WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.160 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.359 Poker Go Podcast. 3 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.359 My name is Donnie Peters. 4 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:22.960 It is Tuesday, June twenty third, twelve forty four am. 5 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:25.920 The plan for today's show is I'm not really going 6 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.760 to touch on what happened at the World Series of 7 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:32.600 Poker today. Once again, got onto my computer a little 8 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.799 bit after midnight. I started looking around the tournaments and 9 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.079 stuff is still happening. Like the Milli Maker, I think 10 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.880 it's done for the day in real time, but because 11 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:47.320 they're on a delay due to the streaming, it's not 12 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.399 really being reported on in real time, of course, so 13 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:53.479 I don't really know what's happening there. You got the 14 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.799 fifty KPPC is still playing out, This twenty five hundred 15 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.119 dollars tournament still playing out, The one KPLO is still 16 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.200 playing out, so you know, all this stuff is still 17 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.679 playing out. I'm not going to stay up much later 18 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:06.959 then getting this podcast out of the way and then 19 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.799 trying to get some sleep. So what we're gonna do 20 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:11.920 on this episode is I'm going to go through the 21 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.599 numbers through the first fifty events. Told you guys, I 22 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.680 had been tracking things. I went through some of the 23 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:21.239 stuff this evening and kind of put some thoughts together 24 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:24.439 some maybe I'll formulate it in real time as we 25 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.200 go through them, but I'll touch on the numbers through 26 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.840 the first fifty events. Remember the w SIP this year 27 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:35.480 is one hundred live poker tournaments, so fifty is exactly 28 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.760 the halfway point. Event Number fifty on the schedule was 29 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.239 the fifteen hundred dollars buy in Millionaire Maker that I 30 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:44.640 made a little bit of a run in made day 31 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:48.480 three today ultimately busted. And then I got some mailbag 32 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.519 stuff that I promised you guys I would get to, 33 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.239 So we'll get to that on this episode as well. 34 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.560 If you guys haven't done so already, I would really, 35 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.560 really really encourage y'all to go back to the last 36 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.959 episode on this podcast feed or head to the Poker 37 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:09.039 Goro YouTube channel and check out our first episode of 38 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.960 the newly launched Face the Ace podcast. My coworker Remco 39 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:17.759 rinkim longtime colleague and friend of mine. He is the 40 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:20.960 host of that show. The first guest was the one 41 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.719 and only Jeremy Becker. This is a long form sit 42 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:29.599 down podcast, one on one, hence the name Face the Ace. 43 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:33.639 Remco sits down with somebody from the poker industry and 44 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:37.000 just tries to dive into you know, who they are, 45 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.439 what makes them tick, how they got started, a little 46 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:43.199 bit in poker, their story, all that sort of stuff. 47 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.080 It's a really, really, really good podcast. I listened to 48 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.360 Jeremy's when they recorded it. I listened to it again 49 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:54.120 today and I love it, and listen. I'll be completely 50 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.080 honest with you guys, I am partial to Remco's interviewing ability. 51 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.400 I've always thought he's one of the absolute best, not 52 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.400 only in poker, but in that type of format. You know, 53 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:07.280 he asked the right questions. He's not shy to follow 54 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.400 up with things. He's inquisitive, so, you know, through it all, 55 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:12.319 I think Remco did a really good job. You know, 56 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.680 Jeremy talks about a little bit about his background and 57 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.759 how he got into the game. He talks about instinct, observation, 58 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.120 feeling the energy at the table. You know, he really 59 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:26.120 talks a lot about how he doesn't use solvers. He's 60 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:28.599 more of an experienced guy and in the moment guy, 61 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.319 that sort of stuff. You know, all of his poker success, 62 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.479 working with Daniel mcgroney, with Josh Are who are his backers, 63 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:37.479 in a lot of stuff. 64 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:37.680 You know. 65 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.800 I won't say too much more on it, but just 66 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.599 just highly encourage you guys to go out there. It 67 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.000 is available in audio and video format, so either on 68 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:48.719 this feed or on the Poker Go YouTube channel. We 69 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.599 have another episode coming hopefully next week from Andrew Lucky 70 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.639 Chewiye Lichtenberger, and then hopefully we'll be rolling those out 71 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:58.719 just about every week that we can. We can get 72 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.240 a good guest and Remka' is gonna deep dive with them, 73 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.479 So go check that out. That's the Face the Ace 74 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.680 podcast on the Poker Gol podcast feet So I guess 75 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:08.919 first things first, before I dive into these numbers, just 76 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.800 let me quickly tie a bow on my million maker 77 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.360 run more than eleven thousand entries in the field. I 78 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.639 made Day three that took place on Monday. I came 79 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.399 in with a little bit over thirty bigs, kind of 80 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.839 a not so hot start to the day, got down 81 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.879 to a little bit over three hundred k, and ended 82 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.319 up doubling up with pocket fives versus ace Queen. My 83 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.360 opponent hit an ace on the flop. I rivet a five, baby, 84 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.120 because that's how we do a little bit of chaos 85 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.600 in the hand with me going all in over a 86 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.600 raised guy making the call, dealer dropping the deck, pushing 87 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.879 him the pod. Was a little bit of a frantic 88 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.319 moment for a second there, but we got it all 89 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.879 squared away, and yeah, so I doubled up there, ended 90 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.439 up building up to around nine hundred K. 91 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:58.839 Lost a couple pots back. 92 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.800 I think I played okay in some spots, you know, definitely, 93 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.120 as you always do. You know, you have some some 94 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.279 questions after things, so I'm gonna have to look at 95 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.319 some stuff. My My last hand was just a pretty 96 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:16.160 standard aid as king preflap. Razor had two nines. We 97 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.040 get the money in pre his nines held and that 98 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.160 was that two hundred and seventieth place out of you know, 99 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:25.639 almost twelve thousand entries in this thing, eleven seven hundred 100 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.879 and something. So turned to my uh, well, I guess 101 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.240 three K because I was in in twice to this thing. 102 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.199 So turned three K into eighty one hundred dollars. Pretty 103 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:39.319 good run, you know, just hopefully you can just keep 104 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:43.399 stringing together playing well. I thought I played, at least 105 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.920 for what I think my pokerability is. Thought I played 106 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:50.199 the lights out on day two A couple of things. 107 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.879 I wasn't happy with very slight things, but overall thought 108 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.240 I played really really well, probably some of the best 109 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.800 poker I've ever played in my life today felt really 110 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:02.199 good as well. Didn't get to play like super long, 111 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.839 lasted I think two and a half hours or something 112 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.319 like that, maybe three hours before I busted, So you know, 113 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:13.000 I don't know. I just lost a couple of pots here, 114 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.120 ended up losing that big hand with the Ace King 115 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:17.800 to bust, and that was just that. 116 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:19.839 So it's not really that big of a deal, all. 117 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.879 Right, let's get into these WSOP numbers. So again, I 118 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.160 just looked through the first fifty events. I know we're 119 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.399 a bit past fifty because the Millionaire Maker is a 120 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.199 multi day event and that whole thing, But we're going 121 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.879 through the numbers one through fifty. 122 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:35.199 Am I going to go through every single one. I'm 123 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:35.759 just going to hit. 124 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.959 On some top line things here. The first thing that 125 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:43.160 I noticed is the headliner events, and I put headliners 126 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:47.759 in quotes on my little rundown of notes here. Those 127 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:52.160 events remained big, and by headliner events, I mean the 128 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:57.240 Monster Stack, the Colossus, the Millionaire Maker. I would throw 129 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.319 the Mini Mystery Millions into this one as well. You know, 130 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.519 those are the headlining events. I guess you could also 131 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.839 include this seventeen hundred dollars US Circuit Championship in there, 132 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.160 But the problem is with that one is you can't 133 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.120 really compare it to past years because this is a 134 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.360 brand new event on the schedule for this year. Same 135 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:20.000 with the ten k Gigi Millions high Roller. Basically, headliner 136 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.639 events is like anything that puts something special in the 137 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.560 name that then transfers over into the structure that hopes 138 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.519 to draw people in. You know, all those events, though 139 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.920 they did pretty well. You had more than twenty thousand 140 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.120 entries in the Mini Mystery, Millions, you had almost twelve 141 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.639 k in the Monster Stack, and in the Million Millionaire 142 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.120 Maker you had the Colossus had over sixteen thousand entries. 143 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.639 You know, Monster Stack was up, you. 144 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:49.319 Know, about two thousand entries or so from twenty twenty five. 145 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.120 But you know, there was some finagle into the structure here, 146 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:53.759 which is going to kind of be a theme through 147 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.319 some of this stuff. Millionaire Maker, you know, slightly slightly 148 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.600 down about about two hundred and thirty entries are so 149 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.639 down from last year, so they're they're kind of just 150 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.079 on part I mean, overall, those numbers they all draw. 151 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:07.959 Are those events, I should say, so they all draw 152 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:12.040 really well. I guess it's a question is are they 153 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.319 holding up because of the changes to the structures? You know, 154 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.680 the Monster Sacked, the Colossus, the Millionaire Maker, those all 155 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:23.839 those events all had multiple starting flights, so multiple day ones, 156 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.959 and then each starting flight had its own Day two, 157 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.959 so it allowed you to make a Day two play 158 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.279 a bit longer into the structure, bust, you know, get 159 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.159 back into another Day one if it was available, and 160 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.399 go from there. So did those maybe pump the numbers 161 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:40.000 up a little bit? 162 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:40.600 You know? 163 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:42.840 I guess you would want to look at the data 164 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:45.320 that we don't have, which is you'd want to look 165 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.320 at unique entries and see how those compare year over 166 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.759 year and if the unique entries are in fact growing 167 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:53.360 up or growing up or staying the same or whatever. 168 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.080 Next thing that I noticed, you know, looking at the 169 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:01.039 numbers here mixed games, they seem to be having a moment. 170 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.159 Here they seem to be performing pretty well. You know, 171 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:05.840 this is one of the one of the trends that 172 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.759 kind of pops out the most. You've got some pretty 173 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.759 healthy gains across the board, I know we touched on 174 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.559 a couple of these in the various episodes and we 175 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.279 talked about the events. But you know, you have the 176 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.039 fifteen hundred dollars no limitduce to seven single draw was 177 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:23.200 up eighteen percent, dealer's choice fifteen ars, dealer's choice was 178 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.759 up ten percent. The Big O had a huge jump 179 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.480 up forty three percent. I don't know if that one 180 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.480 might have had two starting flights or not, but either way, 181 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.919 still big jump there in entries. Even you know, even 182 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.519 if it has two starting flights versus one, it still 183 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.360 shows that there's demand to be able to uphold having 184 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.519 two starting flights in an event like that ten k 185 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.639 Big O. Nice jump there, thirteen percent. Raz got a 186 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.559 nice boozt ten k Raz even that one jumped up 187 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.240 sixteen percent. So you know, there's a lot of jumps 188 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.320 in a lot of these these mix game tournaments, and 189 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.919 that's that's good to see, you know. I think I 190 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.759 think that for some time there was this kind of 191 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.559 underlying current with things that mixed games might be dying 192 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.360 and no one cares, and people just want to play 193 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.080 nolam at hold them, and then secondary to that, they 194 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.559 want to play PLO. But I mean, I think it's 195 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:12.440 pretty clear looking at the numbers this year that mixed 196 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.720 games are healthy. You know, they seem pretty good. The 197 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:20.960 participation is on par with past years and if not 198 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.679 up you know, so that's that's great to see. And 199 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.759 if you do want to loop in or lump in 200 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.039 the PLO stuff into the mix game, so basically anything 201 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:32.960 non no limit hold them, then I think it bodes 202 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.639 really well for that sector of variants that are available 203 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:45.559 out in the World Series of Open. You can also 204 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:49.080 see from the numbers that pot limit Omaha does very, 205 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:52.679 very very well. This is impossible to mix now some 206 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.080 of the stuff, I think, if I remember correctly, might 207 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.080 have an additional starting flight or two in there. But 208 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:02.519 either way, you know, these events potlomon Omaha is definitely thriving. 209 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.600 People love to play it, even even just some of 210 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:08.960 the anecdotal stuff of like walking around the World Series 211 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.159 of Poker and talking to people and talking to people 212 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.559 who you know, I know play poker and they want 213 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:17.240 to play poker and whatever, and they want to get 214 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.919 into or they already are into pot limon Omaha much more. 215 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:25.279 You know, it's definitely booming, you know, I know, Joey 216 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.679 Ingram shout out to Poppy out there, you know, made 217 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.480 a big thing for many years like this is the 218 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.519 great game of potlm and Omaha. And he might have 219 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.600 been a little bit ahead of his time, you know, 220 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:37.039 not that potlomon Omaha wasn't growing at the time when 221 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:41.559 Joey was championing that message. But now it really does 222 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.120 seem like PLO is absolutely crushing, and you know, it's 223 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.799 gotten to the point where I'm I'm starting to just 224 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.759 wonder if the WASIP really needs to take a hard 225 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:59.120 look at Pot limit Omaha, specifically in terms of increasing 226 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.679 the amount of events they have on their schedule, you know, 227 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:05.679 for next year and beyond and and maybe even you 228 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.159 do some some gimmick style things on the side where 229 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:11.559 you do like a Pot limit Omaha Player of the 230 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.879 Year or or something, you know, where it's just the 231 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.480 pot limit Omaha events. I don't know, I'm I don't 232 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.240 know if any of those things are right or wrong, 233 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.200 you know, I'm just I'm just throwing out ideas because 234 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.279 I see the numbers and I see how many people 235 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.759 really want to be playing pot limit Omaha. Like can 236 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.600 you do a I don't know, can you do a 237 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.759 pot limit Omaha Mystery Millions tournament. You know, yes they 238 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:38.399 have a potlamit Omaha Mystery Bounty, but can you I 239 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.960 think they have one of those, but you know, if 240 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.720 they don't, forgive me, but could you do like a 241 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:44.399 one with a million dollar prize pool guarantee? Like, can 242 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.519 you just start doing crazy stuff with pot limit Omaha? 243 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.399 You know, once upon a time it was like, can 244 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.840 we start doing crazy stuff with the nola at hold them? 245 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:52.120 Right? 246 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.679 I remember when they did the first one K nolanan 247 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.799 hold event Like that shit was bananas at the time, 248 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:00.159 you know, and then you started thinking of all all 249 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:01.879 these kind of crazy things that you could do with 250 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.480 these big field Nolam and Holdham tournaments. Could you start 251 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.440 doing some of that sort of stuff with Potlam and Omaha. 252 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.039 I don't know. 253 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.759 I mean I feel like with the health that it's 254 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:14.840 showing from this variance, then yeah, maybe we could start 255 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:17.639 exploring that. I mean, I wouldn't go slapping out five 256 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:19.960 to ten events like that on the schedule, but maybe 257 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:21.879 you just put one out there and you make it 258 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.559 a huge, big ordeal and make it a huge thing. 259 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.879 I don't know, I really feel like if you were 260 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.720 going to be all in on potlam and Omaha as 261 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.840 the World Series of Poker. This might be the time, 262 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.080 Like this definitely might be the time. And I think, 263 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.120 you know, Tim Duckworth and I have been kind of 264 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.840 talking about this, you know, for maybe a year year 265 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.279 and a half or so, spawning the fact that you know, 266 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.840 we were doing the PGT PLO series that always did 267 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.600 really well. I know some polo events that have done 268 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:53.320 well elsewhere. We did the Texas PLO roundup that always 269 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.720 did really well down at Champions Club in Texas. 270 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:58.440 You know, you just you. 271 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.440 Could see, you could see it, you could here, you 272 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.720 could feel it, like so Potlomon Omaha is here, and 273 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.039 you know, there's probably more of it to be had 274 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.519 if the WSP wants to get out there and get 275 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.080 after it. On the other side of things, things that 276 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.639 might not be looking so hot, it's these mid stakes 277 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:19.320 Nolanman hold them events, you know, that's where it seems 278 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:23.039 like we're getting the biggest hits. You know, we got 279 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.360 the two K no limit was down I think forty percent, 280 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.600 maybe maybe slightly more. The three K Nolan hold Them 281 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:32.200 was down right around the same a little bit more 282 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.720 than forty percent, The five K eight handed was down 283 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.879 eighteen percent. You had a five hundred dollars freeze out 284 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.840 event that was down six hundred. Our Deep Stack that 285 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:43.960 was down for this section though, like the two K 286 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:46.960 to three K and the five K, those events being 287 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.000 down as large as they are, you know, maybe it's 288 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.240 just that, and then coupled with, you know, some of 289 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:55.440 those smaller buying events which are less gimmicky than those 290 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.879 headlining events that I talked about at the start. Maybe 291 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.519 it's just that. Listen, here's a people are picking. They're 292 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:07.919 picking the big headlining events, the giant field marquee events. Again, 293 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.240 that's Monsters Stack, that's Millionaire Maker, that's Colossus. 294 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:11.759 You know. 295 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.840 We have about to start is the Mystery Millions. We 296 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.240 had the Mini Mystery Millions back at the beginning. I know, 297 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.039 a new event for this year, but still one of 298 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.120 those headlining events. And we're still going to have the 299 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.879 Gladiators of Poker coming up, you know, we have the 300 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.120 mini main events coming up. You know, So maybe it's 301 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.039 all those events that if somebody's going to pick something 302 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.879 to play, that's where these people are going to gravitate towards. 303 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.000 I mean, heck, that's what I gravitate towards right, like 304 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:36.039 that that's what I like to play. 305 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.240 Now. 306 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.600 I don't like to play the Mystery Bounty tournaments. I'm 307 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.200 just not a fan of that format personally, so I 308 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.600 tend to skip those in the live realm. But you know, 309 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.720 I'll definitely make a point to play the Monsters Stack 310 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.919 the Million Maker. You know, I didn't play the Colosses 311 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.399 this year just because I couldn't fit it into the schedule. 312 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.919 But you know, I love the Colossus tournaments, you know, 313 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:58.399 so stuff like that, and I think a lot of 314 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:00.759 people are just they're they're just drawn to those events. 315 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:04.320 So the recreational players that come out, even the serious 316 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.720 recreational players, you know, they love the Giant Field Marquee events, 317 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.159 and then that stuff in the middle, and it's and 318 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.840 that stuff in the middle also a two K, a 319 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:14.879 three K, a five K, like that's also the stuff 320 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:16.799 that's it probably feels a bit. 321 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.200 Harder, right Like. 322 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:24.039 If you're somebody who's not a serious pro, I would 323 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.240 put myself into that category, Like I'm more of a 324 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:28.039 serious recreational I have a real job. 325 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.759 I play for fun. 326 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.320 Yes, I take it extremely seriously, but you know, I 327 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.480 still do it on the side. I'm not a professional 328 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.120 poker player. I'm gonna go after the events where I 329 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:40.519 think I have a better shot, and those tends to 330 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.759 be the one where I find more value in the field. 331 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:44.799 And that's going to be a million maker, that's gonna 332 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:46.919 be a colossus, that's gonna be a monster stack. 333 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.200 You know. 334 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.200 Yeah, I might find some time to play a two 335 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.159 K or a three K if if I can swing 336 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.000 it and if I can feel comfortable and that sort 337 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.360 of stuff, But I'm not going to go out of 338 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.039 my way to play those events. You know, those are 339 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.879 kind of more of the the hardened pros are going 340 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.359 to be making up the large percentages of those fields. 341 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.720 You know, I look around a three K, I look 342 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.920 around a twenty five hundred dollars. I look around a 343 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.400 two K or a five K, and the tables do 344 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.000 seem pretty tough, you know, Versus you look around these 345 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.319 these millionaire makers and these monsters actually. 346 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.200 Like what's going on. 347 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.119 This is the greatest tournament in the world, you know. 348 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.680 So I think that's where people are just generally gravitating towards. 349 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.359 You could also have you know, some effect here of 350 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.319 you know, like what I was talking about when I 351 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.920 was talking about Potlam and Omaha, where a lot of 352 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.359 players these days are saying, you know, hm, I'm going 353 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.680 to be getting into Potlam and Omaha more, or maybe 354 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.680 they've already gotten. 355 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.759 Into Potlam and Omaha more. 356 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.319 Just with everything that's going on, maybe they're opting to 357 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.480 play a PLO event versus you know, playing a five 358 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.279 K or a three K, you know, depending on how 359 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.880 that schedule breaks up. And then as it pertains to 360 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.640 the schedule, there's just a lot of crap going on 361 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.119 at the World Series. There's a lot of stuff that's 362 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.960 number one, number two, Like there's a lot of stuff 363 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.440 going around in Vegas. So maybe there's just some congestion everywhere. 364 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.960 I mean, there is congestion everywhere for sure. I think 365 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:05.400 that's undeniable. So you know, it's just it's harder to 366 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.759 get all these numbers, you know, just booming, booming, booming again. 367 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:13.319 I think the numbers are holding kind of overall. But yeah, yeah, 368 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.720 I think that's that's kind of where we're at. If 369 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.400 we are seeing a squeeze, it's definitely with these these 370 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:21.319 mid stakes. Nolan had hold them events specifically as for 371 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.839 the high roller stuff, So we're talking twenty five K, 372 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.039 fifty K hunter K. I mean even the two hundred 373 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.519 and fifty K Super high Roller happened already did see 374 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.039 some declines here. Twenty five K high Roller went down 375 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:36.079 about fifty players or fifty entries, twenty five K six 376 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:40.720 MacX down around ninety entries. The fifty K took a 377 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.480 pretty big hit down around ninety entries. Two hundred and 378 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.319 fifty K Super high Roller was down. Now the hunter 379 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.319 K high. 380 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.119 Roller, that one was up. 381 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.400 I guess you should also loop in the twenty five 382 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.599 K Heads Up Championship because it is similarly priced. You 383 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:56.480 know that field size did double, and I know that 384 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.039 part of that is structural because they did expand the 385 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:01.359 bracket from capping at sixty four to capping it at 386 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.319 one to twenty eight, and they did allow if you 387 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:06.200 played one A and you didn't make it through, you 388 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:08.680 could play one B. But still that that does demonstrate 389 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:11.519 that there is demand for a twenty five K heads 390 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.319 of poker turn That demand is there, and they got 391 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.759 there ultimately with having one hundred and twenty eight entries 392 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:19.400 in a twenty five K heads up tournament. So I mean, 393 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.720 that's that's a feather in their cap to be. 394 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:23.680 Able to achieve that, So, you know, I. 395 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:27.039 Don't know when it comes to these these high roller events. 396 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.640 My thought here is that this is probably where you're 397 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:35.200 seeing the effects of two things happening. One, I think 398 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:37.920 this is probably where you're getting the biggest effect from 399 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:40.279 the new tax law, the ninety percent rule with the 400 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:46.160 tax law probably here. Two something like bitcoin being down. 401 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:49.759