WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:12.679 Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new episode of 2 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.519 the Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. His 3 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:23.039 name is Tim Duckworth, and fingers crossed this recording works 4 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.519 because having some technical difficulties beforehand. It is eleven forty 5 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.520 seven pm on Monday, July fourteenth, so not really gonna 6 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.039 wake up producer Rich and bother him. So again fingers 7 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:41.159 crossed that everything works here. Probably a pretty short episode 8 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:43.840 coming your way today. We're gonna touch on the Dubisby 9 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.039 main event final table once again. We're gonna kind of 10 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:48.840 preview it a little bit more. I know, we ran 11 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.880 through the players on the last episode, you know, everyone 12 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.920 that made the final nine, and then we'll get into that. 13 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.920 We'll also touch into everything else that's going on here 14 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.039 at Horseshoe paris pretty slow day overall, but do have 15 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.519 a couple of winners. Don't think we're gonna get a 16 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:07.400 winner in this ten K six max, but that is 17 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:09.799 playing right now. We'll hit on that. We got the 18 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.280 polo playing down, so you know, we got enough to 19 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.040 fill an episode, right and of course we can make 20 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.560 some stuff. No days off, No days off here, baby, 21 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:20.640 No days off. People keep saying to me like, all, 22 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.560 sum are you gonna record the podcast night? You're gonna 23 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:26.280 record the podcast night? The answer is yes, mofos every 24 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:29.640 single night. Okay, we are doing it every single night. 25 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:31.760 We made a commitment, we are sticking to it, so 26 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:36.120 let's freaking go. The past two episodes, by the way, 27 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.319 have taken off a little bit more on YouTube. So 28 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.400 if you're a new viewer or listener of the pokerl podcast, 29 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.319 thank you for joining in. I'm Donnie Peters. 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We 75 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.719 ran through the final nine players and gave a little 76 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:54.199 bit of the bio on each of them on the 77 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.680 last episode, so if you miss that, we're not gonna 78 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.759 do too much of that particular thing, So go back 79 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.439 to the last episode and check it out, or you 80 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.599 can head on over to PGT dot com and check 81 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:05.840 out the Meet the twenty twenty five doas Be Main 82 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:07.960 Event file table article that was done by the great 83 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.560 Shan Chaffin as biles on all the players. So if 84 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.879 you're a little bit unfamiliar from these final nine, obviously 85 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.560 Michael the Grinder, Miss Rocky is the big headlining, the 86 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.480 big notable name but if you're unfamiliar with people in 87 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:22.560 general and you want to be like, oh, where's my 88 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.240 rooting interest going to lie? You know, go listen to 89 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.399 the last episode or watch it on YouTube, or go 90 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.040 check out the article on PGT dot com to familiarize 91 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:34.319 yourself with the players. We have seat one Leo Margetts 92 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:38.079 from Spain fifty three point four million, that represents thirty 93 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:43.519 three big blinds. Seat two Kenny Hallard from Belgium eighty 94 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.079 point five million or fifty big blinds. Braxton Dunaway is 95 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.199 in seat three. He's from the US ninety one point 96 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:55.240 nine million, fifty seven big blinds. John Wosnock out of 97 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.000 the USA one hundred and eight million, one hundred and 98 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.959 eight point one to be exact, sixty eight big LiLine. 99 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:03.879 He is the chip leader. Seat five is Michael the 100 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.959 Grinder Miss Rocky, also out of the USA, ninety three million, 101 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.839 even for the Grinder, fifty eight big blinds. De Young 102 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.959 Lee out of South Korea thirty four point nine million, 103 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:18.560 twenty two big blinds. Luca Badjokovic out of Serbia fifty 104 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:22.160 one million or thirty two big blinds. He's in seat seven. 105 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.240 Adam Hendricks out of the USA is in seed eight 106 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.360 forty eight million, thirty big blinds, and then Seed nine. 107 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.040 Rounding out the twenty twenty five WSB Main Event final 108 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:35.879 table is Jared Minguinea out of the USA twenty three 109 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:39.319 point six million. He's also the short stack of the 110 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.279 final nine. He's got fifteen big blinds to work with 111 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:46.720 when play resumes on Tuesday, July fifteenth. All those nine 112 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.480 players had the day off on Monday. I think all 113 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:51.839 of them came down here to the Horseshoe to do 114 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:55.279 some interviews, take some photos, maybe some various interviews with 115 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.040 the media or whatnot, what not. 116 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:03.000 All of them who didn't come, Wow, Actually I lie 117 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:07.439 exactly exactly. They interview and one of them they need 118 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:08.839 one pot. That's what I'm kind of getting in. 119 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.160 Well, you're talking about the Grinder. I am, yeah, but 120 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:13.439 he ended up coming. He was late. 121 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.959 But he can't show what we're talking to us down 122 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:17.439 here well in the back of the room. 123 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.079 I mean, it is what it is. He's the Grinders. 124 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.120 He's a big personality, he's a big name. He's got 125 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.439 people to see, things to do. Man, he can't he 126 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.319 can't just be schlepping in with us. He's already done 127 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:28.720 this whole final table thing. Yeah, good point, you know, right, 128 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:33.160 the freaking grinder man. Use the old footage, right, Yeah, 129 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:38.079 just put seven bracelets, honey, let's go. It's amazing good 130 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.920 Win number eight. So I ran through all the stack sizes. 131 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.920 I do want to hit on the ICM value and 132 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.720 on the video. Hopefully we'll get a little shot right 133 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:48.959 here from producer Rich right in the middle of us. 134 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.839 This is per Derek Walters on Twitter. He goes by 135 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.959 Derek underscore Walters. He's always talking about the ICM values 136 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:01.360 for the stacks. He's also regularly offing excuse me to 137 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:05.040 buy pieces of people at their ICM value. And it's 138 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:08.439 interesting how you how things stack up. You got wasnock 139 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:09.720 is way up on top of a one hundred and 140 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.800 eight million, You got m in guineas on the bottom 141 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:16.240 with twenty three million, right, So there's what it's about. 142 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:20.680 Four and a half x whsnuck stacked to mc guineas. 143 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:24.040 But like the ICM value, you know, first place in 144 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.079 this thing is ten million. Everyone's guaranteed a million. Like, 145 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.600 it's not that big of a gap. It's not a 146 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.959 nine million dollar gap in the ICM value. The ICM 147 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.480 value is obviously scrunched down. Wasnock has the largest ICM 148 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.800 value of course because he's the chip leader four point 149 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.279 five seven million, Then you have four point twenty four 150 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.720 four point two one seven three point nine three point 151 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:47.079 two three point one three million, two point five seven nine, 152 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.959 and then ming Guinea stack is right now worth two 153 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:55.399 point one three one million. I'm assuming all the players 154 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.720 are aware of this at least to some degree. Now, 155 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:01.839 I would say the one that's probably the least aware 156 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:06.680 of it would be Well, I think he's least aware 157 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.480 of it out of choice. I don't think he gives 158 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.680 a shit. Okay, So but I think I would assume 159 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.360 that Wa Wasnak because he's like the the he's the 160 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.920 token old guy. He's a recreational player. He's I think 161 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:21.079 he's an investment consultant is what his job is. So 162 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.560 he also might like just not be as in tune 163 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:25.319 with it. You know. Maybe, yes, he has some people 164 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.120 telling him about it, but I feel like he's just 165 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.480 going to be a guy who's just going to play 166 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:31.720 his game and not really worry about this, Whereas I 167 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.919 feel like someone like let's say Kenny Hallard or Adam 168 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.000 Hendrix are going to be like, oh my ICM value 169 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.720 is this Like I'm going to try and ladder up 170 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:42.559 accordingly or whatnot. So just wanted to kind of lay 171 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.440 those out there. As we head into the final table again, 172 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.519 everyone is guaranteed a million dollars for making the final nine, 173 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.960 and then it goes one million, one point twenty five, 174 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:57.639 one point five, one point nine, two point four, three, four, six, ten, 175 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.559 I believe are all the payoffs, so kind of smallest 176 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:04.000 jumps to start, but then obviously once you get into it, 177 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:06.879 the jumps get pretty pretty big. And then of course 178 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.759 that four million dollar jump from second to first is 179 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:14.360 absolutely astronomical. I guess let's take a look at, you know, 180 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:18.879 this final table as it compares to some recent years. 181 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:21.279 That's something that I wanted to hit on, you know, 182 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.919 I just I think a lot has been made about 183 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:29.480 how awesome this final table is, and when people start 184 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.240 throwing that around, you know, this is the best fil 185 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:33.120 table ever. This is the best fiel table ever. I mean, 186 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:36.200 I just it's not that it's not I don't know, 187 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.519 but I just immediately think is it right? And then 188 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.080 I kind of want to look, Yeah, so what is 189 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.159 best main definition? Here though, Well, I'm just saying that's 190 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.639 what I've heard from a lot of people, like this 191 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.039 FILEL table is so great, This fil tables the best, like, 192 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.879 you know, like finally we got this type of final table. 193 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.279 So I think obviously a lot of it has to 194 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.559 do with Leyo Marjetts. Yeah, you know, being the first 195 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.960 woman to make them an event final table in thirty years, 196 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.360 going all the way back to nineteen ninety five, when 197 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:04.840 Barbara Enright did it. Barbara Enwright was the only player 198 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.679 or only female player to do it. It's taken thirty 199 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:10.720 years now for Leo Marguetz to do it. And of 200 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.440 course she did it with a six six sick runout 201 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.399 going Club Club to back into a flush after her 202 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.240 jacks were out flopped against Ace King on day eight. 203 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.600 But but yeah, I pulled I pulled the most recent 204 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:27.080 final tables going back to twenty twenty one, So that 205 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:31.480 gives us it's all the post COVID years can't really 206 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.080 count twenty twenty because obviously that was the weird COVID 207 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:36.639 year where everything was like it was like there was 208 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:40.799 an international tournament, there was a USA tournament. They combined 209 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.559 to one tournament. They played it it was very weird, right, 210 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:45.600 and then I didn't feel like going back, you know, 211 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:50.320 before that. So I would say that, you know, this one, 212 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:55.600 it's got a pretty strong mix of star power. It 213 00:10:55.720 --> 00:11:00.480 certainly has that historical significance, you know, largely due to 214 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.679 Leo Margetz and the history that I just mentioned it 215 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.320 being thirty years since we've had a woman make the 216 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.559 final table. I think there's a lot of like poker 217 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:12.480 credibility at this final table. Overall, I would view it 218 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:16.120 as very well rounded. If a final table like can 219 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:21.600 be versatile, I think this one checks that box. You know, 220 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:26.320 we talked about Leo Marguetz. You know, she's the global storyline. 221 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.919 She's out of Spain, you know, but she's he's very 222 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.039 much that global storyline now because she is the female 223 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.759 that has made the final table for the first time 224 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:38.159 in thirty years. That is entirely historic. You got Michael Msrocky, right, 225 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:42.080 He's one of the most decorated players in the history 226 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.399 of poker, one of the most decorated WSP players. Tim 227 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.440 and I have talked at length about the fact that 228 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.360 he's won four Poker Players Championship titles. He has seven 229 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.320 total bracelets, he's now made the w CMIAT final table 230 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.279 for a second time. I mean, it's just it's I 231 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.799 can't even like believe it when I keep saying it. Yeah, 232 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.600 it's just so wild to me. 233 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:02.799 And that second time, just to touch in that way 234 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:07.039 there is in this modern generation, you know, whether we 235 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:11.000 call it post money maker, it's just has not been 236 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:15.799 done at all that often. Michael Mazrahi twenty ten, twenty 237 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:19.399 twenty five, Mark Newhouse twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, back to 238 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.039 back ninth place finishes. 239 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.039 That's amazing. 240 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:25.320 Dan Harrington twenty two thousand and three, two thousand and four, 241 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.080 he finished third and fourth respectively. And we're going to 242 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.679 touch on obviously. Kenny Hallett twenty sixteen, twenty twenty five. 243 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.559 Joke out and then yeah, that's I was going to say, 244 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:38.320 that's probably the best one first and then a fifth. 245 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:40.480 Yeah, it hard to be that. Joe Haad one is 246 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.559 often overlooked. 247 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:44.440 It's it's one hundred percent overlook And you know, I 248 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.720 want to throw throw one of our one of our 249 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:50.919 gentlemen on the Pogo team under the bus. He gave 250 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:52.399 me the list, He's like, any more you can add. 251 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:57.200 I was like, I bet youa kata, right, and he's like, 252 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:01.399 oh yeah right, oh yeah, yeah right, oh yeah, Jos 253 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.840 was sick. And then so if you if you want 254 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:08.000 to extend a little bit to tenth place, which is 255 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:12.960 still technically the final table, you can throw Michael Rawan 256 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:18.200 into that one. He has a fourth and a tenth technically. 257 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.519 The final table. 258 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.000 But either way, modern general, the modern times and post 259 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.600 money maker, you know, the money maker error, however you 260 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.600 want to call it. Basically, basically five players have made 261 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.720 you know, two final tables and that's just, you know, 262 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:32.200 absolutely astonishing. 263 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:36.519 Ben Lamb, did you mention him? Wasn't that a third 264 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:40.759 and a ninth? Oh wow? Yeah, yeah, I mean, let's 265 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.320 not forget that he also has four also has a fourteenth. 266 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.559 He has a fourteenth too, Yeah, Ben Lamb had when 267 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.759 was third, third and twenty and eleven, and then he 268 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:51.399 got ninth in twenty seventeen. 269 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.120 Oh we that's a duck up from me too. There 270 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:54.759 you go out there. 271 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:57.720 Piers Heines won in twenty eleven. We haven't seen him since. 272 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.080 And then Scott blow Seeing won it in twenty seventeen. 273 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.639 When Lamb got down there to that one, which is 274 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.360 you know, I mean just absolutely incredible stuff from Ben Lamb. 275 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.759 Now Grinder's in that group. Kenny Hallard is also in 276 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.240 that group. You know, we talked about Grinder and part 277 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.960 of the storyline with Grinder is he's he's one of 278 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.360 those like old school pro He's a poker Boom star. 279 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.120 Is like he became a star during the Poker Broom 280 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.759 you know. Now, maybe he didn't rise to the ultimate 281 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.080 heights of a Dan and mcgrondy or a Phil Hollimey 282 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.600 or a Phil Ivy, but Grinder was as big as 283 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.759 they come for a period of time. Yes, Like you know, 284 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.840 he was crushing everything. He was winning multiple WPT titles, 285 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.480 just a face everywhere, bracelets, all this sort of stuff. 286 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:46.039 And then yeah, obviously he had you know, his own 287 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.919 issues that he had to deal with. But I mean, 288 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.919 the guy is freaking back and if you want to 289 00:14:51.000 --> 00:15:01.720 like pull up the nostalgia strings, well, Grinder's it. Kenny Hollard, 290 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.159 you know, another final tableist that is returning. He's got 291 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.600 a great ws AP resume, specifically in the main event. 292 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.919 I think he even has like another deep run in 293 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:13.840 the WSP Man event that wasn't one of those final 294 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:16.159 tables that was a very deep run. You know, Kenny's 295 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:19.879 been around the industry forever. He's been He's a tournament director, 296 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.960 he's a live events advisor, I think with poker stars. 297 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.840 So I mean, the guy is just an absolute freaking crusher. 298 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:30.320 He got sixth place in twenty sixteen. In twenty seventeen, 299 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.480 sixty fourth, so very very deep run there by Kenny Holler. 300 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:38.399 And then of course he's got this run twenty fifteen, 301 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.080 by the way, the year before he made the final 302 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:43.879 table one hundred and twenty third. I mean, this mister 303 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.720 Main Event twenty twelve, three hundred and twenty third. I mean, 304 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.360 this guy's an absolute beast in this tournament. It's absolutely wild. 305 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.159 He's got another cash eight hundred and sixty second in 306 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.080 twenty twenty two, so I mean, it just goes on 307 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.039 and on and on and on as it pertains to 308 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.879 the WSP main Event with Kenny Hollard and here he 309 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.039 is once again, so you know, not as big of 310 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.600 a name, yes as Grinder, but still a big name 311 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.320 within the industry and a very well respected person who 312 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.639 you know, dabbles in both sides. He's on the industry 313 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:14.759 side of things with his you know, his career and 314 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.200 his profession and whatnot. He's also on the player side 315 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.120 of things. You've got Adam Hendricks. He's this year's top 316 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:25.159 tier pro. Like he you know, he's the highly skilled, 317 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:28.679 like a high roller type of guy. The pro We've 318 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:31.399 seen plenty of them in the years past, almost almost 319 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.720 too many of them in years past. You know that 320 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.960 kind of made it seem like it was lackluster. Yeah, 321 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.519 for us in the industry, we're going to nerd out 322 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.519 about it. But you know, we have Adam Hendrix here 323 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:44.919 representing the pros. John Wosnack Now he's obviously the chip leader. 324 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:49.919 He's and I say this with total respect, but a 325 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:53.559 complete wild card to me in that like I don't 326 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.960 he's a recreational player from all accounts, and I mean 327 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.240 he's the token old guy. Always got to have one 328 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:04.599 of the old guys, right, you know we've had We've 329 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:08.559 had Jason Segel, We've had Jan Peter Yachman, We've had 330 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:13.000 Aaron Duckzak, We've had George Holmes. Like you always get 331 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.960 an old guy, we always get an old guy. Right. 332 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:16.839 He is the old guy this year, and he's the 333 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.079 freaking chip leader. And in a way, like I don't know, 334 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.119 to me, this is like for every recreational player, for 335 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.119 every older guy that's just hanging out, maybe playing a 336 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:30.119 home game with his buddies once a week, once a month, whatever, 337 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.319 like this keeps that dream alive exactly right, which is 338 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.880 which is dope. So that's great. And then you know 339 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:38.559 you got that international flair with some of these players. 340 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:40.759 You know, obviously Leol Margetz we already talked about her, 341 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:43.079 but she also dips into that international flare too. So 342 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.759 you know, I think overall we have a really really 343 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.799 good final table. I do want to touch on these 344 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.200 other ones from from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty three, 345 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.079 twenty twenty two, and twenty twenty one, so again the 346 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:57.359 post COVID era. I'll go back to twenty twenty one first. 347 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:01.960 That was Kari Aldemir's winning year. Who I mean, he's 348 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.359 he's a beast of a player, right, obviously a crusher, 349 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.599 but like he doesn't really bring like the big star 350 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.799 power that let's say a Michael Muzroky does, so it 351 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.400 kind of falls short there. Now. Again, this is not 352 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:16.319 to take anything away from any of these players we're 353 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:20.119 trying to compare. I did like that year, the Papo 354 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.559 MC factor, m m Alexandre Lococo. You know, he's like 355 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.480 the rapper from Argentina. He brings that global flare. He's 356 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.200 a bit of a wild car with his play. He's 357 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.359 all over the place. So you got that. You of 358 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:34.599 course have George Holmes. It had some high entertainment value 359 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.440 and I think it ultimately played out. I mean, you 360 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.599 had the big hand where like Lecoco gave all of 361 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:41.920 his chips to Karai Aldemir. You had a pretty good 362 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:45.759 heads up match between the old guy George Holmes, like 363 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.680 the home game Hero versus the high roller Karai Aldemir. 364 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:51.200 You had that, but like it just I don't know, 365 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:53.799 it fell short compared to this year. Right, If you 366 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:55.519 want to give kry Aldemir, if you want to make 367 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.720 him like the Adam Hendrix of this year, well you 368 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:59.640 don't have the Leo Margets. Of course, you don't have 369 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.960 them like Rocky, so you're kind of falling a little 370 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.240 bit short. I think ultimately this one played out quite 371 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.960 nicely and it delivered some some nice TV and it 372 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.880 was certainly entertaining. But I certainly don't think it compares 373 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:16.160 to this year. The next year that was espen Georgs 374 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.960 dad's win, and that was twenty twenty two when we 375 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.559 moved over here to the Horseshoe in Paris for the 376 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:24.079 first time. Now Espen he won a bracelet. That summer, 377 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.279 he won the tag team event alongside Patrick Leonard aka Pads, 378 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:29.839 but still pretty unknown. 379 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.519 Yeah, definitely unknown, especially here in America. Obviously plays a 380 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.559 lot of the European events played online, but very unknown 381 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:38.359 to the wider audience. 382 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:40.279 Yeah, I mean, for like for those of us that 383 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:43.839 kind of are deeper into the industry and follow things 384 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.839 and are like, oh, okay, I spend like a big 385 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.240 online guy, you know whatnot okay, cool story, but like 386 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.079 we know it's not going to resonate beyond the very 387 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.880 even like the inner circle of the Pope community. Right now, 388 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.960 we did have a decent heads up match with your 389 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:03.799 boy Adrian Attenborough. I mean obviously obviously that it was 390 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.160 a marathon, but also that one hand that took like 391 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:09.240 twenty six minutes or something insane, Like that hand alone, 392 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:11.559 which is the final hand, was just absolutely wild. So 393 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.519 I think that helped ultimately, like being results oriented, that 394 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.160 helped that final table. How like grueling that heads up 395 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:20.880 match was if you're gonna look at like the notable 396 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:23.640 pros from that final table. Let me just run through 397 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.160 the list of who was at it. Felipe Suki, Adrian Attenborough, 398 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:32.920 Mattia Doebrich, Mickey Dueck, Matthew Sue, John Eames, Jeffrey Farnes, 399 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.880 Aaron ducksak and Espen Georges Dad. I mean we already 400 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:39.680 talked about George Dad, we talked about Adrian Attenborough. I mean, 401 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:42.680