WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.279 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:16.679 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donny Peters, and I 3 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:19.559 will not be the only voice you are hearing on 4 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:23.640 this microphone. I got my guy Remco Rinkim along side 5 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:26.440 of me. Plus we got some audio from plenty of 6 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.320 players as well. We're gonna get into all of that 7 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.479 as we recap day one of the w s AP 8 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:38.960 Main Event Final Table. I guess day nine overall, ten, whatever, twelve, eighteen. 9 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.280 I feel like today was four days in one with 10 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.679 how long these guys played, well over one hundred hands 11 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:47.719 on day one. The plan coming into the day was 12 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.000 to go from nine down to six. They didn't even 13 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.240 make it there. They only got down to seven. They 14 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.240 ended up calling it quits at the end of level 15 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.119 forty one. Lucas Jumalan's the chip leader. Han Feng had 16 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.920 a surge. He's second in chips. Greg went the other way. 17 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.439 He's the short stack, but he's still alive. It just 18 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.719 absolutely crazy scenes here at Horseshoe Down on the Loss 19 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:12.439 of Vegas trip Remcro just first off the cuff, thoughts, 20 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.879 what did you see here? The atmosphere, whatever you want 21 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:16.879 to throw at me, just throw it. 22 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:18.840 At me, Well, this is why past my bedtime. 23 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:21.359 That's very true, very true. 24 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.040 I gotta correct myself. We've we've now made day ten. 25 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.840 This was day nine. And the reason I was thinking 26 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.120 of that is because I spoke to Michael Gagliano, who 27 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.079 said that it's important to mention that he's made day ten, 28 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.400 which is not something you ever say when you play 29 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:39.400 poker poker tournaments. But yeah, it's it's it's it's kind 30 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:42.920 of surreal, this this final table business. I was never 31 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:45.439 fortunate enough to travel out for November nine because I 32 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.680 didn't live in Vegas at the time, so my final 33 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.640 liple memories of the main event are sort of in 34 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:55.680 the post November nine era, and I've been to all 35 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.560 of them since, which have all been really cool experiences 36 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.599 in and of itself. And this is another first for 37 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.239 us because you know, at poker Go, we're no longer 38 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.040 doing our thing the way we have in the past, 39 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.840 so we're a little bit more on the sidelines, which 40 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.919 you know, it's you know, it's neither good nor bad 41 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.840 for our experience, but it does change the way we 42 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:20.280 we sort of move around here a little bit and 43 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.919 you know, trying to find our footing. But the one 44 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:26.560 thing that I think cannot be understated is how freaking 45 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:31.520 cool this whole set is, this whole stage, the entire production. 46 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:33.840 Of course, tons of people from pocer Goo is still 47 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:36.000 you know, involved in some capacity or at least people 48 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.360 that we work with at poker Go. And just the energy, 49 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:43.199 the atmosphere, the excitement from from the players, the rail 50 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.080 you can even see, you know, the staff is buzzing, 51 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:51.639 the waiters are walking one step faster. There's just a 52 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.919 certain energy in the room. Ran into Michaelmas, Rocky, Maria 53 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.039 j Brin Kenny was walking around. There was like a 54 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:03.560 VIP lounge for the sponsor Solana. So all in all, 55 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.879 fantastic first night of poker. From that perspective, the atmosphere 56 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.080 was definitely great, but don him curious to hear your thoughts. 57 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:16.680 I definitely felt like things fell very flat when you 58 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:20.960 look at this from a poker fan slash consumer perspective, 59 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.639 just because of you know, I guess the expected style 60 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:27.680 of play coming into the final table. 61 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:31.400 I think there's two different buckets for how fans would 62 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.400 look at this first day of the Final table. There 63 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.719 are the diehard poker enthusiasts who I think you and 64 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:40.400 I would probably fall under, and a lot of the 65 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:44.000 listeners of this podcast would also fall into that category 66 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.159 as well, where they love the shit right, they don't 67 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.240 care if it might be ICM ball out there and 68 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.520 it's a little bit more boring, and the pre flop 69 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.759 all ins just aren't there every other hand and that 70 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.120 sort of stuff. But then on the other side of things, 71 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.000 you know, this is now back on ESPN. This first 72 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.159 night was on ESPN two. They're going to be moving 73 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:06.240 to ESPN one or just ESPN on Wednesday or sorry, 74 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:10.680 Tuesday and Wednesday. And if you're just flipping through the channels, 75 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.919 you're looking for something to land on. The kids have 76 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.319 gone to sleep, you know, maybe the wife is dozing 77 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:18.040 off as well. You're like, what am I gonna land on? 78 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.439 There's not really that many sports on, especially this late 79 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.240 at night. Oh what, Poker's back on ESPN. But then 80 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:26.720 you start watching it, and if you're more of a 81 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.720 casual viewer era as Nick Shulman might say, a civilian, 82 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.920 you maybe you're like, well, what this is so boring? 83 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.000 No one's doing anything. You know, there's one guy dressed 84 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.000 like mister Wall Street bets. There's another guy looking like 85 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:44.839 do Flamingo over there with the pink boa no buttons 86 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:46.639 on his shirt. That's Han Fang. We'll get into all 87 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.399 that sort of stuff later. But for as loud as 88 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:54.319 the players and the rail and everything, the actual play 89 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.360 wasn't that loud, right, So I think it depending on 90 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.720 what side of a fan you are. If you're the 91 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.000 die hard, you love it and you like getting into 92 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.399 the nitty grittiness of it all, and you don't mind 93 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.439 the small wall approach and the tight folds that people 94 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.480 are making because you understand the ICM dynamics at play 95 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:12.879 and that's the game within the game. But for the 96 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:16.639 casual fan, you might be like, where's the aces versus queens? 97 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.600 Where's the suck out, where's the ace king versus you know, 98 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.160 the the pocket tens and the guy flops an ace 99 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:24.240 and rivers that, Like, where is all this sort of stuff? 100 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:29.040 Like what is happening? So it's hard, right. I thought 101 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:34.040 it was a good first night. I thought that night 102 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:36.279 one was gonna go like this. You know, we had 103 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.439 some pre we had our regular work meetings, and I 104 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:40.759 know some of the people were saying like, oh, it's 105 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:42.439 gonna go so fast. I thought it was so fast, 106 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:44.759 and I was like, no, no shot. Like, if you 107 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:46.920 watch these guys playing on day eight getting down to 108 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:48.920 the final table, a lot of them once the page 109 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.839 jumps got bigger and bigger, it was like, Okay, I 110 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.399 gotta kind of lock down. And that's also what allowed 111 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.720 Lucas Jumlan to get that huge chip lead, right, And 112 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.279 then you couple that with the fact that they give 113 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.959 these guys two and a half to three weeks off. 114 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.920 Everyone's going home, all these players, I mean, even someone 115 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.360 like Greg Mueller, Like I know, he's not necessarily the 116 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.079 most studied player out there, and you touched a lot 117 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:12.160 on the Faciase podcast with him, by the way, listen 118 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:13.639 to that if you haven't already, it's back on this 119 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.959 feed or on the Pokagro YouTube channel. But even someone 120 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.000 like him, he sure has like Sean Buchannan in his 121 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:20.920 ear like Okay, you should do this, you should do that. 122 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.680 And that was evidence on the second hand of the 123 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.439 day when Michael Gagliano opens early Position and Mueller fold 124 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:28.560 days Jack suited, So it's like immediately out of the gate, 125 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.000 you're like, oh, that's how Greg's gonna approach this, and 126 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:32.959 He's the last one you would expect to approach it 127 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.600 like that. Now, the play did kind of loosen up 128 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.720 a little bit, and players acted a little bit more 129 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.279 cavalier as things went on, But early on it was 130 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.079 very evident that the players were going to just kind 131 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.600 of lock in. And I think part of that is, like, 132 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.560 obviously the pay jumps getting much bigger. You're now under 133 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.079 the final table, bright lights, everyone is watching. You know, 134 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.279 you're on ESPN two Live. You probably don't want to 135 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.120 make an ass to yourself and make some big mistake, 136 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:58.439 And then you probably had a lot of people in 137 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.600 your ears being like, Hey, this is the chip position, 138 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.519 this is your ICM value, this is how you got 139 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:05.480 to approach things. These are the only hands that you 140 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.959 can raise from early position like that, you can't do this, 141 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.160 this and this. You can't just be defending from the 142 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.279 big blind with the Queen three off suit anymore. Like 143 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.160 it's not just how it is. You can't go broke 144 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.040 with top pair or second pair. If you have a 145 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.360 flush straw, don't go nuts. Like all that sort of 146 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.519 stuff just starts getting into everyone's minds and then they 147 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.839 kind of just play everything a bit more close to 148 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:27.199 the vest, which we saw you also had two short 149 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.279 stacks who really weren't going anywhere. That didn't help, you know, 150 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.439 the speed of play or the excitement of play out there. 151 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.079 But again, the diehard in me did enjoy it. I 152 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.160 thought the rails were pretty good overall. 153 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:40.759 I did. 154 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.759 I did want find myself wanting a little bit more 155 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:49.519 chanting like they did get after its Yeah, like that's 156 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.839 when it started to really pick up, right, But before 157 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:53.959 that I expected to see a little bit more chanting, 158 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.000 mostly from I think Greg's rail Mueller Israel, you know. 159 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:02.040 But yeah, I thought that was good overall, and I'm 160 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:04.800 excited to see what happens going forward. Han Feng had 161 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:08.360 himself one hell of a day. Started second to last 162 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.079 and Chips finished second to first, and Chips so had 163 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:14.079 an incredible run of things. Probably, I mean, we'll talk 164 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.279 to him a little bit later. I interviewed him afterwards, 165 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.600 and he'll tell you like, he couldn't have imagined a 166 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.720 better start. Lucas Jumlan, he started off kind of hot, 167 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.879 then he had a lull where it was like, oh, oh, 168 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:27.319 here comes the slide, and then he hit this run 169 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:28.959 of hands where it was like five six, seven, eight, 170 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.399 hands in a row where he just won them all 171 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:32.279 and it was like boom, I'm back over two hundred million. 172 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:32.759 Here we go. 173 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.399 Greg Mueller had some interesting moments throughout it, like he 174 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.279 was he pulled out the check dark at one point 175 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.320 we were both like, what the hell is happening here? 176 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.639 I think it's important with this in the Jumalan first 177 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.480 because you know he touched briefly upon getting coached by 178 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.720 Patrick Leonard, and also how you know, and also you know, 179 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:52.000 me being face to face with him talking to him 180 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:58.240 just minutes after play concluded. Just the guy just seems 181 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.320 to be made for this spot. He's so cold, he's 182 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.320 so relaxed, he just seems ready for the moment. And 183 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:04.279 that was great to hear. 184 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:06.000 Yeah, I mean, let's just go to it right now. 185 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:08.919 So here is Lucas Jumalan immediately following the bagging of 186 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.200 chips talking to Remco. 187 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:16.159 So, Lucas, this first night for you, it seems as 188 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.200 though you had a game plan, you stuck to it. 189 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.639 You were able to pressure your opponents, which is something 190 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:22.279 you of course have to do with the big stack. 191 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:24.240 But how you look back on it, are you satisfied 192 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:25.080 with where you are right now? 193 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:27.159 Yeah, I mean satisfied to still be in the tournament 194 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:31.080 right and what the chip lead still is great and 195 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.519 we're just gonna adapt to the situation tomorrow and whatever 196 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.000 whatever they throw out as we'll be okay. 197 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.759 Patrick Leonard told me and Donnie before play started. He goes, 198 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:42.080 I'm on team USA for today, and he posted some 199 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:45.360 stuff on his stories studying with you, perhaps running some sims. 200 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:47.679 What wasn't been like to work with someone like Pats? 201 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.879 You know, he's the emptt goat, so it's just been 202 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.279 truly an honor and I can't thank him enough. And 203 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.720 you know, I wouldn't have played nearly as well today 204 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.399 if I hadn't put. 205 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:00.000 In the work with him. 206 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.039 I'm just so thankful for all of his support and 207 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.080 time that he's put in him. 208 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.759 What is this daven like? Was it what you expected 209 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:09.960 it to be? Did you feel any more adrenaline? Were 210 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:11.519 able to sort of keep a levelhead? 211 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:15.120 You know, I've like never gotten too high, too low. 212 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:15.919 It's just like not me. 213 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:19.799 So you know, I'm I'm good. I'm ready to go 214 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:24.200 tomorrow and we'll it'll probably set in after it's all over, 215 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.879 but you know, I'm just just right in the wave. 216 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.039 So one of the things I would be curious and 217 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.919 we can never like replay this. But had Lucas Jummelan 218 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:38.279 ended the night, had the night come to an end 219 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.200 when he was on the slide, I wonder how he 220 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.320 would have talked to you right right like, because he 221 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:44.799 got down to a run one hundred and fifty hundred 222 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:47.279 and sixty million, right, and it would look like not 223 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.360 that he was really ever in jeopardy of losing the chipley, 224 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:53.919 but you had Lori Sascelotti starting to come up. You 225 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.879 had Han Fang starting to come up at the end, 226 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:57.639 and it was like, wait, hold on. Even at one 227 00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:59.159 point you had Greg Mueller starting to come up. He 228 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.120 hit over eighty million, it was like, wait, is this 229 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:04.159 gonna start to go the wrong way for Jumalan. Obviously 230 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.519 he did course correct towards the end. He caught some 231 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:09.279 heat to finish things out. So spirits are high. But 232 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:11.679 you know, I just in an alternate universe, I would 233 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.000 have been like, hey, your first question would have been 234 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.600 something like, hey, maybe it didn't go as you might 235 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.320 have expected. You know, how are you going to kind 236 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.600 of regroup overnight, refocus, lock back in for tomorrow? I said, 237 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.360 On the last podcast, when I was doing it myself, 238 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.360 just kind of previewing the table, I said, I think 239 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.039 this kid wants the smoke, meaning I think he wants 240 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.279 to be champion, he wants the spotlight, and I don't 241 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:38.120 think that. I think there are two different things to want. 242 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:40.840 There's wanting to win the WSP main event. There's wanting 243 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.600 to win ten million dollars and like, you get the 244 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.360 glory of the bracelet all that sort of stuff, But 245 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.600 do you really want to be Poker's ambassador and be 246 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:51.480 in the spotlight. That is an entirely different thing, and 247 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:55.919 it's kind of just thrust on players, and I don't 248 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.919 think everyone in their heart of hearts would admit that 249 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.679 they want that. They want to everything else and then 250 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:02.360 they don't want to have to do that sort of stuff. 251 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.440 I think Lucas Jumelan wants it all, every single part 252 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:06.679 of it, which I think is great. 253 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.320 And I think Patter Lenard also tweeted or put it 254 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.320 on Instagram that this kid is more ready than anyone 255 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:15.759 to be the champion, And you make a really good point. 256 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:19.279 There's a difference between wanting to win ten million and 257 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.679 wanting to be the champion. And carried carried that torture 258 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:25.399 or how you want to call it, because that was 259 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:29.679 very apparent from the way he was sort of carrying 260 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:33.240 himself around the table. He also, you know, in true 261 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.039 chip leader style. You know, we think back of guys 262 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:40.159 like Joe McKee and kry Aldemir Jose Ensan who had 263 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:42.639 dominating chip leads. He also played like a chip leader. 264 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:44.919 And there was one streak where you and I were 265 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:47.240 watching as we were dipping in and out. I think 266 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.639 he won five or six hands in a row, and 267 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.360 then a double up hand Fang, which was sort of 268 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:55.919 a pivotal hand. That sort of change changed things around 269 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.519 for Feng, who had been short for a very long time, 270 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.919 literally just waiting for for a hand for him then 271 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:03.919 to get it in. I was thinking it was Queen 272 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.399 Jack of clubs on Queen ten nine with two clubs 273 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.080 versus Ace four with only the ace of clubs from 274 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:14.080 Jumalan that allowed him to double up, and that sort 275 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.480 of you know, halted his I guess way of running 276 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.200 over the table for just a few minutes, but he 277 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.200 continued pressing and pressing and pressing, and he back to 278 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.480 two hundred and twelve million chips. Eighty five big blinds 279 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.919 Han Feg second and chips with forty three bigs, which 280 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:29.600 you know very unlikely, but you had a chance to 281 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.879 talk to him. I did talk to him afterwards. Cameras 282 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:35.960 were all over this guy, rightfully so, wearing that pink bow. 283 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.879 As I mentioned. If you guys haven't seen the photos, 284 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.120 if you haven't seen the coverage, you need to check 285 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.840 it out. For what Han Feng showed up in I 286 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.720 had to ask him about it in the interview. Also 287 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:47.919 asked him about his day. Here is me talking to 288 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.639 Han Feng immediately following play. All right, Han Feng, Yeah, 289 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.440 second shortest to come into the day, second biggest stack, 290 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.519 going through the secondary of the final table. Could you 291 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:58.919 have imagined a better day? 292 00:13:59.200 --> 00:13:59.240 No? 293 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:02.000 This is this is like if I could choose. 294 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.200 An outcome, this was it. This was it. 295 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.080 I don't think I get much better way unless like 296 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.080 somehow I have more chips in lucas, but that's almost 297 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.559 impossible mathematically, right, But this is as good as it gets. 298 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.440 So second and chips come back tomorrow five PM. A 299 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.360 lot of time to prepare. I'm a little sweaty, a 300 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:19.879 little stinky, very thirsty. Uh yeah, they got really good 301 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.399 shots on me. I can't wait to see those. 302 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:25.279 So talk to me about the mindset where you're battling 303 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:27.279 for as one of the shorter stacks for much of 304 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:29.480 the day, right, and then you get that late serge. 305 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.679 You know, how is you just stay in the moment 306 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.200 and be able to focus through it all when you're 307 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:34.799 you're when you're rushing towards the end of the day. 308 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.519 It's just hand by hand, man, That's all I can say. 309 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:42.240 It's just hand by hand. Uh, just know my strategy 310 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.039 go as I like. It's just one hand at a time. 311 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:46.639 I mean, it's it's just as simple as that. I 312 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:49.559 don't have like a uh, I'm not like trying to 313 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:51.919 do anything. It's just you know, I know my spot, 314 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.399 I know my hand, and then I just I just 315 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.039 play that no no ego, no. 316 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.440 Yeah. 317 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.399 It kept going over to your rail quite a bit. 318 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.919 Maybe not the biggest rail here at final table, but 319 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.080 definitely one that you're close with. You talked a lot, 320 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.200 you got Michael Joe's up there helping you coaching. Just 321 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.320 talk to me about having that support system right behind you. 322 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:08.000 It's awesome. 323 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:11.159 It's kind of like a nice little mental stability sort 324 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.399 of thing. 325 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.240 Keep me saying, and yeah. 326 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.799 He got picked out. 327 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.440 The guy was screaming. I don't know if you guys heard. 328 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:17.840 That's unfortunate. 329 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:20.320 But yeah, he's like a lot of people here that 330 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.039 are like big brothers to me. Love the support from Houston, 331 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:25.200 repping Houston. Maybe we do it again, Tomaio, And now 332 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.960 I'm next. 333 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.279 Talk to me about the fit. I got, what went 334 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.399 into it? What's the inspiration behind it? 335 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.799 Okay? 336 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:33.879 So I told the other interviewers early on before we started, 337 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.440 this is I'm dope Flamingo from One Piece, which is 338 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.000 One Piece of anime. I think it's the most profitable 339 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:45.399 anime there is. And I was watching so he's like 340 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.120 in one of the he was one of the arcs 341 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.360 in one of the arcs are I'm very tired in 342 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.840 one of the major arcs of One Piece where everything 343 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:55.320 starts to happen. This is the main villain in that. 344 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.679 And and I was watching all this during days like 345 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:00.559 three to six on day breaks. 346 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:03.080 I just got very inspired. I felt the calling. 347 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.279 So I bought this uniform across student and I was 348 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:08.879 just the biggest thing was hoping his fit right, and a. 349 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.600 Fit amazing, A fit amazing. 350 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.200 I can't complain. 351 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.919 So, yeah, and it's good TV. 352 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.879 It's good TV. 353 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.120 Oh, it's definitely great TV. 354 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.399 Yeah. 355 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.720 All right, last question here, So now you're second in 356 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.639 Chip's heading forward to the second day. What's the mentality now? 357 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.440 You know, before you're probably trying to ladder up a 358 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.919 couple of spots, but now it's like, I got a 359 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.720 shot to win this game. 360 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:24.960 Thing. 361 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.679 I was never trying the ladder, that's my answer. 362 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.919 You heard Hans ay they're tired, thirsty. Right before the interview, 363 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.600 before I officially started asking him questions, He's like, is 364 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.200 there a water around? There's no water around. I was like, no, man, 365 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.759 it just looks like empty beers everywhere. 366 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.320 Okay, it's the opposite of Greg Mueller who kept saying, man, 367 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.840 drink so much water. I have to peel like every 368 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.240 he So. 369 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:05.160 For people who don't know a little bit inside baseball here, 370 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.400 but we were set up in media row. There's a 371 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.440 curtain between us. Then there's a bunch of like the 372 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.160 salon of VIP Lounge or the production area, et cetera. 373 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.119 We're a good fifty to one hundred feet away from 374 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:16.200 the table. We can't exactly see the table due to 375 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:20.119 the curtains. But they didn't have official breaks due to 376 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.480 the coverage, right, But they did have commercial breaks of 377 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:26.720 course on ESPN two, and during those, let's say anywhere 378 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.880 from two minutes to maybe five, six, seven minutes of 379 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.599 a commercial break, the players would get up and run 380 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:35.160 to the bathroom. And Mueller for sure was the most 381 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:40.240 frequent bathroom goer by far. Oh yeah, Laurie Sascolotti always 382 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.039 went swell those two. Han Fang, I would say it 383 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:45.720 was a probably third. But other than that, I don't 384 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.160 think I saw Lucas Jumlan one time. I'm pretty sure 385 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.759 he probably didn't drink any water today. Mario Boose I 386 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.680 didn't see him at all, you know. But but Mueller 387 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.240 was back here a plenty, which was which was pretty crazy. 388 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.960 Mueller seemed in good spirits overall with things. He was 389 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.799 kind of all over the place, as I think we 390 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:04.799 would expect coming into this final table. 391 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:06.440 His brother was here with his kids. 392 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:08.359 His brother was here with his kids. He had he 393 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:12.920 had pretty sure the biggest rail. They were loud at times, 394 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:19.000 not tallest, yes, for sure. Rick Talckett, former NHL player 395 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:22.119 coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, called a kid. 396 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.640 Called him a kid. 397 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.519 It was such a hot It was the kids just 398 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:27.400 out there doing it like it's such such a hockey thing. 399 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.319 That was cool to see. I didn't see Sean Buchanan, 400 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.519 but I didn't really walk out there. 401 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.680