WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.119 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 You know. 81 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.600 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 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 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