WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:13.119 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:17.359 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. His name 3 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.600 is Tim Duckworth. We're going audio only today. 4 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:26.359 Rubbish, no video, rubbish, rubbish. 5 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.559 You can blame producer Rich doesn't have time to edit 6 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.439 our ugly ass faces in a video. But we did 7 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:36.479 want to come to you guys with the show because 8 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.200 Super High Rollable Poo just wrapped. We're also coming off 9 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.159 of pgt PLO series, so a bit to talk about here. 10 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.320 We're gonna keep this one short and sweet. Of course, 11 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.280 every time I say that, we end up going way 12 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.039 too long, but this one I believe we do need 13 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.880 to keep it pretty short, so we're just gonna keep 14 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:57.759 it to those two things. 15 00:00:57.799 --> 00:00:58.000 I know. 16 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:01.159 There's a lot happening in the world as it pertains 17 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:05.560 to poker, namely the whole Chauncey Billups poker cheating and 18 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.760 private Games scandal. Tim and I will hit on that 19 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.319 on maybe the next episode after this, also, maybe with 20 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.280 some more information comes out. There's been a lot of 21 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:16.719 stuff about it coming out already. We'll give us a 22 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:20.680 little bit of time to digest it all. But yeah, 23 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.920 that that story is crazy, you know, But we'll obviously 24 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.319 leave it at that, and we'll just keep it to 25 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:32.480 the tournament scene, which my buddy loves to do over here. Yeah, yeah, 26 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.000 all right, So super High Roller Bowl PLO. 27 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.439 Baby, John, we're gonna lead with that. Yeah. 28 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.400 See, listen, here's the deal. I'm a guy, I understand. 29 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:46.519 But the biggest story out of this stuff is John 30 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.599 reard In winning Super High Rollable PLO. So we're gonna 31 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:51.560 lead with that, and then we're gonna work backwards. Okay, 32 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:54.959 that's just how it is, because the king has earned 33 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:59.599 his freaking crown. Baby, let's go King, John reard In. 34 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:03.120 The set comes out as a thought. You said, it 35 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:06.840 doesn't matter. It's going to change every time. Problem comes out. 36 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.280 On top of the one hundred thousand dollars buy in 37 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:17.080 Super High Roller Bowl PLO, he topped a thirty seven 38 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:20.599 entry field. I know that might not sound like the 39 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.400 biggest field. I know it is not the biggest field, 40 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.479 as John said himself in the winter interview that I 41 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:33.080 did with him. But still super deep, stacked, super prolonged structure, 42 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:38.680 super super super tough competition across three days of action, 43 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.599 you know, so this is not an easy tournament to win, 44 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.280 even if it is just thirty seven entries. It's not 45 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:47.719 easy to win these things. I mean, you got to 46 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.360 freaking grind it out, so for him to come out 47 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.759 on top, awesome job by him his largest ever live 48 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:58.639 tournament score. I think his previous best was from like 49 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:02.280 fifteen years ago or some than absolutely ridiculous forever ago. 50 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:05.960 And uh, you know, he mentioned to me that it's 51 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:07.680 been kind of bugging him in the back of his 52 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.360 mind a little bit that that previous best was from 53 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:10.960 so long ago. 54 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:12.879 Went twenty and eleven. 55 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:16.080 Yeah, he won the WSP Circuit main event in Palm 56 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.360 Beach chwiundred and ten k had a lot of six figures. 57 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.879 Goes Now, now do it by like put it back 58 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.599 in the normal stance and then scroll all the way 59 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:29.000 down to his first cash that was exactly yep, how 60 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:29.599 crazy is that? 61 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:30.800 That's pretty so his. 62 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:33.840 Previous but before he won the one point two five 63 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.080 million dollars that he won in super high Rollable PLO, 64 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.080 you know, just in whatever an hour or so ago, 65 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:43.400 his previous best cash was fourteen or fifteen years ago, 66 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:45.680 twenty eleven, you said, yeah, And it was also his 67 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:49.680 first ever live trim and cast recorded by Hendon mobs. Yeah, wild, right, 68 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.919 absolutely wild. To make things even crazier, he beat his 69 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:58.280 college roommate in heads up play Sam's Overall. Now they 70 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.520 both at the school in Gainesville. I believe, I don't. 71 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:05.599 I don't. I don't know exactly how long silver All lasted, 72 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.199 but Weird in quit after a year, went for a year. 73 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:10.240 I think he was playing online poker and whatever said 74 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:11.800 the heck with this and bounce. 75 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:13.840 But college roommates. 76 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.519 They then meet and heads up play in the biggest 77 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:17.680 PLO tournament in the world. 78 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.040 I mean, it's just it's wild. 79 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.560 Stuff, right, it's great, it's crazy, yeah, weird in one 80 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:26.079 one million dollars, as I said, four hundred PGT points, 81 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.399 he's very much going to be qualified. 82 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.800 Lock put a luck on it. 83 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.199 I mean you always say that, but I mean he's nine, 84 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.600 he's a luck. I understand. But there are there are 85 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.360 actually some very big events coming up on the PGT. 86 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.040 The napt stuff is big. We added the Devias be 87 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.759 Paradise stuff, so there is actually there is a world. 88 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.079 I mean it would take like in absolute perfect world. 89 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.879 But he could get knocked out of the season. I understand, 90 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.680 I absolutely understand. But yeah, he's in ninth place on 91 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:58.879 the PGT Lead Award, now crushing. He's one of the 92 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.800 most frequent cash most frequent players on the PGT, so 93 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.360 you know, for him, he's always here in the studio. 94 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.199 He plays everything outside of the mixed game stuff. He'll 95 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.680 play PLO. He might show up for one or two 96 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.199 mixed games tournaments depending on what the mix is. He 97 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.439 plays of course, all the no limits stuff, he'll play 98 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.040 everything from five k's up to one hundred k's. 99 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.000 He's in there battling always. 100 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:24.399 Yeah, So a little bit of validation in a way 101 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:27.680 for him that he was actually able to get this victory, 102 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.519 because you know, you can come here and you can perform, 103 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.639 and you can have cases and you can make final 104 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.920 tables and all that sort of stuff, but if ultimately 105 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.480 you're not ending up in the Winter Circle, it's got 106 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.959 to be extremely frustrating. Now, Ardan always has a smile 107 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.720 on his face, always seems like he's you know, upbeat 108 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.279 and having a good time. He certainly seems like he 109 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.519 has the respect of his peers here for being in 110 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.279 here day in a day out battling. But still, like 111 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.720 I said, it's got to be a giant like pain 112 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.000 in your side to not actually get the win. So 113 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.519 this one on the biggest stage. Again, he's the best 114 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.040 players in one of the biggest buy ins. He gets 115 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:03.519 it done. 116 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:04.240 Yeah. 117 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:06.920 Speaking of you know, kind of his results, when we 118 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:09.600 look at the you know, zoom out a little bit 119 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.560 on the PGT he ranks tenth in all time PGT cashes, 120 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.000 you know, so that's pretty impressive that today was his 121 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.680 sixty ninth PGT cash, third win of all time. 122 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.399 But like you said, has really got those big scores. 123 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.240 At all, you know, this season, tied for the most. 124 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:24.720 Yeah. 125 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.000 And then when we look at points, you know, total points, 126 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.000 we have Alex Fox and leading and we'll probably touch 127 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.240 on that soon, but he's all the way down in 128 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.959 forty six. So that kind of shows that, like he 129 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.319 does get those cashes, you know, a lot of mint cashs. 130 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.399 He's always there, whether it's you know, PLO Nolan and 131 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.240 hold him. He has I think he plays I think 132 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:43.959 is one mixed game cash. 133 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.720 Yeah, but it's in big bet mix I believe, yeah, 134 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:47.839 or it's in the deuce to seven some of that. Yeah. 135 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:51.439 But either way, he's always here, always participating, always playing, 136 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:55.319 and like you said, good to see him emerge victorious 137 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.279 for that pretty whopping one point two five million dollars score. 138 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.439 Yeah, you know, I think I would consider John reard 139 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:02.720 done a friend, very good guy. 140 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:03.120 You know. 141 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.040 I always always see him around town battling in like 142 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:08.560 six tournaments at the Win stuff like that. You know, 143 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:10.879 he's always playing. I don't know if he'll be playing 144 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.279 the six hundred dollars tournament coming up this weekend. 145 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.600 But you know, we'll see, we'll see. 146 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.480 It would be pretty wild if he goes from playing 147 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.120 and winning this hundred K buy in super high rollable 148 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.560 plo to then playing the sixth all or at the 149 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.600 win with me and maybe you this weekend. But that 150 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.680 would be come on, man, get out, I'm playing that. 151 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.079 Hey, he should jump in this fifteen k. 152 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.800 He said, he said, he said, he said his wife esther, 153 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.920 shout out esther. She she she said, no, he's not 154 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:45.480 able to play that one afterwards. So yeah, he took off, 155 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.519 he took the money and ran, you know. But good 156 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.439 for him, you know, because he's got he's got enough points. 157 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.800 You said one of the So there's there's three different 158 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.720 things that you have to achieve this season in order 159 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.000 to qualify for the pg T Million dollar championship one, 160 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.279 you have to have enough points to get into the 161 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.720 top forty. I mean, of course there is a fourth 162 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:06.399 option where you can win one of the dreams stats. 163 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.680 But for the people that are chasing the leaderboard qualification, 164 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.079 you got to finish in the top forty, So you 165 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:12.240 need enough points to do that. 166 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:12.680 That's one. 167 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.759 Along with that, you have to have a minimum of 168 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:19.160 three PGT cashes correct. Okay, so there are some people 169 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.319 in the top forty that are still chasing that. Weird 170 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:25.560 And has Reardon has a ton of cashes already whatever, 171 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.160 he's got twenty eight on the season. The other thing 172 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:29.319 is you have to opt in. 173 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:29.680 Yeah. 174 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:31.879 And the reason why Tim put that in place is 175 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:33.879 because you know, you don't want somebody who's like in 176 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.879 let's say eleventh place. They don't there's no opt in 177 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.279 opt out thing, they don't show up. We want all 178 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:45.559 we want forty leaderboard qualifying players in the championship event. 179 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.320 Now that might be forty first because maybe the person 180 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:51.399 in eighteenth place says, you know what, I'm not coming 181 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:53.600 take my seat, and you know, give it to the 182 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.840 next person on the leaderboard. Weird And already has already 183 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:57.360 opted in. 184 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:57.720 Yeah. 185 00:08:57.879 --> 00:08:59.720 Basically, it was like, I want to make sure I'm 186 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:00.919 telling you that I'm opting in. 187 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.480 And this was like obviously way before. This was several 188 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.159 days ago before the Super High roll. Will said, he goes, uh, 189 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.240 this was something I have to opt in or something. 190 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:10.559 What do I need to do. I'm like, you're in body, 191 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:12.039 you just tell me. He goes, Okay, I need to 192 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:14.960 like write a letter or anything. They should they should 193 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:15.679 have to write a letter. 194 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.000 Yeah, my name is John Reard and I had like 195 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:21.759 twenty eight cashes and fifteen hundred and forty nine PGT points. 196 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:23.480 I am the winner of the one hundred thousand dollars 197 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:24.960 buying Super High Rollerable PLO. 198 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.080 Please let me. 199 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.440 I believe that I have enough accolades to have qualified 200 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.159 for the PGT Million Dollar champions Like basically, like you know, 201 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.120 like I don't know if you guys do this in Australia. 202 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.440 I mean maybe college except as college submission letters. 203 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:38.320 You should have to have him submit like a college 204 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.039 submision letter. 205 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:42.200 That would be good. So yeah, that's what you hate. John. 206 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:45.799 You are the first person to uh. 207 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.039 Yeah, he's in there to be put in so yeah, 208 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:49.639 so that's it's good to have him in there. I 209 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.039 know he's been wanting to play in that tournament and 210 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.480 it's coming up in January. It's it's not gonna be 211 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.200 like one of those things where this is the last 212 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:57.879 time we see him between now and then. 213 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:59.519 The guy actually loves to play poker. 214 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:01.679 Like I said, he'll probably be in that win six 215 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.919 hundred come this weekend. We'll probably see him at the 216 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.279 NAPT Las Vegas next week, so you know we're it's 217 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.799 going to be out there grinding. But when we drafted 218 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.919 him on our twenty five K fantasy team a couple 219 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:14.639 of years ago and that was the year we won, 220 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.279 he was like very much bought into it. He enjoyed 221 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:20.440 the sweat, all that sort of stuff. You know, we've 222 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.879 become a little bit closer just chatting. We have kids 223 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:25.720 that are the similar ages, you know, all that sort 224 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:28.720 of stuff. So John's a great guy. Really awesome to 225 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:32.120 see him come out on top here. And yeah, afterwards 226 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.200 I did speak with him, probably about I don't know, 227 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.759 five minutes or so of just chatting with the new 228 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:40.679 champion of Super High Rollable PLO. So I'll throw it 229 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:43.000 to that interview right now and then we'll come back 230 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.679 on the other side. All right, John, sitting behind a 231 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.000 pile of cash has some big results in your career before. 232 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:53.639 I would imagine that this one takes the cake? Does it? 233 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.000 Is this the crowning moment? 234 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.720 This takes the gig by far? I mean, hopefully one 235 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:00.360 day it won't take the gig, but right now it 236 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:04.000 by far takes the gig. I'm over the moon with 237 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.240 the victory for sure. 238 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.840 I saw on social media coming into the Fountain that 239 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:10.080 you talk about how you've already locked up your biggest 240 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.799 career score. 241 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.759 Were you excited in that moment or was it more like, Okay, 242 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:16.639 I've done. 243 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:20.039 This, Yeah, it's I mean, in tournaments you always are 244 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:23.320 happy to find pay jumps and everything like that, but 245 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:27.360 you're ultimately always trying to win. I know, I was 246 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.879 tied for most pgg cashes and I had zero wins, 247 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.440 so getting a win is always great, and getting a 248 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:38.159 win like this is just insane. So I'm very thrilled. 249 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.080 I mean, like, like you said, you cash all the time. 250 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.320 In the studio, You're always in her battle with some 251 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.200 of the best players in the world. It's blatantly obvious 252 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.960 that they all respect you, but it's also may not 253 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:52.799 be so obvious to the fans or the viewers at 254 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:54.440 home because they watch all the time and they really 255 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.879 only see the people who win. Does this service a 256 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.480 little bit of validation in some ways, you know, being 257 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:00.639 able to get done well. 258 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:04.399 I think it definitely makes me. I mean, it's it's 259 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.399 been bothering me that I my biggest cash was from 260 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.519 fifteen years ago at the Kennel Club. So finally getting 261 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.919 over that hump, and I mean, this is something I've 262 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:17.519 been dreaming about for a long time. So to really 263 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.960 make it happen is you know, it's it's a dream 264 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:23.759 come true. Man, It's it feels great. 265 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.360 Like I said, you're always in here battling PLO, hunter K, 266 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.200 buying toughest players in the world. It's not east you know, 267 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:33.320 you're in the conversation, of course, but the competition certainly 268 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:33.919 stands out. 269 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:36.919 How hard was it to get here to the winner? 270 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.399 Cirt, Yeah, it was. I mean the only thing that 271 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:45.440 was not insanely difficult was it's not that many people. Fortunately, 272 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:49.840 it's like fifty total entrants, but everybody's like the absolutely 273 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.840 best in the planet, and you know they're ready to rebuy, 274 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:57.039 and you know, it's it's just all killers and I'm 275 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:58.919 so thrilled to make it out on top. For sure. 276 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:01.240 You told us before where we turned the camera on 277 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.399 that you had already texted your wife. You know, she 278 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.399 doesn't she doesn't want to wait, she wants to Your 279 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:08.240 wife plays poker a bit, so you guys can go 280 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.440 through this whole journey together. 281 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.399 How's that having that support stament? What did she say 282 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:13.159 when you text your to. 283 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.960 I don't even know if I got to see what 284 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.600 she said, but she I'm sure she's thrilled. And having 285 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:24.320 her also know the game is is like really invaluable 286 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.960 for me because I mean, you you know how it 287 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.639 goes where there's so many losing days, and like having 288 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.799 somebody that understands like it's just a matter of time 289 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.600 until you get a nice win is really helpful because 290 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:39.879 there's there's there's a lot of losing days for sure. 291 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:43.120 And then last question here is you're pretty much locked 292 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.480 in now for the championship event, and you found it 293 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:49.279 out you did need to confirm yourself as eligible that 294 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.919 you're going to play. 295 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.519 That's props in my way for that I did not 296 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:52.919 play that. 297 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:55.879 What is it going to mean to you to ultimately 298 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.240 get to play in that event at the end of 299 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:57.720 the season. 300 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.559 Oh yeah, I'm I wanted to play last year and 301 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.600 I was like ninety it that wasn't even close. So 302 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:06.519 to get to play it, I mean, it's half a million, 303 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.600 I think is the value of the free roll, and 304 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.279 I mean it's it's just awesome opportunity to get to 305 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:15.120 a I mean it's gonna be tough. Feel obviously it's 306 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.080 everybody that's been doing well all year. But to get 307 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:21.799 like a really high value free roll, that's that's ecstatic. 308 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.720 And obviously, you know, it feels good to like be 309 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.120 one of the people that made it because obviously, like 310 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.399 it's really hard. So I'm thrilled. 311 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.879 And then does this does the wind like this does it? 312 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:33.159 Does it cause you to slow down? 313 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:36.159 Or you're just gonna continue to grind, continue to play 314 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.559 everything being here every single day, you know, does it 315 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:40.399 give you more motivation to just keep going? 316 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.320 The confidence factor? 317 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.600 Uh, it should help the confidence factor. I mean I've 318 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.279 already been pretty confident, but now it's nice to have 319 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:52.360 something to point to that it's justified, not just my 320 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:57.720 own enormous ego poker wise. But uh, I I don't 321 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:00.639 think it's gonna change what I play you that much 322 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.200 like I love to play. I'd love to be a 323 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:06.000 home my family, and when I find some time, I'm 324 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:11.679 happy to get to find something to play. So absolutely. 325 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.879 All right, that was the king. John reared in the 326 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:20.279 fifth taking it down Super High Rollerble PLO Championship, so 327 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.279 third installment of Super High Rollable PLO. Thirty seven entries 328 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.840 in this one. The official payouts we'll read reared in 329 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:30.720 up on top one point twenty five million for him, 330 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:34.960 he beat Sam Silverell, his former college roommate, Silverll taking 331 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.600 home eight hundred and twenty five K. Soverle's having quite 332 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.799 a nice huge PGT season. Is now up to second 333 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:44.360 place on the leader board. Jousimow third place, only, Yuka 334 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.679 mine in fourth place, Arthur Marchosi in fifth place, Bryce 335 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.480 Yockey sixth place, in Jared Blesnick seventh place. Notable about 336 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:55.759 Jared Blesnik, he won the first ever Super High Rollable PLO. 337 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.879 He is cashed in all three editions, first place the 338 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.240 first year, I think it was fourth place last year, 339 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:05.679 and now seventh place this year. So Jared Blessnik. Everyone 340 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:08.519 knows him for his PLO game, yes, but certainly proving 341 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.919 it on the biggest. 342 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.440 Player in the world. 343 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:14.279 Yeah, he's an absolute crusher. So really cool, really cool event. 344 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.159 I always love this event. Numbers down a little bit, 345 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.679 what was it forty two last. 346 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.120 Year, thirty year, forty two the next year, then you know, 347 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.960 thirty seven this year, and look, that's disappointing. We always 348 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.440 want to be growing all our events, but I think 349 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:29.159 there were some things against us this year. We will 350 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.159 kind of work on that next year to try and 351 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:34.759 you know avoid that. There was a big PLO series, 352 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:36.759 you know, a couple of weeks earlier that a couple 353 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:39.480 of Europeans say too. We talked to Yoni a little 354 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.399 bit after the after he was eliminated, and he said, 355 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:45.279 you know, some of the year guys, they had some 356 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:47.960 people visiting, they were doing some golf trips. 357 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.559 You know, we they've got baby. 358 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:52.200 You know, you can golf here thinks as Yoni did 359 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.240 pretty much every single day. 360 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.480 So there's a lot going on. 361 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.120 And look, you know what, it's great for poker that 362 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.399 there were events all over the world stakes from the 363 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.120 lawless of the highest. There's lots of opportunities for these 364 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.160 guys nowadays to play you know, high stakes PLO tournament. 365 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.960 So that's good for them. 366 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.039 They have options all around the world, obviously makes it 367 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.640 tougher for a smaller event like ours to attract everyone. 368 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.440 But hey, you know, we're going to use that as 369 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.519 a as a growing point for next year and try 370 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.759 and offer something a little bitter to get these guys 371 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.480 back here playing, because you know, they love playing here. 372 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.200 But hey, sometimes you got to take a break. Sometimes 373 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.759 you're gonna stay with the family. And that's uh, you know, 374 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.440 you may obviously understand that, so it's okay, that's forgiven. 375 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:38.880 I mean, there was probably ten to twelve names that yeah, 376 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.799 highly likely should have played this event and didn't for 377 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:47.599 you know whatever reason. You know, Carry Katz didn't play. 378 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.799 He's out of talent on a family trip, you know, 379 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.400 speaking of family something that was booked a long time 380 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:54.240 ahead of time, so you know, this was when we 381 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.240 could schedule this event, so it didn't line up for him, 382 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:58.079 so he had to miss it. You know, There's that 383 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:03.559 didn't have Daniel Groaner for whatever reason, didn't have Jason Mercier, 384 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.960 who is in literally here playing cash two hundred yards away, 385 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.680 So like, you know, stuff like that that you know, 386 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.400 maybe could have broken our way. So all things considered, 387 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.960 I think getting thirty seven is is pretty good. A 388 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:18.599 couple of the players. This is a two entry max. 389 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.640 You can play once and then you can re enter once. 390 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.680 A couple of people didn't re enter that I thought 391 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.640 might have. Nick Shulman was one that didn't re enter, 392 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.200 you know, I thought he might get back in there. 393 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.160 I would also say that we got people re entering 394 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.599 that I didn't think would re ender to me. 395 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.319 So that maybe that evens out. 396 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.319 Yeah, I think it even so. 397 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:36.079 But you know, again, all things considered, I think it 398 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:39.319 was it was a good turnout. You know again, Hunter 399 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.519 k Byan, I'm not really expecting one hundred to one 400 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:45.640 hundred and twenty five players, so getting close to that 401 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.799