WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:13.039 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:17.280 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. His name 3 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.559 is Tim Duckworth. It is Sunday, January eleventh. It looks 4 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:26.160 like the Jaguars are about to kick an extra point? 5 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:26.879 Is this? 6 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:27.399 Yeah? 7 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:32.399 Extra point to go up? Seventeen thirteen is the middle 8 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:34.280 of wild card weekend, but. 9 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.159 More important to be twenty than thirteen. 10 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.119 Why is that, mister idiot miss? 11 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:39.880 Yeah? 12 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.159 Well, you know kickers af I mean, that's just how 13 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:42.359 it is. 14 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:43.560 Best kicker in the league. 15 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.320 No, there's no shot, he's the best kicker in the league. 16 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.600 Biggest kick. How about biggest kicker in the league? 17 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.359 No, no, Brandon Aubrey's the biggest. 18 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:56.759 Didn't he didn't He set the record for an out 19 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:58.240 those stadium last week. 20 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.799 That I don't if you were to line them up 21 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:03.679 side by side and have them do some sort of 22 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:06.920 kickoff Brandon Aubrey all day, Like what do you want 23 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:08.560 to bet all day? 24 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:10.680 And every how many field goals he missed in the 25 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:12.359 last like four weeks of the season. 26 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.760 Yeah, because whatever, it doesn't matter. It's twelve twenty two 27 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.879 pm on this fine Sunday. We're going to be talking 28 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:25.319 all things end of the season PGT Last Chance PGT Championship. 29 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:29.879 The PGT Championship kicks off on Monday, January twelfth, a 30 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:34.120 two day event. Fifty four players, I believe is what 31 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.920 it is. It's forty players from the top forty of 32 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.799 the season long leaderboard, as we've been talking about for 33 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.599 an entire year. It is also fourteen Dream seats winners, 34 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.319 five of which won their dream seats at the death, 35 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.159 as some might say during the PGT Last Chance series. 36 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:54.239 So we're going to get into all of that sort 37 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:56.359 of stuff. I'm guessing Tim and I should do some 38 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.120 sort of fantasy draft or whatever. He's probably kicking my ass. 39 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.920 I haven't even checked on anything I am. So you know, 40 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.920 it is what it is. What can you you got? 41 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.799 You gotta let the fish win sometimes so they keep 42 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.800 on coming back. That's just how it is. As always, 43 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.439 please like, subscribe, rate, review, do that whole damn thing. Please. 44 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:18.080 Did have a couple emails come in for mailbag questions. 45 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:21.439 Want to get a few more in there so podcast 46 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.319 at PokerGO dot com. If you want to email in 47 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.120 a question, a topic, a talking point, a hot take. 48 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:28.080 You know, if you want to drop us a hot 49 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.639 take something you feel about the poker world. Fine, we'll 50 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.479 dissect it. We'll give our thoughts too, So send that 51 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:37.120 into podcasts at PokerGO dot com. And then I do 52 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.439 want to remind you guys once again, that High Stakes 53 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.960 Poker is back. It is season fifteen. It is wild, 54 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:48.719 it is crazy. It has global superstar comedian Kevin Hart 55 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:52.439 front and center. You got Andrew Roebl, Jennifer Tilley, Sam 56 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.840 Keke Stanley, tang Nick Airball, and so many more. Justin 57 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.520 Gavrie is back. I don't know if Justin Gavory is 58 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:01.759 winning ever on High sixs Poker. I mean that guy. 59 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.400 I feel bad when I watch him like it is. 60 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:09.479 It's like watching someone get tortured in real time. It's unbelievable. 61 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:13.120 Season fifteen is called the Season of Blood. I like this, 62 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.960 By the way, I don't know if this was planned 63 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.000 or if it was just happened because Robo said it 64 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.680 on one of the episodes and then Kevin Hart said it. 65 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.680 But like naming the seasons, I think is like something 66 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:27.639 kind of cool. So season of Blood. So when you know, 67 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:29.719 when we do season sixteen, we're gonna have to see 68 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:32.879 how it shakes out. Give it a name there, but yeah, 69 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:37.000 Season of Blood is available now exclusively on poker Go, 70 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:42.759 seventeen action packed episodes, and I mean, I don't even 71 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:44.360 know if I'm supposed to say this, but I'm gonna 72 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:49.159 say it. So whatever. A couple of weeks, National Heads 73 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.120 Up Poker Championship is dropping on poker grol right a 74 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.000 couple of weeks. We just got word of the of 75 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.919 the time. I think it's early feb. My guy Tim 76 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.159 over here is gonna work on getting all those episodes 77 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.800 in on the poker Go platform, which he might have 78 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.840 already done, but coming up in a couple weeks. 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All right, let's get into this Last Chance, 90 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.879 the Last Chance series six tournaments. As we talked about 91 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.120 what a week ago, week and half ago something like that, 92 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.800 six tournaments, all ten K buy ins. We had a 93 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.120 lot on the line. You had a Player of the 94 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.879 Year race that was still to be decided. You had 95 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.560 people trying to get into the top forty. You had 96 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.680 people in the top forty trying to move up some 97 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.680 spot in order to get some more chips for the 98 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.519 PGT Championship. You had people who were in the top 99 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:07.680 forty but at the bottom trying to make sure that 100 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.879 they stayed in the top forty by competing, maybe getting 101 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.680 a couple more points. Then, of course, you had the 102 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.879 five dream seats that were up for grabs during the 103 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.920 series leaderboard. So even if you hadn't done a damn 104 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.439 thing all PGT season, shout out to you, Jeremy Becker, 105 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.680 then wow, has he done anything all PGT season? 106 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.040 Yea, he did a little bit of this, a little 107 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:30.360 bit of that. 108 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.600 Okay, how about this, if you were and I don't 109 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:37.079 even know if you could actually do this, but if 110 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:43.360 you could put points per dollar, he's definitely he's got 111 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.639 to be low because he had a ton of buyings 112 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.959 all season and it was pretty low. I would also 113 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.040 say Jeremy Osmas is probably high up there. 114 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.759 I know who's I know who the leader probably is. 115 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:58.000 Who's the leader? 116 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:04.720 Well, at least it's definitely Victoria Lushitz No, no, no, shot, 117 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.920 what do you mean she has one hundred and fifty 118 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:08.199 six points. 119 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:14.920 Yeah, but but if you factor in, I think part 120 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.360 of Jeremy is that, like he played all the big 121 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.839 buy and stuff. Wow, she skipped some bigger buy and stuff, 122 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:22.800 Like she might have skipped a couple of twenty five k's. 123 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.680 Even if she skipped the twenty five k's. I mean, 124 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:27.920 Becca has four XRA points on. 125 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.680 Her Yeah, I mean it could it could be. 126 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:37.040 And three and a half x the winnings. Listen, there's 127 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.360 probably someone even lower than that. 128 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.680 But like some years are good, some years are bad. 129 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:42.800 It's just that's just poker. That's the variance of it all. 130 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:48.680 So once again, you know, during this during this series, 131 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:54.079 you know, we got a lot of I don't know, 132 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:57.319 hype buzz, like at least within the room for sure, 133 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.920 just of these players like sweating trying to figure out 134 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.439 what was happening where they had to finish. You know, 135 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:06.120 do I have to get here? Do I have to 136 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:08.120 get there? Like, well, what about this guy over here? 137 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.839 What's going on? And then in addition to that, not 138 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.519 only the people in the Pokergro studio, but like you were, 139 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.680 you know, messaging people left right and center all day 140 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.680 every day, telling them like because there was people that 141 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.680 were on the cusp of the top forty or maybe 142 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.079 they were you know, right below it and or sorry, 143 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.800 right at the bottom of it, and you know, there 144 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.000 was a chance that they could fall out. Some did 145 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:32.079 fall out, as we'll talk about, you know, but they 146 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:33.759 were just going to basically sweat it and then hop 147 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.920 on a plane today if that were the case. So 148 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.879 we got a lot to dive into. I think first 149 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.120 and foremost the thing that I want to touch on 150 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:44.759 is the thing that took until the absolute last second 151 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.839 to be decided, and that's the Player of the Year yep, 152 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:52.720 which coming into PGT Last Chance, you had Sam Silverll 153 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:56.399 as the leader on top of the season long leaderboard. 154 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.879 So the winner for the season long leader board gets 155 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.399 a fifty thousand dollars bonus, they get the award, the trophy, 156 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.000 and then they also enter the PGT Championship with the 157 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.600 most starting chips. Starting hips in that event are based 158 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.160 on your leaderboard finishing position. Alex Foxen was like right 159 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:16.959 there within striking distance. He's like fifty or sixty or 160 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.680 seventy points behind coming into the series. You know, so 161 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.920 like one deep run from Alex Foxen, like he could 162 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.759 overtake sover Of course he needed to fade Soverll doing 163 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:29.000 anything as well. Chino Reeim was a long shot, but 164 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.920 but he could make it happen, right, He was like 165 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.360 four fifty or five hundred points out. You know, a 166 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.919 couple of these events had three hundred points plus up top, 167 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:39.879 so you know, a win and then you know some 168 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.879 other stuff from from Chino and he could have Tooken, 169 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.080 taken the Player of the Year title. Anyone else you 170 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.720 would have needed to win like four events, you know, 171 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.720 like Shausamal would have needed to win four events. Not 172 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:53.240 that that's necessarily out of the realm of possibility, but 173 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.879 you know, it would have been a very very very 174 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:01.120 small chance for that to happen. But you got Soverroll 175 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.360 getting in there, like he had a couple of cases 176 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.480 to kind of pad his lead. Alex Foxen looked like 177 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.639 nothing was really going to happen for him. He was 178 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.120 I think we heard him say last night, at least 179 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.840 I heard him say last night that he put eighteen 180 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:16.039 bullets in over the course of the entire series. So 181 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.279 Alex Foxen was certainly blasting to try and get this 182 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.960 Player of the Year title. You know, these three guys, 183 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:25.440 Fox and Sobroll and Ream, they were very much locked 184 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.120 in for the championships, like they didn't necessarily need to 185 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.279 be there other than going for this POI title. I mean, 186 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.759 obviously if you like money too and you want to 187 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.399 win money, but you know you necessarily didn't need to 188 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:40.000 to go for this. Chino makes back to back to 189 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.639 back final tables like and then entering the final event 190 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:48.480 registration closes. All three of them are in right, so 191 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.639 Sover's basically playing defense. Foxen needs what we sorted out 192 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:57.879 as a fourth placer better independent of Soverroll getting any results, 193 00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:59.960 and then Chino needed to win, but also like China 194 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.799 could win, but then fox and if Foxing finished third, 195 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.759 he could lock it up. So there was a lot 196 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:08.600 of moving parts at play for this specific race. Soilver 197 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:11.360 goes out, So now we just have Foxen and Ring 198 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.159 both know what needs to happen. Foxen knows he needs 199 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.960 to get fourth or if he gets third, for sure 200 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.200 he locks it up. Right, if he gets fourth and 201 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:24.720 then Chino wins the tournament, Chino could win POI. Chino 202 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.559 knows he has to win. So all this is playing out. 203 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:29.639 They both did they both make the final table? Or 204 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:31.399 where did Chino go out? 205 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.879 Chino bust just short of the Fhonne table right eight? 206 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:37.960 Was it eighth or was it ninth or eighth or 207 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:38.480 something like that? 208 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.519 Yeah, he finished eighth bubble the final table. 209 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.799 Yeah, so he was a bit bummed obviously. I mean, 210 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:45.960 I mean still a good results, still good series for 211 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.320 Chino Reim, did you have his series stats on hand? 212 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:53.559 Yeah, he had four cashes at three final tables obviously 213 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.559 and that Finnal table bubble three hundred and thirty five 214 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:57.200 points he picked up. 215 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.960 Yeah, so China know, you know, a pretty great season overall. 216 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:06.200 And I believe he led in terms of cashes and 217 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.320 titles or did fox And tie him in titles? 218 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.320 Foxin ended up tying him. They both have five wins 219 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.360 for the season. Uh, and obviously there is still one 220 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:19.440 event to go. There is a tiebreaker for that wins. Yeah, 221 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:23.200 Chino crushed the crap the cashes, thirty five cashes. Next 222 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.279 best was several with thirty one, and then after that 223 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.279 we had two people on twenty eight, which was Nick 224 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.879 Schulman and John Reordan. 225 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.080 How many of those cases do you know from Chino 226 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:39.000 came in the mixed game series because Fox and Fox 227 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:40.919 and will play polo. They'll both play po will obviously 228 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.679 both play in No Limit, but I don't think foxing plays. 229 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:49.639 Yeah, China picked up three cashes during PGT Mixed Games 230 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:54.799 and obviously got a couple at the World Series. He 231 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.080 didn't have the best World series, only had four cashes, 232 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:02.799 while Fox and Sxson's World Series was very strong. Eight 233 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:04.480 cash is eleven hundred points. 234 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.159 Yeah, so listen, it came down to the wire. Then 235 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.279 they get to the found taplesod Chino goes out in 236 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.600 eighth places we talked about. They get to the final 237 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:16.360 table of seven and this last event is you know, 238 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.600 I don't know, call it the freaking roaring twenties, twenty 239 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.679 minute levels, twenty second shot clocks, like it's just everything 240 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.799 is twenty twenty second time, banks, et cetera very fast event. 241 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:29.519 They get down to the final table and like, no 242 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.279 one's got chips they get When they got down to 243 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.480 the found table, there was like one hundred and four 244 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:40.080 big blinds in play total. Josh Aria had many of 245 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.360 those big blinds. He had I don't know what thirty 246 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:44.159 five percent of the chips and player or something like 247 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:48.159 that to start. Everyone else was pretty short. Foxon's basically 248 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.720 playing this like a satellite, knowing that he has to 249 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.879 get to fourth to get the poy. Everyone else knows that. 250 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:59.879 But then there's also the added dynamics of, you know, 251 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.000 josh Aria needs to win, and if he wins, he's 252 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.360 going to get a dream seat. If aram Aganian wins 253 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:08.720 the tournament, he's going to get into the top forty. 254 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.440 If Jonathan Little wins the tournament, he's going to get 255 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.399 a dream seat, you know. And then you have what 256 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:17.679 Chewie Brandon Wilson, and was that it. 257 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.840 Yeah, yeah, boy, No, Chewey was already in so he 258 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:22.279 could already. 259 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.639 But I unders saying that they had already kind of 260 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.039 locked up their positions and they're just playing a regular tournament. 261 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:32.159 Before that as well, you had Brandon Wilson, who he 262 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:37.039 wanted to cash in order to just really solidify his 263 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.679 position on the leaderboards. He wanted to cash because if 264 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:42.440 he cashed, he got a couple more points. He's like, 265 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.159 there's no shot that, like any craziness can happen for 266 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:47.360 me to lose one of these dream seats. But then 267 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:50.399 if he finished at least eighth, this is Brandon Wilson again, 268 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.879 then he would move into the top forty of the 269 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.960 season long leader board, which other players were rooting for, 270 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.360 because if he moves out of the dream Seat leader 271 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.639 board into the top forty, he makes an additional dream 272 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:07.480 seat available, most notably for Jeremy Becker, who was in 273 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.840 sixth place on the Dream Seat leader Award again five 274 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.519 dream seats awarded, Brandon was ahead of him. But if 275 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:16.159 Brandon then gets into the top forty, you know, all 276 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.360 this sort of shakes out. And like Brandon's like in 277 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:22.919 he's in multiple pots, all multiple all in situations like 278 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.679 before the before the final eight were happening, like it was, 279 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.759 it was crazy, and like, you know, Jeremy's messaging us 280 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.240 because he's he's playing down the street, I played at 281 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.279 Hollywood in the circuit event. He's like, hey, like what 282 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:35.559 are my chances? You know, like We're like, well, Brandon's 283 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.799 all in right now, like all this sort of stuff. 284 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.559 So it was it was pretty wild. There was one 285 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:45.960 hand in particular where so Jonathan Little he has to 286 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:52.679 win the tournament, but he can also finish second if 287 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.639 Brandon Wilson finishes in the top eight. If he were 288 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.200 to finish second, then he would have tied with Jeremy Becker, 289 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.120 but Brandon Wilson would have been out and moved into 290 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.399 the top forty. So but then there was a hand 291 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.720 where Brandon Wilson basically moved on and left like one 292 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.840 chip behind or one big blind behind or something. Jonathan 293 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.600 Little put him all in from the big blind with 294 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:17.440 a six off, which I thought was if you know that, 295 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:19.799 you can't bust Brandon Wilson, Like I thought that that 296 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:23.080 was just crazy to me. But also is that collusion 297 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.240 or is that just the dynamics of the situation. 298 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.919 I mean, we could question some chip dumping, but uh. 299 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.559 I mean, but I'm just saying, I'm just saying, just 300 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:33.960 fold your hand type of thing. 301 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:36.360 Yeah, I mean, it doesn't quite make sense. I think 302 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:39.159 maybe he actually had it wrong in his mind and 303 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.440 was actually just trying to bust him. So it took 304 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.000 a you know, slightly high variant spot than he may 305 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.480 normally have. 306 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.639 That's my yeah, I think I would have just folded 307 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.600 my hand. You know. It's it's pretty it's very much 308 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.919 like a satellite in a lot of ways, you know, 309 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:00.679 because but he also needs Brandon Wilson to finish top 310 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.320 eight was part of the equation for him, So I 311 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.200 mean what whatever, I mean, It was just there was 312 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.320 a lot of just fun, little interesting dynamics to everything 313 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.200 that were going on, and like everyone was kind of 314 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:12.960 aware about it. So like, you know, especially when they 315 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.720 got down to that seven hind to final table, like 316 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:18.080 everyone knows fox And has to finish fourth, right, everyone 317 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.559 knows like josh Aria has to win, or Jonathan Little 318 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.759 has to win, or Aramaganiy has to win, you know, 319 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:27.279 so it's very just kind of interesting. Then there was 320 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:31.360 this crazy hand at the final table where josh Aria 321 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.960 has he had like one point five million and he 322 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.440 raised to one point one million. The big blind was 323 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.159 one hunter k so he puts out the large majority 324 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.879 of his chips behind him. Brandon Wilson goes all in 325 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:48.440 and has him cover slightly covered folds back to Aria 326 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:53.320 and Brandon Wilson. This is another situation by the way 327 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.200 of these players exposing cars, because Brandon Wilson immediately turns 328 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.960 his hand over, yeah, and he showed he shows aces, 329 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.720 which it's just freaking crazy. So Aria sees it. They're 330 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:05.920 sitting right next to each other. Aria sees it, and 331 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.880 he's like quickly folds his hand. He said he had 332 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:15.079 ace jack. So that's another crazy situation where if ari 333 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:17.880 A doesn't see his hand, he probably calls off the 334 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:21.279 rest of his chips right, and then he's likely out 335 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.759 of the tournament. The very next hand, Aria gets two 336 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:30.799 kings and doubles up like it's just it was just 337 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.720 wild how some of this stuff was playing. Anyway, it 338 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.039 goes on that Alex Foxen ends up getting into fourth 339 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:41.079 place or there's four players left, so he secures the 340 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.279 Player of the Year title, and then from there you 341 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.359 had a long battle to get down from four to one, 342 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.240 especially the heads up match that took place between Brandon 343 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.079 Wilson and Alex Foxen. It was back and forth, back 344 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:56.839 and forth, multiple lead changes, even though there was like 345 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:00.440 forty big blinds in play total, Like the these guys 346 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:02.880 were just battling back and forth, back and forth, you know, 347 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.799 whoever was all in just like could never lose. It 348 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:10.319 was it was crazy. Eventually though, Alex Foxen did the 349 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.880 damn thing. He came out on top. He won the 350 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.079 whole thing two hundred and thirty two thousand dollars to 351 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:19.559 thirty two point four. I think was was the final prize. So, 352 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.119 you know, he had already secured the PGT Player of 353 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:24.359 the Year title, but great good on him to be 354 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.359 able to cap it all off with a win. You know, 355 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:32.079 I thought Alex Foxon absolutely crushed this season. You know, 356 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.519 Sam's overall would have been deserving as well. You know, 357 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.799 of course based on the point system. I trust the 358 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:39.720 point system, you know, but but I you know, I 359 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.359 do have to say that I was I was looking 360 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.440 through Silverall's results in the past couple of days, and 361 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.640 I was like, where where did all these points come from? 362 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.599 Like what what happened? And a lot of it was 363 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:52.680 was ws AP related. Think he won the ten K 364 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.079 six max for example, Like that was a boatload of 365 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:58.119 points there. There was like a fIF a in there. 366 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.480 He was just basically consistently kind of you know, getting points, 367 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:05.559 you know, final table here every series. 368 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:09.359 I mean, he's he's always very consistent. Yeah, over like yeah, 369 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.319 every season. You know, he's he's like one of those 370 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.319 guys who's he's for sure always in the top ten, 371 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.640 if not always in the top five, like always. 372 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:20.519 Yeah, he you know, he won a couple of smaller events, 373 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:23.880 but you know, like every you know, every win counts. 374 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.920 You know, a couple you had a runner out finish 375 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.119 in the PLO series, you know, several final tables. He 376 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.200 had the runner up in the hundred KPLO. You know, 377 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:35.880 he he won an nap AT event, runner up in 378 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.960 an NAPT event. 379 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.200 Yeah, I think I think well that specifically, just quickly 380 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:42.799 is that I think people because you know, it kind 381 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:44.480 of came about where people were like where did Sam 382 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:46.480 get all his points from? And people kind of forget 383 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:51.839 when like a lot of Sam's points came dissip he did. 384 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:54.279 He did very well during the napt Las Vegas series, 385 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:56.680 So it's like stuff that's not in the studio, people 386 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.799 just kind of like forget about. Whereas you're in the 387 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.079 studio all sees and long, you're seeing everything that's happening 388 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.119 in the studio, so you're you're a little bit more 389 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.359 you're closer to that happening so it's just more front 390 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.799 of mine. 391 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.720 Yeah. 392 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.880 So anyway, Alex Oxen is the twenty twenty five PGT 393 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:17.119 Player of the Year. As I did mention earlier, he 394 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:19.480 gets a fifty thousand dollars bonus. He's gonna enter the 395 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:24.079 PGT Championship with the most chips and funny, you know, 396 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.759 I kind of joked with him afterwards while he was 397 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.559 taking his winner photo for this event that he's had, 398 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:33.440 He's had very very close results to like series titles 399 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.880 and stuff like that before. The one that stuck out 400 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.079 to me the most was the PLO series where it 401 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:42.079