WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.080 Hello everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:17.719 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. It is Sunday, 3 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.239 August second, ten forty nine pm, the eve of the 4 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:27.039 twenty twenty six World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table. 5 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:28.920 When you guys are listening to this, it will be 6 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.960 the day of the first of three days for the 7 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:39.280 Epic Finish two, the greatest poker tournament in the world. Sorry, 8 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.240 Matt Savage, you gotta hear that. Right out of the gates, 9 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.479 nine players remain. They are all playing for the ten 10 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.159 million dollar first place prize. Those nine players came from 11 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:55.079 a field of nine thousand, two hundred and eight entries. 12 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.880 They've had two and a half weeks off, give or 13 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.320 take a little bit, not your the exact amount of time, 14 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.640 but it's finally here. It is finally here. I am 15 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.239 pumped for it. I've watched the episodes. I watched a 16 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:11.680 bit of the streams to get caught up on some things, 17 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:14.239 see how it all played out a little bit more. Yes, 18 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.000 I was there in person, but it's always one thing 19 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.319 to be there in the room on the floor. It's 20 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:22.560 always another thing to uh to see all the action 21 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:26.959 come through the screen, via the streams, via the episodes. 22 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.159 It's been it's been a lot of fun to get 23 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:34.760 caught up. The time frame here between reaching the final 24 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.640 table and then you know, getting to it on Monday feels, 25 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:40.920 i'll say a little bit awkward because it's you know, 26 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.719 it's about two and a half weeks. It's not like 27 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:48.799 the full November nine experience. But it's also not right after. 28 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:50.840 It's not the the day after. You know, they did 29 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:54.879 take that day off recently. So I'm ready for it 30 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.439 to be here and I'm happy that it's going to 31 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.200 be able to to see through to the end. Just 32 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:02.560 got done with was down at the Poker Grove Studio 33 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:04.799 for shout out to the guys on the Poker News 34 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:09.599 podcast Chat Holloway, Ben Ludlow, and Mike Holtz. They just 35 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:13.960 had their one thousandth episode. It was a live in 36 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.680 show ordeal. A lot of fun to be down there. 37 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.560 I would say sixty to seventy people in the room, 38 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.159 had a lot of different guests, a couple people from 39 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.479 the couple players from the main event final table. Greg 40 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:29.879 Mueller was there, Michael Gagliano Gaggs was also in the building. 41 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.520 They had a former main event final table list there 42 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.120 as well. Jeremy Osmas was there, Jamie Gold was hanging 43 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:39.560 around also. I hopped on there for a couple of minutes. 44 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.039 Sarah Herring got on there as well. It was really 45 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.159 cool to be there and see that all come together, 46 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:47.639 and glad those guys got to do it, and glad 47 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.159 we got to help them by allowing them to use 48 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.240 the studio because I would say quite the perfect setting 49 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.439 for this sort of thing. Also, the timing was just 50 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:57.879 great eve of the WSP main event final table, so 51 00:02:57.919 --> 00:02:59.879 a lot of people in town got to see my 52 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.479 Lance Bradley out there, tons of others as well, So 53 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:05.680 really cool for that to happen. I'm sure that's going 54 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.639 to be dropping on their feed, both on YouTube and 55 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.199 on the podcast players pretty soon, so make sure that 56 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.919 you check that out. I did look back. I was 57 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.280 on the first ever Poker News podcast. I couldn't remember 58 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.080 if I was or if I wasn't, but I did 59 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.479 find some stuff online. A lot of it's just not 60 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:28.560 available from the old stuff. But the first one was 61 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.639 Matt Parvus hosting and it was ahead of the November 62 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.960 nine so kind of coincidentally times up with what we're 63 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:39.000 talking about here twenty ten, I believe it was, and 64 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:43.759 he had myself on alongside Eric Ramsey and Mickey Doft, 65 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:47.319 and we previewed the final table. We gave some take 66 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.080 some thoughts on it. So that was the first ever 67 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.439 episode of the Poker News podcast. Rich Ryan producer Rich 68 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.680 producer here was also producer there. The guys just been 69 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.159 an absolute freakin' lifer. Tries to get out of poker, 70 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.759 but we won't let them. We still got pods that 71 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.039 need producing. They got to be edited, always be producing, sir, 72 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.960 Let's go. You know so again, just check out the 73 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.240 Poker News Podcast one thousandth episode when that drops as 74 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.560 soon as it does for us here on the Poker 75 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.199 Go Podcast. This show today just going to be running 76 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:19.600 to the final table. I got some bio stuff that 77 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:20.959 I want to hit on. I know I did talk 78 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.079 a lot of bit about these players, but a little 79 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.800 bit of a refresh here, both for you guys out there, 80 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.279 but also for myself. You just make sure that I 81 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:31.279 remind myself who everyone is, and then I want to 82 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:34.600 kind and dig into I don't know, just some thoughts 83 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:37.879 that I have going into the final table. There's been 84 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.720 a lot of talk out there on social media on 85 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.839 ICM and like start, a final table approaches based on 86 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.279 where everyone is in chips, So I'm going to touch 87 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.079 on that a little bit. I'll give some thoughts on, 88 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.079 you know, how this thing could play out at the start, 89 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.480 what I think might happen, or maybe what I hope 90 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.480 might happen. Maybe I'm leaning into this is what I 91 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.480 want to see versus what I think we'll see. And 92 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.120 then also I just have some kind of thoughts, some 93 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:06.839 questions that I was I throw myself because I'm the 94 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.560 only one on this damn show. So that's what we're 95 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:12.240 gonna do, and then we will get to you guys 96 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.160 out of here. Three days for the w s AP 97 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.560 Main Event Final Table are planned, all live on either 98 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.720 ESPN two or ESPN if I have the schedule correct. 99 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:26.959 On Monday, we're gonna be live, not we but you know, 100 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:28.680 w s AP Main Elevment Final Table is gonna be 101 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.959 live on ESPN two. It starts at nine Eastern time, 102 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.639 six Pacific, and it's scheduled to go nine to twelve, 103 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:41.120 but of course it'll probably get determined by play, you know, 104 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.240 if it's like last year when MS Rocky just just 105 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:45.639 ran through the final table like it was just you know, 106 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:48.160 I mean, that guy just absolutely steamrolled that freaking thing. 107 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.319 Could be out of there on ho or who knows 108 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:53.879 that they obviously won't play him too late. They'll probably 109 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.120 try and get down to I'll say five or six 110 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:59.879 players is usually the target on this first day. Then 111 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.759 they'll come back on Tuesday, same time slot nine to 112 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.480 twelve Eastern that's six to nine Pacific time. That'll be 113 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:10.720 on ESPN, So the main main ESPN. He won as 114 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.439 I believe they call it. So that's gonna get to 115 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.120 the second batch of this final table will take us 116 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.720 down to either three handed play or heads uplay. And 117 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:23.399 they're gonna come back on Wednesday, ten thirty Eastern time 118 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.240 start seven thirty Pacific time, is what I'm saying on 119 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.160 the schedule. That's also gonna be on ESPN, and that's 120 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.160 gonna take us right down to a winner ten million 121 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.879 dollars up top. Believe it's Ali Najade and Nick Schulman 122 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.399 on the call. Those two are the goats. I can't 123 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.279 wait to tune in for that. I'm gonna be there, 124 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.240 but I'm also gonna have the stream on. I'm gonna 125 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.759 try and like double dip and not get spoiled. But 126 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:51.040 of course, because I'm there, because of the delay, I'm 127 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:52.920 gonna have some spoilers, So I'm just gonna have to 128 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:55.360 deal with it. But I freaking love it. It's the 129 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.680 best time of the year to be a poker fan. 130 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:03.680 Lucas Jumalan is the chip leader entering the WSIP Main 131 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:07.120 Event Final table, and holy crap, is it a big 132 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.199 chip leader. If you guys have been living under a rock, 133 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.480 this chip leaders out of control. One hundred and ninety 134 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.480 four million for Jumalan. That's more than thirty five percent 135 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.319 of the chips in play. In fact, that is the 136 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.560 most the largest percentage of the final table chips that 137 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:27.319 a chip leader has had entering the final nine. I 138 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.120 think it was Karai. Aldemir was the next closest with 139 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:34.560 thirty five point oh six percent. Jumalan's got thirty five 140 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:38.720 point oh eight percent. Jumalan definitely has the biggest gap 141 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.600 between first and second. If if that was that Aldemir year, 142 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.399 which I could just I could pull it up right 143 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.519 now because I have it all in my nice little document, 144 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.759 Yeah it was Aldemir. Aldemir had thirty five point oh 145 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:53.480 six percent of the chips in play, one hundred and 146 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.199 forty million, George Holmes. It was ended, it ended up 147 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.439 being those two getting heads up had twenty point nine 148 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:04.000 six so a difference of about fourteen percent there. But 149 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:06.399 as it relates to Jumalan, he's got one hundred and 150 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.879 ninety four million, thirty five point eight percent of the 151 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:12.519 chips in play. Romy Hamoud is in second with seventy 152 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:18.000 nine million, fourteen point twenty nine percent, so almost twenty 153 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:23.920 one percent more chips than then second place. Here. We'll 154 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:29.160 get into the size of the chip lead for Jumalan, 155 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.959 what it means, what it might mean a little bit 156 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.159 later on, but right now I'm just kind of running 157 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.000 through the chips in This is in chip order. When 158 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:38.639 I talk about the players in a second, I'll go 159 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:42.679 through and see order. Rami Hamoud's in second seventy nine million, 160 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:47.440 Jamie Shavell in third with fifty six million. This next 161 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:51.279 batch of one, two, three, four, five players, they're all 162 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.240 bunched really close together. They got Jamie Shavell fifty six million, 163 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.440 Greg Mueller FBT forty eight point five million for him, 164 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:02.440 Michael Gagliano GAS forty six point five million, Mario Boos 165 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:08.240 forty four million, Luri Sascalatti thirty seven point five million, 166 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.799 and then after that you have two short stacks. One 167 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.879 is slightly ahead of the other one. Han Feng's got 168 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:17.519 twenty five million. That is I believe seventeen big lines. 169 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:21.639 And then Eva gorris Iva Goru has fifteen big lines, 170 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.120 a twenty two point five million, and that is the 171 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.519 final table of the DIBYSSIPI main event. Now let's go 172 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.080 around the table in seat order hit on these players 173 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:35.360 a little bit deeper than just naming their chip count. 174 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:40.600 In seat one, we have Finland's Louri Sascalatti. He's thirty 175 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:44.480 nine years old out of Helsinki, now resides in Spain. 176 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.279 He has a really cool story, one of the better 177 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.440 ones from the final table because he's not He doesn't 178 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:54.639 list himself as a professional poker player. He works full time, 179 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:57.399 or at least he did. Who knows what's gonna come 180 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:01.120 after you win seven figures or much more more at 181 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.720 the WISIP main event, but head of sales for a 182 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:08.919 packaging company considers poker more of a hobby than a profession. 183 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.080 A lot was talked about how his family was coming 184 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.080 in from Europe for the final table, and then they're 185 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.120 going to be planning in a vacation down to San Diego, 186 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:21.799 also to Disneyland great spots. I was just in San 187 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.600 Diego myself for a few days with the fam during 188 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:26.879 this little break in the action, so that's going to 189 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.120 be a really fun trip for Sascolatti and his fam. 190 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:34.080 His oldest daughter already thinks that her dad is the 191 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.360 best poker player in the world, and I mean it's 192 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:39.320 pretty hard to refute that when you make the wsup 193 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:40.960 being main event file say well and the heck if 194 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:42.960 he wins the damn thing. I mean, he is the 195 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.240 best poker player in the world. So Lauri Sescalotti out 196 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.960 of Finland, thirty nine years old, Seat one, thirty seven 197 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:53.679 point five million, twenty five big blinds, see two gags, 198 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:58.600 Michael Gagliano. He's quietly put together one of the strongest 199 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.240 resumes in the A lot has been talked about Greg Mueller, 200 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.919 and I know we're going to get to him shortly 201 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.799 about how he's the most experienced, the most accomplished player 202 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:11.519 at the table. But let's not sleep on gags. He's 203 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.159 got four WSOP bracelets, more than two million dollars in 204 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:19.360 live earnings. He's a sponsored pro with bet MGM. He's 205 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:23.600 spent years and years and years not only playing poker 206 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.840 both live and online and having a lot of success 207 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.240 doing so, but he also coaches players. He's very good 208 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.399 at that. He consults for various poker operators or earth. 209 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:36.919 He has right now of course partnered up with bet 210 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.879 MGM Poker. He's one of those players who's I think 211 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.480 he's just seen it all when it comes to the game. 212 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:45.279 And I think, you know, if you guys remember back 213 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:47.840 to when I talked with him after they made the 214 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:51.200 wsp Man Event final table, you know, it's kind of 215 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:52.759 and he also said this again today when we were 216 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.320 down at the Poker News podcast, a live show. But 217 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:59.559 how it's it's just another poker tournament. And you might 218 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.360 get some for saying that, but for gags, it is. 219 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.720 And yes, it's awesome and it's the biggest poker tournament 220 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:10.519 in the world, but also like he knows exactly what 221 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:14.600 this is, this situation. He's played, however, many thousands of 222 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:18.559 final tables in his life, live and online. You know, 223 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.399 just that wealth of experience there. He's got thirty one 224 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.000 big blinds forty six point five million coming into the 225 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.799 final table. I mean he's been in this spot time 226 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.679 and time and time again. It's a poker tournament. There 227 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.720 are big pay jumps. He's got a thirty big blind stack. 228 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.360 Let's go to work. So for gags like that's how 229 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.039 he's approaching this thing. Just the fact that he has 230 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:44.960 seen likely every single situation imaginable. You know, that's I 231 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.799 think that's a really big advantage. I don't think he's 232 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:52.080 someone who's gonna get flustered at all when the lights 233 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.240 come on. You know. He talked about how the the 234 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.240 about two and a half weeks off or whatever it was, 235 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:59.519 was a little bit awkward for him. It's like almost 236 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.759 it's too much time to just stay in Vegas, but 237 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:04.480 then almost not enough time to like go home and 238 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.399 actually get settled in New Jersey. But he did go home, 239 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.799 tried to get settled as much as he could, came 240 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:12.159 back out here today to get this done. He's forty 241 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.039 one years old, I said, he resides in New Jersey. 242 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.919 He's married with two kids. That is Michael Gagliano in 243 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:36.519 Seed two, Seat three, the Frenchman Mario Boose forty four million, 244 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:40.960 twenty nine big blinds a full time poker professional. He's 245 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.600 looking to become the first French player to win the 246 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:47.360 WISOP main event. There have been some deep runs, there 247 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:51.679 have been some final tables from French players before Anton sayout. 248 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.960 He actually did it twice. In two thousand and nine 249 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:58.360 he finished third for Joshi three point five million, Then 250 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:02.440 in twenty seventeen he got fifth for two million. Also 251 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:07.399 in twenty seventeen, Benjamin Pollock, another Frenchman, got third place 252 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:10.200 for three point five million, and then in twenty thirteen 253 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.759 it was Sylvan Loosely who got fourth for two point 254 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:19.320 eight million. Boose's resume isn't you know, quite as extensive 255 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.519 as some of the other pros at this table. I mean, 256 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:23.480 we just talked about all the stuff, all the success 257 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:26.519 that Michael Gagliano has had. But for Boose, you know, 258 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.000 he's steadily been building his results throughout Europe over the 259 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.080 last couple of years. His previous best score before this 260 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.480 run was a sixth place finish from a field of 261 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.320 more than seven thousand entries in a three hundred and 262 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.440 eighty euro Italian Poker Sport main event in Rosvedov. That 263 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:47.480 was in twenty twenty five, So last year three hundred 264 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:50.919 and eighty euros, but he won fifty four thousand, six 265 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:54.000 hundred dollars because there was more than seven thousand entries 266 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.799 in that field. He also won a Swiss Poker Series 267 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:00.240 main event in April twenty twenty six or earlier this 268 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.720 year for more than forty nine thousand dollars. On his 269 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.799 player profile, he described himself as a survivor and after 270 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:10.200 making it through a field of more than nine thy 271 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:13.679 two hundred entries, that's pretty fitting. And also, you know, 272 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.039 at a final table like this, when the pay jumps 273 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:19.240 are so large, the minimum pay jump at this basity 274 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.879 Manhavn final table, he's a quarter of a million dollars. 275 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:25.000 So a lot of players will take that let's just 276 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:29.159 survive approach. Survive survives, survive, ladder up, ladder up, ladder up, 277 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.440 And that could really be Boos's m o here. He's 278 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.879 thirty two years old, he's been playing poker since two 279 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:39.960 thy and eleven. Seat four belongs to FBT Greg Mueller. 280 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.480 He's probably the most accomplished live tournament player left. I 281 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:50.080 know Gagliano has more bracelets. Mueller has three, Gagliano has four, 282 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:53.080 but everything else on on Mueller's record, I think probably 283 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.320 lends himself to being the most accomplished live tournament player left. 284 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.120 He's fifty five years old, is Mueller. He's out a 285 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:02.960 white Rock van Hoover at Canada the FBT. His nickname 286 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.240 stands for full Blown Tilt. He's a former professional hockey 287 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.759 player who spent years playing hockey in Germany before turning 288 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:14.559 to poker full time, and that has obviously worked out 289 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:18.840 pretty damn well. He was a recent guest on the 290 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.559 Face the Ace podcast, Face the Ace Excuse Me podcast 291 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.919 with Remco Rinkima. You can find that right here on 292 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.879 this podcast feed or over on the Poker Go YouTube channel, 293 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.600 So definitely go check that out if you guys haven't already. 294 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.480 Greg talks about his run. You know, a lot's been 295 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:38.200 made about how he kind of was going through the motions, 296 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.639 he wasn't feeling it. He got into it with his 297 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.240 good friend Sean Buchanan. He's been on his rail. Bucky 298 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:46.360 gave him some tough love and Greg put it all 299 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.679 together and now here he is in the final nine 300 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.320 in the World Series of Poker Main Event. So Mula 301 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.120 talks a lot about that in the podcast with Remco 302 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.840 so I would highly encourage you guys to go check 303 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.200 that out. It's a great little appetizer here before we 304 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.279 get into this main course for the main events. Mueller's 305 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.799 won three WSP Gold bracelets. I think for Gagliano, by 306 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.640 the way, it was it's one live, three online. For Mueller, 307 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.599 all of them are live. In two thousand and nine 308 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.039 he won two. I think it was within a week 309 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:17.519 or a week and a half time that he won 310 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:19.079 both of them. He won the ten k limit hold 311 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.480 Him for four hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Then he 312 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.119 won the fifteen hundred dollars limit hold Him Shootout for 313 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:27.039 one hundred and ninety four thousand dollars. Ten years later, 314 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.960 twenty nineteen, he won the ten k horse for four 315 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.559 hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. He's also got two 316 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.880 seconds in WSP events. He's got two third place finishes 317 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.920 in WSP events. He also has two WPT final tables 318 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.279 on his resume, so millions of dollars in tournament earnings 319 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.960 for Mueller. He's been around the biggest stages in poker. 320 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.480 Obviously poker tournaments. As I just ran through some of 321 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:54.799 those highlights there he's played played in some stream cash 322 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.119 games as well, you know, so I don't think he's 323 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:00.559 someone who's going to be shying away from, you know, 324 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.480 the bright lights, the cameras and all that sort of stuff. 325 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.079 So Greg Mueller FBT seat four forty eight point five 326 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.599 million for him, by the way, thirty two big blinds. Again, 327 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.440 he's really bunched up in that middle group there, seat five. 328 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.519 We got Jamie Chevelle with fifty six million or thirty 329 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:22.759 seven big lines. Of that group of five players, that's 330 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.559 that middling bunch. He has the most of that group. 331 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:28.160 So it's Jumalan's way up on top. Then you got 332 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.880 Ramija mood like comfortably in second place, still a bit 333 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.720 of a ways off of Jumalan, but he's got enough 334 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:36.839 gap between him and Jamie Schavelle and the third and 335 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.119 then it's Chevelle with the biggest of this bunching middle stacks. Here, 336 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:44.119 he's one of the veterans of the w CP main event. 337 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:47.279 He's thirty nine years old, but he's played this tournament 338 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.359 eighteen times. I mean, that's just freaking wild. And what's 339 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:57.160 even crazier is that he's cast in this event what 340 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:00.759 is now eight times two thousand and nine, three hundred 341 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.359 and fifth for just under thirty thousand dollars. That's his 342 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.839 first cash on the old Hendon Mob overrunhendonmob dot Com. 343 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.519 Twenty eleven he got one hundredth for almost fifty five 344 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.400 thousand dollars. Next year, twenty twelve, he gets three hundred 345 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.519 and seventy six for thirty two thousand, eight hundred. A 346 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.680 couple of years when he doesn't cash okay fine. Twenty sixteen, 347 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.720 he's back two hundred and fifty ninth for thirty six thousand, 348 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:27.319 seven hundred. Twenty seventeen, he's running it back four hundred 349 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:31.240 and fifteenth for twenty seven thousand, seven hundred dollars. Again, 350 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:34.160 a couple of years off. Twenty twenty two bang six 351 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.279 hundred and thirtieth for twenty three k twenty twenty four 352 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:40.440 thirteen hundred and tenth for a min cash of fifteen 353 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:43.319 thousand dollars. So those are seven cashes in the w 354 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.119 SUP main events. That is an incredible record. I Mean, 355 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:48.000 there's there's people out there that I know that talk 356 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.519 about how they've played this tournament ten, fifteen, eighteen times 357 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.720 and they haven't cashed one. So they've cashed only once 358 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.079 and it's been a min cash and whatever. But not 359 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:59.279 for Jamie Shable. He is a main event grinder here. 360 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.400 He owns an LED lighting company out in southern California. 361 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.759 I think it was Santa Monica if I remember correctly. 362 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:08.759 He does host some pretty big cash games around the 363 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.400 LA area. That's his forte. On the last episode that 364 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:16.000 I did from that after they made the VENN final table, 365 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.079 you heard him talk about how you know cash games 366 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.359 are his jam doesn't play that many tournaments, says that 367 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:24.720 winning the WSB main events won't really change his life 368 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:28.519 financially successful business has had what looks like plenty of 369 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:31.319 success playing poker as well. But the one thing that 370 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:35.000 will change is that, even though he is allergic to dogs, 371 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:38.720 he promised his kids that if he wins, he's going 372 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:41.599 to finally be getting them a dog. So that's pretty cool. There. 373 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:46.319 Fifty six million for Chevelle, thirty seven big blinds for 374 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.680 him in seat five, Seat six is Han Fang. One 375 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:53.319 of the two short stacks. Fang's going to be bringing 376 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:57.279 twenty five million or seventeen big blinds to the final table. 377 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:00.319 He starts near the bottom, but I don't think that 378 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:02.880 He's somebody you want to be overlooking. He's twenty seven 379 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.559 years old on the younger side, not the youngest at 380 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:08.480 this final table, but one of the youngest. He's only 381 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:11.440 been playing poker since twenty twenty, yet he's already built 382 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:15.119 up a couple million dollars in live tournament earnings. He 383 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.519 was named the GPI Mid Major Player of the Year 384 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:21.599 for twenty twenty four. He was born in China. He 385 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:25.640 now lives in Houston, Texas. Plenty of tournament experience even 386 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:28.599 though he is just twenty seven years old. He's got 387 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:32.640 four six figure scores. Prior to this run. He won 388 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:35.319 a ws AP Circuit main event in I think it 389 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.319 was Tulsa twenty twenty four for one hundred and forty 390 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:41.319 four k. There that same year, he won the fifteen 391 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.920 hundred dollars main event at the Champions Club Fall Poker 392 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.880 Open for one hundred and fifty nine thousand dollars. He's 393 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.359 had two deep runs in the w SIP main event 394 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:53.279 twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four. Twenty twenty three, 395 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.039 he got three hundred and ninety six for forty thousand dollars. 396 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.519 Twenty twenty four, two hundred and eighty six for fifty 397 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:04.279 thousand dollars. Last December, he got fourteenth in WPT World 398 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:07.240 Championship over at the win for one hundred and twenty 399 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.799 three thousand dollars. So this guy can play, you know. 400 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.880 I've seen him around. I've seen him on some streams 401 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.200