know, 398 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:44.359 Poker Masters when that happened years at. 399 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:47.480 Both Yeah, sure, yeah, you know we had those two events, 400 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:50.960 the Event six fifteen k that broke a record. We 401 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.720 had the Event eight finale also broke a record. So 402 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:58.119 that's that's great to see. Uh So, Yeah, surprised, more 403 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.599 surprise than I thought I was going to be with 404 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:02.480 the numbers, and that just shows that, you know, PGT 405 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.359 is still healthy. 406 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.599 We obviously are. 407 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.920 You know, we had we were up against seminole. We're also 408 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.759 up against a little bit of interesting political, foreign affairs 409 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:18.000 time with the market traveling implications, so you know, with 410 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:22.000 those two factors, yeah, very very good result. I think overall, 411 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.519 I was. 412 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.559 Shocked to see seventy three entries in the twenty five K. 413 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.960 I was like, what in the f and world? Because 414 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:31.799 last year wasn't it fifties fifty. 415 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:33.640 Two or Yeah, it was very low last year. 416 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:36.720 I mean, seventy three entries in a twenty five K 417 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:39.799 in the studio is amazing. 418 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:44.200 Yeah, we had a now yeah before that, we had 419 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:49.079 a sixty nine at the twenty twenty one USPO, sixty 420 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:51.440 nine at the twenty twenty two pokem Masters, and then 421 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:55.720 sixty eight at last year's Poke Masters. So it's just 422 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:58.880 kind of blew through, blew through every everyone and everything. 423 00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:00.799 And we had some people gip it that we hear 424 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:04.960 the whole series, So could have been seventy four, seventy five, 425 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.039 maybe maybe we could have flooded with eighty. 426 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.839 You never know, you got any lessons or takeaways from 427 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.680 this year's USPO that you would apply to next year, 428 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:15.519 and maybe let me let me lead you a little 429 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.960 bit here and say that do you envision this stain 430 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:23.079 as just straight no limit hold them or maybe even 431 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:25.039 it's always no limit hold them. I mean, I know 432 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.680 it used to have like maybe one or two other things, 433 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:31.240 but would you ever do a PKO or a mystery 434 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.640 bounty or anything like that. 435 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.759 Yeah, I mean that's been brought up several times, adding 436 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.680 a bounty, adding freeze outs, and we even had people 437 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:40.440 on our team, hey, why don't these are. 438 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.640 So out really? 439 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:48.200 Yeah, We've had people on our team say, you know 440 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.079 the poke a Cup, USPO pokemons are all the same. Well, yeah, 441 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:53.240 they're all the same for a reason. You know, we 442 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.240 want the note we you know, and we think this 443 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:58.039 is the formula that works. The numbers over the last 444 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:02.200 two years have shown that what we're doing works eight events, 445 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:05.000 you know, a lot more smaller stuff we're build into 446 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.759 a bigger one. 447 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.559 It's working. 448 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:09.799 Now. We want some bounties. Sure, that's why we're going 449 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:12.000 to try and do a bountie series this year. We're 450 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:14.279 doing other things and doing a lot more different series. 451 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.200 You know, I was looking at the data the other 452 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.160 day and I went back the year before the PGT started. 453 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:22.920 We only had three tournament series. So now we're going 454 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:27.160 to these three same majors, plus we're adding two PLO 455 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:30.400 series a mix game series, a kickoff a bountie series. 456 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.000 Alas like, we're adding more and more stuff so we 457 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:36.440 can start getting a little funky within its own series. 458 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:40.920 I don't really like messing with these majors. I like 459 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:45.359 the purity that they are. The numbers show that what 460 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:47.599 we are doing working, so we don't even really mess 461 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.200 with you know what works? 462 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.759 All right, Let's move over to the PGTPLO series, which 463 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:57.480 Jesse Lonus won. It also at the death and this 464 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.720 one was I don't know if I would say it 465 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.920 was even more interesting, but it was interesting in its 466 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:06.279 own unique way because during the PGTPLO series, unlike what 467 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:09.319 we just saw at the USPO, the final day of 468 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:13.319 the PGTPLO series also had not only did it have 469 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:17.519 that twenty five K championship event, but it also had 470 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:21.759 the single day five K bounty tournament playing out, which counts. 471 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.200 So you had Jesse Lows at the final table of 472 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.720 the twenty five K and you mentioned, how, you know, 473 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.599 talking about the USPO, how you want like a time 474 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.759 when all the people at the final table like are 475 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:36.039 in contention. There's all this weird icm stuff. Jesse Lowis 476 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:39.279 was for sure aware of where he needed to finish 477 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:43.000 and was playing totally opposite to Jesse Loanz at this 478 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:45.880 twenty five K PLO final table. He knew he had 479 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.079 the ladder up and he was very very tight and 480 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:52.319 very conservative for what we normally see from Jesse Lownes. 481 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.400 And he talked about it a bit on stream. I mean, 482 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:57.599 he knew what was going down, and then while that 483 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:00.480 was happening, he also knew that he he had to 484 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:04.039 sweat Alex Foxen in the five K. Loan has ended 485 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:07.000 up taking a believe it was third in that that 486 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.240 uh that twenty five K, which which allowed him to 487 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:13.400 overtake fox In at least temporarily, but it left the 488 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:16.359 door open for fox In if he were to win 489 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:20.880 the five K single day Bounty tournament. And it was 490 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:24.880 a max sweat because Foxing got heads up, yep. I mean, 491 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.680 what in the freaking world was that? 492 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:31.240 It was perfect? It was a very tail ending really 493 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.440 for the PLO series. 494 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.759 And you know, Jesse bus said he came out to 495 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:38.920 the bounty I think they were down to the final table, 496 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.720 but maybe they were like playing like four and four 497 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:43.240 and he was just standing there and just kind of 498 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:45.839 sweating Alex for a little bit put a bounty on 499 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.240 his head kind of us pleaded with everyone to bust 500 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:52.599 him real quickly. So the fact that he was the 501 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.559 shortest stack in the money and got all the way 502 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:56.279 to heads up play just to put the sweat on 503 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:58.440 was it was kind of an amazing result. 504 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.519 Yeah, not only were they battling for the series title, 505 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:06.920 but the series title was extra spicy in this one 506 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.799 because this was one of those ones when there was 507 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:14.400 that big fifty thousand dollars side bet have to win 508 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.960 the leader board. This time it was the biggest one 509 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:20.240 that they've ever had. Eleven people were in it. Lonus 510 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:23.119 was in it, and fox and was in it. So 511 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:26.519 whoever won that was gonna pocket in an additional five 512 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:30.680 hundred k on the side from this side bet. So, 513 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.319 I mean, that's just insane. 514 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.400 Must have made a deal. 515 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.480 No, I'm pretty sure they didn't make a deal. And 516 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:40.680 I think that in one of the other tournaments, I 517 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.799 can't remember, but there was I want to say it 518 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.759 involved Bryce Yockey. I think he might have been in 519 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:47.519 the bed as well, but he was. It got down 520 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:50.640 to heads up and like the other guy asked like, 521 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.640 you can't make a deal, right, And I think Bryce said, 522 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.079 if I remember correctly or if I understood him correctly, 523 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.920 saying like no, like we can't, like part of the 524 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:02.039 rules is like we can't like finagle the the points 525 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.759 or of money or anything like, we have to just 526 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:06.519 play it straight. I mean, so that's that's just insane. 527 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.839 So so Loanus ended up finishing as the winner of 528 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:13.720 the series. He had five cashes. It's actually funny, both 529 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:18.240 Foxin and Lonus had five cashes. Both locks, Lonus and 530 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.920 Foxen had four final tables, both of them had four 531 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:24.640 top three finishes, and both of them won a tournament 532 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:30.200 all at the PGTPLO series. But Jesse was a little 533 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:33.519 bit better six hundred and sixty two points to Foxton's 534 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.759 six thirty three. Lonus to cash for just shy of 535 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:40.519 eight hundred K during the series, and then of course 536 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.680 he won, he won what seems incredibly small, but you know, 537 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:48.319 nonetheless the ten k PGT and then and then he 538 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:51.359 looks five K side bet as well. So, I mean, 539 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:56.759 just absolutely wild stuff at the PGTPLO series. One of 540 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.920 the things that was a bit different about the PGTPLO 541 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:04.160 series is it had eleven events. You know, the majors, 542 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:07.200 the you know the Cup Uspo Masters, those are eight events, 543 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.039 but this one was I mean, this one was long. 544 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.799 I know you weren't here for all of it. You 545 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:12.759 were dipped dipped out to Australia for a little bit, 546 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:15.200 but I just remember being there, like in the middle 547 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.640 of it, being like, this series is still going like 548 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:20.319 these there was one guy. I gotta find this guy's name. 549 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:24.640 I'm pretty sure it's Tomash Krazinski. And I kept saying, 550 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:28.720 I know, like our photographer Antonio has no idea who 551 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:32.680 Tomash Krasinski is either. I'd never seen him until this series. 552 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:36.039 But I said to Antonio, I said, listen, see that 553 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:39.119 guy right there. I have the most respect for that guy. 554 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:43.119 This guy showed up every freaking day and got his 555 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:47.880 teeth kicked in every day, just in the tournament. Rebot 556 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:52.039 in the tournament in like just NonStop, finished with two cashes. 557 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:54.799 He was there from the first event to the last event, 558 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:58.519 multiple entries. I he probably fired thirty bolts in this 559 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:02.240 damn thing. And I was like, this dude has the 560 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:07.079 resiliency that that should should be, you know, applauded around 561 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:10.480 the world. You should you should do like classes in 562 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:15.160 colleges about this guy's ability to get knocked down and 563 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.640 get back up. I was like, how do I don't 564 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:19.480 know how this guy's doing I would be so far 565 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:22.039 out the door, laying in the strip, hopefully somebody ran 566 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.079 me over with a car. But this guy, no, just 567 00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.720 kept on going, kept on going. I have no idea 568 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.400 how he did it. 569 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:32.599 I'm actually looking at you know, everyone that played how 570 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.240 many do you think played every event? First? 571 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.079 First, how many do I think played every event? 572 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:43.079 Yep, twelve people, that's good, guess thirteen okay, yeah, and 573 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.960 I'm looking at the worst. 574 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.440 I mean it had to be. It had to be 575 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:51.039 basically the people in the bet plus maybe a couple more, right. 576 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:53.240 Yeah, I'm just trying to think who had the worst series. 577 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:57.319 Thomas Krazinski had the worst series, for sure. The guy 578 00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:00.279 had two cashes. He was there every FN day, I'm 579 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.680 telling you, every day. It did not matter. 580 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:05.079 There's one person that had a worse series. 581 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:08.359 Kerry Katz, Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. I mean 582 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.680 Carrie was also there every day, yeah. 583 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:14.000 Cash as well, but for a lot less money. 584 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:17.680 Yeah, So, I mean, yeah, he there was a lot 585 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.759 of people that were there, a lot that that didn't 586 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:22.880 really have good series. You know, Ronald Kaiser didn't really 587 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:25.720 have a good series for Ronald Kaiser standards. He only 588 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.920 had three cashes. Jeremy Osma's really didn't do anything. I know, 589 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.599 I know Nick Shulman like had five cashes, but like, 590 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.799 you know, kind of really didn't do much, you know 591 00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:37.759 for Nick Shulman standards. Thought it would be a bit 592 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.960 better there. Who else was there? Patrick Leonard, you know, 593 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.680 I thought would have a little bit of a better series. 594 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:46.880 He didn't really have that good of a series. So yeah, 595 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.640 there was a lot of people that were just kind 596 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.920 of you know, bricking left and right. But that's that's 597 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:56.200 just how it is. But anyway, yeah, Jesse loanis crushed it, 598 00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:59.039 you know. And and what was I mean you were 599 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.240 you had come back now from Australia for the last 600 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.880 couple of events, so what was that like, I mean 601 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.359 you talked about a little bit, but being in that 602 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.160 room for the final, I wish we could have streamed it. 603 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.839 I wish we could have just put the table up 604 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:13.720 there because because the five K single day, which I 605 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:16.000 think we all thought would have ended before the twenty 606 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.200 five K final table, but the twenty five K finl 607 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.680 table ended in like two and a half hours. It 608 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:25.440 was very very quick, very quick. Yeah. So yeah, I 609 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.799 mean you mentioned already like Jesse went out there, he 610 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:30.640 was sweating, like I mean, I'm sure that was just wild. 611 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.480 Yeah, he didn't stick around that long. He's like kind 612 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.680 of kind of left, but I know that, you know, 613 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:37.680 he couldn't handle the pain, couldn't handle it. The eventual 614 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:42.359 winner of the tournament, Zachary Schwartz's plays basketball with Jesse, 615 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:45.839 So I know for a fact and Zach once I 616 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:49.000 hit the money, Zach had like sixty percent of the 617 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:52.000 chips in play, so he was just like finish him 618 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:55.279 off place like like just texting him. 619 00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.519 And you know, I al I saw if Alex play 620 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.319 a few hands. 621 00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:02.000 And he looked you know, it's not like he's Alex 622 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:04.480 is ever like smiling when he plays. He's pretty you know, 623 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:07.079 got that very stoic and I guess a little bit 624 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.920 you know, mean mugging look on his face when he plays. 625 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:12.279 But you could just see a little bit more anguish 626 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.279 in some spots when he folded, because he knew that 627 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:18.000 there was so much more on the line. For first, 628 00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:22.039 he wasn't just really playing for you know, winning sixty 629 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.799 K and some bounties. He's really playing for sixty k 630 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:27.880 se bounties, ten K, a Gold Cup and half a 631 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:31.319 million dollars. So I think for Alex it was a 632 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:33.880 lot harder because Jesse's already out. He knew what he 633 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.599 needed to do, he knew he had to win, and 634 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:38.759 like he's so close. It's not like he was like 635 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.000 playing in a field of one thousand and you know, 636 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.480 he finished one hundred. 637 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:44.400 He's literally got heads up. 638 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.799 One just had to just be one more guy and 639 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:50.160 he would have won all of this, all of this money. 640 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:54.799 And yeah, so for him, I feel a lot of anguish. 641 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:57.519 Yeah, and also you know, I guess I guess going 642 00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:00.839 back and bringing in the USPO for a second, Foxen 643 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:06.039 was the leader right through, but didn't he lead the 644 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:08.200 way through four events? 645 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.160 Or was it? 646 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.319 No? 647 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.799 No, that was sorry, that was at the PLO series. 648 00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:16.920 I'm getting this crossed up. But Foxton was in contention, 649 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:20.759 I'll say in the USPO. Yeah, he was like after 650 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.119 he like towards the end because he won event number 651 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.559 seven and then he was you know, it was like, Okay, 652 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.759 Foxen has a chance to possibly go on to catch 653 00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:32.680 Matthew Wantman, And what I'm getting at is. You know, 654 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:36.200 Foxten is one of those guys obviously performs extremely well 655 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:38.720 on the PGT over and over again. Like he's always 656 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:40.680 you know, kind of towards the top of the leaderboard, 657 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:43.119 minus last year when he kind of had a down year, 658 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.240 but other than that, you know, he's always crushing but 659 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:48.960 yet to win a series title. Yeah, you know, he's 660 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:52.039 one of those guys him Nick Shulman, like it's gonna 661 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:56.759 happen eventually. It just hasn't happened yet. But but I'm sure, Like, 662 00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:59.440 I mean, these guys are human and they're ultra competitive, 663 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.119 like I'm sure for Foxing, you know, at some point 664 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:04.279 you're like, all I got to do is beat this 665 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:07.000 guy heads up, and I win this, you know, and 666 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.719 then like and then you're in and then you're in 667 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.719 contention again once you win that event, you know, late 668 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.760 in USPO and you're like, oh, I get a shot again, 669 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.639 like is this going to be the time type of thing? 670 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:19.159 So yeah, I looked at you know, that last day 671 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:22.280 of the USPO, I looked at all our series and 672 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:26.760 where the leaderboards finished, and I looked at fox and yeah, 673 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:28.119 as you mentioned, he hasn't won one. 674 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:32.199 But he's got a second, three thirds, a fourth, and 675 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:36.039 two fifths on series leaderboards over the last five years. 676 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:41.039 That's just kind of incredible that he's getting so close 677 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:44.440 in all these majors and just you know, a couple 678 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:47.320 points short, you know, maybe a couple of ladder up 679 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:50.440 short here and there, so he'll come, He'll get one. 680 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.599 He's he's always going to be in contention. He's always 681 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:56.920 going to be a betting favorite to top the leaderboard. 682 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:59.599 And you know, if he keeps making fifty k. 683 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:02.519 Beds Lona's and Negrando and all these guys, he's always 684 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:06.079 going to have a little extra carrot to chase. 685 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.719 You know, at the end of that race. 686 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.760 Well, why didn't we see a fifty k bed for USPO. 687 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.559 Maybe? 688 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.760 Look to be honest, I was. 689 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:16.039 I was shocked because I was like, well, they're all 690 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:18.360 going to want their money back, Like, well that is 691 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.920 now what you do? Like who cares? I already lost 692 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.880 fifty k, Like now I got to try and run 693 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.199 it back. 694 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.079 Yeah, you know what, maybe they was and there wasn't 695 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:30.599 just as publicized as the PLO as the PLO one, 696 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:34.000 But yeah, maybe they just didn't have enough people that 697 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.800 were interested. Maybe it was only say Fox and Lonas 698 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.320 and Negrando and they didn't think it was worth it 699 00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.840 or something. 700 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:43.079 So and then I gave some some flowers to Lance 701 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.000 Bradley for that piece on Shannon Shore. I got to 702 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:47.760 give one to actually a good friend of Lance, Tim 703 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:52.920 Furorvanti aka Tim Turn, who wrote about Jesse Lonis winning 704 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:56.639 the five hunder k PLO side bet over on poker 705 00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:58.960 dot Org. So you guys can check that out. You 706 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.800 can head over to poker dot or it's called they 707 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:03.199 Want to Gamble. Jesse Want has won five hundred k 708 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:07.320 PLO bet on himself. So that's a good story over 709 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.760 there if you want to read a little bit more 710 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:11.519 about that, and you know, hear from Jesse himself on 711 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:18.519 winning that side bets numbers once again held super strong 712 00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:23.159 for the PGT PLO series is this and and listen, 713 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:26.079 we didn't have a whole bunch of guys. Yeah, that 714 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:28.840 that probably would have accounted for I'll say anywhere from 715 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.559 five to fifteen, maybe even twenty entries per event. I'm 716 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:37.079 not joking because Tim knows. But every event is unlimited 717 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:41.679 re entry until the final event. And like Elis Parson 718 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:47.199 in you know, uh ye Joni Yokamin and like they're 719 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:51.039 gonna blast, especially in the Bounty events, blast blast blast, 720 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:54.599 like absolutely blast so but but numbers once again held 721 00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:57.639 st strong. So like, is are we ever going to 722 00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:00.360 see this popularity die down in PLO? Like what the 723 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.280 heck is with it? Like every time we have one 724 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.599 of these series, and we now do two of them 725 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.199 a year, they just continue to crush. 726 00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:07.400 Yeah. I mean, first we got to look at it, 727 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:09.960 and from our perspective, the operator is just, you know, 728 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.960 be careful. We don't want to make any mistakes and 729 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:16.000 kind of run too many events because we see the 730 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:19.239 World Series obviously they added one hundred K this year, 731 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:22.039 Paradise added one hundred K, so there's a lot of 732 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:26.840 high stakes PLO for these players to play. Tryin obviously 733 00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:30.079 does stuff, so we need to be careful not to 734 00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:36.519 kind of flood the market. But you know, PLO is popular. 735 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.320 We did, you know, start talking about schedules a little 736 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.159 bit when we were there. 737 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.760 Players. 738 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.360 Honestly, I think our players, you know you talked about 739 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:48.599 the finish guys. I think our players more interested in 740 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:51.800 adding maybe another five K, killing one of the fifteen ks. 741 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:55.079 Main reason is they can get some you know, a 742 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:57.880 bigger field, more fresh faces in the studio, and I 743 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:01.719 think that kind of helps the overall you know, Omaha ecosystem. 744 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:04.360 That doesn't seem like it's going to die anytime soon, 745 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.360 but we don't want to speed up that if that 746 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:09.559 is around the corner. Now. 747 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:12.400 I know you weren't there for the event, but the 748 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:18.159 PLO series did feature the pgt's first ever Mystery Bounty Tournament. 749 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:23.239 And I remember, like during it happening, walking by tournament 750 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:25.599 director Paul Campbell from ARI and he said, these guys 751 00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:27.400 love it, they absolutely love it. We need to do 752 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.000 more of these. And I was like, yeah, they're in. 753 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.159 You know, how like, do you have any feedback on it? 754 00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:34.400 How do you think it went? You know, I think 755 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.920 the turnout was pretty good for it, seventy eight entries. 756 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:40.039 Now I know it's it's probably not as fun because 757 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.679 two guys want all the bounties. 758 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:45.159 Yeah, but I didn't say how that could. That seems ragged. 759 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:48.440 I mean it was wild how it happened too, because 760 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:52.559 so in this tournament, twelve spots pay. But the way 761 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:56.320 that you set it up is the bounties kick in 762 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.960 before the payouts kick in. Yeah, it's kind of like 763 00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:02.360 this double bubble. So the bounties kicked in when there 764 00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.199 were fifteen players left three off the money, and once 765 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:08.639 that happened, you know, they kind of do the whole Like, okay, guys, 766 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:10.880 the bounties are now on play. Then all of a sudden, 767 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:14.519 there's a four way all in at the table involving 768 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:17.400 Bryce Yocky. Bryce Yockey already has a bazillion chips. He 769 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:21.440 ends up busting three players on one hand. One hand, 770 00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:25.440 they are in the money. One hand, Bryce Yackey gets 771 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:28.960 three bounties. Okay, now in a mystery bounty, you don't 772 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.039 have to go pull your bounties right away. You can 773 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:34.079 do it whenever you want. He didn't pull right away. 774 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:39.840 On another table, Tyler Brown gets in this enormous pot 775 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:42.119 where that he gets all the money in. He ends 776 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:48.840 up busting someone and they he I'm like standing kind 777 00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:52.480 of behind him, and he like looks over and he's 778 00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.920 kind of like he's in the middle of the room 779 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.800 and like Bryce's table is on the kind of in 780 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:58.519 the corner by the cage. It's about i'll say, twenty 781 00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.519 five feet thirty feet away from him. He's like, oh, 782 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:03.440 did Bryce draw yet? And you know, everyone's like no, 783 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:06.239 so he's getting dealt in. He gets his next hand, 784 00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.119 I think he just folds it. He immediately goes over 785 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:10.039 to the to the drunk. He's like, I'm gonna pull 786 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:12.880 boom one hundred and twenty five k, biggest bounty. And 787 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.000 Bryce is like, what the. 788 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:16.679 F I don't know. 789 00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.559 I mean, you could have went and. 790 00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:19.599 Pulled your bounties, Bryce, but you didn't. So it was 791 00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.639 just it was funny. And then Tyler Brown pulls his 792 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:28.039 second bounty fifty k straightway well like like shortly thereafter, 793 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:32.119 but he did it before Bryce pulled again. So and 794 00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.679 then he's and there was I think there was two 795 00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:36.800 fifty k's right, So he pulls with the biggest, the 796 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.480 second biggest one. Then he pulls a third bounty. He 797 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.000 pulls twenty five K, which was the third biggest amount. 798 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:44.639 So boom boom boom won two three, you know, in 799 00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:48.880 descending order, the three biggest amounts available. Just absolutely wild stuff. 800 00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.280 It was. 801 00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.480 It was a lot of fun, It was electric, and 802 00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:55.159 it it also led to this super super weird dynamic 803 00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:59.000 because these guys were going nuts with the bounties. We 804 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:02.760 get down to like six handed or five handed they're 805 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:06.079 like average stack, one hundred big blind's deep, yeah, which 806 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:09.000 you never see. And I'm like, and Maury the President 807 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.360 happened to be there, and I was like, I go 808 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.920 find Marey. I'm like, Maury, we got to figure out 809 00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:14.039 what to do because like, we can't have these guys 810 00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:18.360 come back the next day with you know, five players 811 00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:21.559 left being a hundred big blinds deep. That's just gonna 812 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.199 be It's gonna be a twenty hour final table. That's 813 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:26.679 the dumbest thing I've ever heard. So he's like, yeah, 814 00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:29.199 we got to play him down. But you know, from 815 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:32.639 an entertainment side, Daniel Legrandu is in, so like we 816 00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:34.719 don't want to risk him busting as well. So it's 817 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:36.440 like this weird, this weird thing. 818 00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.519 Do you think they. 819 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:39.639 Could have finished I'm just trying to think ahead the 820 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:41.840 next time, but could they have finished out of ending 821 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:46.719 one day? So, like, would it have finished at say 822 00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.280 four am? 823 00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:51.320 Do you think it probably would have finished in one day? Okay, 824 00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:56.719 not super late. I mean listen the triple elimination after everything, yeh, 825 00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:59.920 you know, like that was just that was ridiculous. All 826 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:03.079 So I'm like, I know that there's bounties in play, yes, 827 00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:06.840 but like, I mean, some of these bounties were five K, 828 00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:08.800 ten K. It's not like they were all one hundred 829 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:10.960 and twenty five and fifty. Like they were going nuts 830 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:13.679 for these bounties, and I wanted some five in this, 831 00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:15.280 so I know, but it was like, did it really 832 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:17.679 make sense to go as crazy as they were going 833 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.800 for the bounties? Is kind of what I'm getting at. Yeah, Okay, 834 00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:24.480 Then there's this weird dynamic where like they're I got 835 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.320 to see if I remember this correctly. But they get down, 836 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:30.280 they get down to four handed, and Daniel looks at me, 837 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.599 and Daniel's like, we got to keep playing, and I'm like, yeah, 838 00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.280 it makes no sense. They're like like ninety big blinds deep. 839 00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:38.000 I'm like, this is the most absurd thing. But then 840 00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:40.679 Taylor Wilson is like, I don't really want to keep playing. 841 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:44.840 And then Daniel's like, well, we got to keep playing. 842 00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:46.239 Why don't we play till like the end of like 843 00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:48.599 we'll play through this level and play the next level 844 00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:50.199 or something like that, which would have been like I 845 00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:52.440 don't know, forty minutes or an hour or something like that. 846 00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:55.679 So that so Taylor Wilson's like, yeah, but then Taylor 847 00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.280 Wilson was like, I have its flight tomorrow, and so 848 00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.360 then Daniel's like, well, then you make no sense. Why 849 00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.360 don't you want to play as far down as possible today? 850 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.800 Like why do you want to stop and come back 851 00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:06.840 tomorrow if you have a flight and then your flight? 852 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:10.079 Like this doesn't make any sense. Dan, It's like you're 853 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:12.920 making no sense, buddy, Like what's what's going on here? 854 00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:15.639 They end up they end up finishing. It ends up 855 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:18.719 being Taylor Wilson ends up busting out and they're still 856 00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:21.440 super deep, Bryce Jockey, Tyler Brown and Daniel and ground 857 00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.280 here they stop three handed and they come back the 858 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.519 next day so we can stream it. But it was 859 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:28.239 it was just such a wild end to the night, 860 00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:31.199 Like you just never see people be that deep. And 861 00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:33.519 this was like this is like nine to nine pm. 862 00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.199 This wasn't like you know, one in the morning. This 863 00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.400 is like super early. 864 00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:37.320 Yeah. 865 00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:39.880 And like, of course, you know all the guys because 866 00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:41.880 some of them are in the bet, like you know, 867 00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:43.599 for the fifty k side bets, so they want to 868 00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:45.880 play all the tournaments. They obviously want to play all 869 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:47.760 the tournaments anyway, but when you have the fifty k 870 00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.760 side bet, you definitely want to play all the tournaments, 871 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:51.599 so like they don't want to come back the next 872 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:54.079 day a hunter, big Blind's deep and risk not being 873 00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:56.039 able to get into that fifteen K. So it was 874 00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:58.360 just it was a whole thing, but it was It 875 00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:01.840 was absolutely wild. But have the what have the players 876 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:05.280 said about the Mystery Bountie anything? Loved it, hated it? 877 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:07.599 I mean, I haven't heard a lot, but the only 878 00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:10.280 thing what I have heard is pretty positive. So I 879 00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.880 don't think it's going to go anywhere. I guess it's 880 00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:14.719 more of a question of do we want to add 881 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:17.440 more Mystery Bounties to the PLO series? Do we want 882 00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:20.000 to you know, change change that up? Do we want 883 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:23.199 to do a five K? You know, it's there's a 884 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:24.760 lot of problems with it rightither It is a bit 885 00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:26.960 more labor intensive for Aria, but then for us it 886 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:31.280 does affect it's harder to predict the stream, so you know, 887 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:33.480 like you kind of touched on, we've got to play 888 00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.159 a little deeper down to four players potentially, you know, 889 00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:38.559 on day one, So there's a lot a lot more 890 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:40.920 to it, but hey, we're going to do whatever the 891 00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:42.639 players want and whatever gets good numbers. 892 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:45.639 I think overall. Did you have other feedback from the 893 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:48.280 players on this series. I know, the PLO series is 894 00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:50.519 one that you know, you kind of have switched up 895 00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:54.559 how it's it's looked, and then this one went. I 896 00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:57.719 believe it was like it had it had like the 897 00:44:57.840 --> 00:45:00.559 different buying levels like five K, ten K, fifteen K, 898 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:04.639 and it was like regular PLO bounty then regular then 899 00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:06.719 regular bounty regul you know what I mean? Like, is 900 00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:09.079 that is that? Is this the best one you think 901 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:11.480 that you've done? What do the players think? Do they 902 00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:13.639 want anything back? I mean one of the things that 903 00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:17.000 I hear, I hear it. I know why we don't 904 00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:19.159 do it, but but everyone's always like, you know, you'll 905 00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:21.559 hear it, and it's like Alan Castler says it, and 906 00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:23.280 like I don't really care what he says, but I'm 907 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:25.199 just I'm just bringing it up to bring up, bring 908 00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:26.800 it up and ask you a question. But you know 909 00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:30.679 why no Polo high low. Yeah, I mean, I personally 910 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:33.599 think Polohilo would fit more in like the Mixed Game 911 00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:36.400 series than it doesn't the PLO series. You know, I 912 00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:38.960 would rather if you didn't anything here, like you would 913 00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:40.800 add a five card PLO. 914 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:44.760 I mean We've tried both and they haven't been that successful. 915 00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:49.159 So we are all about, you know, maximizing our numbers, 916 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:51.599 and those two don't fit the bill in this In 917 00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:55.159 this schedule, we're gone all high. Yeah we do. We 918 00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:59.320 go high bounty high, you know, high bounty high. That 919 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:01.840 seems to be a good flow, so probably kind of 920 00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:05.760 keep that. And you know, I think we just got 921 00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:08.559 to tweak some things. You know, maybe there's too many. 922 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:10.559 We've got to cut a fifteen K off and add 923 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:13.639 another five k. Do we want to make the five 924 00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:16.119 k progressive and mystery boundiye, Like we're all about trying 925 00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:19.239 new things to see what kind of sticks, and also 926 00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:22.400 giving players options that they don't really have. There's not 927 00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:25.599 really any five K or ten K plow progressive bounties 928 00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:28.280 in the world except for us. Never really been a 929 00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:31.599 fifteen K plow mystery bounty. So we're doing new things, 930 00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:35.480 we're experimenting, we're seeing what players like, and we kind 931 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.159 of fit to what the masses want, all right. 932 00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:40.519 I mean, listen, I like it. I think it's great. 933 00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:43.599 Do you think it's going to be the similar schedule 934 00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.639 and length for the second series? 935 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:48.360 I thought maybe eleven events was a little too long. 936 00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:50.440 You know, it seemed like the thing lasted for freaking Yeah. 937 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:52.079 I was like, is have any money left? 938 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.320 Yeah? I thought it was too long. I talked to 939 00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:57.559 you know, say I talked to Bryce about it. He 940 00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:59.440 was like, I think it was fine because you know, 941 00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:03.400 at of the players here only play plow. You know, 942 00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:05.800 it is a little long for Negrano and Lonnus and 943 00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:07.960 Alex Fox and that play all the other stuff as well, 944 00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:12.039 But for say Bryce or you know, Ronald Kaijer, just 945 00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:15.000 the pure plow guys, it's not long at all. 946 00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:15.840 It's kind of perfect. 947 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:20.159 So knowing that, okay, that's I guess eleven isn't too bad. 948 00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:23.880 But come October, we definitely want to try and bring 949 00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:26.760 back the hundred K. So trying to fit this in 950 00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:29.559 with a very already busy October with you know, with 951 00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:33.320 some other high stake stuff planned, maybe the series gets 952 00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:35.519 cut down a little bit. We go down to eight events, 953 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:39.280 just so it can you know, what they're spending is 954 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:42.880 essentially can be fairly equivalent once we add like one 955 00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:44.960 hundred K to the end of the series. 956 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:47.199 Yeah, I would think you would probably want to cut 957 00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:49.159 it down if you're going to put one hundred k 958 00:47:49.280 --> 00:47:52.559 on the end as well, you know, just allow people 959 00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:56.599 to kind of save some money. Yeah, I guess in 960 00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:59.559 that regard. One thought is you have a mystery Bundy 961 00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:00.880 prize that's one hundred k entry. 962 00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:02.679 Yeah. 963 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:06.159 It's so hard to predict those mystery bounty payouts though, 964 00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:07.320 because it's so fields. 965 00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:10.119 Also the ones that you did, you know, like how 966 00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:11.760 you had it was it was, it was what it 967 00:48:11.800 --> 00:48:13.480 was like thirty percent of the prize bowl went to 968 00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:15.480 the mystery bounders and the rest went to the regular 969 00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:17.920 price bowl. I thought that was a great breakdown as 970 00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:20.679 opposed to doing it fifty to fifty. You know, the 971 00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:25.320 bounties I thought were pretty hefty. I know, only two 972 00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:28.159 people won bounties. Tyler Brown won two hundred and eighty 973 00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:30.440 thousand and Bryce Yockey won one hundred and ten thousand. 974 00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:33.440 I mean, but that's just how things broke in this 975 00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:36.119 specific situation. But you know, one hundred and twenty five 976 00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:39.599 k for a big one. I liked how there was 977 00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:41.719 still a fifty k. There was two fifty k's, but 978 00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:44.280 one of them was reserved for the final table. I 979 00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:45.360 thought that that was great. 980 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:47.639 That's you know, comp I have to give a big 981 00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:50.199 shout out hit to Paul Campbell because you know the 982 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.360 fact that I was playing with kangaroos and one bats 983 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:55.920 down in Australia. He kind of took full control of 984 00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:59.760 the mysteries. And you know, during the summer Aria run 985 00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:01.519 a lot of mister Bounie, so he has a lot 986 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:05.840 of experience. A lot of these tweaks were all his ideas, 987 00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:08.239 so he wanted to keep one of the second place 988 00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:09.440 ones for the final table. 989 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:11.400 He kind of controlled the amounts. 990 00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:14.159 We just got the all the envelopes made in advance 991 00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:16.800 so he could figure out the numbers and make sure 992 00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:20.199 it works. So big shout out to to poll with 993 00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:20.840 those ones. 994 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:24.559 I definitely would throw in like like I know the 995 00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:27.599 fifteen K mystery boundie that we did, the lowest one 996 00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:29.360 was five K. I would have like two to one 997 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:30.480 ks I wanted. 998 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:33.119 I wanted a five hundred because they're they're chasing the 999 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:35.239 big they don't care about five k or ten K. 1000 00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:37.639 They want to win one twenty five. So how do 1001 00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:40.880 we Is there a way we can you know, make 1002 00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.800 a few five hundred or one thousand ones just so 1003 00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:47.400 we can have maybe another one hundred k somehow. That's 1004 00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:48.519 what I would rather do so. 1005 00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:52.920 Yeah, I like that. How would we do some of 1006 00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:53.480 those code works? 1007 00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:54.159 Let's do it. 1008 00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:57.719 You have to refresh me. 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But there is 1043 00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:42.079 still some tasks you can do to also win a 1044 00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:45.360 seat into the PGT Million Dollar Championship. 1045 00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:51.840 Yeah, the one u ur L and we should probably 1046 00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:53.920 just put it in the show notes or in the 1047 00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:55.119 description of my podcast. 1048 00:51:55.320 --> 00:51:55.760 Yeah. 1049 00:51:55.920 --> 00:52:00.800 PGT dot com slash dream dash Seat is the page 1050 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:04.360 that outlines everything all the different promotions on how you 1051 00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:07.920 can possibly win a dream seat. So you can go 1052 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:09.719 to that page and you know, I mean it's a 1053 00:52:09.760 --> 00:52:11.599 lot of text and whatnot, but it says, you. 1054 00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:12.719 Know, everything was lanked in this. 1055 00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:17.079 This is the podcast giveaway. This is the gleam social 1056 00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:19.599 media giveaway. This is the you know partnership we have 1057 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:21.519 with Run Good Like. So there's all the different stuff. 1058 00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:23.840 It's all on that page. And if we do add 1059 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:27.000 anything as we go throughout the season, we'll also add 1060 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:29.400 it to that page, so you know, I would keep 1061 00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:32.599 it posted there. I would love I think I've said 1062 00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:34.639 this before when we've talked about this, I would love 1063 00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:38.440 for a podcast listener to get into that damn PGT 1064 00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:42.199 million dollars championship and freaking run Deep make the final table. 1065 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:45.920 Give them hell, let's go all right? So yeah, code 1066 00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:50.280 words are sure and lonus And if you didn't understand 1067 00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:52.320 it from Tim, that's an h inshore, not a not 1068 00:52:52.400 --> 00:52:55.039 a h. 1069 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:56.199 I just come world series. When we're doing you know, 1070 00:52:56.280 --> 00:52:59.800 everyday podcasts. I think we just made a jingle and 1071 00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:05.159 AI insert the words we're gonna speed that up combo serious, 1072 00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:08.159 So Producer Rich, you'd better be listening. Find us a 1073 00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:11.199 good jingle so we can do this a little more streamlined. 1074 00:53:13.599 --> 00:53:16.199 All right, let's move things over to the first ever 1075 00:53:16.519 --> 00:53:20.760 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. Chad eve Sledge won 1076 00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:23.039 the damn thing one hundred thousand dollars by and he 1077 00:53:23.119 --> 00:53:26.679 won one point two million dollars. There were twenty nine 1078 00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:31.039 entries in this event. The top five paid. Eve Sledge 1079 00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:33.760 came out on top one point two million. As I mentioned, 1080 00:53:33.760 --> 00:53:38.079 he beat Michael Manchek aka Texas Mike seven hundred and 1081 00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:41.599 twenty five k for him, Yuri's Eve Alevski aka ury 1082 00:53:41.679 --> 00:53:44.400 nerd guy out of Brazil, but I believe he relocated 1083 00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:47.519 to Miami third place for four hundred and fifty k, 1084 00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:50.480 Daniel Legran new fourth place for three hundred k, and 1085 00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:54.159 then Benny Glazar fifth place for two hundred and twenty 1086 00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:57.880 five thousand dollars. Before we talk about this event a 1087 00:53:57.920 --> 00:54:01.280 little bit more, Tim did an interview with Eve Sledge 1088 00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:05.000 after eve Sledge grabbed the title. So let's kick it 1089 00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:06.760 to that interview right now and then we will be 1090 00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:07.559 right back. 1091 00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:12.719 Chad, congratulations, first ever Super high roller Ball Mixed Games Champion. 1092 00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:16.079 I want to know, as a mixed game player, what's 1093 00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:18.440 it like that. You know, we've had the fifty k 1094 00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:20.599 for fifteen plus years or so, now we have one 1095 00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:21.840 hundred K mixed tournament. 1096 00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:24.000 What does that mean? Do you think to the mixname community. 1097 00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:27.159 I think it's a good signal on I mean, everyone 1098 00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:29.480 who comes in the mix typically stays in mixed because 1099 00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:31.199 it's it's a lot of fun. People love it, and 1100 00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:35.119 getting more exposure will bring more people in. I mean, 1101 00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:37.639 it could really explode if it gets enough people. But 1102 00:54:37.719 --> 00:54:39.880 because people once they come in, they don't leave. It's 1103 00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:41.800 they're like everyone says the same thing. It's way more 1104 00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:42.599 fun than no Limit. 1105 00:54:42.719 --> 00:54:43.960 It's like that. 1106 00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:47.119 So it's a great sign that the mix is kind 1107 00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:47.519 of growing. 1108 00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:50.360 We've had four PGTM mix same series, and obviously this 1109 00:54:50.440 --> 00:54:52.400 is the first super high roller ball. When you heard 1110 00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:54.440 that we're going to do one hundred k, whether it 1111 00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:56.639 was through the WhatsApp chats or you know, through social 1112 00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:58.800 what was your first thought when that came out? 1113 00:54:58.800 --> 00:54:59.920 When those needs come out? 1114 00:55:00.079 --> 00:55:02.800 First off was like, well, I'm gonna play, but that's 1115 00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:03.480 a lot of money. 1116 00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:05.360 But I was excited. 1117 00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:06.440 I knew I was gonna play it. 1118 00:55:06.440 --> 00:55:09.679 I just I was excited. 1119 00:55:09.719 --> 00:55:11.400 I mean it was I thought it was going to 1120 00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:13.320 be like I thought it was gonna be smaller. Honestly, 1121 00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:16.400 I mean everyone here did a really good job promoted 1122 00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:18.480 it and getting it big, especially when Jju was going 1123 00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:20.039 on it would have. I mean, I can't believe how 1124 00:55:20.039 --> 00:55:21.480 big it would have got. We probably have got another 1125 00:55:21.480 --> 00:55:23.760 ten people if JJU wasn't going on. 1126 00:55:23.880 --> 00:55:25.039 So when you. 1127 00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.960 Know, you played all the PGTAM Mixed Games events leading 1128 00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:28.480 up to this and we had really you know, we 1129 00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:32.360 had record breaking numbers. Was that do you automatically think, hey, 1130 00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:34.239 this one hundred k is going to be big? Or 1131 00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:35.920 it was because of the buying. It was always be 1132 00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:37.320 like we just done not Yeah. 1133 00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:39.920 Everyone was kind of debating it. I thought it was 1134 00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:42.400 going to be small, like hundred k is like you know, 1135 00:55:42.440 --> 00:55:45.000 everyone says, yeah, I'll probably play, but hundred k is 1136 00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.000 a lot of money. And yeah, I mean it blew 1137 00:55:48.000 --> 00:55:49.960 my expectations. I would have thought it would have got 1138 00:55:49.960 --> 00:55:53.559 about twenty but yeah, what did we even twenty nine? 1139 00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:57.199 Twenty nine? Yeah, that's pretty sick. So we you know, 1140 00:55:57.199 --> 00:55:58.920 we're trying to make this the kind of mix game 1141 00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.840 to play. Obviously it's it's hard to ever rival the WSP, 1142 00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:04.400 but you know, there's ten games and this makes you know, 1143 00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:07.840 one more than WSP, a lot less than the Dealer's Choice. 1144 00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:10.440 What do you think would be right to be the 1145 00:56:10.719 --> 00:56:12.719 kind of mix you know, the super hyroll makes this 1146 00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:14.159 ten game kind of ideal, do you. 1147 00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:16.679 Think I think ten games good, but Doogie is nice. 1148 00:56:16.760 --> 00:56:19.880 I think that's a good addition. PLO No Limit definitely 1149 00:56:19.880 --> 00:56:21.920 should be in there. I think I think it's just 1150 00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:24.360 kind of perfect. Actually, I don't think there's really one 1151 00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:27.760 game that that anybody's like, oh, that should be in there. 1152 00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:29.480 It's just like it's got a little bit of everything 1153 00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:32.280 and like enough variety. The word it's challenging where you know, 1154 00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:34.840 the big dead players would have to kind of bob 1155 00:56:34.840 --> 00:56:37.039 and weave and like Paougie and stuff. So I think 1156 00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:37.840 it's a good balance. 1157 00:56:39.159 --> 00:56:41.840 You have WPT title, you have four WSB Bracists now 1158 00:56:41.880 --> 00:56:45.679 Super High Rollable title. They're all different, you know, big feels, 1159 00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:48.440 you know, bracelests a special, this is special. Where does 1160 00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:51.320 this rank in kind of all your poker accomplishments throughout 1161 00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:51.679 your career? 1162 00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:56.000 I think this this might actually be my my favorite one. 1163 00:56:56.159 --> 00:57:01.400 Like my first WPT win was just like probably the 1164 00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:04.000 most special to me, just because I was like kind 1165 00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:07.719 of like that was like heater begins and it was 1166 00:57:07.800 --> 00:57:10.000 just it was more exciting, like you know, this was 1167 00:57:10.039 --> 00:57:11.840 this Don't get me wrong, this was exciting, but it's 1168 00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:13.920 like it gets it's not the same when it's not 1169 00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:17.119 the first one. But as far as like my favorites, 1170 00:57:17.159 --> 00:57:18.480 I mean, that's got to be this one, this one, 1171 00:57:18.519 --> 00:57:21.039 Like I would much rather have this title than like 1172 00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:23.639 a you know, a random fifteen hundred world series or 1173 00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:24.320 something like that. 1174 00:57:24.599 --> 00:57:25.440 Perfect answer for us. 1175 00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:27.119 I want to talk a little bit about the players. 1176 00:57:28.079 --> 00:57:30.320 Pretty much every player in this field. You got a 1177 00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:33.920 lot of experience, you know, whether it's WSP, whether it's online, 1178 00:57:33.960 --> 00:57:36.519 whether it's playing on these apps whatever. But Texas Mike 1179 00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:39.360 the guy you kind of went heads up with, how 1180 00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:41.800 do you approach playing him, you know, in the four 1181 00:57:41.840 --> 00:57:44.400 ring settings, and also then heads up with him not 1182 00:57:44.840 --> 00:57:47.679 as versed in some of these you know, yeah mixed games. 1183 00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:51.519 Yeah, It's like I feel like the people that come 1184 00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:55.400 in here, there's kind of generalities about them, where like 1185 00:57:55.599 --> 00:58:00.719 beginners often make the similar mistakes. However, Hike was making 1186 00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:03.519 was like his was all bizarre. He was like really 1187 00:58:03.519 --> 00:58:05.480 aggressive and something. I mean I thought I thought he 1188 00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:08.440 played pretty well actually, especially for not having much experience. 1189 00:58:08.519 --> 00:58:10.920 I mean, like like I said to the other guy, 1190 00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:13.199 I mean the URI call, he thought it out exactly perfect, 1191 00:58:13.239 --> 00:58:16.320 and I was like I you know, I'm not sure 1192 00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:18.280 this was running through URI's mind, but I think Uri 1193 00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:21.440 thought that Mike wouldn't put it together because he's kind 1194 00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:23.400 of newish and like, because I don't think Uri would 1195 00:58:23.480 --> 00:58:24.599 run that bluff that often. 1196 00:58:24.599 --> 00:58:25.039 I don't know he. 1197 00:58:25.960 --> 00:58:27.280 Switching back here to the PGT. 1198 00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:29.400 You know, you picked up four hundred points here, you 1199 00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:31.119 had it, you know, a casher in the Mix Game series. 1200 00:58:31.159 --> 00:58:34.079 Obviously we have WSP coming up. We do a million 1201 00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:36.239 dollar free roll. Is that something you know? Not a 1202 00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:37.960 lot of mixed guys get into the free roll just 1203 00:58:37.960 --> 00:58:40.000 because of the amount of mixed events, But is that 1204 00:58:40.079 --> 00:58:41.559 something you know? You've got a pretty good start, right 1205 00:58:41.599 --> 00:58:43.360 non you know, is this something you really want to chase? 1206 00:58:43.679 --> 00:58:45.679 It's definitely in my mind. I mean I will play, 1207 00:58:45.760 --> 00:58:48.199 I'll plably play the twenty five k no limits and like, 1208 00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:50.880 you know, if I'm really close, then maybe I'll jump 1209 00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:52.920 into like the fifty k oh limits at the World Series. 1210 00:58:55.519 --> 00:58:55.840 All right. 1211 00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:59.760 So that was Chad eve Sledge after his win. I 1212 00:58:59.800 --> 00:59:02.960 know it's a couple of weeks old now, but still 1213 00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:07.199 very important. First ever one hundred K buy in Mixed 1214 00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:11.480 games tournament, the largest ever. How do you think it went? 1215 00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:15.760 It was three days. It was long, but it was fun. 1216 00:59:16.440 --> 00:59:17.920 I thought it was pretty incredible. 1217 00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:23.760 Yeah, twenty nine entrance was definitely more than I expected 1218 00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:24.639 leading into it. 1219 00:59:24.679 --> 00:59:26.320 We had no idea, but never done this before. It 1220 00:59:26.360 --> 00:59:27.039 had never been done. 1221 00:59:27.039 --> 00:59:30.360 We're hoping for two tables two, maybe we get to three, 1222 00:59:31.119 --> 00:59:35.440 have some fun, what some money, But to get to 1223 00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:38.159 twenty nine is kind of incredible. For shout out to 1224 00:59:38.719 --> 00:59:42.400 Phil Sterenheimer for really behind the scenes sending texts and 1225 00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:48.119 you know, running online satellites and really you know, forcing 1226 00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:50.760 the action, as I may say, to get people out here. 1227 00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:53.800 And even on that the eve of the event, you know, 1228 00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:58.920 the satellite doing this crazy deal that involved tallal him 1229 00:59:58.960 --> 01:00:02.400 and Sam Stonefield just to ensure that Sternfield had a 1230 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:05.440 seat and also Tall I will guarantee to play too, 1231 01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:07.719 because you know, Phil was always in. But yeah, twenty 1232 01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:11.559 nine entrants. It's just a fantastic result. And I think 1233 01:00:11.920 --> 01:00:14.679 a lot of there was a lot of fomo out there. 1234 01:00:14.719 --> 01:00:17.960 We heard from players that they were kind of they 1235 01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:20.280 were unsure and now they kind of regret not playing. 1236 01:00:20.320 --> 01:00:21.880 There's people that went to try and that kind of 1237 01:00:21.880 --> 01:00:24.719 wish they didn't go to Tryton just to play this event, 1238 01:00:24.840 --> 01:00:28.199 So yeah, massive success in my eyes. 1239 01:00:28.559 --> 01:00:30.519 Who were some of those players? I mean, I know 1240 01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:32.519 Jared Blesnik I saw him talk about. 1241 01:00:32.800 --> 01:00:34.519 Jared was a big one that you know, kind of 1242 01:00:34.519 --> 01:00:36.440 regretted going to try and we heard, you know, in 1243 01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:39.280 the Nacho wish he you know, he did okay there, 1244 01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:41.719 but wish he kind of stuck around to play that. 1245 01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:45.480 So and we saw people skipped skip trying, you know, 1246 01:00:45.480 --> 01:00:48.320 we saw ras he skipped tried, Nick Sulman skip Triyton. 1247 01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:52.320 Although Scott Seever isn't known to go there, he's very 1248 01:00:52.320 --> 01:00:54.079 capable to go to try it and play. But you 1249 01:00:54.119 --> 01:00:56.599 know he played every every event in the Mix Sam 1250 01:00:56.719 --> 01:00:59.519 series and the Super High Rollable Mix. So that was 1251 01:00:59.559 --> 01:01:04.119 a great thing. If you know, hopefully bring it back. 1252 01:01:04.400 --> 01:01:06.519 If we can just fade Hied, maybe that number twenty 1253 01:01:06.599 --> 01:01:09.320 nine starts creeping up, we can, Hey, let's sayme for 1254 01:01:09.480 --> 01:01:11.400 thirty five entries next time. 1255 01:01:11.800 --> 01:01:14.000 Jeremy Osmas was a Triton. He was a tried and 1256 01:01:14.719 --> 01:01:17.360 I know they weren't at Triton, but the two commentators 1257 01:01:17.440 --> 01:01:20.679 I think certainly would love to play Alex Livingston and 1258 01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:24.320 Christmas commentary for all three days if you want to 1259 01:01:24.360 --> 01:01:28.079 learn about mixed games. It is incredible commentary incredible from 1260 01:01:28.199 --> 01:01:30.719 Livingston and Witch. You can find it on Poker Go, 1261 01:01:30.880 --> 01:01:32.639 you can find it on the Poker Goro YouTube channel. 1262 01:01:32.639 --> 01:01:35.679 But they did three days of coverage for this event. 1263 01:01:35.960 --> 01:01:38.960 So you get the best players in mixed games in 1264 01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:42.719 the world playing one hundred k buy in, super long, 1265 01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:46.800 drawn out structure, player friendly structure, whole bunch of different games, 1266 01:01:46.960 --> 01:01:49.000 and then you get two of the best minds in 1267 01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:52.280 the booth. It was incredible if you want to like 1268 01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:56.519 learn and just you know, get insight into their brains, 1269 01:01:56.519 --> 01:01:59.760 which isn't obviously easily accessible, Like you can't just phone 1270 01:01:59.840 --> 01:02:01.239 up Alex let Meson and be like, hey what do 1271 01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:03.280 you think about this? Or call Chris Bitch be like hey, 1272 01:02:03.320 --> 01:02:05.360 what do you think about this? But this was like 1273 01:02:05.679 --> 01:02:08.440 I don't even know how long it was, fifteen hours 1274 01:02:08.480 --> 01:02:10.800 of some of the twenty hours of coverage, whatever it was, 1275 01:02:11.039 --> 01:02:13.519 and it's all them. It's just those two in the booth, 1276 01:02:14.039 --> 01:02:16.840 you know, going back and forth, you know, talking through things. 1277 01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:19.880 So I would highly encourage anyone who missed this, who has, 1278 01:02:20.159 --> 01:02:23.159 you know, even the slightest interest in mixed games to 1279 01:02:23.280 --> 01:02:25.079 check it out. And I think that those two guys 1280 01:02:25.119 --> 01:02:27.280 as well are probably like, you know, next year, I 1281 01:02:27.360 --> 01:02:29.159 really want to try and play it. Obviously, they probably 1282 01:02:29.199 --> 01:02:31.440 had a lot of fun being in the booth. Yes, 1283 01:02:31.480 --> 01:02:33.880 but I think you know, you see it and you're like, wow, 1284 01:02:33.920 --> 01:02:35.880 I got twenty nine entries, Like I you know, I 1285 01:02:36.119 --> 01:02:38.559 should be in there. You know what am I doing? 1286 01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:43.840 Yeah that you know, they're absolutely fantastic behind the mic. 1287 01:02:43.880 --> 01:02:45.440 But yeah, you're right, they probably wanted to be in there. 1288 01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:48.280 They didn't have the best mix game series, so that 1289 01:02:48.440 --> 01:02:51.239 was probably one reason as well. 1290 01:02:51.840 --> 01:02:54.400 But yes, twenty nine entrance. We never we never saw 1291 01:02:54.400 --> 01:02:54.920 that one coming. 1292 01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:57.519 Yeah, I mean the satellite that you mentioned had seventeen 1293 01:02:57.679 --> 01:03:00.840 entries twelve thy seven hundred dollars buying in that one. 1294 01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:02.920 It got two seats and then a little bit of 1295 01:03:02.920 --> 01:03:05.719 money left over for third, which ended up going to 1296 01:03:05.880 --> 01:03:09.639 Phil Sternheimer after they had that long negotiation that lasted 1297 01:03:09.719 --> 01:03:14.079 like forty five minutes for Yeah, you got any player 1298 01:03:14.079 --> 01:03:16.280 feedback from it other than you know, the players who 1299 01:03:16.440 --> 01:03:18.280 were like, oh I should have stuck around and played. 1300 01:03:18.719 --> 01:03:22.440 I mean no, outside of let's do this again and 1301 01:03:22.679 --> 01:03:24.639 let's try not to make it over that with try 1302 01:03:24.719 --> 01:03:29.320 and that's about it. So no complaints about the construction, 1303 01:03:29.480 --> 01:03:33.239 no complaints about the ten games choice that we did. 1304 01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:36.320 So yeah, we're just going to try and figure out 1305 01:03:36.840 --> 01:03:39.519 how to do it again next year. And you know, 1306 01:03:41.000 --> 01:03:43.599 let's just yeah, that's all I really can say right now. 1307 01:03:45.039 --> 01:03:47.920 So we used we first on the PGT when we 1308 01:03:48.079 --> 01:03:51.159 implemented the PGT Mix Game series. We came out that season, 1309 01:03:51.199 --> 01:03:54.440 we had two of them. You know, we ended up 1310 01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:57.400 thinking like, okay, you know, maybe two's too much, right, 1311 01:03:57.440 --> 01:03:59.679 and we went back to just doing one. I mean, 1312 01:03:59.840 --> 01:04:03.599 is is one PGT mixed game series coupled with this 1313 01:04:03.800 --> 01:04:07.800 super high rollable mix Is that enough mixed games on 1314 01:04:07.840 --> 01:04:08.320 the PGT? 1315 01:04:08.639 --> 01:04:14.599 You know how You Yeah, I think it is, you know, 1316 01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:16.639 with with the mix game series and then you have 1317 01:04:16.679 --> 01:04:20.840 the World series, there's a lot of big buying mixed games. 1318 01:04:20.920 --> 01:04:24.719 And for these guys, you know, unlike the No Limit guys, 1319 01:04:24.800 --> 01:04:28.400 unlike the PLO, a lot of them are they've got 1320 01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:32.320 a heavy percentage of themselves and it's not like they 1321 01:04:32.360 --> 01:04:35.599 can drop in steaks and play a bunch of five 1322 01:04:35.719 --> 01:04:37.400 k horse events around the world. 1323 01:04:37.480 --> 01:04:39.400 Right at least with No Limit. 1324 01:04:39.159 --> 01:04:43.280 PLO, you have a wider variety of steaks, bigger fields, 1325 01:04:43.360 --> 01:04:46.280 more money that you can win and get you know, unstuck. 1326 01:04:46.360 --> 01:04:48.079 You can get out of any makeup you may be in. 1327 01:04:48.159 --> 01:04:51.079 But with these guys, you just really have the world series. 1328 01:04:51.119 --> 01:04:54.000 You have us, and then you have whatever cash games 1329 01:04:54.280 --> 01:04:57.559 either in Arizona or Vegas or LA or in the 1330 01:04:57.599 --> 01:05:00.119 East Coast to play. So it's a much harder to 1331 01:05:00.360 --> 01:05:02.760 dig out of the hull. So if we make if 1332 01:05:02.760 --> 01:05:04.920 we you know, if we do add a second series, 1333 01:05:05.480 --> 01:05:07.960 you know, we make the buyings too big, it can 1334 01:05:08.039 --> 01:05:13.000 really really hurt the playoffool. And I'm definitely not bringing this. 1335 01:05:13.800 --> 01:05:15.719 We're not going to audible up one series. 1336 01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:16.440 You know what. 1337 01:05:16.599 --> 01:05:19.679 Maybe we added event L to next year to the series, 1338 01:05:19.679 --> 01:05:22.559 but that's really the most I would want to do. 1339 01:05:23.400 --> 01:05:26.360 Just quickly, I was looking at the PGT mixed games, 1340 01:05:26.559 --> 01:05:30.880 uh you know leaderboard and the players there. Ryan Miller 1341 01:05:30.960 --> 01:05:33.199 is somebody who I thought might hop into the Hunter K. 1342 01:05:33.559 --> 01:05:36.559 You know, he's just so good at mixed games, you know, 1343 01:05:36.639 --> 01:05:38.519 but maybe it's just the fact, I mean he had it. 1344 01:05:38.559 --> 01:05:43.119 He hit a pretty good PGT mixed game series, you know, 1345 01:05:43.159 --> 01:05:45.239 he cast for two hundred and ninety three thousand dollars, 1346 01:05:45.280 --> 01:05:47.159 so I thought we might get him in and. 1347 01:05:47.039 --> 01:05:48.599 He doesn't love the big bet stuff. 1348 01:05:48.599 --> 01:05:50.400 Then yeah, but he you know, he might be one 1349 01:05:50.440 --> 01:05:53.119 of those people who he sees how many players it 1350 01:05:53.239 --> 01:05:56.039 got the first time, and then next year he kind 1351 01:05:56.039 --> 01:05:58.559 of splurges, you know, to do it. We didn't get 1352 01:05:58.599 --> 01:06:02.000 Gino Reim in it, which was surprising, right and because 1353 01:06:02.000 --> 01:06:04.400 he you know, I mean spoiler for what we're going 1354 01:06:04.440 --> 01:06:06.239 to talk about next, but he's the winner of the 1355 01:06:06.280 --> 01:06:09.239 PGT Mixed Game series and it's just surprising to not 1356 01:06:09.320 --> 01:06:13.000 see Chino then get in to the Hunter Game Mixed 1357 01:06:14.159 --> 01:06:17.239 James Ops, who did well in the final event of 1358 01:06:17.280 --> 01:06:20.079 the PGT Mixed Game series but had food poisoning. Yeah, 1359 01:06:20.480 --> 01:06:21.880 he opted it to go home. 1360 01:06:22.280 --> 01:06:22.480 You know. 1361 01:06:22.599 --> 01:06:27.920 So like those are players that I think you get eventually, right, 1362 01:06:28.119 --> 01:06:28.599 I mean. 1363 01:06:29.280 --> 01:06:32.159 China played the satellites, he played the online satellites and 1364 01:06:32.719 --> 01:06:35.159 it didn't break, didn't break the right way for him. 1365 01:06:35.440 --> 01:06:36.639 And yeah, he had a good series. 1366 01:06:36.679 --> 01:06:38.599 He you know, I know the cash games that he 1367 01:06:38.639 --> 01:06:41.519 normally plays were popping off in the poker room because 1368 01:06:41.519 --> 01:06:43.079 I went in there yelled at him for not being 1369 01:06:43.079 --> 01:06:46.960 in the live satellite. But and then Obbys had some 1370 01:06:47.000 --> 01:06:49.800 food poisoning and he had a terrible series before the 1371 01:06:49.840 --> 01:06:52.159 twenty five K, so he was stuck a lot and 1372 01:06:52.320 --> 01:06:54.119 you know, digging out of the hall winning four hundred 1373 01:06:54.239 --> 01:06:57.119 sixty K or whatever it was, and the the finale. 1374 01:06:57.239 --> 01:06:59.079 It's a good way to just hey, I'm going to 1375 01:06:59.119 --> 01:07:02.840 take some profit, get back down to Australia. Yeah. 1376 01:07:02.920 --> 01:07:07.079 Another player who we all thought would play, David Oppenheim. 1377 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:09.440 You know, at first it was a question if he 1378 01:07:09.440 --> 01:07:11.679 would play. Then he showed up for the twenty five case, 1379 01:07:11.719 --> 01:07:13.559 we were like, oh, okay, he's in. But then chip 1380 01:07:13.679 --> 01:07:15.119 the hundred k's and we're like, well, what the heck 1381 01:07:15.199 --> 01:07:15.679 is going on? 1382 01:07:16.119 --> 01:07:18.480 Yeah, and he did. He was there for the hunter K. 1383 01:07:18.559 --> 01:07:20.760 He did come into the room for a little bit, 1384 01:07:20.840 --> 01:07:22.960 so I thought maybe he would register late. 1385 01:07:23.000 --> 01:07:25.320 I guess not. Yeah, maybe we get him next year. 1386 01:07:26.360 --> 01:07:28.920 Yeah, So I mean I think, I mean, I think 1387 01:07:28.960 --> 01:07:31.440 a good number next year is thirty, Like that's the target. 1388 01:07:31.519 --> 01:07:34.599 Try and get to thirty. Yeah, however, we can do it. 1389 01:07:34.679 --> 01:07:38.559 You know, I think it's great to have somebody like 1390 01:07:38.599 --> 01:07:41.480 Phil Sternheimer behind it. You know, this is very much 1391 01:07:41.519 --> 01:07:45.360 his baby as much as it is yours. Somebody else 1392 01:07:45.400 --> 01:07:48.000 who I know he wants to play it. I don't 1393 01:07:48.039 --> 01:07:50.599 know if he would ever play it with certain things. 1394 01:07:50.639 --> 01:07:54.119 But president of Poker Grow Marius Candani, I know he wants. 1395 01:07:54.199 --> 01:07:57.239 I know he wants to play very much, but you 1396 01:07:57.239 --> 01:07:59.639 know he won't play stuff if it's streamed. Like there's 1397 01:07:59.679 --> 01:08:01.880 the whole thing. I get it. But you know, this 1398 01:08:01.920 --> 01:08:03.800 is definitely a bucket list item for him, and I 1399 01:08:03.840 --> 01:08:06.360 think he would do very well in the field. Every 1400 01:08:06.360 --> 01:08:08.639 time he plays these mixed games, he does very well. 1401 01:08:09.119 --> 01:08:11.119 So you know he's he's someone else. 1402 01:08:11.400 --> 01:08:11.599 You know. 1403 01:08:11.599 --> 01:08:14.400 And then I bet you probably get like I bet 1404 01:08:14.400 --> 01:08:17.119 next year we get like one or two kind of 1405 01:08:17.159 --> 01:08:20.600 like random European guy who we just don't know of 1406 01:08:20.720 --> 01:08:23.399 yet but is a mixed game guy who probably just 1407 01:08:23.399 --> 01:08:26.840 sat on the sidelines and then now he sees it, 1408 01:08:26.920 --> 01:08:29.399 he's like, Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna go, I'm gonna 1409 01:08:29.439 --> 01:08:32.800 go take the shot type of thing. So so yeah, 1410 01:08:33.279 --> 01:08:35.079 I bet we I bet we get that. And then 1411 01:08:35.239 --> 01:08:37.039 it sounds like this is going to just remain on 1412 01:08:37.079 --> 01:08:39.079 the PGT calendar. Is that that's the plan? 1413 01:08:39.319 --> 01:08:41.079 I didn't say why not if we can just yeah, 1414 01:08:41.159 --> 01:08:44.439 like I said, get the scheduling riot, we can maximize 1415 01:08:44.479 --> 01:08:49.680 the numbers to get you know, increase on that into 1416 01:08:49.720 --> 01:08:53.880 that thirty thirty five player mark for twenty twenty six. 1417 01:08:54.600 --> 01:08:57.119 Did Gordonski play. 1418 01:08:58.640 --> 01:08:59.039 Gordon? 1419 01:08:59.319 --> 01:09:00.319 I think Kip. 1420 01:09:01.239 --> 01:09:04.960 I think he was. I don't remember him really having 1421 01:09:05.000 --> 01:09:06.840 a good mixed game series. 1422 01:09:06.600 --> 01:09:09.359 Hit Yeah, three cashas for one hundred and thirty three K. 1423 01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:12.600 But he was always kind of, I think, on the fence. 1424 01:09:12.640 --> 01:09:15.600 From the list of forty names that we had going 1425 01:09:15.600 --> 01:09:18.880 into it, he was always kind of not in the 1426 01:09:19.479 --> 01:09:21.000 not in the green light. 1427 01:09:21.680 --> 01:09:25.159 Now, what do you say when you know there's people 1428 01:09:25.159 --> 01:09:27.079 out there? We hear it. We hear it a lot 1429 01:09:27.079 --> 01:09:28.760 throughout the year. We hear it the most during the 1430 01:09:28.760 --> 01:09:30.680 World Series of Poker. But people say that, you know, 1431 01:09:30.760 --> 01:09:32.720 you guys need to do more mix games or mixed 1432 01:09:32.720 --> 01:09:37.239 games are underrepresented. I ran through some of the numbers, 1433 01:09:37.640 --> 01:09:42.239 you know, and I feel like they're very well represented 1434 01:09:42.319 --> 01:09:45.800 from Poker grows aspect, on the PGT aspect. So I mean, 1435 01:09:45.840 --> 01:09:48.359 what are your thoughts there when people say you guys 1436 01:09:48.399 --> 01:09:49.640 don't do enough or do more. 1437 01:09:50.560 --> 01:09:53.000 Those people are correct and they're also incorrect. And what 1438 01:09:53.039 --> 01:09:56.800 I mean by that is they are underrepresented when you 1439 01:09:56.840 --> 01:10:01.239 compare it to everything in the world, all the streams, 1440 01:10:01.680 --> 01:10:04.560 all the no limits streams, the cash game tournaments plow. 1441 01:10:05.279 --> 01:10:08.239 But if you take it and look at the the 1442 01:10:08.279 --> 01:10:11.319 player pool and the percentage of players that play mix 1443 01:10:11.399 --> 01:10:14.840 I think it's, if anything, we do definitely more than 1444 01:10:14.920 --> 01:10:18.039 that player pool percentage wise. So we do a lot. 1445 01:10:18.119 --> 01:10:19.600 We have a mixed game series, we have the Super 1446 01:10:19.640 --> 01:10:22.119 High roller Ball. We obviously stream mixed games of the 1447 01:10:22.119 --> 01:10:25.039 World series. No one else really does any mixed games, 1448 01:10:25.119 --> 01:10:28.880 so you know, don't tell us we're not doing enough, 1449 01:10:28.920 --> 01:10:32.439 tell everyone else that they're not doing enough. So I 1450 01:10:32.479 --> 01:10:36.039 think it's pretty well represented in general. But you know, 1451 01:10:36.079 --> 01:10:40.920 people are always gonna complain or find a hole in something, 1452 01:10:41.000 --> 01:10:42.760 and you know, we'll just take it on the chin 1453 01:10:42.840 --> 01:10:44.239 and move on. Yeah. 1454 01:10:44.239 --> 01:10:47.520 I was trying to look up the stats quickly that 1455 01:10:47.600 --> 01:10:51.000 I shared with someone, but but I'm not able to 1456 01:10:51.000 --> 01:10:53.800 find them right now. But I mean, we do I 1457 01:10:53.840 --> 01:10:56.840 feel like a lot of mixed game streaming when you 1458 01:10:56.880 --> 01:11:00.800 when you factor in, we do every five table from 1459 01:11:00.960 --> 01:11:05.680 the PGT mixed Game series. We did the three straight 1460 01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:08.159 days of coverage. I mean it's like two and a 1461 01:11:08.199 --> 01:11:12.319 half days, but still of the Super High Rollable mixed games, 1462 01:11:12.840 --> 01:11:16.359 you know, so that's like what ten days, twelve days 1463 01:11:16.439 --> 01:11:22.479 of mixed games coverage there. We'll do a small handful 1464 01:11:22.520 --> 01:11:25.000 of events during the World Series of Poker, but then 1465 01:11:25.039 --> 01:11:28.399 we'll do multiple days of the fifty k PPC. You know, 1466 01:11:28.479 --> 01:11:31.640 I don't know, I feel like there's I feel like 1467 01:11:31.680 --> 01:11:35.199 we do a ton, like like percentage wise, I mean, 1468 01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:37.880 that's that's it's it's a lot. So you know when 1469 01:11:38.720 --> 01:11:44.000 when people say like it's it's underrepresented, I you know, personally, 1470 01:11:44.119 --> 01:11:48.039 don't look at us, like us we're doing the most 1471 01:11:48.520 --> 01:11:51.640 with this sort of stuff. And you know, listen, I'll 1472 01:11:51.680 --> 01:11:55.439 be flat out honest. It probably doesn't benefit us from 1473 01:11:55.439 --> 01:11:58.079 a business perspective to do them because the viewership is 1474 01:11:58.119 --> 01:12:00.520 not there. Like it's just you know, you know, we 1475 01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:05.000 probably should be doing other stuff. But it is also 1476 01:12:05.159 --> 01:12:08.560 partly our responsibility, at least in my opinion, that we 1477 01:12:08.600 --> 01:12:12.760 should do mixed games, right, we should also do PLO. 1478 01:12:12.880 --> 01:12:15.279 We should do mixed games, you know, I would say, 1479 01:12:15.279 --> 01:12:17.359 obviously Nolavan hold them is the biggest and the best, 1480 01:12:17.399 --> 01:12:19.000 so we do the most of that. We do the 1481 01:12:19.000 --> 01:12:21.960 second most PLO, and then we do the third most 1482 01:12:22.000 --> 01:12:24.760 mixed games. You know, but I think eight or nine 1483 01:12:24.800 --> 01:12:27.840 straight days of final tables for mixed games leading into 1484 01:12:27.880 --> 01:12:31.359 Super High rollable mixed games and then the stuff that 1485 01:12:31.399 --> 01:12:34.079 we do in the summer. You know, I think it's 1486 01:12:34.119 --> 01:12:38.399 certainly well represented when it comes to the Poker Go 1487 01:12:38.720 --> 01:12:41.439 and the PGT offering. All right, last question, and then 1488 01:12:41.479 --> 01:12:43.600 we'll move it over to the PGT mixed games. So 1489 01:12:43.640 --> 01:12:46.239 the WSP they're finally doing one hundred k buy in 1490 01:12:46.319 --> 01:12:48.760 PLO event, right, we were the first ones to do 1491 01:12:48.760 --> 01:12:51.560 that with super high rollable PLO. They have now gotten 1492 01:12:51.600 --> 01:12:55.319 on board. Do you think that similarly they're going to 1493 01:12:55.399 --> 01:12:59.800 follow with a bigger mixed games event, greater than fifty k. 1494 01:12:59.880 --> 01:13:04.079 And the one I guess wrinkle here is that the 1495 01:13:04.119 --> 01:13:07.359 fifty k PPC is such a prestigious event, So like, 1496 01:13:07.640 --> 01:13:10.920 do you want to you know, go bigger than that? 1497 01:13:12.000 --> 01:13:15.520 No. I I love the PPC. I think a lot 1498 01:13:15.520 --> 01:13:17.760 of people don't. I want to mess with it. I 1499 01:13:17.800 --> 01:13:21.119 wouldn't do anything bigger. I think fifty k is perfect. 1500 01:13:22.319 --> 01:13:25.119 Don't touch it, don't go bigger, just keep it the same, 1501 01:13:25.920 --> 01:13:26.880 That's all I'm going to say. 1502 01:13:27.319 --> 01:13:29.800 Yeah, I mean, I agree. I was just wondering if 1503 01:13:29.880 --> 01:13:32.159 maybe that was the thought that they might, you know, 1504 01:13:32.760 --> 01:13:33.720 do something. 1505 01:13:33.439 --> 01:13:35.640 If anything, you could up the buy in, but don't 1506 01:13:35.760 --> 01:13:39.079 add if you add something bigger to it, I think 1507 01:13:39.119 --> 01:13:41.800 you just kind of kill a lot of that prestige 1508 01:13:42.600 --> 01:13:46.079 that that you're trying to to have with the fifty 1509 01:13:46.159 --> 01:13:47.039 k PPC. 1510 01:13:47.680 --> 01:13:51.800 I mean I kind of like, I kind of feel 1511 01:13:51.800 --> 01:13:55.039 like they did that with the twenty five k horse, 1512 01:13:55.199 --> 01:13:56.760 like in a weird you know, even though it's on 1513 01:13:56.800 --> 01:13:59.640 the other side. It's like it's like, do you have 1514 01:13:59.640 --> 01:14:03.279 the fifty k PPC, Like nothing should be near it, 1515 01:14:03.359 --> 01:14:06.640 Like that's just like the the tournament you don't touch. Oh, 1516 01:14:06.760 --> 01:14:08.760 I found the stats. By the way, So between PGT 1517 01:14:08.920 --> 01:14:11.439 mixed games and Super High Rollable mixed games, we did 1518 01:14:11.439 --> 01:14:17.319 ten days of streaming three four total minutes, which equals 1519 01:14:17.439 --> 01:14:21.800 fifty two hours a lot. That's only that's only during 1520 01:14:21.880 --> 01:14:24.239 those series, Like that doesn't include I think we did 1521 01:14:24.239 --> 01:14:28.279 what three or four days of PPC streaming during the period. 1522 01:14:29.199 --> 01:14:29.399 Yeah. 1523 01:14:29.479 --> 01:14:31.479 Yeah, and then of course, you know, well if somebody 1524 01:14:31.479 --> 01:14:33.359 makes a big file table or whatever, we'll mix in 1525 01:14:33.439 --> 01:14:37.960 some other mixed games at the WSP. But but yeah, 1526 01:14:38.239 --> 01:14:41.760 a lot a lot of mixed games coming out of 1527 01:14:42.039 --> 01:14:46.439 Poker gro and the PGT. Some might say too much, honestly, 1528 01:14:46.520 --> 01:14:50.760 but no, but it's good, all right. And speaking of 1529 01:14:50.800 --> 01:14:54.720 Mixed Games. Gino Reim now a two time winner for 1530 01:14:54.920 --> 01:14:58.520 the PGT Mixed Games Series. He won the twenty twenty 1531 01:14:58.600 --> 01:15:03.119 five version. He had won win two final tables, three cases. 1532 01:15:03.720 --> 01:15:07.359 He won three hundred and forty eight five hundred dollars. 1533 01:15:07.399 --> 01:15:11.119 The event that he won was even number four ten 1534 01:15:11.239 --> 01:15:15.079 K eight game. He chopped it evenly money wise with 1535 01:15:15.800 --> 01:15:19.520 josh Aria, and then they did this crazy flip fest 1536 01:15:19.560 --> 01:15:21.399 at the end where I think they were flipping in plo, 1537 01:15:21.479 --> 01:15:24.640 which is nonsense at the end, but another good showing 1538 01:15:24.680 --> 01:15:27.520 at a mixed game series, you know, for China Reim. 1539 01:15:27.920 --> 01:15:30.199 I guess the fact that he's now won the PGG 1540 01:15:30.319 --> 01:15:34.039 Mixed Games twice even more so makes me wonder why 1541 01:15:34.079 --> 01:15:38.920 the heck he wasn't in the Super High rollerblels. You know, 1542 01:15:38.960 --> 01:15:42.239 what does it say in your opinion about his game, 1543 01:15:42.319 --> 01:15:45.960 his consistency, you know, across all the different variants. Obviously 1544 01:15:46.439 --> 01:15:48.640 very very tough group of competitors to go against. 1545 01:15:49.039 --> 01:15:52.560 Yeah, I mean, he's just I think he's got an 1546 01:15:52.640 --> 01:15:57.199 incredibly underrated career, right, you know, when it comes to 1547 01:15:57.199 --> 01:16:00.000 the PGT, obviously he has those two series titles he played, 1548 01:16:00.000 --> 01:16:03.840 He's no limit plays play a low plays mixed games, 1549 01:16:04.359 --> 01:16:08.560 WPT titles. You know, WSP success may not be there, 1550 01:16:08.600 --> 01:16:11.439 but you know he does have that final table run. 1551 01:16:12.760 --> 01:16:16.840 He I think he's you know, very underrated poker player 1552 01:16:17.439 --> 01:16:20.640 and it's good to see him. You know, he won 1553 01:16:20.720 --> 01:16:22.880 that series title a couple of seasons ago one one 1554 01:16:22.920 --> 01:16:26.279 this season. You know, he's currently high up on the 1555 01:16:26.319 --> 01:16:29.399 PGT leader board and slowly, you know, he's turning his 1556 01:16:29.520 --> 01:16:33.520 life around with everything of his past instances, getting healthy, 1557 01:16:33.920 --> 01:16:37.680 trying to be a good dad. And you know, I'm 1558 01:16:37.720 --> 01:16:40.279 a big, big fan of China Room. 1559 01:16:41.239 --> 01:16:44.079 Yeah, I mean you mentioned on something I was thinking 1560 01:16:44.119 --> 01:16:46.359 if I should bring up or not, but I'll bring 1561 01:16:46.399 --> 01:16:47.960 it up because you brought it up, you know, talking 1562 01:16:47.960 --> 01:16:53.680 about how he's kind of fixed all of his past issues, right, 1563 01:16:53.960 --> 01:16:55.399 you know, a lot of it was you heard all 1564 01:16:55.520 --> 01:16:57.560 we always heard all the rumors about the money stuff 1565 01:16:57.560 --> 01:17:00.520 and the debts and not paying people back and and 1566 01:17:00.560 --> 01:17:04.680 all that sort of stuff. Now it seems like everyone 1567 01:17:04.760 --> 01:17:08.119 loves the guy. You know, when we walk into the 1568 01:17:08.159 --> 01:17:11.960 Poker GHO studio, he's by far one of the most popular, 1569 01:17:12.199 --> 01:17:15.319 most liked players in there. And I don't think that 1570 01:17:15.399 --> 01:17:18.000 you would see that if he still had that baggage 1571 01:17:18.039 --> 01:17:21.199 with him. You know. Now, listen, I don't know all 1572 01:17:21.239 --> 01:17:24.880 the details. I don't know if he made everything right 1573 01:17:25.039 --> 01:17:26.800 or if it was just like kind of just let 1574 01:17:26.920 --> 01:17:29.000 go right. So but I'm not going to speak to that. 1575 01:17:29.239 --> 01:17:32.159 But I will say is that if that that baggage 1576 01:17:32.239 --> 01:17:34.560 was still with him, I do think that he probably 1577 01:17:34.560 --> 01:17:37.479 wouldn't be as popular, or you would hear kind of 1578 01:17:37.479 --> 01:17:40.439 some comments or people you know, would be a little 1579 01:17:40.439 --> 01:17:43.640 bit more standoffish as they would towards him. And what 1580 01:17:43.680 --> 01:17:45.760 I'm getting at is like when I'm in the commentary 1581 01:17:45.800 --> 01:17:48.840 booth and I'm reading the chats on YouTube, on poker, 1582 01:17:48.840 --> 01:17:51.800 grol whatever, and people are just like they're stuck in 1583 01:17:52.239 --> 01:17:55.600 two thousand and eight, two nine, twenty ten, like that Gino. 1584 01:17:55.920 --> 01:18:01.680 And he has certainly changed, you know, He's certainly trying 1585 01:18:01.840 --> 01:18:05.199 at least very hard to become a better person. And 1586 01:18:05.560 --> 01:18:07.960 I think that that needs to be said. You know, 1587 01:18:08.640 --> 01:18:10.439 not that I have any reason to be up here 1588 01:18:10.760 --> 01:18:13.239 defending the guy or saying that anything that he did 1589 01:18:13.279 --> 01:18:15.560 in the past was right, because it probably wasn't right, 1590 01:18:15.680 --> 01:18:20.039 but he you know, I think people do deserve second chances, 1591 01:18:20.039 --> 01:18:25.039 and they do deserve the the opportunity to right their wrongs, 1592 01:18:25.039 --> 01:18:27.119 to become a better person. And I think Chino is 1593 01:18:27.279 --> 01:18:30.159 certainly evidence of that, you know, everything single day. I 1594 01:18:30.199 --> 01:18:32.479 think he's waking up and just trying to be the 1595 01:18:32.479 --> 01:18:34.800 best that he can be. So, you know, if you're 1596 01:18:34.800 --> 01:18:36.439 one of those people that I guess hops in the 1597 01:18:36.520 --> 01:18:38.640 chat and just kind of says like, you know, no, 1598 01:18:38.880 --> 01:18:40.840 Chino's a dirt bag and whatever and this and that, 1599 01:18:40.960 --> 01:18:44.680 I mean, I don't think so anymore. Honestly, I don't 1600 01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:48.079 so drop it. It's basically, you know what I'm going 1601 01:18:48.119 --> 01:18:48.399 to say. 1602 01:18:48.439 --> 01:18:51.560 I think a lot of people with Chino is you know, 1603 01:18:51.600 --> 01:18:54.119 we've posted some stuff on social and seeing the response 1604 01:18:54.159 --> 01:18:56.560 of him playing big pots where there's a lot of 1605 01:18:56.560 --> 01:19:00.720 table talk and they're showing cards and you know, just 1606 01:19:00.760 --> 01:19:03.920 a lot of talking. And that's Chino's style. That's the 1607 01:19:03.960 --> 01:19:06.279 style that we all grew up watching on TV with 1608 01:19:06.359 --> 01:19:10.560 mattis our Helm, with Negrano, and you know, the current 1609 01:19:11.039 --> 01:19:15.840 state of high stakes poker tournaments, you know, we've got 1610 01:19:15.840 --> 01:19:18.079 some robots, We've got the Chidwick's, we got the Peters, 1611 01:19:18.079 --> 01:19:21.920 we got these silent guys that are very gto and 1612 01:19:22.159 --> 01:19:26.760 very you know, stoic, stoic with their actions and mannerism. 1613 01:19:26.880 --> 01:19:29.560 Chino is not that guy. Chinos there to have fun. 1614 01:19:29.560 --> 01:19:32.399 He's there to enjoy himself. You know, gives a bit 1615 01:19:32.439 --> 01:19:34.680 of action, he gambles a little bit, he talks a 1616 01:19:34.720 --> 01:19:38.520 little bit, but he's there to have fun, enjoy himself. 1617 01:19:38.560 --> 01:19:40.880 And I think people that are playing with him and 1618 01:19:40.880 --> 01:19:44.319 are in his presence enjoy his enjoy him being there. 1619 01:19:44.840 --> 01:19:48.199 So you know, you can have your own opinion on him. 1620 01:19:48.239 --> 01:19:51.000 I think we see him firsthand. I think we're fans 1621 01:19:51.000 --> 01:19:54.840 of Chino, both from him being one of our players, 1622 01:19:54.840 --> 01:19:58.720 but also how he you know, communicates with us, right. 1623 01:19:58.760 --> 01:20:00.960 I think he's always nice to us, always talks to us, 1624 01:20:01.399 --> 01:20:05.520 always very friendly, very jovial, very fun. So yeah, like 1625 01:20:05.560 --> 01:20:07.720 I said, I'm tam Cheno. If you're not team Cheno, 1626 01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:11.560 that's okay. I'm not going to judge, but yeah, he's 1627 01:20:11.600 --> 01:20:13.800 definitely a new and changed person. 1628 01:20:14.720 --> 01:20:19.880 So two of the events at this series were record setters. First, 1629 01:20:20.119 --> 01:20:23.479 the event number one, the five K horse event, had 1630 01:20:23.479 --> 01:20:26.800 one hundred and thirty entries, and then that record was 1631 01:20:26.920 --> 01:20:29.880 quickly beaten because event number two had one hundred and 1632 01:20:30.000 --> 01:20:33.439 forty eight entries. So that's my lead in to saying 1633 01:20:33.479 --> 01:20:38.039 that you know, this series continues to perform extremely well 1634 01:20:38.079 --> 01:20:42.840 from a numbers perspective, It's become very sought after by 1635 01:20:43.399 --> 01:20:46.319 the mixed game community, the high stakes mixed game community. 1636 01:20:46.399 --> 01:20:49.000 They love to attend it. They respect it, you know, 1637 01:20:49.079 --> 01:20:52.600 they certainly show up. How proud are you with how 1638 01:20:52.720 --> 01:20:56.520 this series has evolved in such a short time. It's 1639 01:20:56.560 --> 01:21:00.319 only been on the PGT schedule for a few seasons now, 1640 01:21:00.359 --> 01:21:04.520 and it is just it is really, really, really well 1641 01:21:04.520 --> 01:21:06.079 attended every single year. 1642 01:21:06.399 --> 01:21:10.239 Yeah, I mean this year you mentioned the five K 1643 01:21:10.279 --> 01:21:12.319 Horse one hundred and thirty entrance, the five K A 1644 01:21:12.479 --> 01:21:15.720 Game one forty eight. The previous records in both of those, 1645 01:21:15.760 --> 01:21:18.600 respectively were eighty seven and eighty nine. So they didn't 1646 01:21:18.640 --> 01:21:20.880 just like break it by a few players, it like 1647 01:21:21.000 --> 01:21:24.000 smashed through it. When we walked in that room and 1648 01:21:24.039 --> 01:21:27.399 saw all these people, we were just like, oh God, 1649 01:21:27.800 --> 01:21:31.079 were screwed today. And it wasn't just like oh, there's 1650 01:21:31.520 --> 01:21:34.640 ODB and there's Mike Lear and there's Elie Lezer. It 1651 01:21:34.760 --> 01:21:38.439 was like a wave of players We had no idea 1652 01:21:38.520 --> 01:21:41.000 And for like you, me and Mickey daff not to 1653 01:21:41.039 --> 01:21:44.600 know some of these players is pretty amazing. We know everyone, 1654 01:21:44.800 --> 01:21:48.159 So that's a good sign for the mixed game community 1655 01:21:48.199 --> 01:21:51.479 coming up. You know with the World series, that new blood, 1656 01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:55.920 new money in that in that player pool, and for us, 1657 01:21:55.960 --> 01:21:58.439 it's great, you know. We it shows people come to 1658 01:21:58.439 --> 01:22:00.479 support the series, they want to play in this, they 1659 01:22:00.479 --> 01:22:02.520 want to be part of the pgteam mixgame series, they 1660 01:22:02.560 --> 01:22:05.880 want to be on Puppetar And it kind of already 1661 01:22:05.920 --> 01:22:08.600 says to me, Hey, when you stop planning next year, 1662 01:22:09.000 --> 01:22:10.680 I think you need to put a third five k 1663 01:22:10.760 --> 01:22:14.560 in there and kind of keep that new blod, that 1664 01:22:14.640 --> 01:22:16.720 fresh blood in that room for just at least one 1665 01:22:16.760 --> 01:22:17.159 more day. 1666 01:22:17.640 --> 01:22:19.960 What was it, was it seven events at this series? 1667 01:22:20.039 --> 01:22:22.560 Yeah, we did seven to fit in that hundred k. 1668 01:22:23.039 --> 01:22:25.600 Yeah, I think you could probably do what you said, 1669 01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:27.840 add another five k kick it up to eight events. 1670 01:22:28.079 --> 01:22:30.720 So there were I mentioned the two opening events were 1671 01:22:30.880 --> 01:22:34.680 record setters. Then at the ten k price point you 1672 01:22:34.720 --> 01:22:38.159 had event number three set the record for a ten 1673 01:22:38.279 --> 01:22:40.359 k buy in event that was a ten k buying 1674 01:22:40.359 --> 01:22:43.279 horse event had ninety five entries. Then even number four 1675 01:22:43.359 --> 01:22:45.439 ten k E game. You know it didn't beat that 1676 01:22:45.520 --> 01:22:47.600 record that was just said, but it's now the second 1677 01:22:47.600 --> 01:22:49.800 biggest ten K mixed event that we had with ninety 1678 01:22:49.800 --> 01:22:53.800 two entries. Then the fifteen K fifteen K Dealer's Choice 1679 01:22:53.800 --> 01:22:56.600 set a record for a fifteen K one sixty five entries. 1680 01:22:56.640 --> 01:23:00.560 So I mean, that's absolutely incredible that five of the 1681 01:23:00.600 --> 01:23:04.960 seven events at this series are now in the top 1682 01:23:05.039 --> 01:23:08.800 two or you know, in its its price category. Yeah, 1683 01:23:08.840 --> 01:23:12.000 so that's just freaking wild, absolutely wild. And then and 1684 01:23:12.039 --> 01:23:13.960 then the twenty five K is right there too, because 1685 01:23:14.000 --> 01:23:17.359 the record for a twenty five K mixed for US 1686 01:23:17.560 --> 01:23:19.960 is fifty seven. This one had fifty six. 1687 01:23:20.279 --> 01:23:21.640 Close it was sub closs. 1688 01:23:22.520 --> 01:23:25.159 I really wanted to go you know, four from four 1689 01:23:26.359 --> 01:23:28.960 with breaking records at all price points, but we'll save 1690 01:23:28.960 --> 01:23:29.680 that for next year. 1691 01:23:30.159 --> 01:23:33.399 Yeah, but I mean, listen, it's it's this series I 1692 01:23:33.439 --> 01:23:36.399 think continues to crush. I definitely think going to just 1693 01:23:36.479 --> 01:23:40.720 having one of them, you know, it creates that that urgency, 1694 01:23:41.000 --> 01:23:44.800 that exclusivity, that scarcity of it. You know, people know like, okay, 1695 01:23:45.319 --> 01:23:48.039 this is it. You know I have I think the 1696 01:23:48.079 --> 01:23:50.920 mixed game guys, you're they're like, Okay, I have the 1697 01:23:51.039 --> 01:23:54.600 WSP and there's that, but now I have this other thing, 1698 01:23:54.880 --> 01:23:58.560 and you know it might even be it might have 1699 01:23:58.600 --> 01:24:01.600 its its positives over the w SB, not not the 1700 01:24:01.760 --> 01:24:04.319 entire thing, you know, but you know, it's it's in 1701 01:24:04.359 --> 01:24:08.319 a like a basically a confined, luxurious space where it's 1702 01:24:08.319 --> 01:24:11.239 not you know, within everything else, it's you know, all 1703 01:24:11.359 --> 01:24:13.159 all that sort of stuff that these guys like they 1704 01:24:13.159 --> 01:24:15.560 get the free food vouchers and you know whatever, Like 1705 01:24:15.600 --> 01:24:18.079 it's just it's their little like home game for a 1706 01:24:18.119 --> 01:24:20.560 week and a half or whatever, and then they absolutely 1707 01:24:20.600 --> 01:24:23.039 love it. And you know, I know you and I 1708 01:24:23.119 --> 01:24:25.880 know that the cash games were going off while this 1709 01:24:26.039 --> 01:24:28.760 was happening. So yeah, I mean, it's just it's a 1710 01:24:28.840 --> 01:24:31.279 lot of fun to see this. So I like how 1711 01:24:31.279 --> 01:24:35.840 we've created basically two communities within the community sub communities. 1712 01:24:35.840 --> 01:24:37.880 We have the PLO one, right, you have all like 1713 01:24:37.960 --> 01:24:40.760 that group, that little family within the family, and then 1714 01:24:40.800 --> 01:24:43.279 you have the mixed game family within the family. Yeah, 1715 01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:45.720 you know, I really like that. And then you know, 1716 01:24:45.760 --> 01:24:48.399 similar to how I asked you when it comes to 1717 01:24:48.439 --> 01:24:52.399 the PLO series, how are you feeling about the schedule? 1718 01:24:53.079 --> 01:24:55.960 Is this something that you're going to change for next time? 1719 01:24:56.439 --> 01:25:00.199 I listen, you had Mory's mix. People were kind of like, 1720 01:25:00.199 --> 01:25:02.720 what the hell is this? But also people loved it. 1721 01:25:02.880 --> 01:25:04.359 I think at the end of the. 1722 01:25:04.399 --> 01:25:10.159 Day, Yeah, look, I think the I think the first 1723 01:25:10.199 --> 01:25:12.840 four events aren't changing, right, five K horse, five K 1724 01:25:12.880 --> 01:25:14.560 a game, ten K horse, ten K game. 1725 01:25:15.119 --> 01:25:16.840 The only thing that would probably change there is, like 1726 01:25:16.880 --> 01:25:18.439 you mentioned, maybe you add another. 1727 01:25:18.199 --> 01:25:20.279 Five Yeah, and I think the five K we would 1728 01:25:20.279 --> 01:25:25.720 add is probably like, well, no, I want. 1729 01:25:25.600 --> 01:25:27.920 To That's the one everyone keeps talking about. 1730 01:25:28.079 --> 01:25:29.800 I think we want to do and a lot of 1731 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:32.479 players agree with me. But we'll keep kind of surveying. 1732 01:25:32.520 --> 01:25:35.760 This is is a limited dealer's choice, so a ten 1733 01:25:35.800 --> 01:25:39.840 game dealer's choice. You know, we think the twenty one 1734 01:25:39.880 --> 01:25:41.520 game mix is a big step, but it's going to 1735 01:25:41.600 --> 01:25:44.960 ten might keep might fit better with the five K 1736 01:25:45.079 --> 01:25:48.039 horse and eight game players. The Mores mix, we wanted 1737 01:25:48.039 --> 01:25:50.800 to try something different. We've been trying things different in 1738 01:25:50.840 --> 01:25:54.039 every series, and you know we for this one, we 1739 01:25:54.079 --> 01:25:59.560 wanted it all hot one winner limit game mix. People said, 1740 01:26:00.079 --> 01:26:02.439 why do we have Omaha Hi in it? Yet they 1741 01:26:02.439 --> 01:26:07.319 still played it. So seventy entrants amazing turnout. 1742 01:26:07.359 --> 01:26:11.279 Seveny entries. You're you're keeping Morey's mix got to come back? 1743 01:26:11.560 --> 01:26:15.840 Yeah, Okay, so I may sure, we may keep it. 1744 01:26:16.359 --> 01:26:18.159 We may it may become Chino's mix. 1745 01:26:18.319 --> 01:26:20.159 By the way, Mary got second. 1746 01:26:21.800 --> 01:26:25.399 And it's funny because he wouldn't have played unless if 1747 01:26:25.439 --> 01:26:27.600 it wasn't named if it was named Tim's Mix, he 1748 01:26:27.680 --> 01:26:29.960 wasn't playing, So I kind of forced him to play, 1749 01:26:30.000 --> 01:26:33.039 and then he ran that up to a second place finish. 1750 01:26:33.079 --> 01:26:37.239 So kudos to Maury, but I kind of I was talking. 1751 01:26:37.039 --> 01:26:39.000 To Chino, and China's like, you should give me an 1752 01:26:39.039 --> 01:26:42.239 event if I win this series. I was like, it's 1753 01:26:42.279 --> 01:26:47.039 not a bad idea. So Chino's mix is in discussion, 1754 01:26:47.119 --> 01:26:49.800 it's in negotiating, it's in contract. We'll see what kind 1755 01:26:49.800 --> 01:26:51.880 of Chino cooks up there. Because it might be too crazy. 1756 01:26:51.920 --> 01:26:52.880 It might be too crazy. 1757 01:26:53.199 --> 01:26:55.079 You can call it Chino's mix. You can kind of 1758 01:26:55.079 --> 01:26:57.159 give him some parameters that he has to work within, 1759 01:26:57.760 --> 01:26:59.560 you know, some different games that he has to like 1760 01:26:59.600 --> 01:27:02.520 pick from or whatever, and yeah, we go from there. 1761 01:27:02.560 --> 01:27:04.159 I think that that would be cool. 1762 01:27:04.399 --> 01:27:06.000 And there was a lot of complain There was a 1763 01:27:06.039 --> 01:27:08.760 lot of you know, they will asked a lot of 1764 01:27:08.840 --> 01:27:11.359 questions about the fifteen K Dealer's choice. You know, why 1765 01:27:11.399 --> 01:27:14.159 are we going from ten to fifteen? And main reason 1766 01:27:14.319 --> 01:27:16.840 was I wanted to. It was a good step up. 1767 01:27:16.880 --> 01:27:19.399 You go from all these tens, you know, the five 1768 01:27:19.439 --> 01:27:21.239 to five, the three tens you get to all fifteen 1769 01:27:21.239 --> 01:27:22.119 than a twenty five K. 1770 01:27:22.600 --> 01:27:24.640 The other point is the Dealer's Choice. 1771 01:27:25.279 --> 01:27:28.359 It's it's the smallest player pool, you know, because it's 1772 01:27:28.359 --> 01:27:31.199 the most unique kind of skills set with all these 1773 01:27:31.199 --> 01:27:34.720 other games. So it was kind of that old saying, 1774 01:27:34.720 --> 01:27:36.319 you know, if you're going to play ten, you're going 1775 01:27:36.399 --> 01:27:37.920 to play fifteen in a way. 1776 01:27:38.479 --> 01:27:40.000 And it showed that. 1777 01:27:40.159 --> 01:27:41.520 Shout out Daria Summertinea. 1778 01:27:41.560 --> 01:27:44.840 Yeah, it showed with the unique entrance, it showed with 1779 01:27:44.880 --> 01:27:48.359 its field size that you know, it didn't it didn't 1780 01:27:48.479 --> 01:27:50.960 change a lot, you know, it just if anything, it 1781 01:27:51.079 --> 01:27:52.800 just put more money in the prize well for these 1782 01:27:52.840 --> 01:27:55.840 guys to win. And we thought, you know, it might 1783 01:27:55.880 --> 01:27:57.800 attract a few more people to come out play that 1784 01:27:58.159 --> 01:28:00.319 and then into the twenty five into the hundred. So 1785 01:28:01.119 --> 01:28:05.479 for example, like Jason Mercier or you know, Phil Stenheim, 1786 01:28:05.520 --> 01:28:07.840 a gen race that they came for the Dealer's Choice 1787 01:28:08.560 --> 01:28:10.319 and the twenty five k then the hunter K. 1788 01:28:10.439 --> 01:28:11.680 So I think it work with that. 1789 01:28:11.800 --> 01:28:14.359 Don't say we'll change that, it's just what do we 1790 01:28:14.359 --> 01:28:16.199 want to do with more's makes? Do we want to 1791 01:28:16.199 --> 01:28:19.520 add another five k? And that's kind of the only tweaks, 1792 01:28:19.560 --> 01:28:20.640 I'll probably think about. 1793 01:28:20.439 --> 01:28:25.920 Making I definitely think you need to continue down the 1794 01:28:25.920 --> 01:28:29.680 path of adding another five K and make it to 1795 01:28:29.760 --> 01:28:33.840 make this eight events. I think eight events works. One 1796 01:28:33.840 --> 01:28:35.640 of the reasons why I say that, and even even 1797 01:28:35.640 --> 01:28:37.560 though I know it does lead into the hunter K, 1798 01:28:37.640 --> 01:28:41.199 super high Rollerball mixed, is that I want to give 1799 01:28:41.319 --> 01:28:45.359 people enough opportunity to like feel like the person who 1800 01:28:45.399 --> 01:28:48.960 won the leaderboard like actually performed well, which you want 1801 01:28:49.319 --> 01:28:50.760 more volume? 1802 01:28:50.800 --> 01:28:51.560 Yeah, that's right enough. 1803 01:28:51.560 --> 01:28:54.199 Now, you obviously can't have twenty five tournaments. It's just 1804 01:28:54.239 --> 01:28:57.479 it's not possible. But so I think the eight works, 1805 01:28:57.920 --> 01:28:59.520 and then I would add it on the front end, 1806 01:28:59.600 --> 01:29:01.920 you know, because I think that having like those three 1807 01:29:01.960 --> 01:29:05.079 five k's and like kind of you know, having those 1808 01:29:05.119 --> 01:29:07.560 as quote unquote like feeders to the bigger stuff. But 1809 01:29:07.600 --> 01:29:11.960 are you even like there's there's barely any, if any 1810 01:29:12.279 --> 01:29:15.960 like five K mixed game tournaments in the world period, 1811 01:29:16.319 --> 01:29:19.359 Like you know at the World Series there's are there 1812 01:29:19.359 --> 01:29:21.079 any five k's or are they just are they just 1813 01:29:21.159 --> 01:29:26.159 like fifteen hundred three K and ten K and above? 1814 01:29:26.920 --> 01:29:29.279 Right, what's the new Toss event? What's that is that 1815 01:29:29.319 --> 01:29:29.680 three K? 1816 01:29:29.800 --> 01:29:32.159 So I think that's three K that replaced the three 1817 01:29:32.239 --> 01:29:33.079 K horse. 1818 01:29:32.880 --> 01:29:36.319 Well okay, so yeah, then there's no real kind of case. 1819 01:29:36.640 --> 01:29:39.000 It's like still that's still something like when it comes 1820 01:29:39.039 --> 01:29:41.039 to mix that like a Daniel mc grodni will show 1821 01:29:41.079 --> 01:29:43.640 up and play or a Nick Schulman play, right, you know, 1822 01:29:44.000 --> 01:29:47.600 just because mostly they want to play a pricier mixed game. 1823 01:29:47.640 --> 01:29:50.439 Turns just no. You know, there's a five K eight 1824 01:29:50.479 --> 01:29:55.279 game at Resources World n ap T. But outside of that, yeah, 1825 01:29:55.359 --> 01:29:57.640 you know, outside of the World series, you're not really 1826 01:29:57.680 --> 01:30:02.239 finding high stakes mixed tournaments, you know, around town. 1827 01:30:02.640 --> 01:30:04.359 It's very far and few in between. 1828 01:30:04.520 --> 01:30:08.760 So you know, we're offering you know, ten days of 1829 01:30:09.000 --> 01:30:10.560 kind of unlimited mix game action. 1830 01:30:11.159 --> 01:30:13.760 Yeah. No, I like it a lot. I think it's great. So, yeah, 1831 01:30:14.000 --> 01:30:16.199 find whatever the heck five K you got to put 1832 01:30:16.199 --> 01:30:17.960 in there. I like that idea of like a limited 1833 01:30:17.960 --> 01:30:20.760 dealer's choice. I think that's cool. Yeah, and yeah, and 1834 01:30:20.800 --> 01:30:23.600 then hopefully, you know, between having three five k's at 1835 01:30:23.600 --> 01:30:25.399 the start, you probably get a few more names. I 1836 01:30:25.439 --> 01:30:28.399 would hope that play a couple of the ten k's 1837 01:30:28.479 --> 01:30:31.239 and you know that sort of thing. So so yeah, 1838 01:30:31.279 --> 01:30:33.479 that's what that's what I would try and do. 1839 01:30:33.600 --> 01:30:35.199 But we did We did see that too. We know 1840 01:30:35.239 --> 01:30:37.640 we saw tal Aviv. He took second in the eight game. 1841 01:30:38.000 --> 01:30:39.800 He played a few more events and we had never 1842 01:30:39.840 --> 01:30:43.680 heard of him. Samuel Stonefeld played the entire series and 1843 01:30:43.720 --> 01:30:46.840 then won that satellite played the Hunter K So you 1844 01:30:46.880 --> 01:30:51.720 did definitely see These five k's kind of give the 1845 01:30:51.760 --> 01:30:55.560 players opportunity to play a couple more events. So if 1846 01:30:55.560 --> 01:30:57.720 we do ad that third one, you know, who knows 1847 01:30:57.720 --> 01:30:59.760 what the leader would looks like. Maybe they chase a 1848 01:30:59.760 --> 01:31:01.960 few events, you know, try and sell a little bit 1849 01:31:01.960 --> 01:31:05.760 of action and try and become the next China Raim 1850 01:31:05.800 --> 01:31:08.800 and win the PGT Mixed Game Series title next year. 1851 01:31:09.680 --> 01:31:14.079 Something that I thought would would work great for the 1852 01:31:14.119 --> 01:31:17.119 Mixed Game Series. I just think I think this crowd 1853 01:31:17.319 --> 01:31:19.600 it would work great for it is if we did 1854 01:31:19.600 --> 01:31:24.079 a twenty five K esque fantasy league and we did 1855 01:31:24.119 --> 01:31:27.000 the draft the day before, because all these guys are 1856 01:31:27.000 --> 01:31:29.800 the guys that do the twenty five K fantasy like you, 1857 01:31:30.039 --> 01:31:32.640 you couldn't Yes, you could do one ahead of USBO, 1858 01:31:32.760 --> 01:31:34.920 but like you're not getting Alex Foxen to come on 1859 01:31:34.960 --> 01:31:36.439 down to the studio and like draft the team. 1860 01:31:37.000 --> 01:31:40.279 It's been total to me, this is right. I think this. 1861 01:31:40.119 --> 01:31:42.359 Group is the group that plays the twenty five K. 1862 01:31:42.680 --> 01:31:44.680 So like you could do like, you know, a two K, 1863 01:31:44.920 --> 01:31:47.920 like a twenty five hundred dollars buying fantasy league ahead 1864 01:31:47.960 --> 01:31:49.680 of time. Yeah, and like you could just draft the 1865 01:31:49.760 --> 01:31:51.079 night before and like we all hang out in the 1866 01:31:51.079 --> 01:31:53.920 studio and fucking eat pizza and you know, have some 1867 01:31:53.960 --> 01:31:56.159 fun with it, right, that would be super fun. 1868 01:31:56.760 --> 01:31:58.560 I mean you could do it for the plot series too. 1869 01:31:58.640 --> 01:32:00.479 I know something I know when you look at the 1870 01:32:00.520 --> 01:32:03.399 twenty five K Fantasy and the teams that the twenty 1871 01:32:03.439 --> 01:32:06.680 on teams that Daniel has in that they're pretty much 1872 01:32:06.760 --> 01:32:09.680 controlled by mixed game guys. So yeah, it does make 1873 01:32:09.760 --> 01:32:12.960 more sense to be aligned with the mixgame series. And 1874 01:32:13.000 --> 01:32:16.840 obviously you know, let's Daniel, let's talk about it next year. Well, 1875 01:32:16.920 --> 01:32:18.119 let's shy and work this out. 1876 01:32:18.880 --> 01:32:21.000 I think you should you should talk to you should 1877 01:32:21.000 --> 01:32:23.560 talk to Odi be and gregorch because they do the 1878 01:32:23.560 --> 01:32:27.119 Gregorich League year, which is like that price point. 1879 01:32:27.279 --> 01:32:27.760 Yeah. 1880 01:32:27.800 --> 01:32:30.079 And then I think that because because you see it 1881 01:32:30.119 --> 01:32:32.920 every year with the big twenty five K Fantasy, guys 1882 01:32:32.920 --> 01:32:35.119 get drafted and they kind of go a little bit harder, 1883 01:32:35.279 --> 01:32:38.359 or they seek backing, or they maybe get some financial 1884 01:32:38.439 --> 01:32:40.159 help from the teams that drafted them, and they play 1885 01:32:40.199 --> 01:32:42.319 a little bit more, so maybe it does a little 1886 01:32:42.359 --> 01:32:44.079 bit better for the numbers then, right. 1887 01:32:44.600 --> 01:32:46.079 Yeah, yeah, you're right. 1888 01:32:46.159 --> 01:32:49.479 Yeah, I'm in twenty five hundred dollars. You know, I'm 1889 01:32:49.520 --> 01:32:51.560 in fantasy poker. I'm fucking there. 1890 01:32:52.000 --> 01:32:53.159 Let's go some. 1891 01:32:53.199 --> 01:32:53.760 I'm sewing. 1892 01:32:54.119 --> 01:32:54.319 You know. 1893 01:32:54.439 --> 01:32:57.159 I think that you're not the first one to bring 1894 01:32:57.199 --> 01:32:57.399 it up. 1895 01:32:57.439 --> 01:32:59.640 It's been brought up a couple of times by but 1896 01:33:00.039 --> 01:33:05.079 players and fans. So hey, this series is what it 1897 01:33:05.319 --> 01:33:07.760 I think it fits the best with and you know, 1898 01:33:08.600 --> 01:33:11.680 let's let's try and squeeze us in next year. 1899 01:33:13.640 --> 01:33:18.000 As it pertains to the PGT leaderboard. We got Eric Blair. 1900 01:33:18.439 --> 01:33:20.399 That might not be a name you've you've heard in 1901 01:33:20.439 --> 01:33:22.960 a long time unless you've obviously been following the PGT, 1902 01:33:23.079 --> 01:33:27.439 because he's been. He's been playing quite sporadically for I 1903 01:33:27.479 --> 01:33:32.520 would say three four five years before this PGT season. Yeah, 1904 01:33:32.520 --> 01:33:34.319 he popped in the studio heavy now and then, but 1905 01:33:35.039 --> 01:33:37.880 now he's in there for everything other than mixed, he's 1906 01:33:37.920 --> 01:33:41.000 in there. He leads the way with eleven and fifty 1907 01:33:41.079 --> 01:33:47.640 seven points. Blair is doing extremely well this season. Thirteen cashes, 1908 01:33:47.720 --> 01:33:52.479 six final tables, four podium finishes, two wins. He's cash 1909 01:33:52.560 --> 01:33:56.800 for one point one seven four million dollars. He's ahead 1910 01:33:56.800 --> 01:34:00.239 of Alex Foxen who's in second, Chino Reems and third. 1911 01:34:00.359 --> 01:34:03.960 Kristen Foxen is in fourth, and then Joey Wiseman is 1912 01:34:03.960 --> 01:34:07.159 in fifth. It's also wild to see both Fox's in 1913 01:34:07.239 --> 01:34:12.039 the top five. Freaking crazy. So, I mean, Eric Blair, 1914 01:34:12.119 --> 01:34:14.600 this guy is just he's having a monster season. It 1915 01:34:14.600 --> 01:34:16.800 seems like every time he shows up for a series 1916 01:34:17.119 --> 01:34:20.640 in the studio, he's having a bunch of cashes, making 1917 01:34:20.680 --> 01:34:22.880 a few final tables. What did he have it? The 1918 01:34:23.000 --> 01:34:26.079 USPO was eight events, he cashed six times. 1919 01:34:26.119 --> 01:34:29.279 He cashed the first five events. So tis yea type 1920 01:34:29.319 --> 01:34:32.199 the record that Roger Johnson held from lost year's USBO 1921 01:34:32.439 --> 01:34:35.359 five consecutive PGT major cashes. 1922 01:34:36.319 --> 01:34:38.640 I mean, it's just wild. As I mentioned, you know, 1923 01:34:38.680 --> 01:34:41.760 in in recent years he's been playing a bit more sporadically. 1924 01:34:41.800 --> 01:34:45.279 I mean, what what can you say about this guy's resurgence? 1925 01:34:45.359 --> 01:34:48.359 I mean, and like in general, I think that this 1926 01:34:48.399 --> 01:34:52.560 says something about the opportunity that the PGT presents. That 1927 01:34:52.600 --> 01:34:54.479 if you have the money and you think you have 1928 01:34:54.560 --> 01:34:56.840 the chops, like you could come out and be Eric Blair. 1929 01:34:56.880 --> 01:34:57.199 Why not? 1930 01:34:58.000 --> 01:35:00.800 Yeah? I mean, like I always want I want these 1931 01:35:00.800 --> 01:35:04.159 new faces on top, pushing the narrative of the PGT 1932 01:35:04.319 --> 01:35:06.760 that it's not what the higher roll the world used 1933 01:35:06.760 --> 01:35:09.199 to be. So it's great to see a new name. 1934 01:35:09.279 --> 01:35:12.359 I would say, new face, you know on PGT side 1935 01:35:12.359 --> 01:35:15.199 of things on top. And after he cashed that fifth time, 1936 01:35:15.239 --> 01:35:17.680 I said, hey, congrats, he tied the record. 1937 01:35:17.800 --> 01:35:19.479 You're also first on both leaderboards. 1938 01:35:19.520 --> 01:35:22.319 He goes, I know, like but like not like he's 1939 01:35:22.359 --> 01:35:26.560 like he's he understands everything that's going on. He understands 1940 01:35:26.560 --> 01:35:28.840 the leaderboards, he knows where he is on the PGT leaderboard, 1941 01:35:29.039 --> 01:35:32.600 he's reading, he gets it all. He's you know, sharing 1942 01:35:32.640 --> 01:35:36.560 all the social posts we're making. I think he's locked 1943 01:35:36.600 --> 01:35:41.239 in on being number one in nine months when the 1944 01:35:41.279 --> 01:35:44.520 season wraps up. So I think we're going to see 1945 01:35:44.560 --> 01:35:49.319 him at every PGT stop, you know, going forward. Obviously 1946 01:35:49.359 --> 01:35:52.079 he's going to play the World Series. You know, wouldn't 1947 01:35:52.119 --> 01:35:54.720 surprise me at all if we see him in a 1948 01:35:54.760 --> 01:35:57.319 couple of days down in Texas, you know, for the 1949 01:35:57.359 --> 01:35:59.319 Texas Poker Up. I think he's going to chase points. 1950 01:35:59.319 --> 01:36:02.520 I think he's basically the Jeremy Osmas of this season. 1951 01:36:03.479 --> 01:36:07.359 Yeah, I've heard both sides of going to Texas. I've 1952 01:36:07.399 --> 01:36:09.239 heard some people like I think I heard Jeremy say 1953 01:36:09.279 --> 01:36:12.720 he's not going to Texas. He's heard to me. I've 1954 01:36:12.760 --> 01:36:14.800 heard some other people say, and they are going to Texas. 1955 01:36:14.800 --> 01:36:19.039 So you know, we'll see who goes to Texas who doesn't. 1956 01:36:19.159 --> 01:36:21.720 But Okay, as it pertains to Jeremy like and going 1957 01:36:21.720 --> 01:36:23.840 to Texas, he puts in enough volume when it comes 1958 01:36:23.880 --> 01:36:26.000 to the PGT anyway that like, I don't think he 1959 01:36:26.039 --> 01:36:28.479 needs to go to Texas, for example, but I would 1960 01:36:28.520 --> 01:36:32.079 expect people like, you know, I don't know the Sam Laskowitz, 1961 01:36:32.159 --> 01:36:34.439 is Nick Seward, David Coleman's of the world to be 1962 01:36:34.479 --> 01:36:35.039 in Texas. 1963 01:36:35.159 --> 01:36:37.640 David Coleman's definitely not going He's going on. 1964 01:36:37.680 --> 01:36:40.239 I know, Like that's the type of group that I like, 1965 01:36:40.279 --> 01:36:42.960 Matthew McEwen like, like the guys who are like kind 1966 01:36:42.960 --> 01:36:46.840 of that next group that's like coming up on the PGT, 1967 01:36:47.119 --> 01:36:49.640 Like I would expect them to go there, you know. 1968 01:36:49.760 --> 01:36:52.079 Especially if you think he was going to WVT Choctaw 1969 01:36:52.279 --> 01:36:55.680 that's two days later, you might as well just go Texas. 1970 01:36:55.680 --> 01:36:58.760 Parker open and then chocktaw so yeah, like the McEwans 1971 01:36:58.800 --> 01:36:59.399 and like, what. 1972 01:36:59.359 --> 01:37:01.479 Are you gonna do? Poker's poker, go go play? 1973 01:37:02.039 --> 01:37:04.319 Yeah, you go? Are you gonna go to South Point 1974 01:37:04.439 --> 01:37:05.199 with man Donnie? 1975 01:37:05.279 --> 01:37:05.359 Now? 1976 01:37:05.439 --> 01:37:07.399 Are you gonna go play Texas? 1977 01:37:08.439 --> 01:37:08.600 Yeah? 1978 01:37:08.640 --> 01:37:10.880 I mean listen, maybe Sam Lasquitz is out obviously because 1979 01:37:10.920 --> 01:37:12.479 he just had a baby, But other than that, like 1980 01:37:12.560 --> 01:37:15.279 you know, I think those other guys should for sure 1981 01:37:15.359 --> 01:37:19.760 be there. I don't see why not. I mentioned the 1982 01:37:19.800 --> 01:37:22.960 two Foxes being in the top four. You know, Alex's second, 1983 01:37:23.319 --> 01:37:28.319 Kristen is fourth, and sixteen points separate them. Kristin was 1984 01:37:28.399 --> 01:37:30.279 up on top of the leaderboard. Alex has had a 1985 01:37:30.359 --> 01:37:33.840 resurgence with the Polo series and then the USPO where 1986 01:37:33.880 --> 01:37:36.800 he's now, you know, overtaken her, and he said second. Overall, 1987 01:37:38.479 --> 01:37:42.920 it's crazy to me to see how well they're doing. 1988 01:37:43.159 --> 01:37:45.119 Not that we don't know how good they are. We 1989 01:37:45.239 --> 01:37:48.640 certainly know how good both Alex and Kristen are at poker. 1990 01:37:48.680 --> 01:37:53.279 They're freaking incredible. Are they for sure Poker's most powerful couple? Ever? 1991 01:37:54.000 --> 01:37:56.600 I mean, who, like ever, who is better? Like we 1992 01:37:56.640 --> 01:37:59.319 can say obviously right now, yes, but ever, who's better. 1993 01:38:00.239 --> 01:38:03.159 Skill or I'm I, oh, well, who's better than them? 1994 01:38:03.399 --> 01:38:05.960 I mean, if we're talking power, I'm I'm sorry, but 1995 01:38:06.039 --> 01:38:07.720 Gentilian Phil Lax still hold that? 1996 01:38:08.960 --> 01:38:12.880 Please mate? Have they played one PGT event? 1997 01:38:13.000 --> 01:38:16.199 Yes, they have, both of them have actually, but no, 1998 01:38:16.239 --> 01:38:19.159 it's if we're doing power like I think they so win. 1999 01:38:19.199 --> 01:38:22.600 If we're doing a skill, it's the Fox's and the Fox. 2000 01:38:23.000 --> 01:38:24.399 Power power rankings. 2001 01:38:26.000 --> 01:38:28.359 I mean Ryan now, yeah, but I mean Jen and 2002 01:38:28.399 --> 01:38:29.720 Phil aren't that far below. 2003 01:38:30.000 --> 01:38:31.560 It's Gentillian Phil Lack. 2004 01:38:31.880 --> 01:38:37.239 Stop up, stop, You're ridiculous, all right, Nick Shulman, he 2005 01:38:37.319 --> 01:38:41.279 leads the way with most cases. He's got fourteen cashes 2006 01:38:41.319 --> 01:38:43.920 so far, he's got eight final tables, so he's got 2007 01:38:43.920 --> 01:38:47.039 the most cashes fourteen eight final tables, is tied with 2008 01:38:47.359 --> 01:38:49.760 Chino Reem also has eight final tables. 2009 01:38:50.359 --> 01:38:51.920 Is this a. 2010 01:38:51.920 --> 01:38:54.439 Season like we saw from Jeremy Osmas last year where 2011 01:38:54.520 --> 01:38:57.239 Jeremy had I think it was like his twenty first 2012 01:38:57.319 --> 01:39:00.079 cash that he finally won a tournament. It was the 2013 01:39:00.119 --> 01:39:03.920 second during the second PGTPLO series, and I think he 2014 01:39:03.960 --> 01:39:06.840 won like the one of the fifteen games or something 2015 01:39:06.920 --> 01:39:09.640 like the second to last Evan or whatever. So is 2016 01:39:09.680 --> 01:39:12.359 this what we're gonna see from Shulman this year just 2017 01:39:12.680 --> 01:39:15.960 just just continuing to get close but never actually like 2018 01:39:16.079 --> 01:39:16.760 get a trophy. 2019 01:39:17.600 --> 01:39:21.079 Well, just for the record, Osm has in twenty twenty 2020 01:39:21.079 --> 01:39:24.239 three cash twenty times, no wins. Twenty twenty four he 2021 01:39:24.279 --> 01:39:27.720 had twenty seven cashes for two wins. Those two wins 2022 01:39:27.760 --> 01:39:32.279 were one very late at that PLO series and then 2023 01:39:32.359 --> 01:39:36.560 one I was obviously the PGT Championship. So essentially forty 2024 01:39:36.600 --> 01:39:41.199 seven cashes, two wins. I think Nick Sureman is this 2025 01:39:41.279 --> 01:39:44.920 year is gonna be this year? Is Jeremy Osmus. Yeah, 2026 01:39:45.079 --> 01:39:47.720 forteen cashes so far, which is a hell of a lot. 2027 01:39:48.840 --> 01:39:52.239 Hasn't you know, got He's got the final three four times, 2028 01:39:53.159 --> 01:39:56.319 you know, hopefully he gets maybe he can win a 2029 01:39:56.560 --> 01:39:59.880 WSB bracelet and you know, being nominee for the whole 2030 01:40:00.199 --> 01:40:03.920 but otherwise, yeah, I definitely see Jeremy Ozma's two point 2031 01:40:03.920 --> 01:40:04.359 out here. 2032 01:40:05.439 --> 01:40:07.279 And then we you know, we already talked about this, 2033 01:40:07.399 --> 01:40:09.640 but Shannon Shor is back up in the top ten, 2034 01:40:09.880 --> 01:40:13.279 sitting ninth. Do you think he has a chance to 2035 01:40:13.319 --> 01:40:15.560 become Player of the Year just with how red hot 2036 01:40:15.600 --> 01:40:18.520 he is? Can like, can someone like can someone like 2037 01:40:18.560 --> 01:40:20.600 Shannon Shoor do it? Can someone like Eric Blair do 2038 01:40:20.680 --> 01:40:23.560 it like or is or is like the PGT player 2039 01:40:23.560 --> 01:40:26.000 of the year. That's the player that finishes the regular 2040 01:40:26.000 --> 01:40:28.720 season with the most points. Is that almost always gonna 2041 01:40:28.720 --> 01:40:32.039 be reserved for an Alex Fox and a Jeremy Osmas, 2042 01:40:32.199 --> 01:40:35.439 Daniel Legron, Steven Chidwick like those guys. 2043 01:40:35.760 --> 01:40:39.840 Yeah, yes, you have to be out of play more events. 2044 01:40:39.880 --> 01:40:43.439 And there's so many points in other games, especially at 2045 01:40:43.439 --> 01:40:46.960 the World Series, with the PLO tournaments, with the mixed 2046 01:40:46.960 --> 01:40:50.560 game tournaments. So that's where the ozimuses and the the 2047 01:40:50.640 --> 01:40:53.760 Granders of the world have such an advantage. For someone 2048 01:40:53.960 --> 01:40:58.039 like Shannon Shaw to be contending, he's gonna have to 2049 01:40:58.119 --> 01:41:01.079 have continue his start of the year where he's won 2050 01:41:01.159 --> 01:41:05.239 five tournaments in twenty twenty five, for another eight months, 2051 01:41:05.399 --> 01:41:05.600 you know. 2052 01:41:05.800 --> 01:41:08.640 So it's going to be very tough. It's obviously doable. 2053 01:41:08.640 --> 01:41:10.159 He could have a deep run in the main event, 2054 01:41:10.560 --> 01:41:13.319 you know, he could win another twenty five K you know, 2055 01:41:13.439 --> 01:41:17.960 the World Series or at the Studio doable. It's it's 2056 01:41:18.039 --> 01:41:23.199 just a real uphill climb for only a no limit 2057 01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:23.800 holding guy. 2058 01:41:24.640 --> 01:41:28.000 Now we're a little bit over. I mean we're about 2059 01:41:28.039 --> 01:41:29.720 a quarter of the season in right, I mean, how 2060 01:41:29.800 --> 01:41:32.039 many how many events do you think we're going to 2061 01:41:32.079 --> 01:41:32.680 have this season? 2062 01:41:33.239 --> 01:41:37.039 So that was event forty. We kind of averaged that 2063 01:41:37.279 --> 01:41:41.000 one thirty to one fifty. We have eighty six events 2064 01:41:41.800 --> 01:41:44.560 once the World Series ends, and I would expect we, 2065 01:41:45.600 --> 01:41:47.560 you know, we're probably going to be maybe a little 2066 01:41:47.600 --> 01:41:50.039 bit more than last year where it was one thirty two. 2067 01:41:50.560 --> 01:41:53.279 So let's call it one forty. So we've had forty 2068 01:41:53.279 --> 01:41:54.399 of one forty. 2069 01:41:55.079 --> 01:41:59.720 So we're around a third to a quarter to a 2070 01:41:59.720 --> 01:42:03.279 third other percent a quarter to a third of the 2071 01:42:03.279 --> 01:42:06.279 way there. I flubbed that, but you guys get the point. 2072 01:42:06.399 --> 01:42:08.600 You know, we're starting to kind of see the leaderboard 2073 01:42:08.720 --> 01:42:11.640 like take shape. Obviously, there's gonna be a lot of 2074 01:42:11.680 --> 01:42:16.079 movement the Texas Poker Open, which is you know, Tim 2075 01:42:16.079 --> 01:42:17.600 and I will hit on in a second, but you know, 2076 01:42:17.640 --> 01:42:19.800 that's obviously coming up, but that's not going to have 2077 01:42:19.880 --> 01:42:23.840 like a ton of points that that shift everything. Obviously, 2078 01:42:23.920 --> 01:42:25.560 the big thing is the World Series of Poker, which 2079 01:42:25.560 --> 01:42:28.479 has thirty events this year. I think that's the most 2080 01:42:28.479 --> 01:42:31.000 ever that qualify for the PGT, right, I think last 2081 01:42:31.039 --> 01:42:33.640 year was twenty nine. Yeah, thirty, So there's gonna be 2082 01:42:33.640 --> 01:42:36.520 a lot of movement when it comes to the WSOP. 2083 01:42:36.800 --> 01:42:39.680 But you know how like, how do you think this 2084 01:42:39.760 --> 01:42:42.520 is all is shaping up, this this leaderboard right now, 2085 01:42:42.800 --> 01:42:44.880 do you think it's going to kind of hold form 2086 01:42:45.039 --> 01:42:46.640 or you know, what are your thoughts on it? 2087 01:42:47.239 --> 01:42:49.760 I mean, no, it's not gonna hall. We're going to 2088 01:42:49.800 --> 01:42:54.119 say massive movement once that WSP hits. You know, we're 2089 01:42:54.119 --> 01:42:56.680 going to start the WSP with a mister Bownie, the 2090 01:42:56.680 --> 01:43:00.520 Omaha High Love, a Mixed Higher, all the dealers sort. 2091 01:43:00.560 --> 01:43:03.520 There's just it's going to be chaos. We're going to 2092 01:43:03.560 --> 01:43:06.800 see all kinds of new names and faces, you know, 2093 01:43:07.000 --> 01:43:10.920 enter that top you know, one hundred players that top 2094 01:43:10.960 --> 01:43:13.760 forty players. But if we look at the kind of 2095 01:43:13.760 --> 01:43:16.239 tour as a whole and we see who's you know, 2096 01:43:17.000 --> 01:43:19.680 in this top forty right now, I think it gives 2097 01:43:19.680 --> 01:43:23.159 a lot of them a good kind of starting point 2098 01:43:23.239 --> 01:43:24.800 for the rest of the season. Like you look at 2099 01:43:24.800 --> 01:43:26.680 Neil Warren, you know we touched on him on Nick 2100 01:43:26.720 --> 01:43:29.640 Seward or these guys with four hundred and eighty points, 2101 01:43:29.680 --> 01:43:32.119 they're sitting seventeenth and eighteenth. You know they're going to 2102 01:43:32.199 --> 01:43:34.039 play most of the rest of our series. You know, 2103 01:43:34.079 --> 01:43:36.159 they're going to play the World Series you know, they're 2104 01:43:36.159 --> 01:43:39.960 also about halfway to what they need to qualify for 2105 01:43:40.000 --> 01:43:44.439 the championship. So these guys have good starts and if 2106 01:43:44.479 --> 01:43:47.039 they can just you know, keep going, they're going to 2107 01:43:47.079 --> 01:43:49.560 make it. You know, you look at the guys outside 2108 01:43:49.640 --> 01:43:51.800 or just on the fringe, you know, justin Saliba or 2109 01:43:51.840 --> 01:43:54.920 Steven Song, you know they're going to find points. Josh 2110 01:43:54.960 --> 01:43:56.960 arih he's going to play a bunch of makes and 2111 01:43:57.000 --> 01:43:59.399 p low. He's going to get, you know, push his 2112 01:43:59.439 --> 01:44:01.920 tally up in the World Series. So just looking at 2113 01:44:01.960 --> 01:44:03.640 who has points, I think it's a good sign for 2114 01:44:03.760 --> 01:44:07.239 kind of PGT events once the World Series ends and 2115 01:44:07.319 --> 01:44:10.199 what we're doing in the back half of the year. 2116 01:44:10.640 --> 01:44:13.960 Yeah, so thirty events at the WICIP are going to 2117 01:44:14.079 --> 01:44:17.960 count towards the PGT or they're going to be PGT 2118 01:44:18.039 --> 01:44:22.600 qualifying events. Obviously, everyone that's that's really putting a lot 2119 01:44:22.600 --> 01:44:24.479 of volume, in a lot of focus on the PGT. 2120 01:44:24.640 --> 01:44:29.479 They're going for million dollar championship qualification. You know, they 2121 01:44:29.479 --> 01:44:31.640 probably also have some of their eyes or some of 2122 01:44:31.640 --> 01:44:34.119 their set sights on the Player of the Year title, 2123 01:44:34.119 --> 01:44:37.359 which comes with a fifty thousand dollars prize, Like do 2124 01:44:37.399 --> 01:44:40.000 you think that do you think the players are basically 2125 01:44:40.039 --> 01:44:46.279 aware of kind of where they're sitting, what the season means, 2126 01:44:46.359 --> 01:44:50.680 the leader board, and then how many events count for 2127 01:44:50.720 --> 01:44:54.039 the DOUBSIP. Like one thing that I'll point out, just 2128 01:44:54.079 --> 01:44:57.479 anecdotally is I was in the booth with Jeremy Becker 2129 01:44:57.520 --> 01:45:00.439 and he was like, Wow, thirty events count this year, 2130 01:45:00.680 --> 01:45:02.720 Like so he kind of wasn't aware. But you know, 2131 01:45:02.760 --> 01:45:04.239 I mean, poker player is going to poke a player 2132 01:45:04.279 --> 01:45:05.800 at the end of the day. You know, do you 2133 01:45:05.840 --> 01:45:08.760 think that these players are aware of it, of everything 2134 01:45:08.840 --> 01:45:10.880 the PGT is doing, and then are they going to 2135 01:45:10.960 --> 01:45:15.920 kind of build their was ap schedules around PGT stuff. 2136 01:45:16.439 --> 01:45:17.239 No, I don't think so. 2137 01:45:17.359 --> 01:45:20.279 I don't. I don't think a lot of them. I 2138 01:45:20.359 --> 01:45:22.640 look have looked, you know, real deeply at the World 2139 01:45:22.640 --> 01:45:25.359 Series schedule yet, and I don't think they're going to 2140 01:45:25.359 --> 01:45:30.479 be picking events because it qualifies for PGT points at 2141 01:45:30.479 --> 01:45:34.920 this point in time. You know, like Jeremy Becker, he's 2142 01:45:35.000 --> 01:45:36.920 if there's a ten k, you know, twenty five K 2143 01:45:37.039 --> 01:45:40.319 high roller at the World Series, or there's a eight 2144 01:45:40.399 --> 01:45:43.960 hundred at the win with two million dollar guarantee, you know, 2145 01:45:44.000 --> 01:45:45.800 I don't know what he's going to choose, but I 2146 01:45:45.800 --> 01:45:47.960 don't think the decision is going to rest on PGD 2147 01:45:48.079 --> 01:45:50.760 points for one or another. But yeah, I think a 2148 01:45:50.800 --> 01:45:54.079 lot of people don't realize that there are thirty events 2149 01:45:54.079 --> 01:45:57.119 that qualify for PGD points. But that's not because they 2150 01:45:57.119 --> 01:46:00.199 don't know that. They're just not looking at the full 2151 01:46:00.319 --> 01:46:02.840 kind of WSP schedule, right. They're kind of creating their 2152 01:46:02.840 --> 01:46:06.600 own schedule and if events falling that they're not you know, 2153 01:46:06.680 --> 01:46:10.119 lining up every event and saying, oh, yeah, I'm gonna 2154 01:46:10.119 --> 01:46:11.880 play these thirty PGT events. 2155 01:46:12.319 --> 01:46:15.359 But what about somebody like Eric Blair, for example, Like, 2156 01:46:15.399 --> 01:46:17.239 do you think he's gonna be like because I mean, 2157 01:46:17.279 --> 01:46:19.840 you mentioned he's obviously very aware of everything that's going on, 2158 01:46:19.920 --> 01:46:24.079 so is he. Maybe it's not that it necessarily influences 2159 01:46:24.359 --> 01:46:26.720 everything with him, but you know, maybe it does where 2160 01:46:26.760 --> 01:46:29.760 he's like, Okay, I'm gonna play more ten K plus 2161 01:46:29.800 --> 01:46:30.600 events this year. 2162 01:46:31.000 --> 01:46:34.319 For him, maybe he maybe might play a few more 2163 01:46:34.479 --> 01:46:37.680 ten k you know plus events, But I think that's 2164 01:46:37.720 --> 01:46:39.920 more because he's had such a good start to the 2165 01:46:40.039 --> 01:46:45.720 year for his kind of bankroll. So yes, he kind 2166 01:46:45.720 --> 01:46:48.800 of yes and no answer there kind of see how 2167 01:46:48.800 --> 01:46:51.640 it kind of all all plays that I guess. 2168 01:46:51.760 --> 01:46:55.359 And then also during the summer, what's what's going on 2169 01:46:55.359 --> 01:46:56.000 at the studio. 2170 01:46:57.359 --> 01:47:01.239 We got eleven Aria hi Rollers renamed that, but right 2171 01:47:01.239 --> 01:47:05.800 now eleven Area high Rollers, six PLO all ten k's 2172 01:47:05.880 --> 01:47:09.359 and then five fifteen K no limit hold them high 2173 01:47:09.439 --> 01:47:13.079 rollers overlapping the opening days of the main event, So 2174 01:47:13.960 --> 01:47:16.359 eleven high roller events. Studio is going to be busy 2175 01:47:16.520 --> 01:47:19.239 with some high roller op A tournaments. 2176 01:47:19.439 --> 01:47:22.880 And those are always pretty well attended. Right The no. 2177 01:47:23.000 --> 01:47:26.960 Limbit ones, especially two years ago, the PLO ones were crushing. 2178 01:47:27.239 --> 01:47:29.359 Last year is a little bit down, and I think 2179 01:47:29.359 --> 01:47:32.079 that's because there's so much PLO now. 2180 01:47:32.680 --> 01:47:34.079 So we'll see how these ones go. 2181 01:47:34.520 --> 01:47:37.720 Basically just giving players an opportunity to pick up points 2182 01:47:37.800 --> 01:47:41.439 on during those when we think is the best part 2183 01:47:41.479 --> 01:47:42.840 of the whole summer schedule. 2184 01:47:44.479 --> 01:47:45.920 Where do you think the cutoff is going to be 2185 01:47:45.920 --> 01:47:49.840 for the top forty? I think it's what was it 2186 01:47:49.920 --> 01:47:50.399 lasting here? 2187 01:47:50.920 --> 01:47:53.840 So the official top forty last year was nine to 2188 01:47:53.840 --> 01:47:58.039 sixty nine. Stephen Chidwick was fortieth, but with the people 2189 01:47:58.039 --> 01:48:01.000 that didn't qualify cash wise, it dropped down to eight 2190 01:48:01.039 --> 01:48:04.920 eighty one. You know, the fortieth place this year is 2191 01:48:04.960 --> 01:48:07.840 going to be like a little bit under that, we're 2192 01:48:07.880 --> 01:48:11.680 going to say call it low nine hundreds, and then 2193 01:48:11.760 --> 01:48:15.920 the actual top forty is going to be the fortieth 2194 01:48:15.920 --> 01:48:19.199 player that qualifies. I wouldn't surprise me if he had 2195 01:48:19.279 --> 01:48:23.359 less than eight hundred points, just because of the opt 2196 01:48:23.359 --> 01:48:24.720 outs and stuff like that. 2197 01:48:25.880 --> 01:48:28.720 I think the cutoff is going to be a thousand. Okay, 2198 01:48:29.119 --> 01:48:31.119 I'm going the other way. Who are some of your 2199 01:48:31.159 --> 01:48:33.560 early surprises on the leaderboard. 2200 01:48:34.800 --> 01:48:37.119 I think we've touched on Eric Blair enough, but definitely 2201 01:48:37.239 --> 01:48:43.439 Eric Blair. I guess another one is, you know, Pad's 2202 01:48:43.479 --> 01:48:46.479 had such a hot start and he's you know, backed 2203 01:48:46.479 --> 01:48:49.000 it up by playing the Mixgame series, playing the PLO series, 2204 01:48:49.000 --> 01:48:51.560 playing the USPO. He's obviously you know if you follow 2205 01:48:51.640 --> 01:48:54.000 him on Instagram, he's heading a Europe for a little 2206 01:48:54.079 --> 01:48:57.159 vacation right now before he comes back. So seeing him 2207 01:48:57.239 --> 01:49:00.720 kind of keep pushing through and chasing the points and 2208 01:49:00.800 --> 01:49:02.680 you know, like he like, we just can't touch on 2209 01:49:02.720 --> 01:49:05.199 he has seven hundred and twelve points. You know, he 2210 01:49:05.319 --> 01:49:08.960 might only need another hundred to qualify. Another name there, 2211 01:49:09.000 --> 01:49:11.880 Michael Monchek. You know he's played some events here and there, 2212 01:49:12.520 --> 01:49:16.680 but we've seen him Pogo Cup, play every event Mixed 2213 01:49:16.760 --> 01:49:21.199 Games one hundred K mix came out for USPO. He 2214 01:49:21.239 --> 01:49:24.680 skipped the PLO series, which is a little surprising because 2215 01:49:24.680 --> 01:49:27.359 he does play PLO. But you know, seeing those who 2216 01:49:27.560 --> 01:49:30.399 kind of putting in volume, who have never really put 2217 01:49:30.399 --> 01:49:33.479 in volume on the PGT is great. And then you know, 2218 01:49:33.560 --> 01:49:35.239 bit down the list, you're looking at these guys that 2219 01:49:35.279 --> 01:49:38.600 you know you touched on that group of like the 2220 01:49:38.640 --> 01:49:40.600 Sam Laskowitz So you got Nick c where You've got 2221 01:49:40.640 --> 01:49:44.479 Neil Warren, who's new, you know, Matthew McEwan. These guys 2222 01:49:44.520 --> 01:49:47.960 are you know, Jeremy Becker, et cetera. That I just 2223 01:49:48.439 --> 01:49:51.800 seem to be firing everything Land and Tice stuff like that. 2224 01:49:52.000 --> 01:49:56.319 So good to see that kind of next batch of 2225 01:49:56.760 --> 01:49:59.640 kind of local pros putting in volume in the studio, 2226 01:49:59.760 --> 01:50:02.279 chase in points, chasing PGG titles and all that kind 2227 01:50:02.319 --> 01:50:02.760 of stuff. 2228 01:50:04.199 --> 01:50:05.600 Well, Becker's got some work to do. 2229 01:50:05.960 --> 01:50:07.920 He's having a terrible start of the year. 2230 01:50:08.359 --> 01:50:11.000 Yeah, he's getting getting He's getting crushure that. I mean 2231 01:50:11.039 --> 01:50:13.119 that that leads me to my next question. You know, 2232 01:50:13.119 --> 01:50:18.159 who are your early letdowns, Like who's not performing. 2233 01:50:19.680 --> 01:50:27.479 Jerry Jeremy Becker has played at least it's five thirteen 2234 01:50:27.760 --> 01:50:30.680 twenty one events. He's got one cash for twenty five k, 2235 01:50:30.800 --> 01:50:32.119 so he needs to do a lot of work. He's 2236 01:50:32.119 --> 01:50:35.199 probably bubbled four events, so he needs to kind of 2237 01:50:35.199 --> 01:50:36.079 turn all that round. 2238 01:50:36.520 --> 01:50:39.159 Jan I will say that he's gotten screwed in a 2239 01:50:39.199 --> 01:50:42.000 lot of spots. Some of it is not his fault. 2240 01:50:42.079 --> 01:50:45.840 Yeah, you know, compared to last year, Jereymy Osmas is 2241 01:50:45.880 --> 01:50:47.760 not having a great year, but he still has six 2242 01:50:47.840 --> 01:50:51.520 cashes at three hundred plus points, so you know, he's 2243 01:50:51.560 --> 01:50:56.840 still he's still getting on base. As they say, I think, 2244 01:50:56.880 --> 01:51:01.680 you know, honestly, they're the two kind of biggest names 2245 01:51:01.680 --> 01:51:05.560 that you know, really stand out to me. Another one, 2246 01:51:05.560 --> 01:51:09.239 I guess, Dylan Lindy normally plays all our series hold 2247 01:51:09.319 --> 01:51:13.960 Them plo and mixed. He's done some traveling, et cetera, 2248 01:51:14.079 --> 01:51:16.600 so he's missed some stuff. He's only got six cashes 2249 01:51:16.600 --> 01:51:21.159 two hundred and fifteen points. Stephen Chidwick another one former 2250 01:51:21.199 --> 01:51:24.640 Player of the Year, three cashers. Obviously he doesn't live 2251 01:51:24.680 --> 01:51:29.720 here anymore, so has some traveling that he does, and 2252 01:51:29.760 --> 01:51:32.039 he obviously goes to play Trent. But you know, one 2253 01:51:32.079 --> 01:51:34.840 hundred and seventy point one hundred and seventy four points 2254 01:51:34.840 --> 01:51:36.720 for him, but you know, he'll probably likely pick up 2255 01:51:36.720 --> 01:51:39.840 a lot during the World Series. So there's a couple 2256 01:51:39.840 --> 01:51:43.520 of like the bigger names, and then you know, Stephen Song, 2257 01:51:43.720 --> 01:51:47.800 Joseph Chug, these guys still kind of you know, Anthony 2258 01:51:47.800 --> 01:51:50.960 who still choosing to do a little bit of traveling 2259 01:51:51.039 --> 01:51:55.439 over playing poker. Probably healthy for their you know, relationships, 2260 01:51:55.439 --> 01:51:58.520 healthy for their mind and help, you know, but you know, 2261 01:51:58.560 --> 01:52:00.560 I want you in the studio playing every event. If 2262 01:52:00.600 --> 01:52:02.199 I'm being selfish. 2263 01:52:02.720 --> 01:52:06.840 Yeah, I think I'm surprised a little bit with David Peters. 2264 01:52:08.279 --> 01:52:11.560 You know, I thought by now he we'd be past 2265 01:52:11.680 --> 01:52:14.840 the you know, the new dad stuff and he would 2266 01:52:14.880 --> 01:52:17.000 just be putting in his normal like full volume. And 2267 01:52:17.039 --> 01:52:19.279 we obviously know how good David Peters is. You know, 2268 01:52:19.319 --> 01:52:23.359 he does have six cashes, yes, but no podium finishes 2269 01:52:24.680 --> 01:52:26.479 as of right now, and only two hundred and twenty 2270 01:52:26.520 --> 01:52:30.079 seven points, which you know, like you said, getting on base, Yes, 2271 01:52:30.159 --> 01:52:32.720 but you know he's got to have to turn it 2272 01:52:32.800 --> 01:52:37.439 up a bit. I would add Carrie Katz, he's been 2273 01:52:37.600 --> 01:52:41.960 putting in the volume. Yeah, he has five cases, but 2274 01:52:42.000 --> 01:52:44.279 he has yet to make a final table. So you know, 2275 01:52:44.399 --> 01:52:48.359 Carrie's got some work to do as well. And then 2276 01:52:48.680 --> 01:52:52.479 David Coleman, who's probably not put in as much volume 2277 01:52:52.520 --> 01:52:55.359 as he did last season. You know, obviously had that 2278 01:52:56.359 --> 01:53:00.520 scorching hot start last season, but you know, David with Coleman, 2279 01:53:00.600 --> 01:53:03.359 I think needs to start getting to work. And then 2280 01:53:03.399 --> 01:53:05.920 another one I think is Brock Wilson. You know, I 2281 01:53:06.159 --> 01:53:09.560 kind of expect him to maybe not necessarily like be 2282 01:53:09.720 --> 01:53:12.159 in the top forty, but be challenging, you know, be 2283 01:53:12.279 --> 01:53:16.600 within twenty spots of the top forty, and he's he 2284 01:53:16.640 --> 01:53:18.720 hasn't been in the studio like a whole time, and 2285 01:53:18.760 --> 01:53:22.239 then he hasn't been performing of course, so you know, 2286 01:53:22.279 --> 01:53:24.640 we'll see how how that stuff goes. But you know, 2287 01:53:24.680 --> 01:53:26.960 those are kind of the names that that stick out 2288 01:53:27.039 --> 01:53:29.920 to me as you know, I mean, we call him letdowns, 2289 01:53:29.920 --> 01:53:31.960 but it's just you know, lack of performance right now. 2290 01:53:32.000 --> 01:53:35.199 But it's obviously a long season. There's a huge chunk 2291 01:53:35.199 --> 01:53:37.439 of stuff, as we outlined during the summer for the 2292 01:53:37.439 --> 01:53:42.479 World Series, so you know, plenty of plenty of movement 2293 01:53:42.640 --> 01:53:44.880 still to be had, points to be grabbed, all that 2294 01:53:44.920 --> 01:53:49.960 sort of stuff. So so we'll see. This is now 2295 01:53:50.039 --> 01:53:54.880 the fifth season of the PGT, you know, has the 2296 01:53:54.960 --> 01:53:57.479 leaderboard race, you know, the race for Player of the 2297 01:53:57.600 --> 01:53:59.840 Year getting into the championship? Has that all kind of 2298 01:54:00.079 --> 01:54:04.119 evolved how you had hoped? You know, where it's it 2299 01:54:04.159 --> 01:54:07.640 really is, Like it's not just a points race. It's 2300 01:54:07.680 --> 01:54:12.880 definitely evolved into you know, a big giant competition within 2301 01:54:12.920 --> 01:54:16.079 the high stakes community. It has a lot of season 2302 01:54:16.119 --> 01:54:19.720 long narratives. The guys you know in Gales, they really 2303 01:54:20.239 --> 01:54:23.520 get behind it, they fight for it. They are for 2304 01:54:23.560 --> 01:54:26.119 the most part pretty aware of all the leader boards. 2305 01:54:26.159 --> 01:54:29.239 So has it evolved to like what you wanted it 2306 01:54:29.279 --> 01:54:31.520 to be or does it still have more to go? 2307 01:54:31.720 --> 01:54:33.520 Is it a head of pace behind pace? Like what's 2308 01:54:33.560 --> 01:54:34.520 your kind of thoughts there? 2309 01:54:34.760 --> 01:54:36.359 I think it's still has a little bit more to go. 2310 01:54:36.720 --> 01:54:39.359 This year has been coming off last year. I think 2311 01:54:39.399 --> 01:54:41.720 we see a lot of players Okay, I want to 2312 01:54:41.760 --> 01:54:44.000 be part of this, this free roll, this million dollar 2313 01:54:44.039 --> 01:54:47.039 free roll. And we see that really developed in the 2314 01:54:47.079 --> 01:54:51.439 latter stages of the season, especially with PGD Lost Chance. 2315 01:54:51.800 --> 01:54:55.640 So I think that we're always going to trend up 2316 01:54:55.720 --> 01:54:58.640 at the end of the year. Season on season. You know, 2317 01:54:58.720 --> 01:55:00.479 we just kind of touched on texts PO grow up 2318 01:55:00.520 --> 01:55:02.960 in and players. Yeah, I'm not going to go we 2319 01:55:03.079 --> 01:55:06.600 kind of want when we start expanding the tour and 2320 01:55:06.640 --> 01:55:09.600 branching out, we kind of want people to really, you know, 2321 01:55:10.119 --> 01:55:12.960 choose us and go to all our stuffs, play all 2322 01:55:12.960 --> 01:55:15.560 our events. Maybe next year we see a bit more 2323 01:55:15.600 --> 01:55:18.520 of that and a bit more picking and choosing our 2324 01:55:18.600 --> 01:55:22.319 events over everyone else's. But either way, if you look 2325 01:55:22.359 --> 01:55:27.079 at our numbers, numbers are increasing, I think across the board, 2326 01:55:27.199 --> 01:55:31.000 so everything's kind of on the up. And the points 2327 01:55:31.079 --> 01:55:34.359 race is obviously important. Qualifying for the free roll is important, 2328 01:55:34.399 --> 01:55:37.399 and making that a real event that people want to 2329 01:55:37.399 --> 01:55:39.880 be part of. Like, how do we you know, this year, 2330 01:55:39.920 --> 01:55:42.199 can we make it a bit more special somehow? Like 2331 01:55:42.239 --> 01:55:45.399 what can we do from our side the PGT slash 2332 01:55:45.439 --> 01:55:49.039 Progago just to make it more of a spectacle. You know. 2333 01:55:49.039 --> 01:55:51.359 I think we've talked about that a lot, and hopefully 2334 01:55:51.439 --> 01:55:55.000 this year we can kind of really just turn it up, 2335 01:55:55.439 --> 01:55:59.159 make it an extra special event, and really hammer it 2336 01:55:59.239 --> 01:56:01.319 home that the is the where you want to be. 2337 01:56:01.399 --> 01:56:04.560 Playing one more letdown while we're at it, red Linn, 2338 01:56:04.920 --> 01:56:05.560 where's he been? 2339 01:56:05.560 --> 01:56:07.279 He's chilling in China with family. 2340 01:56:08.079 --> 01:56:09.720 Well that's not where the PGT is. 2341 01:56:09.800 --> 01:56:11.399 I not, Citie, I. 2342 01:56:11.479 --> 01:56:14.680 Got to take a break, Okay, not even coming to 2343 01:56:14.720 --> 01:56:15.920 Defendi's title. 2344 01:56:17.600 --> 01:56:21.279 Unreal unreal. I mean I brought him up to segue 2345 01:56:21.319 --> 01:56:23.840 into the next topic we're going to talk about here. Briefly, 2346 01:56:23.920 --> 01:56:28.199 Texas Poker Open next up on the PGT schedule. So 2347 01:56:28.279 --> 01:56:30.800 the US Poker Open is obviously just wrapped up, the 2348 01:56:30.880 --> 01:56:33.000 leaderboards heating up. Tim and I have talked a lot 2349 01:56:33.039 --> 01:56:36.880 about it. We are now shifting focus to Houston. Texas 2350 01:56:36.880 --> 01:56:40.800 Poker Open is back, baby. It features once again a 2351 01:56:40.920 --> 01:56:45.720 two million dollars guaranteed main events. That main event runs 2352 01:56:45.720 --> 01:56:49.880 April twenty third through twenty eighth down at Champions Club. 2353 01:56:50.680 --> 01:56:54.159 There are also four fifty one dollars Nolan Man hold 2354 01:56:54.199 --> 01:56:58.279 Him high rollers, so the series already started. The Texas 2355 01:56:58.279 --> 01:57:01.720 Poker Opan runs the sixteenth April through the twenty ninth, 2356 01:57:02.079 --> 01:57:05.479 a bunch of smaller buying stuff, but then within the 2357 01:57:05.520 --> 01:57:10.399 schedule there are a total of five PGT qualifying events. You, sir, 2358 01:57:10.600 --> 01:57:13.760 will be headed there pretty soon. What are you most 2359 01:57:13.800 --> 01:57:16.119 excited about forgetting back? 2360 01:57:16.199 --> 01:57:19.600 I am looking forward to eating a steak every day. 2361 01:57:19.960 --> 01:57:20.920 I knew you were going to say that. 2362 01:57:21.960 --> 01:57:27.199 The lunch and dinner. I'm not even joking. Food there 2363 01:57:27.319 --> 01:57:29.760 is amazing. I love the food there. I just love 2364 01:57:29.800 --> 01:57:32.520 the atmosphere of that room. I enjoy that the staff 2365 01:57:32.520 --> 01:57:35.399 are great, they're friendly, focus great. I kind of just 2366 01:57:35.439 --> 01:57:39.039 love everything about Hughes. I do also like that, you know, 2367 01:57:39.079 --> 01:57:42.000 we're in the studio it feels sometimes twenty four to seven, 2368 01:57:42.079 --> 01:57:44.680 right and you know, we do have the World Series 2369 01:57:44.720 --> 01:57:46.359 coming up, so that would be a nice change of pace. 2370 01:57:46.399 --> 01:57:49.199 But this is like a nice change of pace before 2371 01:57:49.279 --> 01:57:52.560 the grueling summer, you know, getting out of the studio, 2372 01:57:53.199 --> 01:57:56.399 getting to a different state, seeing some different kind of 2373 01:57:56.399 --> 01:58:00.079 poker and styles down there, kind of what appeals to me. 2374 01:58:00.279 --> 01:58:03.800 And you know, from the more PGT perspective, I think 2375 01:58:03.800 --> 01:58:08.640 it's healthy for the tour to have a variety of 2376 01:58:08.720 --> 01:58:11.800 locations where events are held. Now, you know, we're kind 2377 01:58:11.800 --> 01:58:13.239 of touch on a lot of players aren't going to 2378 01:58:13.239 --> 01:58:15.960 this one or they've got other things on. That's okay, 2379 01:58:16.159 --> 01:58:19.560 that's you know, it happens. But at least we're providing 2380 01:58:19.640 --> 01:58:26.239 the opportunity for our normal players to travel and accumulate points. Also, 2381 01:58:26.520 --> 01:58:28.960 it also helps a tour that we can get some 2382 01:58:29.000 --> 01:58:31.079 people into our system. You know, the winner of the 2383 01:58:31.119 --> 01:58:34.000 main event is probably going to have anywhere between three 2384 01:58:34.039 --> 01:58:36.479 hundred and four hundred points. That's going to put them 2385 01:58:36.520 --> 01:58:38.479 in a pretty good spot heading in the World Series. 2386 01:58:39.000 --> 01:58:43.239 You know you're someone like you know, Jonathan Tamaya last 2387 01:58:43.319 --> 01:58:47.279 year finished a final table with the Texas Prokeer Open 2388 01:58:47.359 --> 01:58:50.079 main event. He obviously won the WSOP main event, then 2389 01:58:50.079 --> 01:58:55.279 he chased that third cash to qualify. So who knows 2390 01:58:55.319 --> 01:58:58.960 where people are going to. 2391 01:58:58.239 --> 01:58:59.960 Take their poker career this this year? 2392 01:59:00.079 --> 01:59:03.119 Yea, but in Texas, when I see some people grab 2393 01:59:03.159 --> 01:59:05.920 some points, grab some cash's kind of gives them their 2394 01:59:05.960 --> 01:59:08.680 springboard on the PGT for you know, the rest of 2395 01:59:08.720 --> 01:59:09.199 the season. 2396 01:59:09.600 --> 01:59:11.479 You know, Jeff Platt will be down there as well. 2397 01:59:11.520 --> 01:59:15.079 He put a lengthy post on Twitter earlier today about it. 2398 01:59:16.560 --> 01:59:18.239 Let me just hit on kind of what he said. 2399 01:59:18.279 --> 01:59:20.800 He said, I'll be at Champions Club Texas soon for 2400 01:59:20.840 --> 01:59:22.840 the Texas Poker Roban. He's so excited. One of the 2401 01:59:22.880 --> 01:59:27.079 best stops of the year. Here's why. Number one nice hotel. 2402 01:59:27.600 --> 01:59:31.640 Every room in the building newly renovated. Can you go downstairs, boom, 2403 01:59:31.720 --> 01:59:35.079 there's a poker room. That's cool. I have yet to 2404 01:59:35.119 --> 01:59:37.439 be there, you can speak to this, but I mean 2405 01:59:37.520 --> 01:59:39.439 the photos and everything look very nice. 2406 01:59:39.520 --> 01:59:39.760 Great. 2407 01:59:39.800 --> 01:59:43.239 Yeah, obviously walking right downstairs and just being able to 2408 01:59:43.439 --> 01:59:47.680 jump into a game seems amazing. Great food You've already 2409 01:59:47.760 --> 01:59:50.800 hit on that, but Jeff, you know backs you up here. 2410 01:59:50.920 --> 01:59:53.199 Not just great for a poker room, great food period. 2411 01:59:53.279 --> 01:59:55.720 Chef Connie is simply elite. Some of the best steaks 2412 01:59:55.760 --> 01:59:59.840 you've ever had. In the replies Alex Livingston, best poker 2413 02:00:00.279 --> 02:00:05.119 food I've ever experienced. Buy a mile. So there you go. There. 2414 02:00:05.720 --> 02:00:08.359 Terrific service and hospitality both on and off the fell 2415 02:00:08.439 --> 02:00:11.880 Isaac Trumbo and his team treat players so well. The 2416 02:00:11.920 --> 02:00:14.000 poker staff is filled with some of the faces you'll 2417 02:00:14.039 --> 02:00:16.720 recognize from their time spent at some of the top 2418 02:00:16.800 --> 02:00:20.640 tournaments in Las Vegas. Jeff added, the reason why we're 2419 02:00:20.680 --> 02:00:24.960 talking about it the Poker Go Tour stops here, so 2420 02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:29.760 it'll it ensures you'll be playing top quality tournaments set 2421 02:00:29.800 --> 02:00:33.439 up by the commission himself. Tim Duckworth go shout out 2422 02:00:33.439 --> 02:00:37.199 to you, Tim. Meetup game featuring seventeen times WS Bracelet 2423 02:00:37.239 --> 02:00:40.560 winner Phil Helmyth on Wednesday night, that's April twenty third. 2424 02:00:40.479 --> 02:00:42.760 And zero time WS tolet Wintering. 2425 02:00:42.800 --> 02:00:44.960 Tim duck with you're going to be in there too. 2426 02:00:45.039 --> 02:00:48.039 I know we're going to be in there. 2427 02:00:47.920 --> 02:00:50.039 You'll be in there too. I believe I saw on 2428 02:00:50.079 --> 02:00:53.479 the flyer one three nolim At hold on for me. 2429 02:00:53.880 --> 02:00:56.079 So we may sell some action on poker Steake, but 2430 02:00:56.279 --> 02:00:56.960 we'll be in there. 2431 02:00:57.560 --> 02:01:00.359 There you go, And that starts at seven pm local 2432 02:01:00.399 --> 02:01:04.039 time on Wednesday, the twenty third at Champions. The poker 2433 02:01:04.079 --> 02:01:08.039 action is well, Buffalo Hanks, Brent Hanks, final table, the 2434 02:01:08.039 --> 02:01:12.159 main event last year, enough said, so shots fired there, 2435 02:01:13.159 --> 02:01:15.279 so yeah, and then we're gonna do live streaming of 2436 02:01:15.399 --> 02:01:18.399 the Cash Festival, and then we'll also have coverage of 2437 02:01:18.560 --> 02:01:22.279 the Texas Poker Open main events starting with day one. 2438 02:01:22.359 --> 02:01:25.920 B on that one. So those are the nuggets from 2439 02:01:26.079 --> 02:01:30.760 Jeff's post earlier today. So he's he's amped up. I 2440 02:01:30.760 --> 02:01:33.239 know you're ready to get down there and go. So 2441 02:01:34.359 --> 02:01:36.920 I'll be jealous, but I'll be sweating from afar. Give 2442 02:01:37.000 --> 02:01:40.079 us some predictions. Who do you do you do you 2443 02:01:40.079 --> 02:01:42.319 know any names that are going there? Who do you 2444 02:01:42.359 --> 02:01:44.760 think is gonna do well? Like? What what do you 2445 02:01:44.760 --> 02:01:48.600 think the numbers draw for the high roller events? You 2446 02:01:48.720 --> 02:01:50.079 got seven seventy three? 2447 02:01:50.439 --> 02:01:54.760 Was it seven thirty three? I think it was whatever? 2448 02:01:54.840 --> 02:01:55.119 Close? 2449 02:01:55.600 --> 02:01:57.520 Well, look you know we have touched on it is 2450 02:01:57.560 --> 02:02:00.640 top we have some players that you know where they're 2451 02:02:00.680 --> 02:02:04.520 last year not coming for variety of reasons. So that 2452 02:02:04.640 --> 02:02:06.840 makes us a little worried. If we're being honest, you know, 2453 02:02:06.880 --> 02:02:08.920 we've got a big guarantee. Got to try and hit that. 2454 02:02:09.680 --> 02:02:12.720 So that's the first goal, just get to just just 2455 02:02:12.880 --> 02:02:15.880 hit that two million dollar prize pull. But I you know, 2456 02:02:15.920 --> 02:02:18.800 I honestly just want to see a good field, a 2457 02:02:18.800 --> 02:02:23.199 lot of locals, a lot of satellite winners getting in there, 2458 02:02:23.199 --> 02:02:25.760 making day two making a run. I think that's really 2459 02:02:25.800 --> 02:02:30.640 good and you know, healthy for the Houston playpool. But 2460 02:02:31.359 --> 02:02:33.560 I think it's Champions Club. You know, we've taken a 2461 02:02:33.600 --> 02:02:36.359 tour there. Now. This is our third tour stop. You know, 2462 02:02:36.680 --> 02:02:38.720 obviously we did this in April last year. We have 2463 02:02:38.800 --> 02:02:42.479 the Texas Peeler roundup in November. You know, this our 2464 02:02:42.520 --> 02:02:46.039 third time. They're Champions is really kind of stamping their 2465 02:02:46.039 --> 02:02:49.520 foot on being the kind of premiere spot in Houston 2466 02:02:50.800 --> 02:02:55.039 for poker and the people around them, the other poker 2467 02:02:55.119 --> 02:02:57.640 rooms in the area. Kind of a kind of yep, 2468 02:02:57.720 --> 02:03:00.279 we understand that we'll kind of operate around yous, so 2469 02:03:00.720 --> 02:03:03.640 hopefully we see an incredible turnout, you know, of all 2470 02:03:03.680 --> 02:03:07.920 locals and hopefully the players kind of enjoy themselves. That's 2471 02:03:07.920 --> 02:03:10.119 what kind of matters. We want to put on a 2472 02:03:10.119 --> 02:03:11.960 good series, put on a good show. We've got the 2473 02:03:12.000 --> 02:03:14.960 cash game streams, we have the meetup game, we have 2474 02:03:15.079 --> 02:03:19.159 the main event streams. So it's a good two weeks 2475 02:03:19.199 --> 02:03:21.920 of poker in Texas. Sweet. 2476 02:03:22.439 --> 02:03:25.720 As I mentioned, there will be coverage live streaming coverage 2477 02:03:25.760 --> 02:03:28.560 on PokerGO dot com. You guys can check out pokerg 2478 02:03:28.680 --> 02:03:32.439 dot com slash schedule for the schedule details there. Tim's 2479 02:03:32.479 --> 02:03:34.600 gonna be handling a bunch of the live updates on 2480 02:03:34.760 --> 02:03:38.199 PGT dot com, so you guys can follow along there 2481 02:03:38.359 --> 02:03:40.479 as well. I don't think we got anything else to 2482 02:03:40.479 --> 02:03:42.239 talk about. We've talked about a whole bunch of stuff. 2483 02:03:42.279 --> 02:03:46.720 Got everyone caught up. Two hour show. Let's rock and roll, baby, Yeah, 2484 02:03:47.520 --> 02:03:48.640 you got anything else for us? 2485 02:03:49.479 --> 02:03:52.319 I guess we'll talk off to Texas, all right, cool, 2486 02:03:52.319 --> 02:03:55.920 I might try and play the main event. I'm gonna okay, 2487 02:03:56.680 --> 02:03:58.960 let me ask you, okay, ready, I was gonna get 2488 02:03:58.960 --> 02:03:59.800 their Sunday night. 2489 02:04:00.439 --> 02:04:02.479 There's one hundred, huh. 2490 02:04:03.000 --> 02:04:03.279 I said. 2491 02:04:03.319 --> 02:04:05.159 The answer is yes, play. 2492 02:04:04.880 --> 02:04:07.119 No, there's one hundred. Yeah, there's one hundred and fifty 2493 02:04:07.119 --> 02:04:08.840 dollars all in all fault time. I'm not gonna play 2494 02:04:08.840 --> 02:04:11.319 that the next I was gonna play a three hundred 2495 02:04:11.319 --> 02:04:15.479 dollars something one day. Should I just play the three 2496 02:04:15.520 --> 02:04:17.239 hundred dollars satellite instead? 2497 02:04:17.680 --> 02:04:20.720 Of course, I just try and get in. Yeah. Good, 2498 02:04:20.840 --> 02:04:22.039 Jeff and Brent can cash. 2499 02:04:22.199 --> 02:04:23.359 Surely I have a chance. 2500 02:04:24.319 --> 02:04:25.239 Has Jeff cashed? 2501 02:04:25.279 --> 02:04:26.079 He cashed? Yeah? 2502 02:04:26.079 --> 02:04:26.840 They both cashed? 2503 02:04:27.239 --> 02:04:30.640 Well, I know, I know brand obviously cash, yes, whatever, 2504 02:04:30.680 --> 02:04:34.560 but I didn't. I couldn't remember if Jeff did or not. Yeah, 2505 02:04:34.640 --> 02:04:35.479 I mean get in there. 2506 02:04:36.319 --> 02:04:37.079 Yeah, I'm gonna try. 2507 02:04:38.600 --> 02:04:41.680 All right, cool, all right, Well, long show, but we 2508 02:04:41.720 --> 02:04:44.000 had to get everyone caught up and everything. Again. Apologies 2509 02:04:44.039 --> 02:04:48.439 for the quote unquote break that we took. 2510 02:04:49.119 --> 02:04:51.159 Remember those code words, go into them. 2511 02:04:51.319 --> 02:04:53.319 Yeah, I remember those code words. They were there were 2512 02:04:53.359 --> 02:04:55.439 somewhere in the middle of this episode. Go find them 2513 02:04:55.479 --> 02:04:58.319 and enter them for the promotion so you can have 2514 02:04:58.399 --> 02:05:03.359 shots to win a seat to the PGT million dollars Championship. 2515 02:05:03.600 --> 02:05:05.399 All right, that's gonna do it for us. My name 2516 02:05:05.479 --> 02:05:07.880 is Donna Peters, his name is Tim Duckworth, and we 2517 02:05:07.920 --> 02:05:09.960 will talk to you guys next time. 2518 02:05:10.239 --> 02:05:18.640 So yeah, express