WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.039 Hello everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:18.199 Poker Go Podcast. It is Wednesday, July eighth, twelve forty two. 3 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.519 Am just got home from another day down on the 4 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:27.239 strip at Paris and Horseshoe for the World Series of 5 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:33.320 Poker Main event Baby Day two D is in the books. 6 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:37.920 That means we are done with all the multiple different days. 7 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:39.320 You know, all the day ones are done, all the 8 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:44.799 Day two's are done. Registration is closed, we know the 9 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:48.240 field size, the numbers are in, we have the prize pool, 10 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.479 we have the payouts, all of that sort of stuff. 11 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:54.359 We are going to hit on it on this episode 12 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:58.240 of the Poker Go Podcast. We're also going to talk 13 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:00.479 to or I did talk to him. Going to play 14 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.640 those interviews, but Adam Levy and Alex Foxen will be 15 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.760 joining us on the show. Caught up with Adam Levy 16 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.079 on the last break of the day. Caught up with 17 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.560 Alex Foxon at the end of the day. Alex Foxen 18 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.680 played a ridiculous hand. I had to ask him about it. 19 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.159 We'll run through that one, you know, we'll talk about 20 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:25.079 all the stuff that happened as well. Got a funny 21 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.799 story as well that I'll talk about. Maybe maybe two 22 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.439 stories at the end of it all, but they do 23 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.640 tie in to the main event, so you know, we're 24 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.319 gonna have some fun with this episode. As always, if 25 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.040 you are looking for some free online poker action, then 26 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.879 get your butts over to play Poker Go. Just visit 27 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.480 play poker Go dot com slash podcast and that's where 28 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:49.120 you can sign up and get a free one hundred 29 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.640 thousand gold bonus to help kickstart your bank roll. We 30 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.760 have the numbers, the final tally on entries for the 31 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:03.319 twenty twenty six World Series of Poker Main Event, nine thousand, 32 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.199 two hundred and eight entries, every single one of them 33 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.360 ponying up ten thousand dollars. That creates a prize pool 34 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.159 of eighty five million, six hundred and thirty four thousand, 35 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:20.960 four hundred dollars I believe it's ninety six hundred goes 36 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.400 to the prize pool. You know, then there's raking all 37 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.000 that sort of stuff that gets taken out. The top 38 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:31.840 thirteen hundred and eighty two places will make the money. 39 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.560 Now that could that could fluctuate a little bit when 40 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.000 we get down you know, obviously on the the WSP 41 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.280 main Event bubble, there are multiple all ins that that 42 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.199 can happen on a given hand. Sometimes some players split 43 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:45.159 prizes and all that sort of stuff, So you know, 44 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:47.159 we'll get to that. Of course, I would expect the 45 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:51.360 bubble bursts on Day four. We are heading into Day three. 46 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.000 Day three will take place on Wednesday, July eighth. There 47 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:59.280 are three thy two hundred and ninety four players left 48 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.960 in the field, so we're gonna need what is it, 49 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.680 a little bit less than two thousand of them to 50 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:09.400 bust before we get into the money. On Day two D, 51 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.759 eight hundred and twenty late entries were tallied, and that 52 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.039 is up from last year's Day two D. I believe, 53 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:18.680 as long as I have the math correct that I 54 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:22.400 ran on the back of this napkin here before depressing 55 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.800 the record button. Last year looked like it was seven 56 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.039 to seventy six, which is plus five point seven percent 57 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.520 year over year. So as I predicted, you know, we 58 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:36.719 had more late entry on Day two on the both 59 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:40.240 Day two s than we did last year. Last year 60 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.080 was a little bit over one thousand, like one thousand 61 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.840 and fifty one seventy five something like that. It looks 62 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:51.639 like this year was eleven hundred and thirty two, So 63 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.319 it went up there. You know, I think there's I 64 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.319 think there's more knowledge out there for people realizing how 65 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:02.919 valuable it is to register late. Again. The total number 66 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.520 nine thousand, two hundred and eight entries, Yes, that is 67 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.639 down from last year's nine thousand, seven hundred and thirty five, 68 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:11.800 but down only five point four percent, you know, And 69 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.319 I think once we kicked this things off, you know, 70 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.199 I keep going back to that Day one, a number 71 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:19.759 that was down sixteen and a half percent year over year. 72 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.279 I thought everyone started to kind of get concerned. There 73 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:23.800 was a lot of chatter, is he even going to 74 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.199 break nine thousand? Well, it broke nine thousand. And I'm 75 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.399 also gonna pat myself on the back because a few 76 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.279 episodes ago I did predict nine thousand, one hundred and 77 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.639 seventy seven and it comes in at nine thousand, two 78 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.319 hundred and eight. So that was pretty damn close. Min 79 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:43.000 cash in this year's WSP main event as expected fifteen 80 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.079 thousand dollars, so one and a half x the buy 81 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.800 in if you just get into the money up top 82 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:54.879 ten million dollars, second place six million, third place three 83 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.920 point seven five million, fourth place two point seven five million, 84 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.160 fifth place two point twenty five million, sixth place, one 85 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.560 point seven five million, seventh place, one point five million, 86 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:08.279 eighth place, one point twenty five million, and ninth place 87 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.439 at the official final table as they call it, one 88 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:16.959 million dollars. All players at the official final table will 89 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:22.480 be millionaires from this event. Got a long way to go, 90 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.480 of course, but feels like now it's it's it's a 91 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.399 bit more real. Of course, it's a bit more real 92 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.079 than it ever was. We are heading to day three, 93 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.680 but now we know what everyone's playing for. All the 94 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:36.839 registration is locked and let's freaking go in this thing. 95 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:39.439 This is the greatest poker tournament in the world. And 96 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.759 now we are moving to day three. The player who 97 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:50.399 will take the chip lead into day three is actually 98 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.079 hold On. Oh no, sorry, they're just they always trick 99 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:58.920 me with these these recaps. The title of the recap 100 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.959 says entrepreneur Je Fenster bags a big stacks, and I 101 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.879 just quickly read Jeff Finzer and I said, oh, is 102 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.800 he the chip leader? Because I just looked at the 103 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:09.639 chip couns and it was Lorenzo Lavis out of France 104 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:10.959 who has the chip lead. So I was just a 105 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.680 little bit confused there. Apologies for that hiccup, but we're 106 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:15.839 leaving it in there because that's how we do. Chip 107 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.639 leader Lorenzo Lavis out of France. He bagged eight hundred 108 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.639 and eight thousand. That is more than the chip leader 109 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:25.399 from day to ABC, so Lorenzo Lavas is taking the 110 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:29.079 overall chip lead into Day three. He is the only 111 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.240 player in the field with more than eight hundred thousand 112 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.000 in his stack. He's got three hundred and twenty three 113 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.439 big blinds for Day three, eight hundred and eight thousand 114 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.879 for Lavis, and the big blind is going to be 115 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.000 twenty five hundred. That's out of control. Some other notable 116 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.199 stacks big stacks to come out of Day two d 117 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.639 Michael Rosito seven hundred and seventy k. He's got three 118 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:56.439 hundred and eight big blinds. Michael Rosito is a very 119 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:00.480 very talented player, very aggressive, will get after it, will 120 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:02.839 pull the trigger if he needs to. That could be 121 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:05.360 a heck of a lot of fun. Another player similar 122 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:09.639 sort of mold to Rosito for Reed Johnton. He bagged 123 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.439 six hundred and thirty or two hundred and fifty two biglines. 124 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.759 That's gonna be a lot of fun as well. For Reid, 125 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:18.160 having all those chips. TJ Reid. We all know TJ Reid, 126 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:20.879 you know works in the industry, work with Polker dot org, 127 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.959 now slid over to do some watip circuit work. He's 128 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:29.680 got the vlog Torching with TJ. Really good. Dude. If 129 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.759 you guys haven't checked out his Table one podcast, by 130 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:33.160 the way, you should go check it out because there's 131 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.079 a lot of stuff on there that I bet you 132 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:38.000 didn't know about. TJ. Very very good. Listen on the 133 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.920 Table one podcast. But TJ Reid he can blast with 134 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:42.360 the best of them too. He'll get after it. He's 135 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.040 got five hundred ninety seven K in the bag or 136 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:47.040 two hundred and thirty nine big lines. Aaron Mermelstein bagged 137 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.720 a lot five hundred and ten k. Alex Foxen I 138 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.680 told you guys we're going to talk to Alex fxon 139 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.399 and we are. Alex Foxen bagged almost five hundred thousand, 140 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.040 four hundred ninety three thousand and five hundred in the bag. 141 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:02.800 That's just shy two hundred big lines. I saw somewhere else. 142 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.319 I think it was on Poker News. Christen Foxen bagged 143 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.959 around one hundred and forty or one hundred and fifty K, 144 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.480 so she's got a nice looking stack. Heading forward to 145 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.720 day three as well, Stevens Song, the player that I 146 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.519 can't believe went for his cheap as he did in 147 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.160 twenty five K Fantasy's got four hundred and thirty K 148 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.519 in the bag. Steven Song probably gonna be scoring another 149 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:26.040 field won us another deep run in the main. One 150 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.519 of the best big field nolaman holding players in the world, 151 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.440 Steven Song. John Sin former champion of this event, bagged 152 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.159 four hundred and three thousand. Ryan Reees, another former champion 153 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.200 of this event, bag three hundred and ninety five K. 154 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:42.200 Sean Deeb did some work three hundred and sixty eight 155 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.279 K in the bag for him, and David Peters bagged 156 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.960 three hundred and sixty five thousand. Of course, there are 157 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.960 players that had to bust. Not everyone can make it through. 158 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.960 Jonathan Tomaio gone, Ari Engele gone, live Bury gone, Barbara Enright, 159 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:02.679 Kevin Rabbichow, Jeff Mattson, Brent Kenny, Ellie, Elezra, Matt glans Land, Entice, 160 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.720 James Ops all eliminated. We also lost Ethan Rampage. Yeah, 161 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:12.399 we lost Daniel Legrandu and we lost Nick Schulman. I 162 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.559 only saw Nick Shulman bust that he ran seventh. He 163 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.600 was very short. He ran sevens into Queens and that 164 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.200 was that. So that's a kind of look at the 165 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:22.200 chip sacks as we go. The players in, the players out, 166 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.919 some notable players. All these guys that I talked about 167 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:28.080 bagging big stacks or sorry, all these players I talked 168 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.639 about bagging stacks have big stacks. Going into day three, 169 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.360 the fields will combine. This is gonna be a heck 170 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.639 of a lot of fun. No one has topped the 171 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.399 million chip mark. There was a player in the WSP 172 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.120 app who it said that he had hit over nine 173 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.480 hundred thousand. I know, my friend, my colleague Mickey Doff 174 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.559 went over to his table. He checked nowhere near nine 175 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.360 hundred thousand. I went over and checked as well, nowhere 176 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.360 near nine hundred thousand. So I don't know how that 177 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.200 got messed up because the player looked like he had 178 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.080 around three hundred thousand or so. So this wasn't like, 179 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.120 you know, somebody fat fingered his extra or whatever it was. 180 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.440 Maybe the player was just lying in the app. Not cool, buddy, 181 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.759 if that was the case. But anyway, no one over 182 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:09.639 a million yet that is for sure going to happen 183 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.759 on Wednesday, we will have the first player to hit 184 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:17.000 a million in the WSP main event. I used to 185 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.399 love when years ago when this was at the Rio, 186 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:25.200 they always used to do different announcements for certain milestones 187 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:27.919 in the tournament. You know, first player to get to 188 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:32.080 a million, first player to get to five million, or whatever. 189 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.080 They would do the announcement where hey, everyone, you are 190 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.159 all in one room, and at the time it was 191 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.679 the Amazon room, right, you know, everyone like the WSPE 192 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:43.240 minimum champion is in this room, you know, instead of 193 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:45.759 spread out across multiple rooms. Like I love that sort 194 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:48.000 of stuff. I don't know if it's possible, but I'll 195 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.879 throw it out there. It'd be great if we had 196 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:52.120 Jeff Platt doing that. I think he would be perfect 197 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.200 for it. Just going around just doing these different sort 198 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.960 of milestones. I feel like it it helps with the 199 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.879 atmosphere in the room, you know, creates that additional buzz 200 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.600 stuff like that. I think it's just a cool little touch. 201 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.639 First player to hit ten million in chips, you know, 202 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.519 all that sort of stuff, like, I think it's just fun. 203 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.440 At one point today, you know, when the when the 204 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.799 field sides got locked. Jeff Jeff Platt got up there 205 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.200 on the WSP countdown stage and he announced the whole thing. 206 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.440 Lack of applause from all you guys out there, all 207 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.399 you players. I think maybe I think maybe eight people clapped, 208 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.120 and I was one of them. So what I mean, 209 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.480 come on, there's more than eighty five million dollars in 210 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.840 the prize, but in the greatest term in the world, 211 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.120 we can't clap for a ten million dollar first place prize? 212 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.919 Are we really that desensitized to everything? I mean, come on, people, 213 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.120 let's go. This is the World Series of Poker main event. 214 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.639 Let's go. 215 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.759 I got to get to this hand with Alex Foxen. 216 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:53.720 So Alex is on the main feature all I think 217 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.159 all day and he had a big stack. He was 218 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.399 doing Alex fox and things, and then this hand comes up. 219 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:04.519 Then win. I believe everyone was calling him Vinnie, who 220 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.559 has a bright pink shirt on that has Donald Trump's 221 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:15.320 face on it. He's drinking, slurring his speech at times, 222 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.039 looks like he's having a blast. At one point they 223 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:20.120 kind of showed a side shot of him and he's 224 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:22.200 got no shoes on, took a shoes off. So it's 225 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:24.320 just the whole thing. They look there having a blast 226 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:29.039 up there. Right he opens, they're playing it's the it's 227 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.240 the six hundred and twelve hundred levels, so whatever level 228 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.279 that is, I think that's the third level. The day 229 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:39.039 before dinner break, he opens Jack tennehearts from earlier position, 230 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.840 early middle, early position. I think it was early position. 231 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:48.759 Alex Fox in flats ace jack from middle from two 232 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:53.519 seats over a player last name Hayasaki. He re raised 233 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:58.559 from the big blind to sixty five hundred. I believe 234 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.679 it went twenty four hundred. Caller might have won twenty 235 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.679 five hundred call and then Hyasackey makes it sixty five 236 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.879 hundred out of the big one with King six of clubs. 237 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.440 I don't think that that's a thing, but it's what happened. 238 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.799 And also very very small on the three bet Vin 239 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:16.440 Winn had I think fifty five big blinds total or 240 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.279 right around there. Fox and covered Fox and had like 241 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:21.879 over three hundred k. Hiaackey had around one hundred and 242 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:25.399 eighty K. Win just rips it for fifty five k 243 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.519 with the Jack ten of hearts, and this is like 244 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:29.799 it's like, well, I'm watching this and I'm like, what 245 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:34.679 the hell is going on fox In like is surprised. 246 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.879 He is, like, he doesn't fold right away, He's thinking. 247 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.480 He starts hitting Win with some chatter to the point 248 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.240 where like I was even wondering, and I know, David 249 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:45.799 Williams said in the commentary, but like, is the chatter 250 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.960 even aloud? Because he was kind of asking him what 251 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.080 he had? Win was talking back, But there's a third 252 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.399 player in the hand, mind you. Eventually Foxen makes the 253 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.879 call again, this is for fifty five big blinds. This 254 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.879 is just a four bet jam for fifty five big blinds. 255 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.679 Fox And calls with Ace jack off. Hayasaki quickly gets 256 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:06.799 out of the way, and when the hands are tabled, 257 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:08.679 then Win's like, oh my god, oh my god, what 258 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:10.519 the heck? I was just trying to squeeze him out. 259 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.440 Why did I punt this off? How did you call that? Alex? 260 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.879 It was it was a whole scene up there. Fox 261 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.039 is just kind of laughing and smiling. He's in an 262 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:23.240 incredible spot. Here board runs out King six' five, ace 263 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.159 but it was The king Of hearts and The ace 264 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.679 Of hearts on the board up until the. Turn So 265 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.279 whin has a royal flush draw going to the river 266 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.120 where river Bricks off pairs the board with the six the, 267 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.519 spades and when is out the, Door foxton takes that 268 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.960 pot gets a nice. Boost who's already very big, stack you. 269 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.000 Know after play was, DONE i had to go up 270 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.960 to Fox and AND i had to, say, listen, MAN i 271 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.399 got to talk to you about this hand BECAUSE i 272 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.440 think it's a spot where a lot of, people and 273 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.159 honestly likely myself, INCLUDED i do not think THAT i 274 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.200 would have been able to find this call even IF 275 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.879 i had whatever the Heck alex Fox AND i think 276 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:01.840 he had around three hundred and fifty thousand and chips 277 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.799 to start the, Hand so an absolute mountain of, chips you, 278 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.200 know but still that's that's a lot of chips there 279 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:09.840 and you just have ace jack. Off but, listen this 280 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.879 is Why Alex foxon is one of the absolute best 281 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.559 in the, world the best to ever do. It he 282 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.320 makes this. CALL i talked to him, about you, know 283 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:23.200 wanting to press what even might be small, edges and 284 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.480 how important that is in a field like The World 285 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:27.440 series of pokermon event where a lot of, people you, 286 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.440 know because we talk about how good the structure, is 287 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:31.519 some people might just fold the ace jack off and be, 288 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.440 like you know, WHAT i don't need to do. THIS 289 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.879 i only wasted you know whatever two to three. K 290 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:39.080 it is on the hand and let's just move. On but, 291 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.279 No foxen made the call and got a huge jump. 292 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.960 There so here is my chat With Alex. Foxhen all, Right, 293 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.639 ALEX i got to ask you about the ah Jack 294 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.159 jack ten. Hend what was that when the guy Had 295 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.120 jack ten suited he went on in for like sixty 296 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.919 SOMETHING k and you you contemplated with the ace. JACK 297 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:57.320 i mean it seems like a spot WHERE i mean 298 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.799 you obviously kind of read the situation, corrected, right but 299 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.360 also like it is a gamble there with the ash, jack, 300 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.879 Right so just kind of what's going through your? 301 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.240 Mind, YEAH i mean it's it's definitely a kind of six. 302 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.720 SPOT i think THAT i had played with was his 303 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:10.840 Name viddie for a little bit at this, point and 304 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.120 he was definitely on the looser side and you, know 305 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:18.600 willing to make some unconventional, plays AND i took that 306 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.200 situation to be one where he looked at my range as, 307 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.159 cap which is, correct and the big one was genuine 308 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:28.840 in trying to call and miss click. Raise so it 309 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:30.679 just leaves the action open for him to jam a 310 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.639 ton of. Hands he had been opening pretty, wide AND 311 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:36.360 i was pretty confident, that you, know given that he 312 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:40.519 had about SEVENTY, k he had enough room to three 313 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.960 bet or four bet technically to a smaller size with 314 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.559 some of his more nutted. Hands and, additionally he started 315 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:49.639 to seem pretty uncomfortable WHEN i WHEN i didn't instantly. 316 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.159 Fold so THEN i just started to think, that, Yeah 317 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.440 i'm gonna have a lot of dominating, hands AND i 318 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:56.240 kind of, thought worst case, Scenario, Yes i'm going to 319 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.799 like ninser, eights but there are gonna be some like 320 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.279 King jack, Suits jack ran, studits Que jack, suits some 321 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.240 more suited aces in. There SO i feel, like with 322 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.440 there's still a chunk of dead money in the pot 323 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:09.359 and the fact THAT i probably have the WAY i 324 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:11.119 perceived his, RANGE i THINK i still have an equity 325 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:13.240 advantage with a lot of hands THAT i, Dominate SO, 326 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.799 i you, know suddenly make a. 327 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.279 CALL i think an easy follow up is do you 328 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.240 need to take a risk like? That you, know even 329 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.559 if it is a kind of a smaller percentage equity, advantage, 330 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:23.519 right if you think you're going to do fairly, well 331 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:25.160 you have a good chip stack, already do you need 332 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.799 to press those? 333 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.759 Edges, YEAH i THINK i think this is a fine 334 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.759 line that you walk in the main event where you you, 335 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.799 know you don't want to sacrifice too much on your 336 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.000 win rate or your ev in the in the tournament 337 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.920 by by folding away small, edges because if you do 338 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.240 that around the course is you, know five, six, seven eight, 339 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.079 days it does that. Up and, additionally at the, TIME 340 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.720 i THINK i had like three hundred and FIFTY k 341 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.000 or so to start the, Hand so HOW'D i lost this? 342 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.039 Pot i'm still like two hundred big lines, deep very, 343 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:54.680 Comfortable so it was a good spot WHERE i was 344 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:58.039 able to withstand a loss there pretty. Easily AND i 345 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.880 think if if my stack was, different the decision might 346 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.880 have been a lot more. Difficult AND i think there's 347 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:05.319 a higher chance THAT i would have holded HAD i, 348 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.799 had say one HUNDRED k instead of you, know three HUNDRED. 349 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:10.160 K so that definitely plays a. Role and it's just 350 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.119 one of, yeah one of those spots WHERE i my 351 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.160 read was that he was scored the bottom of his, 352 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:16.440 range and you, know when you get it in for 353 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.759 with seventy, percent it's a pretty good. Spot so those 354 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.160 are spots. 355 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.720 THAT i. Think it's, like you have to you have to. 356 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:22.599 Be willing to. Gamble it is just another. Tournament you 357 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.640 have to think the spots as they. 358 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:26.240 Come so you guys heard. It there a little bit 359 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:29.000 of insight into the mind of one of the best 360 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.839 tournament poker players in the history of the, game hands. 361 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:36.599 Down Alex foxon is that. Dude he is that. Good 362 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.599 he's got almost five HUNDRED k going forward to day, 363 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:43.359 three And lord have mercy on everyone who stands in his, 364 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.119 way because if this guy can continue to steam roll like. 365 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:48.359 This when he was playing on that beach, TIP i 366 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.000 watched maybe let's say forty five minutes total of you, 367 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:53.640 KNOW i was popping in and, out of, course going 368 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:55.880 out to the floor and. WHATEVER i mean it not 369 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.319 to take anything away from the other players out, there 370 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.960 but it looked like in a al playing with middle 371 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.119 schoolers is like playing basketball with middle. Schools it was 372 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:08.160 it was, unreal like he was doing whatever he. Wanted EVEN. J. 373 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:10.920 C tran he got him in one pot where he 374 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:15.400 had a flushtraw he checked back, flop, raised turned like GOT. J. 375 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:17.440 C tran to fold the best hand on the. RIVER i, 376 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.359 mean it's just like Even ja Z TRAN. Jayc trann 377 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:22.599 is of course no, slouch And foxen is just up 378 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.400 there doing What Alex foxen. Does just tremendous stuff from. 379 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.720 Him and if he is as locked in as we always, 380 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:34.119 See Alex foxen has as many chips as he, does 381 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.960 just just look. OUT i can already see this one 382 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:40.599 brewing for a deep run For Alex. Foxen WHEN i 383 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:44.720 talked about HOW i busted out of the tournament and 384 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.039 HOW i was feeling about my summer and HOW i 385 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:49.799 thought that, overall you, KNOW i played WHAT i consider 386 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.440 to be MY a game and one of my best 387 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.559 strengths as a poker. PLAYERS i believe THAT i am 388 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.559 able to show up and play as close to MY 389 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:03.000 a game as possible on a consistent. Basis, now MY 390 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:06.359 a game is not a lot of really good PLAYERS 391 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:10.279 a games like In Alex. Foxen but What i'm getting at, 392 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:13.400 IS i Think Alex foxen is the player to, me you, 393 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.119 know or at least one of a small handful of 394 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:21.279 players THAT i don't ever see him not playing HIS a. 395 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:25.319 GAME i JUST i really just, don't you, know it's like, 396 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:30.000 Him It's Steven. CHIDWICK i kind of think that might 397 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.440 be the, LIST i might Throw Jason kuhn in, there 398 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.440 BUT i have to like go to What jason kun 399 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:40.039 has said where you know he's he's told me this 400 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.039 summer and you guys heard it on the podcast where 401 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.480