WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.080 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:15.279 Poker Go Podcast. 3 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:17.120 My name is Donnie Peters. 4 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:22.039 It is Thursday July ninth, twelve fifty am. Day three 5 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.039 from the World Series of Poker Main Event is in 6 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:30.120 the books and we are moving on today four and 7 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:35.719 it is Bubble Day. Thursday July ninth is the time 8 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:40.960 when the bubble will burst. It'll probably burst earlier in 9 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.359 the day and it's just a matter of how long 10 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.920 that bubble takes, which when it comes to this tournament, 11 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:50.759 it has been known to take quite a bit of time. 12 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.479 So we'll hit on every kind of everything that happened today. 13 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:56.399 We'll touch on the field and the players that are 14 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.119 our remaining. I spoke with both Sean deeb And and 15 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.799 Michael the Grinder Miss Rocky after play was done, so 16 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:08.120 I got those interviews for you coming later on. And yeah, 17 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:12.040 it's I mean, it's time like the first couple of days, 18 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:14.319 the first two days, and I'm talking about playing days, 19 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:16.879 so the day ones and the day two. Yes, there 20 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:19.159 is a lot of excitement when it comes to this tournament, 21 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:24.200 of course, but this tournament is so long that for 22 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.719 when I was there today, for let's say the first 23 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:30.319 half up until the dinner break, you play three levels, 24 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:31.680 you go to dinner, you come back, you play two 25 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:36.040 more levels. So the first three levels of play, they 26 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.640 kind of don't feel like anything. And I know Day 27 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:43.359 three is moving day in the dibasop made event, because 28 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:45.879 what you're trying to do on day three, you've you've 29 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:48.680 somewhat weathered the storm and done whatever you did. 30 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:49.599 Through the first two days. 31 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.799 You know, if you played both of the earlier days, 32 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.480 you know, yeah, you had to battle a little bit longer. 33 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:57.719 If you only played on the day two, okay, fine, 34 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.239 But once you get to day three, whatever your stack is, 35 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.640 it doesn't matter whether it's twenty K or it's two 36 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.920 hundred K, or it's eight hundred K, whatever it is. 37 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:08.879 Coming into day three. Day three is all about trying 38 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.599 to position yourself to hit the next checkpoint in the tournament. 39 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:14.199 At least this is how I view it all. I 40 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:15.080 kind of set up. 41 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.039 Tournaments, and you know, especially longer ones in terms of 42 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.039 certain checkpoints, and the checkpoint that you're trying to set 43 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:25.039 yourself up for is to best position yourself to get 44 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.639 into the money right to to be able to fight 45 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:31.879 through that bubble. Now Obviously, some things might go your way. 46 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:33.719 Some things might not go your way. You might end 47 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:35.800 up short going into the bubble, you might end up 48 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.840 with a big stack some of you you know, might 49 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.879 have in the middle. But overall, you know, you want 50 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:42.840 to be able to push put yourself in a position 51 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:48.080 on day three to not have to like fold, fold, fold, 52 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.800 you know, tank fold, not look at your cards, like 53 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.280 just just like basically just just blind out until you 54 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.520 get into the money in that that bubble burst because 55 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.199 you know, everyone, you know, yes, we want to cash 56 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:00.919 in this tournament, but we want to make a run 57 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.039 at it. And how do you set yourself up to 58 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.560 make a run at it. Well, you have to have 59 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:10.400 decent chips, hopefully good chips on the bubble, because you 60 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:14.840 can make a lot more chips by pressuring other stacks 61 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.680 at your table, you know, those middling stacks, those shorter 62 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:19.520 stacks to you. So you know, you want to set 63 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.960 yourself up so you can get through the bubble comfortably 64 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:27.080 while also being aggressive and chipping up. And then once 65 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:30.199 that bubble burst, then you know, then it's like okay, onward, 66 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:32.319 Like it's not just about the mind cash at that point, 67 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:34.800 it's about trying to reach the next checkpoint. And I 68 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.199 would say the next checkpoint to come is, you know, 69 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.479 because the pay jumps aren't that large early on. 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At 92 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.360 the end of day three, they played all five levels 93 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.839 through to the end there were thirteen, thirteen hundred and 94 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.439 eighty nine players remaining and with thirteen hundred and eighty 95 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:01.040 two places making the money, that means the field is 96 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:06.000 seven eliminations off of reaching the money. Now, of course, 97 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:10.279 we do this dance every single year in this tournament, 98 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.199 and it's are we going to hit the money today? 99 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.560 Are we going to hit the money today? You know, 100 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.480 players are, They're asking each other, they're asking the dealer, 101 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:20.879 they're asking the floor, they're asking me, And I mean 102 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.279 I know the answer a little bit more so than 103 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.079 them because I know what production is thinking, and production 104 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:30.240 wants to break it on day four. It's just better 105 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:30.879 for everything. 106 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:31.240 I mean. 107 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.480 Part of that is like, let's say you were to 108 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:35.160 get really close at the end of the night like 109 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.120 they did, and there's you know, there's seven eliminations away. 110 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:42.240 Those seven seven eliminations can take two three four hours. 111 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.160 Trust me, I've been there. They can take that long. 112 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.600 So it can go on and on and on and on. 113 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.360 So you would rather just wrap it up, send everyone home, 114 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.240 and then come back and break the bubble the next day. 115 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.079 It does tend to just work out better for everyone. 116 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.480 It allows you know, production, you know, to be able 117 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:05.519 to film the whole thing, stream the whole thing, get 118 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:08.519 it out there, because this is a pretty monumental day 119 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.639 every single year on the poker calendar when the bubble 120 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.079 bursts in the World Series of Poker at main events. 121 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.319 So I'm very much looking forward to that. When they 122 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.199 when they paused the clock at the end of the night, 123 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.560 they paused it with ten minutes left. They played three hands. 124 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:27.000 There was like a right around fourteen hundred. 125 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:27.439 Players are maining. 126 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.959 Obviously in those last couple of hands, a bunch of 127 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.519 other players bounced out of the tournament. When I started 128 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.480 running around to try and get a couple of interviews, 129 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:38.439 there were thirteen hundred and ninety two players on the board. 130 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.120 I come home, I verify all the numbers in the app, 131 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.439 and there's thirteen eighty nine. So just you know, they 132 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.600 at some point while I was probably running around, probably 133 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.959 some hands paying out. You know, dealers didn't put it 134 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.279 into the iPad or whatever it may be, or put 135 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.439 it in right away, but we are seven spots off. 136 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.720 If they would have Gottenny closer, I'm guessing they just 137 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.879 put a halted play. They would have told everyone to 138 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.600 stop so that they can bring it back on Thursday 139 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:07.439 for the bubble. And as a reminder, there is more 140 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:11.160 than eighty five million dollars in the prize bowl up 141 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.120 for grabs. The mid cash is worth fifteen thousand dollars, 142 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.160 so one and a half times you're buying, and then 143 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:22.639 of course the prize everyone is gunning for ten million 144 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.480 dollars up top I mentioned that three two hundred and 145 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.399 ninety four players returned for Day three, and because we 146 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.759 have thirteen hundred and eighty nine remaining, that means the 147 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:37.879 field lost nineteen hundred and five players, or nearly sixty 148 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:41.439 percent of the group that returned for Day three was 149 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:46.000 bounced before getting to day four. The chip leader entering 150 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:50.279 at Day four is one Sasha Lou. She bagged a 151 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:55.000 giant actually a massive shout out massive two million, three 152 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:59.199 hundred and sixty four thousand, which is good for two 153 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.199 hundred ninety five big blinds. Because they will be heading 154 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.160 to four thousand and eight thousand for the blind level 155 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.199 to kick off day four. She registered day two, so 156 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.040 she skipped day one. She came in with a fresh 157 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:17.879 sixty thousand chip starting stack, and before the second level 158 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.319 of play was over on day two she ran it 159 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.319 up to almost ten times, which she started with almost 160 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:24.839 six hundred k. I think she got up to like 161 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.480 five hundred and ninety thousand, five ninety five or something 162 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.600 like that. She was a chip leader at one point 163 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.480 on day two, and she just steamrolled right out of 164 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.759 the gate. I read an article on poker dot Org. 165 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.240 I believe the author was Mike Patrick. He talked to 166 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:42.639 Sasha lou just saying that she know she basically ran 167 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:44.720 hot early on. I think she said she had king, 168 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.679 she had aces and flopped a set. She was able 169 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:50.320 to win big pots when that stuff happened. And then also, 170 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:52.720 you know, when you have to get a stack, or 171 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.159 when you do get a stack like this, there are 172 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:55.600 a lot of things that have to go your way, 173 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.120 and she said they all did you know, her value 174 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.519 bets paid off, her bluffs got through. You know, just 175 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.240 everything lined up for her. And I'm guessing it was 176 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.679 much more of the same on day three because she 177 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.720 shot all the way up to I mean she shot 178 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.919 up to a million at one point. Then you know, 179 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.080 there was I think Martin Zemani was a chip leader, 180 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.159 you know, a little bit ahead of her. She was 181 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.240 a couple tables away. She then took the chip lead, 182 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.440 got up to about one point four one point five million. 183 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.879 Martin Zemani is playing every single hand, so his chipstack 184 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:28.399 is going all over the place. When I left, I 185 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.399 thought Sasha would be the chip leader, and I thought 186 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.879 she would be on around one point seven million. I 187 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.159 get home, I check the chip count. She's on two million, 188 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.480 three hundred and sixty four thousand. I mean, that is 189 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:42.759 a giant, freaking chip ley, absolutely giant. She has three 190 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:46.159 hundred and ninety four thousand dollars in a live tournament 191 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:49.840 winnings entering this event. I'm I'm assuming she's that's gonna 192 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.960 go up because I'm assuming she's gonna get into the 193 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.440 money with a chip stack like this and only seven 194 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:55.559 spots off the bubble. 195 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:57.519 You know, I don't think anything's gonna. 196 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:00.240 Happen to you in terms of not not making them money. 197 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:04.639 Her best live score was back in two thousand and nineteen, 198 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.279 and it was in this very event, she came three 199 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.399 hundred and twenty fourth for a little bit over thirty 200 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.559 eight thousand dollars. Last year, entering Day four, it was 201 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:21.480 Japan's Shataro Kobayashi who had one million, nine hundred and 202 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:25.559 seventy one thousand in chips. Sosasha is well ahead of 203 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:30.879 that pace. Kobyashi finished in six hundred and thirty first 204 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.279 place for twenty seven thousand, five hundred dollars. So just again, 205 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:40.679 you know another piece of evidence here that just because 206 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.159 you're a chip leader with a giant stack on one of 207 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.120 these earlier days, it really doesn't, you know, set you 208 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.000 up for anything or doesn't guarantee you anything. Yeah you 209 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:53.480 may cash, yeah you may make Day four, Day five, 210 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:57.120 but it's not like, oh my gosh, I'm the Day 211 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.639 two chip leader, I'm gonna make Day seven like that. 212 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.399 That's not just how this thing thing works. There is 213 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:07.440 so much poker to be played. I mentioned the how 214 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.799 some of those Day two from the two different Day 215 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.799 two those chip leaders had fared over the years. 216 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.840 If I look back at. 217 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:19.399 The Day two ABC and the Day two D the 218 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.600 top three stacks from each of those fields, So we 219 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:28.000 had gasper Fernandez, Mason Viz, Our Tourists, Ostroskis all coming 220 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.840 out of the Day two ABC, they were the top 221 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.879 three stacks. I don't see Gaspar Fernandez in the counts. 222 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.159 I checked on the app he was not in there, 223 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:39.600 So I'm guessing the Day two ABC chip leader is 224 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:44.000 out of the tournament now. Mason Viz bagged seven point 225 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.200 thirty then he bagged seven a eighty six. Now Ostrauskis 226 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.039 bagged six hundred and forty six thousand. He's now up 227 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.720 to one point one six nine million. For Day two D, 228 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.279 it was Michael Rosido who was the chip leader there. 229 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:58.840 He finished with seven hundred and seventy thousand. He's going 230 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.519 to be entering Day four six hundred and fifty nine thousand. 231 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.879 Second place out of Day two D. Jeff Fenster bag 232 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.679 seven hundred and forty seven thousand. I did not see 233 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.320 him in the chip counts in the app, so Gaspre 234 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.039 Fernandez and Jeff Fenster two of the biggest stacks to 235 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.039 come out of Day two looks like they have busted 236 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:20.919 on Day three and then Janick Schumacher was the third 237 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.279 biggest stack coming out of Day two D. He had 238 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.559 seven hundred and thirty eight thousand, he's taken six hundred 239 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:28.799 and thirty six hundred and eighty six thousand. Excuse me, 240 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.399 forward to day four. But out of those six players, 241 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.720 two of them, one third of the six biggest stacks 242 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.320 coming out of day two did not make it to 243 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.000 day four. So they are not going to be cashing 244 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.279 in this tournament. I mean, it's just it's crazy how 245 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:46.960 this tournament works. You can just you can double up 246 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:48.919 one person for one hundred K another person for one 247 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:50.960 hundred and fifty K. Next thing you know, you're losing 248 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:52.879 a couple of fifty K pots, and then you know 249 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.600 your seven hundred K stack looks like two hundred and 250 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.639 you're just like, well, what the heck's going on here? 251 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.679 But you know, and then maybe the spiral just continues, 252 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.879 maybe you get a little bit less confidence in your game. 253 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.200 Whatever it is. 254 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.240 I've been there, We've all been there if we play poker, 255 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.639 you know, and going forward, we'll see what, you know, 256 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:11.639 how things look for Sasha Lou But right now, I 257 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.399 don't know. I feel like I got a good feeling 258 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.759 about her. Now I don't know what that ultimately means, 259 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:19.440 but I'll say I'll say day six for Sasha Lou 260 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:22.519 and I feel like I got a pretty good finger 261 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.159 on the pulse when when it comes to poker in general, 262 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.840 in this specific tournament, you can just get the sense, 263 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.000 like when she's coming in day two, she's as hot 264 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.240 as she is in terms of running up her sixty 265 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:37.360 thousand chipstack to six and almost six hundred thousand, and 266 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.879 then that rush, that momentum all continues on. 267 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:41.559 For day three. 268 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:44.200 I mean, I've seen this story a few times in 269 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.320 the past, and I'm expecting some big things out of her, 270 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:58.279 So I'll go. I'll go day six at least for Sasha. 271 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.200 One of the other big stacks to bag up chips 272 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.240 on day three, Martin Zemania. I had already talked about him. 273 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:08.320 Martin Zemani is one of the most entertaining players at 274 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:12.440 the table. He's got a colorful personality. He's not afraid 275 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:14.919 to talk. He's also not afraid to talk shit and 276 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:18.840 gives give it to you. He plays pretty much every 277 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.559 single hand. He's one of those guys where when he 278 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.279 has a chip lead, like he does first of all 279 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:26.080 him getting to the chip lead, he plays like a 280 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.279 maniac from the start, and then once he has a 281 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.200 chip lead like this, if nobody else around him at 282 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.799 the table is fighting back and fighting back successfully. Martin's 283 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.600 one of those guys that's pretty much any two cards 284 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.440 I'm raising and until you push back, I'm just gonna 285 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.240 keep going. And that's what he does. I mean, he 286 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:48.240 shot up over a million, then his chip stack fluctuated 287 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.960 somewhere between like one million and one point four million, 288 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:53.799 which is a big fluctuation, and then he ends up 289 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.840 bagging one million, nine hundred and sixty three thousand. He'll 290 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:01.840 be second entering Day four. Neck Zizka, a twenty five 291 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.200 K Fantasy drafted player, bagged one million, five hundred and 292 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:09.159 seventy six thousand. Will Gibbons bagged one million, five hundred 293 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:11.840 and forty thousand. Now Will Gibbons I talked about him 294 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:16.840 several episodes ago on this very podcast. I played with 295 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:19.039 him in I believe it was the fifteen hundred dollars 296 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.960 freeze out, might have been the might have been the 297 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.879 twenty five hundred dollar freezer or two K freeze out, 298 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:26.200 one of the freezeouts I play. I played, he got 299 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.559 moved to my table. He was talking about how it's 300 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.919 his first time back at the World Series of poker 301 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.759 in three or four years because he was banned from 302 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.720 Caesar's Properties for something that happened in a pick game. 303 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.399 He ultimately got a lawyer, he got it overturned and 304 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.840 he's back and that was that was his one of 305 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.279 his first tournaments back, the Freeze Out that I played 306 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.240 with him. And here he is having a run here 307 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.720 in the WSP main event with one million, five hundred 308 00:15:54.759 --> 00:16:00.759 and forty thousand entering Day four Andrew Yet and one million, 309 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.120 two hundred and eighty four thousand for him Andrew Jay, 310 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:06.200 showing that he's got some chops when it comes to 311 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:10.720 Nolan Holden tournaments. A a mixed game specialist, believe he 312 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.720 won the ten K horse but very very good mix 313 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:16.080 game player, but here doing very well of course on 314 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:20.360 the no Limitfeld the twenty nineteen champion of this event, 315 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.879 hosting ENSN one million, two hundred and eighty thousand. 316 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:26.440 Going forward to Day four. 317 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:28.559 En Son's one of those guys that just looks so 318 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.399 damn cool at the table, Like the way he handles 319 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.000 the chips, the cards, the little smile on his face. 320 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.840 He looks cool, he looks charming, He just looks awesome. 321 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.240 Sean deeb I mentioned that we're gonna be talking to 322 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:44.120 Sean Deeb, and we are. I have a short interview 323 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.360 to play from mister Deep. He bagged at nine hundred 324 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.679 and thirty eight thousand. I watched a bit of his 325 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.799 his table at the end of the day, probably in 326 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.039 the last forty minutes or so. And he's another guy 327 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.919 who was pretty much any two cards, which he mentioned 328 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.480 when I talked with him. You know, he's kind of 329 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.279 just any two cards at this point on the bubble, 330 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.839 and you know, you're just gonna make people play back 331 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.079 in him. The very final hand of the night, Sean 332 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:13.279 Deeb made made a wheel. Guy opened, he flatted, Laura 333 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:19.640 Eisenberger flatted behind it came eight five deuce. The opener 334 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:24.079 bet Deep called turn was a four opener checked deep 335 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.680 bet Guy took a little bit and then folded. That 336 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.960 was the very last hand of night. Deep ended up 337 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:33.799 showing showed as three for turning a wheel. Alex Foxen 338 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.519 is also still in you'll hear Sean Deeb mentioned Alex 339 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:42.039 Foxen eight hundred and thirty nine thousand for him. Kristen Foxen, 340 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.880 I believe, is also in case. She's got eighty six 341 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.480 thousand according to the w SP app which is on 342 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.440 the other on the other end of things. Then her 343 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.240 husband Alex. But you know, we know Christian can obviously 344 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.799 run up a stack in this event. She had a 345 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.519 very very very deep run a couple of years ago, 346 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.559 and we'll see she can make that happen again. But 347 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.319 for right now, it looks like Alex is the one 348 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:08.000 that is cooking. Michael the Grinder is Rocky, the defending champ. 349 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.200 Of course, we have to talk about the Grinder six 350 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.640 hundred and fifteen K in the bag. He was on 351 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.440 the feature tables for much of the day for Day three, 352 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:18.039 and it was some of the wildest shit that I've 353 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:21.039 ever seen. I mean, not only his table, all the tables. 354 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:24.640 There was just a lot of There was some crazy hands, 355 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:29.160 some set up hands, some big hands, some unorthodox, out 356 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:33.039 of this world hands. Grinder like he played this hand 357 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.000 early on and I hope that the action is right 358 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.160 as it was called on stream, because they came to 359 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.519 his table that were covering on another table. They swung 360 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.920 over to her, to his table, and Aline Najade is 361 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:49.640 saying recapping the action, and he's saying, grinder open, and 362 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.559 Grinder's got a seven hearts small blind three bet Grinder 363 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:55.799 ripped it for. At the time it was the blinds 364 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.920 were two K four K, and Grinder ripped in for 365 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.079 effectively hundred forty five thousand, covering his opponent. That's how 366 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.119 much as opponent had left. His opponent called off with 367 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.839 King Queen Off. Grinder had a seven herds and just one. 368 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.440 I mean, I don't know how that happens. That's just 369 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.200 out of control. He won a whole bunch of other pots, 370 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:17.880 did Grinder. He was doing the whole Michael to Grinder 371 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:21.279 and is a rocky thing. He's on an absolute heater 372 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:25.480 right now, coming off that ten KPLO championship win. Last year, 373 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.119 when Grinder bagged for day three or bagged after day three, 374 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:32.599 entering day four, he bagged one hundred and eighty six thousand, 375 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:35.240 so he's well ahead of pace. Putting six hundred and 376 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.960 fifteen thousand in the bag this year. Nick Helmuth, he's 377 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:42.720 the only Hellmuth remaining. He bagged fifty three thousand, so 378 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:46.400 very much on the short side for Nick Helmuth. But 379 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:52.599 chips in the bag survive and advance, so that's just 380 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:55.279 a handful of notables. I do want to go through 381 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:57.960 the chip count list and just kind of scroll it 382 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.839 and call out some names as I go. But I'm 383 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.960 not going to do that right this second. First I 384 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.440 want to talk to Sean Deeb. I want to bring 385 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:06.599 him in, bring his interview in. We talked about how 386 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:08.920 I asked him how I thought he thought his day went. 387 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.400 I asked him what the w SP main event means 388 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.799 to the Player of the Year race, because when I 389 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:16.400 talked with him, I can't remember if it was the 390 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:20.440 winner interview that we did or the previous interview that 391 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.720 we did for the podcast. He mentioned how important the 392 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.839 main event was going to be this year for the 393 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:26.079 Player of the Year, so I wanted to ask him 394 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:28.200 about that, and then of course got to ask him 395 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.440 about using that big stack to attack the bubble. So 396 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.359 here is Sean Deeb following bagging up chips on day three. 397 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.400 All right, Sean Deep, nine hundred and thirty eight thousand 398 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:39.519 in the bag. How did the day go for you? 399 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:42.599 I think I lost more hands I put chips in 400 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.400 a pot today than any other day in my career. 401 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.079