1 00:00:10,839 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:18,960 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. It is Sunday, 3 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,879 June fourteenth, eleven fifty p m. I'm gonna try and 4 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,039 get this one in before the day officially ends at 5 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:31,679 the World Series of Poker. So some of the stuff 6 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:34,000 that we might talk about might be a little bit fluid. 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,479 Maybe we just skip over it, come back to it 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,840 on the next episode. You know, I'm not waiting up 9 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,439 for another couple two hours or so. Tomorrow's Monday or 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,439 today is Monday when you guys are listening to this, 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,799 and that means the start of a new week, and 12 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:50,479 you know, we gotta be fresh to go, so you know, 13 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:53,479 can't be up all hours of the of the morning. 14 00:00:54,439 --> 00:00:57,439 I do want to kick things off by getting into 15 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:00,920 this Nick Schulman interview that we did with him after 16 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:05,920 he won his eighth WSP Gold bracelet in the fifteen 17 00:01:06,359 --> 00:01:10,920 dollars Horse Tournament, So that's going to be on this episode. 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,799 We also got Yurizevelevski winning gold bracelet number six, We 19 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,480 got Dong Chen winning his second, We got the Colossus 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,400 number that is in and we can talk about just 21 00:01:21,519 --> 00:01:27,000 how big that tournament ended up being Sebastian Pali won 22 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,400 the fifteen hundred dollars raz he denied someone from getting 23 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:33,840 their second gold bracelet of the summer. You know, can 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,480 find out who that is in a little while, and 25 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,920 then we'll touch on, you know, what else is going on. 26 00:01:39,079 --> 00:01:40,879 You know, maybe we'll touch on the twohundred and fifty 27 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,560 K Super high Roll or the ten K Big O, 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,920 the five K Seniors high Roller. But as I said, 29 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,560 you know, a lot of this stuff is still playing 30 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,359 down right now while I do press records, so we'll 31 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,359 see what we get to. We'll kind of bounce around, 32 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,439 and then you know, we'll likely come back to some 33 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,519 stuff on the next episode. I also want to get 34 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,680 into a little bit of an update on a couple 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,799 of the heavy hitters. You know, we're we're just about 36 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:09,759 the halfway point. I believe forty five events have started 37 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:12,280 at the World Series of Poker. There are one hundred 38 00:02:12,759 --> 00:02:16,319 live wsopag Old Bracelet events. Let's see how Phil Ivey's doing, 39 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,759 Phil Helmy, Daniel mcgroney, Sean Deep those are the four 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,439 heavy hitters that I really want to touch on, just 41 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:24,840 to just to see where they're at, you know, right 42 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:29,319 around this this halfway point of the world series. As always, 43 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,960 please rate us with five stars. Like the show, subscribe, 44 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:36,120 share it with your friends, all that sort of stuff. 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,360 It really does help us grow. 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If use the promo code HSP sixteen to 68 00:03:51,039 --> 00:03:53,599 get thirty dollars off your first year of a new 69 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:57,960 annual plan. All right, first things first here, I'd like 70 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,000 to start off by getting into the audio from the 71 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,240 interview that we did with the one, the only, Nick Shulman. 72 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:09,080 So we caught up with him after he won the 73 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:13,080 fifteen horse tournament the other night. It was his eighth 74 00:04:13,439 --> 00:04:16,160 WSOP Gold bracelet. You know, it was really cool to 75 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:18,360 sit down with Nick. We talked with him for I 76 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,319 don't know, five ten minutes or so. Cut this down 77 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,079 into about a four to five minute interview. You know, 78 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,319 he really opened up with us. It was a long 79 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:27,319 night for him. 80 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:27,959 Speaker 2: You know. 81 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: We we usually get these players last after they've they've 82 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,160 done the photos, they've gone through a whole bunch of 83 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,079 other interviews, and then if we're lucky enough, if they're 84 00:04:37,079 --> 00:04:39,480 willing enough and they're not too tired, they do to 85 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,040 take some time with us. So it's always a pleasure 86 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,560 to sit down with these guys. So I'm gonna play 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,240 that for you right now, and then we'll come back 88 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,040 and we'll talk about it. So here's Nick Shulman. 89 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 2: I had him all in like five times and he 90 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,240 kept winning. And it gets really scary in that spot 91 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:58,360 because you know, I already have a second this summer, 92 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:01,000 and you know it's it's it's so easy to spin 93 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:04,600 playing limit, you know, when the limits are so high 94 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,360 that I just was very relieved. You never like expect 95 00:05:08,399 --> 00:05:11,120 to win when you're deep per se, or I don't, 96 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,560 at least like so it's not like there wasn't like 97 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,079 a monkey to get off my back this summer or something. 98 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:20,639 I'm very grateful for the second to make it through 99 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,240 five hundred badoobie players like all trying to make badois, 100 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:27,199 and the twenty five k did sting a little bit, 101 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,839 just because it's such a big financial swing like so, 102 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,680 but you know it stands alone. It wasn't building for me. 103 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:38,879 I'm proud of the effort so far. And but yeah, 104 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,600 right now, I feel very very relieved and happy. I 105 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:44,839 never thought about making it to this point when I 106 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:47,959 first started. I was always a cash game player at heart, 107 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,319 even the first no limit tournament that I won, it 108 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,439 just felt like, you know, that was sick. But it's 109 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,120 kind of back to cash, like and I would come 110 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:00,040 to the series and sort of play some tournaments, but 111 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,120 my focus was always cash. And then when I won, 112 00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:07,240 when I won the stud which was my fourth, I 113 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:12,000 think that's that was when I was started to think, 114 00:06:12,199 --> 00:06:15,160 you know, five would be sick, like five is a number. 115 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:19,639 And then so now I'm sort of like, you know, uh, 116 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,519 trapped a little by the you know what I mean. 117 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,959 But but no, it was no, no, never really thought 118 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:29,120 about this until fairly recently. Actually, you know, No Limit 119 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,279 has been a passion of mine for for a while 120 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,839 and uh, she feel a little slept on out there, 121 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:40,920 but it's sorry you were. But uh, every game I 122 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,399 take a peek at here and there, and uh, I 123 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:45,639 really do put a lot of time in so you know, 124 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,040 and I have, like, I have some amazing players in 125 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:53,079 my corner and that I talked to both in No 126 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:56,439 Limit and Mixed. So I'm just very lucky in that regard. 127 00:06:57,439 --> 00:07:01,240 Why you Because I feel like my two card is 128 00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:04,040 kind of legit, like and I sometimes I know, these 129 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,959 these Euros think I'm just some forty year old American 130 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,360 and I'm kind of you know, they're gonna have to 131 00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:11,800 come see me at some point, but you know, but 132 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:19,319 all jokes aside, Like I just I always felt in 133 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,160 my core I'm a no limit holding player who also 134 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:24,439 plays mixed. I think a lot of people think I'm 135 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:28,000 a mixed game player who kind of like you know, 136 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,839 plays no limits sometimes, but really I'm like a stud 137 00:07:30,879 --> 00:07:33,600 player or whatever. And I'm very grateful, Like I like 138 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:36,879 people weren't with me, you know, going to the tage 139 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,560 every weekend and like it's it's been a crazy grind, 140 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,879 you know, like I've really put the time in. But yeah, 141 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,959 just I always felt like first and foremost forever, I'm 142 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,600 a no limit player kind of but very happy to 143 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,439 get a horse bracelet. I don't want to be driven 144 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:54,000 by like proving anything or having a chip on my 145 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,160 shoulder because it kind of bogs me down. It slows 146 00:07:57,199 --> 00:07:59,040 me down. What I really want to do is make 147 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:02,759 my my wife and daughter, you know, proud, and my 148 00:08:02,879 --> 00:08:05,680 parents and you know, my my like close day one 149 00:08:05,759 --> 00:08:08,120 type people. My daughter is so cute. She got me 150 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,759 an early Father's Day gift. She got me a key 151 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:16,199 chain that said I'll always be your little girl, You'll 152 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,000 always be my hero, you know, love your dad for 153 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,319 Father's Day, and that just like melted me. I'm out 154 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:24,360 there like welling up, like randomly thinking about that. So 155 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,639 you know, she's everything to me, And yeah, I just 156 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,560 I want to make them proud, put my best foot 157 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,840 forwarding and get it done. What's left. Yeah, that's a 158 00:08:35,879 --> 00:08:38,639 scary thought kind of. It's a really beautiful game, and 159 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,639 to see it a little bit deeper each year, I 160 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:44,440 like to think I'm improving really means a lot to me. 161 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:46,360 For now, I kind of look at it as writings 162 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,159 some wrongs. You know, I made a lot of mistakes. 163 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,480 I really do have a lot of regrets, but it all, 164 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:54,200 you know, everything happens for a reason, and I just 165 00:08:54,799 --> 00:08:56,120 I want to do it the right way, which I 166 00:08:56,159 --> 00:09:05,480 feel happened for the last few years now. 167 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: I did kick it off there with Shulman by saying 168 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,519 that I've never seen him so elated when he's won 169 00:09:12,039 --> 00:09:14,320 a bracelet, and I've seen him win several braces and 170 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,240 I've seen him win a bunch of other tournaments as well, 171 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,559 and he was he was pretty pumped for Nick Shulman, right, 172 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,080 I mean, he's not gonna be jumping up and down 173 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,799 or going too crazy. But but yeah, he definitely seemed 174 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,759 extremely happy there. Now, one of the things that stood 175 00:09:29,759 --> 00:09:31,320 out to me are probably a couple of things that 176 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,519 stood out to me from this interview, is you know, 177 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,600 he doesn't he doesn't totally sound like someone who's won 178 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000 eight bracelets. Maybe that's just something that's in my mind. 179 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,000 Maybe it's a little bit weird that I'm saying it, 180 00:09:46,039 --> 00:09:50,279 but you know, he still sounds like someone who's I 181 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,080 don't know, one, three, four, five. I know he referenced 182 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,320 you know, like getting to five and that sort of stuff, 183 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,759 but basically, like, I think he's still trying to prove 184 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:04,120 that he belongs without letting that get to him. And 185 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,600 I don't want to be putting thoughts into Nick Shulman's 186 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,120 mind or words into his mouth. But that's kind of 187 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,240 the sense that I got. So I also did really 188 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,919 like how, you know, he talked about how he feels 189 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,559 like his two card game, you know, aka his hold 190 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,799 him game Nolman hold Him is a bit slept on. 191 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:26,519 I mean, listen, Nick's incredible in that regard, and you know, 192 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,799 hearing him say that he views himself as more of 193 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,519 a no limit player versus a mixed games player, you know. 194 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:36,240 I mean, heck, listen, I've probably categorized him plenty as 195 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,480 a mixed game savant first and foremost and then nol 196 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:42,440 him at second over the years, but you know, I 197 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,919 know he kind of pushed back on that label a 198 00:10:44,919 --> 00:10:48,519 little bit. And listen, He's he spent a ton of time, 199 00:10:49,799 --> 00:10:52,879 you know, being a Nolaman hold him player, especially in 200 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:55,600 this kind of new modern age of the game, and 201 00:10:55,639 --> 00:10:58,600 really getting up to speed and staying at the top. 202 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,720 You know, I know the type. I know, the players 203 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,919 that that he talks with and rolls with on a 204 00:11:03,919 --> 00:11:09,279 regular basis. You know, they're always talking about strategy, they're 205 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:12,039 diving into solvers. Like so, if you just think Nick 206 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:15,879 Shulman is some guy out there who's just playing based 207 00:11:15,919 --> 00:11:18,879 on feel, kind of street poker ish because that's how 208 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:21,559 he's come up, and he's just really leaning into the 209 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,440 leaning into the experience of it all, I mean, I mean, 210 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,519 that's just not true. I Mean, yeah, he obviously has 211 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,799 that as part of his game, but you know, he 212 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:32,519 is very much a studied player. He understands the theory, 213 00:11:32,919 --> 00:11:34,399 He works on it a lot, He talks to a 214 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,600 lot of really good players about that he's he's constantly 215 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,159 grinding off the felt. Of course, we see him playing 216 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,440 on the felt all the time. So you know, I 217 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,799 think it's kind of cool that that, you know, one 218 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:51,960 of the best all around poker players in the world, 219 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,559 that includes tournaments, that includes cash games, it includes all 220 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,080 the different variants. You know, he still thinks of himself. 221 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:01,720 I mean, you heard him say it as a young kid, 222 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:05,240 a teenager, young adult whatever, grinding those cash games at 223 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:08,559 the TAJE back in ac you know, and that's that's cool, right. 224 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,360 And then you know when he started talking about his daughter, 225 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,679 I mean that was just it was cool. It was touching. 226 00:12:17,039 --> 00:12:19,039 I definitely felt it. I've got a five year old 227 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,720 daughter myself, and you know, when he was describing that 228 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:25,799 early Father's Day gift, the key chain, and how he 229 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:28,320 was getting emotional blout it thinking about at the table, 230 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,159 you know, I completely understood. I get it, and I'm 231 00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:35,639 sure all the dads out there, all the moms too, 232 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:38,480 you know. You you know, like that sort of love 233 00:12:38,519 --> 00:12:40,480 that you have for your kids and when they do 234 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,840 something like that, it can just really really hit home. 235 00:12:42,879 --> 00:12:46,200 So that was that was awesome, you know, Shulman's a 236 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,080 guy who's now he's got a a race Let's played 237 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,240 for millions in cash games and in tournaments. You know, 238 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,799 he's got a WPT title, He's got tons of PGT titles. 239 00:12:55,879 --> 00:12:58,399 I think he's got Triton as well. You know, he's 240 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,399 the guy the guys want everything. He's he's in the 241 00:13:00,399 --> 00:13:03,200 Hall of Fame already. But it's like, you know, the 242 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,759 one thing right now that still motivates him, you know, 243 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:10,759 is his family, and it's it's largely because of his daughter. 244 00:13:10,879 --> 00:13:13,559 So you know, that just felt very real from the 245 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,480 person who is the realist one in the whole game, 246 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,480 and you just absolutely love to see it. Moving on, 247 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,879 we got Yuri Zeveleski, now a six time w SOOP 248 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,159 Gold bracelet winner. Now, don't want to get like too 249 00:13:26,279 --> 00:13:28,399 much into this other than the fact that you know, 250 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:33,840 Zevelevski is another player similar to Shulman who can simply 251 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,080 do it all. He's a few years younger than Nick Shulman. 252 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,639 I believe Yuri is thirty seven. Just one a six 253 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,039 sp gold bracelet and it was in the one hundred 254 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,639 k high Roller he won more than two point eight 255 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,519 million dollars. He plays mixed as well. He's an absolute 256 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,360 beast when he plays mixed. He plays the big bet 257 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,039 games as well. He's a beast there, you know, just 258 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,279 speaking to his his mixed game prowess. Earlier this year 259 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,399 he was the pace At Mixed Games Series Champion, and 260 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,000 then he carried that momentum right into the one hundred 261 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,000 thousand dollars buying Super High Rollable Mixed Games and he 262 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,840 won that for one point three million dollars. He's always 263 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,080 like grinding online. He plays all the big series online. 264 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:17,240 You know, people like Pads and other people out there 265 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,639 talk about how incredible he is, how tough he is 266 00:14:19,679 --> 00:14:21,679 as an opponent when it comes from someone like a 267 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,799 Patrick Leonard, you know, especially when it comes to the 268 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:29,399 online poker streets. You know, Yury Zevlevski's got it. His 269 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,840 bracelets have come in twenty nineteen to twenty five hundred 270 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,559 dollars Omaha, Hilo Slash Stud High Low Mixed. He has 271 00:14:36,639 --> 00:14:39,919 two online bracelets. First one was in twenty twenty he 272 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,279 won the four hundred dollars PLUSUS online plo OSSes PLUSUS. However, 273 00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:47,039 you want to say that in twenty twenty three won 274 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,320 the ten k plo Championship Online in the live realm, 275 00:14:51,639 --> 00:14:54,159 you know, also kind of tying this back into Nick Shulman. 276 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:57,080 Twenty twenty three year he won the fifteen hundred dollars 277 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,080 horse same tournament that Nick won for his eighth the 278 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,559 gold bracelet. In twenty twenty four, he won the three 279 00:15:02,679 --> 00:15:06,519 K nine Game Mix aka the Mini PPC. And then 280 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,000 you know, we just talked about that hunter K high 281 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,960 Roller that he won a couple days ago, and that 282 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,240 on hundred K high Roller. I mean, that's just an 283 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,519 absolutely stacked field. The toughest players in the world are 284 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:20,639 out there battling, so you know, shout out to you 285 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:25,799 for forgetting that done. Dong Chen took home his second 286 00:15:25,919 --> 00:15:28,519 WICP Gold bracelet when he won the ten K Limit 287 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:32,600 Hold Them. His first bracelet came in Paradise P Paradise 288 00:15:32,679 --> 00:15:35,039 in twenty twenty three when he won the ten K 289 00:15:35,559 --> 00:15:39,399 six Max No Limit Hold Them. Dong Chen defeated Benny 290 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:41,639 Glaser and heads up play two hundred and eighty five 291 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,639 K for dong Chen. Benny Glauser taken home one hundred 292 00:15:44,679 --> 00:15:49,240 and ninety thousand dollars. Glaser was denied Gold Bracelet number nine. 293 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:53,320 He could have become the seventh player to win nine 294 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,399 WSOP Gold bracelets. There are four players that currently sit 295 00:15:57,519 --> 00:16:00,480 with eight. Of course, one of them is the Shulman. 296 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,679 The other three are Benny Glazer. Yes, then we have 297 00:16:03,759 --> 00:16:08,080 Sean deeb and we have Michael Legrinder Mizeraki. Finishing in 298 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:11,159 third place in this event was Jeremy Osmas. Jeremy Osmas 299 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,639 has had a pretty hot start to his summer. You know, 300 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,159 he came in a few days late, maybe a week late, 301 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,039 had that family trip to Japan. But doesn't matter. He's 302 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,799 absolutely flying since he's touched home here in Vegas. His 303 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,039 third final table of the summer was this one. He 304 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,120 previously had a fourth place finish in the ten k stud, 305 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,240 he had a sixth place finish in the ten k 306 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,799 Dealer's Choice, and here he is with a third place 307 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,679 finish in the ten k limit. Hold them all three 308 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:44,639 of those ten k buying Championship events, wide variety of 309 00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:48,919 formats there. So Jeremy Osmas is flying to start the 310 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,600 twenty twenty six World Tis Poker and then fourth place. 311 00:16:51,679 --> 00:16:54,879 Jesse lonis also having a hot start to his summer. 312 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,080 He finished fourth year for almost ninety two thousand dollars 313 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:03,200 his second final table the twenty twenty sixth WSOP, one 314 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,240 of the first events maybe like the third event, fourth 315 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,799 event on the schedule. The Lonas came second in the 316 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,599 five k p l O and then rounding out the 317 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,359 final table in this seven handed event, Jerry Wong in fifth. 318 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,640 Gus Hanson. Shout out to Gus Hanson, the legend. He's back. 319 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,759 He's playing everything. He's playing, absolutely playing everything, and he's 320 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,000 juggling every single time he doesn't have a hand. He 321 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:28,039 finished sixth and Dylan Smith finished seventh. That's a pretty 322 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:31,880 awesome final table. So Dong Chen, Benny Glauser, Jeremy Osmons, 323 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,200 Jesse Lonis, Jerry Wong, Gus Hanson, and Dylanis Smith. That's 324 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:40,440 freaking stacked there checking out the Colossus. They are playing 325 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,559 Day two D. They did that that funky thing you 326 00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:47,000 know where you played a starting flay. Let's say it's 327 00:17:47,039 --> 00:17:51,359 one A, then the next day it was the day 328 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,440 two for that day one, so day two A and 329 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,880 then you know, repeat, repeat, repeat, kind of wasn't digging 330 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,079 the colossus structure this year. Players didn't make the money 331 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,279 on day one, which I think is crazy. I mean, 332 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,440 I'm someone who subscribes to the idea that every tournament 333 00:18:07,599 --> 00:18:12,759 fifteen hundred dollars buying or less outside of maybe, and 334 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:14,839 I put maybe in there because I'm not even sold 335 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,559 that I would do it for these tournaments, but outside 336 00:18:17,599 --> 00:18:19,440 of the Monster Stack and the Millionaire Maker, but other 337 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,000 than that, like I think every tournament fifteen hundred dollars 338 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,279 buying or less just hit the money on day one 339 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,440 and then after that. So like even if the Monster Stack, 340 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,519 which is a very player friendly structure a long drawn 341 00:18:31,559 --> 00:18:35,000 out tournament, even if that does hit the money on 342 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,440 day one, you can still just elongate the structure on 343 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,799 the back end when you get to date day through two, 344 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,599 day three, day four. Like the Colossus, you know, being 345 00:18:44,599 --> 00:18:46,599 a five hundred dollars price point, this is a perfect 346 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,079 tournament where you could do something like, you know, you 347 00:18:49,079 --> 00:18:52,079 could do twenty minute levels on day one, thirty minute 348 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,359 levels on day two, and then day three and onward 349 00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:58,359 you go to forty minute levels, you know, something like that, 350 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,079 like just make it, or maybe you start thirty and 351 00:19:01,079 --> 00:19:04,240 then you go thirty to forty to forty five or something, 352 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:07,240 you know, like just I don't know, I like that 353 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:09,440 a little bit better. You know. I also like to 354 00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:12,359 just get in. Hopefully I get to the money by 355 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,279 the end of day one and then I can go 356 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:18,920 on with my day. But anyway, sixteen thousand, two hundred 357 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,640 and sixty nine entries were tallied in this year's Colossus. 358 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:29,079 That makes it the fifteenth largest live poker tournament ever, 359 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,920 as long as I have all of my numbers and 360 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,079 stats correct. Don't have my statman here, Tim Duckworth. If 361 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:36,920 I did, though I'm sure he would check me on it. 362 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,519 I saw that he put on social media that it 363 00:19:40,599 --> 00:19:42,839 was the fourteenth largest ever, but I have it as 364 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,039 the fifteenth largest ever. I have it just behind last 365 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,279 year's Colossus, which had sixteen thousand, three hundred and one entries. 366 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,039 There's another tournament from this year's WSOP, and that is 367 00:19:54,079 --> 00:19:59,640 the Mystery Millions or the Mini Mystery Millions that happened earlier, 368 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,400 that twenty four hundred and eighty eight entries that comes 369 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,680 in at seventh place here on this list. We do 370 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:10,680 have this list populated on PGT dot com. You can 371 00:20:10,759 --> 00:20:15,079 just probably Google search. I don't know top fifteen largest 372 00:20:15,079 --> 00:20:17,720 live tournaments ever PGT dot com, when it'll come up 373 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,039 the number one largest live Poker tournament ever, and I'm 374 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:26,000 not sure this is gonna be dethroned anytime soon. But 375 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:31,720 the twenty nineteen w SOP Big Fifty with twenty eight thousand, 376 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:37,839 three hundred and seventy one entries, it's almost four thousand 377 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,799 entries more than second place second and third on this list. 378 00:20:42,519 --> 00:20:45,200 Second place is last year is Gladiators of Poker at 379 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,400 twenty four, six hundred and twenty nine, and the third 380 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:51,200 place is the twenty twenty three Gladiators of Poker twenty 381 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,400 three thousand and eighty eight entries all top fifteen, and 382 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,839 then I think even like further outside the top fifteen 383 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:00,359 are all WSOP events as you would expect. It's right, 384 00:21:01,319 --> 00:21:04,720 I guess the WPT Prime World Championship is probably the 385 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,160 one that comes the closest that I can think about, 386 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,480 you know, getting up around ten thousand entries. But other 387 00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:14,839 than that, you know, this is this is the WSP's list, 388 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,440 and they are absolutely crushing it. We still have to 389 00:21:17,519 --> 00:21:22,160 come the Mystery Millions that is that is on this 390 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:26,880 list in ninth place from last year twenty twenty five, 391 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,640 eleventh place and twelfth place, so this year is Mystery Millions, 392 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,440 which is the one k buy in versus the Mini 393 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,559 Mystery Millions, which is a five hundred fifty dollars buying 394 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,720 that could also crack into this top fifteen here, and 395 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:40,480 we'll be talking about it. Another tournament that's coming up 396 00:21:40,519 --> 00:21:43,279 that could crack in here would be the Gladiator's Poker 397 00:21:43,319 --> 00:21:47,079 of course, that takes place sometime in July, I think 398 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,519 like a few days into the WSP Man Event, so 399 00:21:49,519 --> 00:21:51,359 we'll see where that comes in again, three hundred dollars 400 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,720 price point for that, so you know people will be 401 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,839 out there absolutely blasting in that tournament. I would love 402 00:21:57,839 --> 00:21:59,599 to see the WSP Man Event get up in here, 403 00:21:59,799 --> 00:22:02,200 you know, crack sixteen thousand entries. That would be an 404 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,200 absolute freaking dream. Probably not gonna happen this year, but 405 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:07,680 but let's build towards it. 406 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 2: Huh. 407 00:22:08,039 --> 00:22:17,039 Speaker 1: You know what do you say? Another winner to touch 408 00:22:17,079 --> 00:22:20,559 on came from the fifteen hundred dollars ras. We almost 409 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,599 had another two time gold bracelet winner this summer, but 410 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:30,559 it was Sebastian Paully who denied Dennis Weiss the title. 411 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,240 In this event, Paul gets his first WSP bracelet one 412 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:37,319 hundred and thirty five thousand dollars. He topped a field 413 00:22:37,839 --> 00:22:42,799 of five hundred and nineteen entries. Ice finished second. He 414 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,079 won the fifteen dollars limit hold him and now he 415 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,880 wins or sorry, now he finishes second in this tournament, 416 00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:55,279 This RAZ tournament, several of my friends that played in it, 417 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,480 and I saw on like some social media and whatnot 418 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:04,920 that Razz is absolute value talent. Everyone plays this game horribly, 419 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,119 I guess, So I guess I'm gonna need to figure 420 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,039 out RAS, and maybe everyone out there should try and 421 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:12,000 figure out RAS because according to I don't know, probably 422 00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:14,480 a dozen people that I talked to, the field could 423 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:17,359 not be softer. People were just firing it in, playing 424 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,680 the most outrageous style of RAZ you could ever play. 425 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,799 So you know, maybe that's one uh, maybe that's when 426 00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:26,079 we look at for the future. You know, you never 427 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,200 never know. If you're looking to play some free online poker, 428 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,920 check out play poker Go. Just visit play poker go 429 00:23:32,319 --> 00:23:35,920 dot com slash podcast and that's where you'll get a 430 00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:40,200 free one hundred thousand gold bonus and that'll help you 431 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:44,319 kick start your play poker Go bankroll again. That's play 432 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,519 poker go dot com slash podcast. To claim your free 433 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:52,559 bonus and start playing, all right, before we get into 434 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,119 talking about some of these legendary players Ivy, Helmeth Negra 435 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,359 on you and deep. Let me just click around here 436 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:02,400 on pokernews dot com see what we got going on 437 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,680 in these tournaments. You know, again, I am recording while 438 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,240 some of this stuff is still playing, so you know, 439 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,279 just just hang with me a little bit. Looks like 440 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,720 in the five K Seniors high Roller, at time of writing, 441 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:20,640 they are down to seven. There is one gold racelet 442 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,440 winner still in that is Kenneth Kim and Chad Lipton 443 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,359 is already still in. Chad Lipton's somebody who he had 444 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,079 a deep run earlier this summer in the ten k 445 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:36,160 GG Millions high Roller when he took third place in 446 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,000 that event for almost five hundred and four thousand dollars. 447 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,920 In here, with seven players remaining in this tournament, Lipton 448 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:48,279 is guaranteed eighty eight thousand dollars there at six hundred 449 00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:51,759 and seventy three thousand dollars up top. I mean, momentum 450 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,000 is a thing in poker. You know, when you are rolling, 451 00:24:56,319 --> 00:24:59,920 you are ultra confident, things are just clicking. You feel 452 00:25:00,079 --> 00:25:02,240 like all the folds that you're making are correct, all 453 00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:05,000 the bluffs are getting through. You know, every call that 454 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,039 you make just seems to work out the right way. 455 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,480 So you know, I mean, I don't know for sure 456 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,640 Lipton's feeling that, but I'm gonna guess he's feeling a 457 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,079 bit of momentum, right, I mean, going on on two 458 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,480 runs like this. You know that ten K GG Million's 459 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:22,440 high roller that had over six hundred entries there, They 460 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,119 had eight hundred and forty four entries in this Seniors 461 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,839 high roller, So you know, up little you know, this 462 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,559 isn't a twenty five K or a fifty K but 463 00:25:30,599 --> 00:25:32,960 a ten K buying you know, in that type of 464 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,400 field and the GG Millions high Roller, you know, that's 465 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,640 not an easy feat to come in third there. And 466 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,160 then this five K Seniors high Roller, out of eight 467 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,680 hundred and forty four entries, he's in at least the 468 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,160 final seven. So shout out to Chad Lipton for that there. 469 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,440 We'll get caught up on this event on the next 470 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,920 episode when they wrap this up and get down to 471 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,920 a winner, but for now, seven players remaining in the 472 00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:59,720 five K Seniors high Roller. In the two hundred and 473 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:04,599 fifth Super high Roller, they got up to fifty six 474 00:26:04,759 --> 00:26:09,359 entries funny, so late registration stayed open for two levels, 475 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,440 I believe on day two on Sunday, and I'm walking 476 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,920 around the field to start and Daniel and Legrand who says, 477 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,839 you know, hey, Donnie, Donnie calls me over, says, a 478 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,440 you think we're going to get to sixty. I look 479 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,319 at the clock. I think it's at forty six at 480 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,160 the time, and I was like, I don't know that 481 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,359 that's going to be close. You know, sixty, you'll be close. 482 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,240 I think Tim Duckworth said they'll get to sixty. They 483 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,960 didn't get to sixty. They got a little bit short, 484 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,880 fifty six, you know, but still, and Daniel looked at 485 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,359 me and he said he basically joked that he was 486 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,160 going to buy me. And I said, listen, I'll play 487 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,880 for two percent. I don't care. He's like, you'll play 488 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,720 for nothing. I said, you know what, that's right, I 489 00:26:46,759 --> 00:26:49,240 will play for nothing because you've imagined if I win 490 00:26:49,319 --> 00:26:51,599 this damn thing, or even if I do well, I'll 491 00:26:51,599 --> 00:26:53,680 be set for life in terms of like selling action 492 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,119 and doing whatever I want. So if you ever want 493 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,799 to put me in something, guys, just just let me know, Okay, 494 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,480 just let me know. I was, I was ready to go, 495 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,279 but they did get fifty six entries in this tournaments. 496 00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:08,599 That's a boatload of prize money. Four point three million 497 00:27:08,839 --> 00:27:12,400 dollars up top. The top four spots are all seven 498 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,720 figure pay days. Four point three million for first, two 499 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:17,559 point seven almost two point eight million for second, one 500 00:27:17,559 --> 00:27:21,359 point eight six for third, one point three million for fourth. 501 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:26,359 The top nine spots get paid. Ninth place is a 502 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,240 bit more than double your buying five hundred and eighteen 503 00:27:29,799 --> 00:27:34,640 thousand dollars. I know this is also tricky because not 504 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,079 only is this event not done for the day while 505 00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:41,279 I'm doing this, but they're on this crazy long delay 506 00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:44,559 for the live stream. So actually the stuff that's happening 507 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,440 in real time, I'm home now. I left Paris, but 508 00:27:48,599 --> 00:27:51,240 the stuff that's happening there they might even be done, 509 00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:54,000 I'm not sure, But then the stream is on the delay. 510 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,079 I see that Brent Kenny's the chip leader, and Samuel 511 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,279 Mueller is in second, Adrian Montaos is in third, David 512 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:05,480 Einhorn still in, Brandon Wilson, Matias Eiberger, Nick Bartangelo, Shaan Winter, Texas, 513 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,079 Mike Michael Montek, Jason Kuhne, Jason Kuhn told us before 514 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,440 that I can't remember if it was last year of 515 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,119 the year before the year when he won a fifty 516 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,200 K high roller, he said, this is the tournament like 517 00:28:16,279 --> 00:28:18,799 this is his white Whale, this is his super Bowl, 518 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,400 This is the one he wants to win above all 519 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,799 other tournaments in the world. Is the two hundred and 520 00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:27,000 fifty K Super high Roller at the World Series of Poker. 521 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,880 And at least as I see it, he is still 522 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,640 in with thirteen players remaining. I see phil Ivey's name 523 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,160 still there. I see Peter Wang, who has gone from 524 00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:39,240 cash game to tournaments and he's in there. And then 525 00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:43,119 Kristen Foxen rounding out the chip counts here in thirteenth place, 526 00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:46,359 will see if she can continue on after winning that 527 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,000 twenty five K high Roller for a career best one 528 00:28:49,039 --> 00:28:52,400 point seven seven million dollars and her sixth WSFP Gold 529 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,279 bracelet about a week or so ago. So pretty crazy 530 00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:58,680 there in the two hundred and fifty K super high Roller, 531 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,720 But you know, we'll check back in on that on 532 00:29:01,799 --> 00:29:06,240 the next episode. The ten K Big O Championship that 533 00:29:06,359 --> 00:29:10,960 finalized the field size at four hundred and fifty six entries. 534 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,920 Big O PLO whatever it is, it's freaking booming. I 535 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,279 know some of these numbers are down, and I've actually 536 00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:21,880 been compiling a list of all the numbers to kind 537 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,079 of see where we're at for this year's World Series 538 00:29:25,079 --> 00:29:27,279 of Poker compared to last year, and there's actually there's 539 00:29:27,279 --> 00:29:29,359 a previous year before last year that I also want 540 00:29:29,359 --> 00:29:31,720 to compare. It to shout out to my good friend 541 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:35,160 Jeff Walsh for putting that idea in my head. I'm 542 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,200 gonna steal it from you, sir. I actually am going 543 00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:39,359 to run with it, but I think I'm gonna wait 544 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,680 till either the next episode or the one after that, 545 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:45,359 try and get right around fifty events. That way, we're 546 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,880 kind of right at that halfway point. Not sure it'll 547 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,440 work out perfectly, but you know what, we'll do our 548 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,720 best when we check in on the numbers at the 549 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:55,839 halfway point of the twenty twenty six World Series of Poker. 550 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,240 But I see right now, with under forty players remaining 551 00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,599 in this big OA Championship, they are in the money. 552 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,799 There's eight hundred and sixty one thousand dollars up top. 553 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,759 Scott Clements is the current chip leader, Sean Troja in second, 554 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680 Eric Wasserson is absolutely crushing it. I think he won 555 00:30:12,759 --> 00:30:15,400 more than two million dollars in the million Dollar game 556 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,039 from Hustler the other day. So he's still in. Christian 557 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:20,839 Harder still in trying to get his first bracelet. Dan 558 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,079 Shack is still in trying to get his first bracelet. 559 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,519 I wonder if I mean this says Nick Shulman is 560 00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:28,640 still in. He was in when I left Paris, so 561 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,079 I'm thinking he's still in. Sam's overall is still on. 562 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,599 Mike Mattis Simon. This field is absolutely ridiculous. This is 563 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:38,000 gonna be a fun one to watch that one play out. 564 00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:41,759 We got the eight hundred dollars deep stack, got almost 565 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,680 four thousand entries there. Not gonna get too much into 566 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,559 that one because it's just the day one. The ten 567 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:52,640 K Super Turbo Bounty, four hundred and sixty six entries. Here, 568 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,799 they are down to two tables. Alex Foxen is the 569 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,240 chip leader. Alex trying to catch Chrissy and get a 570 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:03,920 bracelet at the twenty twenty six WSOP almost six hundred 571 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,160 thousand dollars up there. This one's probably going to finish 572 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,799 at like three or four in the morning. Definitely, I'm 573 00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:10,480 not waiting up for that, so we're gonna have to 574 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:16,039 catch up with that one. So a little funny inside 575 00:31:16,039 --> 00:31:20,240 baseball talk here. But our photographer, Luther Luther read you know, 576 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,519 you guys should follow him on social media's absolutely crushing 577 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:25,319 it with you know, kind of more artistic, more cinematic, 578 00:31:25,359 --> 00:31:29,079 more dramatic photos this year. They're freaking awesome. But he's 579 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:31,000 got to shoot all the winners for these ten k 580 00:31:31,079 --> 00:31:33,240 events because all the ten k plus events are the 581 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,160 PGT qualifying events, so we need these photos. And he's 582 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,799 asking us, you know when we think this is going 583 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,200 to end, and we're like, well, I don't know. Four 584 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,720 in the morning, five in the morning. I think when 585 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,680 Phil Helmy wanted it was like six in the morning. 586 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,680 I don't even remember. So he actually went home. We 587 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,240 were like, you know what, just go home. This was 588 00:31:48,279 --> 00:31:52,200 at LA seven or eight o'clock. Go home, sleep, set 589 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,799 your alarm to wake up around two or so, and 590 00:31:54,839 --> 00:31:57,599 then come back in shoot the winter photos and then 591 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,759 go back home. So that's what Luther's doing. That's what 592 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:02,680 our team often has to do when when you you know, 593 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,799 you just got these these wacky tournament schedules that happened 594 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:16,440 in poker. All right, let's touch on these these legends here. Ivy, 595 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,559 Helmuth g on you and I include deep because when 596 00:32:19,559 --> 00:32:22,640 it comes to the World Series of Poker, he's the 597 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,359 only two time WASB Player of the Year. He's always 598 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,559 the favorite every single year to win Player of the Year. 599 00:32:30,599 --> 00:32:33,440 So I include him in in the WSOP talk here, 600 00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:38,200 Phil Ivy, he's only got one cash so far. It 601 00:32:38,359 --> 00:32:41,079 was a ninth place in the ten K limit hold 602 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:45,039 them for thirty thousand dollars. He definitely played the two 603 00:32:45,119 --> 00:32:47,759 hundred and fifty K super high Roller, and I think 604 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:49,799 I mentioned that he was still in not too long ago. 605 00:32:49,839 --> 00:32:51,880 But of course he might be out give him the 606 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,480 live stream delay or whatever. But Ivey's got to be 607 00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:57,839 down a boatload, you know, when you're firing everything like 608 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,720 he's firing it. He's played all the tournaments. Mean, you 609 00:33:00,759 --> 00:33:04,000 only have one cash for thirty K, you're absolutely freaking barried. 610 00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,160 So not so much has happened in this year for 611 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:10,519 Phil Ivy, at least yet. Phil Helmuth. Now, he started 612 00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:13,240 hot right if you remember, he had two top ten 613 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:16,640 finishes like right out of the gate. But since then, 614 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,680 you know, he has cooled off. He had that seventh 615 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,839 place finished in the ten k Omaha Hi Low for 616 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,920 fifty four thousand dollars. That's the tournament where he busted. 617 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,640 Then we caught up with him. He told us how 618 00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:30,000 life is good. He's rich and famous, like all the 619 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:32,680 crazy stuff. Then he got a ninth place in the 620 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,440 ten K Nolan maduced to seven single draw for forty 621 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,799 one thousand dollars, and he also got a thirty seventh 622 00:33:37,839 --> 00:33:40,799 place finish in the ten K pl Ohilo for twenty 623 00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:45,319 one thousand dollars. So Phil I would say probably down 624 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,880 because he has played some of the bigger buying stuff 625 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,200 so far. But with those cashes, the damage is certainly 626 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:56,759 not as severe as phil Ivey's. Daniel Legrandu ninth place 627 00:33:56,759 --> 00:33:58,599 in the twenty five K heads up for sixty K, 628 00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:01,559 twentieth in the ten K Nolan mds to seven for 629 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,240 twenty one K, eighth place in a giant field six 630 00:34:06,319 --> 00:34:10,400 hundred dollar buying Nolan had hold him slash PLO for 631 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,800 twenty four thousand dollars. That's the one where he got 632 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,400 beat in a sick fashion by Maurice Hawkins, and then 633 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,639 he got thirteenth in the ten K limit hold him 634 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,440 for twenty one thousand dollars. Now, one of the cool 635 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,280 things that Daniel does every single year, of course, is 636 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,360 he vlogs his entire world series of Poker. He releases 637 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,360 the vlog on his YouTube channel every single day. So 638 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,840 I would highly encourage you guys, if you're living under 639 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,639 a rock for whatever reason and you're not following Daniel's vlogs, 640 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,079 to watch them every single day. I'm a few behind, 641 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,639 but I did check in with this last one just 642 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:46,679 to see where the tally was, you know, like Ivy 643 00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:48,599 and Helmuth, you know, we're guessing if they're up or 644 00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:52,239 down or whatever. Mcgrannie puts his tally at the end 645 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,119 of every vlog, and at the end of the last one, 646 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,679 he added in the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 647 00:34:57,679 --> 00:34:59,960 buying for that two hundred and fifty K Super high Roller, 648 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,679 and he is down six hundred and eleven thousand dollars. 649 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:05,840 Now we know that he busted in the two hundred 650 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,400 and fifty K Super high Roller, and he hopped into 651 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,000 the ten K Super Turbo, and I think he put 652 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,480 at least one bullet, if not multiple bullets, into that 653 00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:17,280 ten K Super Turbo. So Daniel probably looking like he's 654 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,079 down right around six thirty six forty or so heading 655 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:25,360 into this new week. Sean Deep, Now, Sean Deep is 656 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,480 someone who prides himself on chasing WSP Player of the Year. 657 00:35:28,519 --> 00:35:31,400 He came into the summer I think he was sitting 658 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,199 in second place in the Player of the Year race, 659 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:37,400 behind the WSP Europe Made Event winner, I believe. But 660 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,280 Sean had a bunch of results in Europe that allowed 661 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,400 him to really pad that point total coming into the summer. 662 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,719 But this summer has not been good for mister Deep. 663 00:35:48,199 --> 00:35:51,360 He only has one cash it's a fifth place in 664 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,639 the ten K Nolan MEDUSA seven for ninety nine thousand dollars. 665 00:35:54,639 --> 00:35:57,639 But for Sean Deep's standards, that is just not going 666 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,920 to cut it. He's dropped it down a few spots 667 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,199 in the DOUBSP Player of the Year race. I believe 668 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,880 if I'm looking at this correctly on wspeed dot Com, 669 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,360 he is now in fifth. Dennis Weiss has moved up 670 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,360 to the number one spot. We just talked about how 671 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,360 Dennis finished second in the fifteen raz. He won the 672 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,679 fifteen limit hold him and I believe his points allowed 673 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,440 him to move up above Nio Kihara. Kihara has two 674 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,280 bracelets already this summer, but Vice his his results so 675 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,000 far this year have moved him up. Still quite a 676 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000 long time to go, as it pertains the player of 677 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,719 the year. We still have a little bit more than 678 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:41,880 half of this WSP left. Of course, Paradise counts, or 679 00:36:42,039 --> 00:36:44,719 I should say I believe Paradise counts. Not of course, 680 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,440 I'm pretty sure it counts. So you know, long way 681 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,599 to go for the whole thing. But you know, Sean 682 00:36:49,639 --> 00:36:52,880 deeb is just he's kind of sliding. But you know, 683 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,280 I think Seandeb if I remember correctly last year, I 684 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,840 feel like I can't remember his last year of the 685 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,760 year before the year when he won the hunter k PLO. 686 00:37:02,519 --> 00:37:05,440 I just recall like not not hearing a ton about 687 00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:08,079 Shawn Deep. Not not that he wasn't cashing and having 688 00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:10,800 success and making runs, but like it didn't have that 689 00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:15,599 big Sean Deep type of feel to a summer. And 690 00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:17,920 I'm getting those vibes right now. And I say that 691 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,440 because you know, he can just turn around and rip 692 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,840 off an event doesn't matter. And I think he was 693 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,920 even multi tabling today at some point. So Deep's still 694 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,320 going for it, still grinding every single day, and I 695 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,079 mean he's he's not going to finish the summer with 696 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:32,920 just one cash. I mean, that's just that's got to 697 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,719 be impossible. Right So the runs are coming, the final 698 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,480 tables are coming. It's just that right now, you know, 699 00:37:38,519 --> 00:37:41,400 about forty to forty five events in there's just not 700 00:37:41,519 --> 00:37:43,320 much there for Deep. But there's you know, there's not 701 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,519 much there for any of these guys, Ivy, Helmet, Negron, 702 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,480 and Deep. You know, the best one is probably Helmet 703 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,079 right now, but even he's kind of cooled off as 704 00:37:53,119 --> 00:37:55,119 of late. But we also know Helmet does he does 705 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,760 schedule some days off here and there. He's not there playing, 706 00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:01,039 you know, every single day, and then when he does play, 707 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:04,000 he usually comes a little bit late. But but that's 708 00:38:04,039 --> 00:38:06,159 that all right. So that's gonna do it for me. 709 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,000 It was fun to get back on here and talk 710 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,760 to you guys again. Big week ahead at the World 711 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,920 Series of Poker. I'm gonna be hopping back into the 712 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,320 mix on Tuesday for the twenty five hundred dollars freeze out. 713 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,480 I think this week as well, we have the Millionaire 714 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,840 Maker coming, so you know, we are right in the 715 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,199 middle of it. All things are heating up. It's absolutely 716 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:29,039 awesome to see, but yeah, I'm gonna go get some sleep. 717 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,360 My name is Donna Peters. It was a pleasure as 718 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:37,320 always and I will talk to you next time. 719 00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:39,679 Speaker 2: Ja