WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:14.199 Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new episode of 2 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:19.440 the Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donny Peters. His 3 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:24.800 name is Tim Duckworth. It is Freaky Friday the thirteenth, baby, 4 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.879 and we are here at the twenty twenty five World 5 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.840 Series of Poker. That's right, baby, Dan Eggs, who's doing 6 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:36.240 some work. We'll get on that in a little bit. 7 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.039 Tim wrote down Scary Friday the thirteenth show. Don't know 8 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:41.640 why it's scary, but here. 9 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:43.880 Friday are always scary, isn't it the thing? 10 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:47.280 Yeah? I guess so. 11 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:50.039 I mean, look, we have a new mascot. We've got 12 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.880 a tram on your head. I'm wearing pink. It's a 13 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:55.399 scary Freaky Friday. 14 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.359 All right, whatever you say, sir. Philip Sternheimer winning the 15 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.520 ten PLA two players returned and he came out on 16 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:06.120 top for his first gold bracelet. We'll talk about that. 17 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:09.319 We got an interview with Sternheimer. It's a good one, 18 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.959 so make sure you stay tuned to listen to that. 19 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.719 Jal Vieira one his fourth WSP gold bracelet. He took 20 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.799 down the one hundred K no limit hold Them high Roller. 21 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.319 We'll also hear from him when he talks with Jeff Platt. 22 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:25.000 The fifteen hundred dollars horse is down to the final two. 23 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.319 They're playing heads up about one hundred yards away from us, 24 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.560 So it might happen that we get a winner live 25 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.799 on the show. If not, we'll obviously wrap this one 26 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.640 up on the next episode. Dan Eggs I already mentioned him. 27 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.959 He is currently leading the way in the ten k 28 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.879 limit hold them. We have a bit of some u 29 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.840 breaking news as it relates to that event. We'll get 30 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:55.599 to that as well. Huge field huge might say massive massive. 31 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.480 In the five K Seniors high Roller, we got the 32 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:07.319 monster Stack, the monster mash I sing sing, I mean, 33 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:09.120 I just I love it every time, right, every time 34 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.919 this event comes around, I sing that song. Monster Stack 35 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:16.800 drew more than twenty six hundred entries on this starting fight. 36 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.599 Still more one, still well, still one starting fight to go, 37 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.759 and then we'll touch on whatever else is happening around 38 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:26.759 the world Series of Poker. If you are ready to 39 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:31.000 play online poker, hop on end to play PokerGO dot 40 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.039 com and get started playing for free. That's right, I 41 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.080 said for free. Because it is for free. You guys 42 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:38.759 can get in there. You can get some chips to 43 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.879 start they're called gold. You can also spin a wheel 44 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.080 every two hours. You can open a treasure trast like 45 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:46.759 you can get all this different stuff. Then you can 46 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:48.439 get in on the tables. They got ring games, they 47 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:51.199 got tournaments, they got sit and goes, and you can 48 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.680 battle with real people just like Tim, just like me. Look, 49 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.520 tram stop right here. This is like Tim's hat. Yeah, 50 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:58.319 what does it say? 51 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.719 Though? Melbourne was a train and I still got the 52 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.759 tag on it. Yeah, I just got it from my 53 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:05.360 loyalist of Paul Bewman. Yeah, shout out. 54 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.639 Paul literally brought a suitcase, suitcase of snacks, this big 55 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:13.759 of of We've got some Australian snacks which a cople 56 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.280 We got a right right there. We got a special 57 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:20.479 episode thing planned later on, but yeah, we'll do that 58 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:23.520 at a later date. But anyway, play poker gro dot com. 59 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.240 It's available on webs available on iOS, it is available 60 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.080 on Android. So check it out today, check it out off, 61 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.840 and check it out every day every day, every single day. 62 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.680 Before we get to all the news and all the happenings. 63 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:40.680 I do want to do a little special edition community cards. Okay, 64 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.280 so let's hit the jingle Tim. We'll do his dance 65 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.159 and then I'll come him back and we'll do this thing. 66 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.240 Attention, attention, good morning, good afternoon, and good evenings to 67 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.639 the Poker Radio audience near and far. It is now 68 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:56.400 time for a brand spanking, spiffy and new shout out 69 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:59.240 to some of our most loyal listeners who likely got 70 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:01.400 a bit too luck on the way to the spotlight. 71 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:04.680 You're listening to the number one poker show in the land, 72 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.759 and it's time for a new edition of the Poker 73 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.280 Go Podcast Community Cards. 74 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.599 All righty, I honestly don't even know if you actually 75 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:14.680 dance like to the music. 76 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.560 I got no idea. Rich has a fun time doing 77 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:21.680 whatever he wants to do with that little, uh little 78 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:22.720 dance set in for him. 79 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:28.160 So I thought today, you know, I've been neglecting the 80 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.399 podcast email inbox, so I might as well get on 81 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:31.759 in there. 82 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:32.120 Okay. 83 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.160 So I got on in there, and I just want to, 84 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:36.120 you know, go through some of the stuff that we have. 85 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.680 I remember we did ask for people to send in 86 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:43.879 some photos and stuff of their collectibles. Yes, so hopefully 87 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.439 if Rich is up to a producer, Rich shout out. 88 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.360 We don't don't mean to make you do more work, 89 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:52.079 but I'm about to make you do more work. We're 90 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:55.000 going to show things on the side on the screen, 91 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:57.480 but there's also a couple of ones that are just 92 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.959 you know, for some messages. We got Mark b. He's 93 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.639 said this before the WSP. Sorry Mark, I'm just getting 94 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:04.759 to it now because I'm an idiot and I forgot. 95 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:07.160 He said, the app feels like it's going to be 96 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.680 a massive improvement, shout out massive, massive over Bravo, and 97 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:14.240 definitely make things much simpler for myself as a non 98 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.759 US player. Anyway, great to have you back the hype 99 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.959 or the WSP starts with the Poker Go pod. He 100 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.959 also asked about hats this year. Yes, we got him. 101 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.920 Eventually we got him, and he said he'll be out 102 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.160 in late June. Also, I just want to say that 103 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.920 if if Rich is getting mad that we're burying the lead, 104 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:32.879 because we're doing this first. I want to give back 105 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:34.959 to the community first before we get into the news. 106 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:38.759 So whatever, all right, Mark, So if we got hats, 107 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:40.560 then great, you'll have to hit us with a password, 108 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:44.360 but Tim is not letting us reserve any so none. 109 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.040 I mean, you just got to try and get one, 110 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.720 and I think we gave out like seven today. Michael 111 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:53.680 L big fan of the pod, two time investor in DPMC. 112 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:59.079 He's also an investor in DPMD. He now he sent 113 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.360 them something funny. This was ahead of the fantasy draft, 114 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:04.680 he said. I was listening to the latest episode. Not 115 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.120 long after the twenty five K fantasy was mentioned. I 116 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:12.000 passed John Reordan Plumbing and he sent a picture of 117 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:13.639 John Reordan Plumbing. 118 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:14.639 He has two jobs. 119 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.120 He's a Pok player, No wonder, he's got so much money. 120 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:22.800 Plus hot. Yeah, it's absolutely hot. So John Riordan Plumbing 121 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.079 shout out to them. No free ads, but you know, 122 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.800 if they're in their area, let's go. I mean, uh, 123 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:31.160 Michael already added I'm not sure if it's a sign 124 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.920 that you should get him, or that he'll play like shit, shit, 125 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.839 that's very good, right, that's very good, or that he's 126 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.920 destined to make infinite flushes. I mean, Michaels has got it. 127 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:46.040 He's got it, He's got it. Trevor ve So he 128 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.120 sent in a photo of a three D printed pull 129 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:55.680 apart magnet Oreo dealer chip for home games, obviously Teddy 130 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.959 KGB themed from around Right. That's cool, Trevor, I need 131 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.480 you know how to get my hands on Mark k 132 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:07.759 aka Grateful Mouse. Here's a photo of my favorite collectible 133 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.000 item that I've attained over the years. I have lots 134 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.399 of good things. This is probably the best one. So 135 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.800 he won it at an auction. It went to that 136 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.680 went to charity for Camp Sunshine up in Maine. That's 137 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:21.959 kind of my neck of the words. Phil Phil Locke 138 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.800 excuse me, wore this hoodie during the Guinness Book of 139 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.439 World Records longest session run, which I believe he did 140 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:33.319 about Yeah, he signed it, so did Jennifer Tilley. He 141 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.160 wears it all the time, does Mark. He put a 142 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.319 couple patches on it. He shared it with us, so 143 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:42.160 thank you for that. Mark. We got Ryan, who said 144 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.040 he's been a loyal listener for years. He got a 145 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:46.720 hat a couple of years ago from Donnie at the 146 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.680 South Point meetup over that it was a lot of fun. 147 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.720 Last year he got the hat family pot. This year, 148 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.879 though he spent the first week at the WSP. He 149 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.759 came by. He said he watched us on the podcast 150 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:00.800 for a while without you what I mean. 151 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:02.720 Okay, that was maybe when we did one out there 152 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:03.560 on the floor. 153 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:05.720 I'm just trying to wonder if I need to file 154 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.120 for like a restrainer, a stalker, like what is this? 155 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:10.079 Friends? 156 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.000 Our friends? Yeah, mister Ryan over here, just just creeping 157 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.319 on us. He said that during a mad break rush 158 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.639 in the hallway, tim was swimming upstream when he and 159 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.720 I came upon each other. You looked up and said 160 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.399 nice hat to him. He had on last year's hat 161 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.240 while playing the event, and he also said, by the way, 162 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.120 I cashed good luck hat on it caught Bryan a 163 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.279 little bit by surprise, and he said, Timmy back, do 164 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:36.840 you remember this? 165 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:38.960 I remember saying so, I remember walking by someone saying 166 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.279 nice hat, but I kept going. I think I was 167 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:41.320 gonna rush against somebody. 168 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.799 So he yelled Timmy, So you are now Timmy? 169 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.440 All right? I mean I like Timmy. 170 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:50.399 Jake s said that he has a collectible item at 171 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.840 the twenty ten Wsop. He actually is the exact date 172 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:56.759 June twelfth, twenty ten. Hey, he had a number of 173 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.039 top names in poker, signed a brand new Binion Horseshoe hat. 174 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:03.799 He purchased the hat at the Horseshoe the day before. 175 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.080 Some of the names are difficult to make out on here, 176 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.480 but he has names for Doyle Bruns, and Todd Bruns 177 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.080 and Mike Sexton, Mike Madisow, Phil Helmy with Daniel Legrowney, 178 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.600 Jennifer Harmon, Ellie Elezra, Dennis Phillips, Eric Linger, and Tom Dwan, 179 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.799 Sammy Farha. And then he also put in the email 180 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.000 that this one might have lowered the value or these 181 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:24.879 two names Chris Ferguson and Howard Letter are also on 182 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.720 the hat. So shout out to Jake s for that hat. 183 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.080 That looks pretty pretty sweet. And that's that's I mean, 184 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.320 that's truly one of a one of a kind item. 185 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.879 And then John Michael can't always watch and listen to 186 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.399 the pod when it drops. I just got through today's. 187 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.720 This was a couple of days ago, and I'm loving it. 188 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:43.679 My name is John Michael, but a lot of my 189 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:47.279 friends call me Jam. When Dylan says it, he sounds 190 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.879 like he's saying jam Remember, yes, yes, yes, I remember this. 191 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.120 Come to think of it, kind of sounds that way. 192 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.639 A lot of people say it. It's really cool to 193 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.440 make the pod again. Dylan is the real star here though. 194 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.159 Thank you again, Tim for all that you do. Shout 195 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.559 out to you, buddy, Timmy. I want to make sure 196 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.039 and drop you a line and say definitely don't send 197 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:08.720 me a hat if it came to that. I've got 198 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:12.039 one now, So there you go. John Michael aka jam 199 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.039 New nicknamed all Right, let's get into the real nitty 200 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.480 gritty of it. I'm sure producer Rich is pretty pissed 201 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:21.360 that we just to it does not matter now, he listen. 202 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.279 It's I always give the time right a little bit earlier. 203 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:27.200 We want to try and get out early. You got 204 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.559 some birthday party thing, you got to be a dad tomorrow, 205 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:33.759 eleven thirty eight pm is the time right now. Rich 206 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.159 is usually up at five am editing the pod. So 207 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.159 you know, we're just all over the place trying to 208 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:40.480 get this. 209 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:43.320 Out sometimes, you guys, because sometimes you forget. I don't 210 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.840 I don't put in the video. I don't know. 211 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.960 I told you the other day that I don't like 212 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.120 to go to sleep until it's up. But if I 213 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.360 don't do that, it's an extraly forty minutes to my day, 214 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.679 and I have been gambling and going to sleep, and 215 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.840 then of course this one time it didn't go through. 216 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:58.720 I think, honestly think my internet went out in the 217 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.960 middle of the night. That's what happened because there was 218 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.840 some other stuff that I was like, Oh, I guess 219 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.879 the internemus went out, But okay, Phil Sternheimer winning the 220 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:10.480 ten K PLO eight Championship. He topped a field of 221 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.039 three hundred and eighty six entries to win seven hundred 222 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:17.919 and sixty three thousand dollars. He beat Bruno Firth in 223 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.720 heads up play, denying Firth a second gold bracelet of 224 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:24.919 the series. I'm curious to know as a quick aside, 225 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:26.399 and you don't have to look, seth, I'm just thinking 226 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:31.639 out loud, but what did Firth win? First? What I mean, 227 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.919 what was his first event that he won? Was in 228 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:37.200 the fifteen This is the mixed Omaha? Is that what 229 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:37.440 he wont? 230 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:37.639 Was it? 231 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.519 Yeah? I don't remember what he won, look up what 232 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:43.399 he won. But what I'm thinking is that Benny Glauser, right, 233 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:47.360 he won two fifteen hundred dollars bracelets? Okay, what did 234 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:47.919 Firth win? 235 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:51.399 Firth one the five kpo. 236 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.759 Okay, so a five K PLO plus a second place 237 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.720 in a ten k like, how would that rate poy 238 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:02.879 ranking compared to any Glausser winning two fifteen hundred dollars bracelets? 239 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:02.919 Like? 240 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.080 Which one is worth more points? I would guess it's 241 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:10.679 Bruno Firth right, because it's two fifteen hundreds I think 242 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.679 versus the first and a five a second the ten kN. 243 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.039 The old points system first used to be double second 244 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:17.759 in points. 245 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.440 Yeah, don't you get like a whole bunch of more 246 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.559 points like based on buying. 247 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.720 I think that was changing now, but I've really studied it. 248 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.279 Side note on Bruno Firth. Between he's first and his second, 249 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:28.799 he went to the win and won to twenty two 250 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:32.279 hundred potlamon Omahavan one hundred and fifty k, so of course, 251 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.360 just a plo magician over here. 252 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:41.360 Sternheimer was extremely emotional, both immediately in victory and then 253 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:45.919 also afterwards. He doubled up at one point during heads 254 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.759 up play and he kind of started, I mean, he 255 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:53.000 led a lot of emotion, was flexing like yelling, went around, 256 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.679 gave a whole bunch of high fives and hugs to 257 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.679 his fans. On Israel I was standing at the table 258 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.360 and I was like, well, he didn't win, because I 259 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.840 knew that for that had more chips, but he kind 260 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.200 of was acting. It seemed like he might have thought 261 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.960 that he won. I don't think that he did, but 262 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.200 it had that type of emotion. Got it. He gets 263 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:13.000 back down. They go back and forth for a while longer. 264 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:17.399 Eventually Sternheimer steals the deal, another big, you know, emotional eruption. 265 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.080 This time he knew he won it, and he goes over. 266 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.600 He hugs everyone on his rail, and then he called 267 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.279 his family. He's like holding the bracelet over the phone 268 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:28.840 and started crying. So you could definitely tell how much 269 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.120 this meant to Phil Sternheimer. He's been in the game 270 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.600 for a couple decades now, playing the absolute highest stakes 271 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.960 and battling with some of the best, but until this point, 272 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.159 a bracelet has eluded him. And afterwards he was kind 273 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:44.279 enough to sit down and do an interview. So let's 274 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.639 hear from Phil Sternheimer and then we'll come on back 275 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.919 and we'll talk more about it. 276 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.200 As I was walking to the tournament today, I was 277 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:55.000 thinking to myself, I probably never wanted anything as bad 278 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.320 as this one, and I was trying not to indulge 279 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.679 in those thoughts because I find these kind of what 280 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.440 if what if you win? What if you don't win 281 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:06.120 to be distracting, But it means the world. You know, 282 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.159 you kind of know that at the end, you know 283 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.440 there's so much luck involved and all you can do 284 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:14.879 is to make the right decisions. But to have something 285 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:18.919 really tangible to show after all these years of trying, 286 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.879 it just feels just unbelievably. I quit my job two 287 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.120 years ago, and I've been studying the game a lot, 288 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:29.279 I would say, in the last six months, more than 289 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.399 ever before. And you know, what you realize about poker 290 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.799 then the more time you spend on is how little 291 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.879 you actually know. So I think I'm a much better 292 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:43.799 player this year than last year, and if I hadn't 293 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.159 won one, I felt I was due this year. But 294 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:48.600 I know a lot of players that are as good 295 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.840 or if not better than me that I've been playing 296 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.120 for way longer than that at that level and still 297 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.240 haven't won a bracelet. So I wouldn't say overdo, but 298 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.240 maybe just do. I talk to my wife first. We'd 299 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:02.399 sort of agreed that this might be my last sort 300 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.639 of world series where I come out for several weeks, 301 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.639 because you know, it is a huge sacrifice. I equip 302 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.039 my job primarily to spend more time with the family, 303 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.120 so it's kind of counterintuitive to be here for five 304 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:15.600 six weeks away from them. But you know, for me, 305 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.720 This is just the most amazing time of the year 306 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.200 to be able to play and compete at all different 307 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.720 buying levels in all different formats of poker, which as 308 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:26.679 you know, I don't just play one game. I play 309 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.519 all the games or aspire to, you know, surrounded by 310 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.600 people that I really like. It's just a very special time. 311 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.320 I think at the ten K level, most of the 312 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:40.960 fields are really really tough. It's sort of ironic because 313 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.240 I'm a planner, so I'd mapped out my entire schedule 314 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:50.360 and excel, including plan breaks, and the PLOW eight was 315 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.799 actually supposed to be an event that I skip to 316 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.399 take a break, so you know, it's just the irony 317 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.799 that maybe and I also wouldn't have said that it's 318 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.440 necessarily my best. I do think the field in the 319 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:06.639 PLO eight has been slightly weaker than in other ten k's. 320 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.279 You just have a lot of people that maybe play 321 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.799 PLO that are sort of popping in. But of course 322 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.440 the game actually plays quite differently, so that's just kind 323 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.120 of the way it works. 324 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.320 You know. 325 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.000 It is a really if you know, and on the 326 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.320 one hand, I try to focus on on on inputs 327 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.559 and on decisions things that I can control and I 328 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:26.799 tell myself the outcomes will ultimately come, but of course 329 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.399 if you come up short a couple of times. You know, 330 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:32.039 my wife is half jokingly asking, you know, when are 331 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.399 you going to bring home like, you know, like a 332 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:38.399 big championship trophy or like a bracelet, you know. And 333 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.840 I am also very outcome oriented. 334 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.120 You know. 335 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.240 We had a thing in my previous job where you 336 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.360 also deal with a lot of uncertainty and incompeted information, 337 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.759 and it was just be right. Yeah, I know, like 338 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.519 you know, there's a lot of luck and stuff and 339 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.080 complexity and things you don't know, but just be right. 340 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.519 And you know, I feel like the mindset of a 341 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:59.519 champion is also to sort of bring it home. So 342 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.080 that's kind of that I caught tom be in poker, 343 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.400 and that there's so many things you can control, but 344 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.480 then you also do want to ultimately have sort of 345 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.759 the physical good at the end. And this is just 346 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.279 great that for this event. You know, those two things 347 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.920 have married between playing well, making good decisions, and having 348 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.200 the outcome in your favor, you know, And the bracelet 349 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.160 is I mean, it's nice. The respect of your peers 350 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:26.519 is not necessarily linked to bracelets. I had someone from 351 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.799 my sort of study group come up to me yesterday. 352 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:32.160 He shaw remain unnamed, and he was asking, half jokingly, 353 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.359 why didn't you learn how to play poker? You know, 354 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:38.599 And it was actually a wonderfully backhanded compliment, you know. 355 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:44.519 And so everybody knows that some guy can show up 356 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.559 play as their first event and win a bracelet. You 357 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.160 have unreal players, you know, Chinos on my fantasy team 358 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:50.680 has never won a bracelet. You know, I could go 359 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.559 down the list. I think all of these people are 360 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.759 on the same level. And at the end, it's just 361 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.039 really fine margins that make a difference. You know, that 362 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:01.559 rivicard comes differently, comes a you know, straight or a 363 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.960 flush card for Bruno, you know, and he has a 364 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.079 massive chip lead pretty much and has me dead. So 365 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.759 it's it's the tournato of the card that can make 366 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:11.480 all the difference. But that shouldn't change whether or not 367 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:14.160 a player is respected. I think it's just been a 368 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:20.480 crazy stretch this since I got here. I played six tournaments. 369 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.400 I cash at ten tournaments. I cashed in six a 370 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.680 final table two. I got really really close on a 371 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.559 dealer's choice where I had a chip lead. I was 372 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:31.559 all in with aces against Kings to go heads up 373 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:33.839 with a chip lead that didn't work out. But it's 374 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:36.920 just somehow I just didn't let it sort of affect 375 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.039 me as much as in the past. So it's just 376 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:43.079 I had this serenity in terms of just take the outcome, 377 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:46.000 whatever it might be, and just play as best as 378 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.480 I can. So even if I airball all the remaining events, 379 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.720 you know, this is just a very special period in 380 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.880 my life that I'll always remember. 381 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:05.359 All Right. That was Phil Sternheimer. Very thoughtful, intevert interviewed, 382 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:08.640 you know, very insightful. You can definitely tell how much 383 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:12.279 winning a gold bracelet means to him, and you know, 384 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:15.599 evidence by the emotion that he showed in the wake 385 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.640 of his win, combined with the words that he relayed 386 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:21.160 in that interview, you know, you can definitely tell that 387 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:25.519 Sternheimer has been like it's been on his mind quite 388 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.000 a bit, that he that he really wants to win. 389 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.160 And also cool that you heard him say that this 390 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.559 was going to likely be the last full summer for him. 391 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.799 You know, him and his wife basically agreed that like 392 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:36.680 this would be the last full summer, not that he 393 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.400 wouldn't come out in future summers. Yes, but just probably 394 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.519 smaller stints, maybe do one or two trips something like that, 395 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.400 you know, as opposed to to staying out here for 396 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.200 the whole seven weeks. So cool to kind of like 397 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.640 in that, like last Hurrah, last full Hurrah, he's able 398 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:56.240 to rip off a bracelet. He moved to fifth on 399 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.960 the PGT leaderboard, but you said now sixth is that we're. 400 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:02.279 Going to talk about the next event. That's kind to 401 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.920