1 00:00:10,919 --> 00:00:13,199 Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:19,000 Poker Go Podcast. It is Sunday, May thirty first, I'm 3 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,800 getting this one in just before the clock turns over 4 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:28,839 and we are in June. It is eleven fifty one pm. 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,560 Just wrapped up another day down at Paris Slash Horseshoe 6 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,240 for the twenty twenty six World Series of Poker. There 7 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:44,039 were seven tournaments running today. Seven. The place is as 8 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:48,039 alive as it has been this summer and it is 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,479 freaking awesome. We'll hit on a bunch of those tournaments 10 00:00:52,759 --> 00:00:55,280 that happen, might not touch on every single one, but 11 00:00:55,359 --> 00:00:58,600 you know, we'll do our best. Of course, some big 12 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:03,439 news that went down today. A million dollar bounty was 13 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,480 pulled down at Believe. That was pulled at Horseshoe is 14 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,599 where they were doing day two of the Mini Mystery Millions. 15 00:01:13,079 --> 00:01:14,959 There were some other big bounties pulled as well. A 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,599 couple two hundred and fifty k ones, a few one 17 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,040 hundred k ones we got. The twenty five K Heads 18 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,719 Up Championship is working its way down to the final 19 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:29,799 four now. At time of recording, there are still eight 20 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,040 players remaining. They are playing out the final round right now. 21 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:36,840 I'm sorry, guys, I'm not waiting up till this ends. 22 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,959 I don't know when it's gonna end, so we're doing 23 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,480 this on the fly. If anything comes across my desk, 24 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:47,280 i'll talk about it as if it's happening now, that's fine, 25 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,280 But if not, I'm just gonna basically touch on who 26 00:01:49,319 --> 00:01:51,680 the final eight are and then we'll go from there 27 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,439 to set up what will be the final day on Monday. 28 00:01:57,159 --> 00:02:01,719 And then Nick Shulman, the Goat, as some may say, 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,040 was denied gold bracelet number eight. We'll talk about that 30 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:09,360 one throughout this podcast as well. And then I got 31 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,039 a little bit of a take here, at least I 32 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,000 want to throw my take into the ring after a 33 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,360 question that recently came up on the WSP Countdown Show. 34 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,879 And then speaking of that WSP Countdown Show, which is 35 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:25,240 what it is officially called, as we learned when I 36 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:28,479 spoke with Jeff Platt on the last episode of the podcast, 37 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:31,080 if you didn't listen to that episode, I just want 38 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,759 to remind you go back and listen to it. A 39 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,960 little special edition podcast drop. It was just Jeff and 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,960 I talking about the new era for the World Series 41 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:43,439 of Poker, the new Grand arena that the final tables 42 00:02:43,439 --> 00:02:46,479 and the feature tables are being played at, plans for 43 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,599 the coverage, the streaming, all that sort of stuff. Jeff 44 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,680 is a good friend of mine and we had a 45 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,800 really good chat that was taking that took place on 46 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,560 the last episode. If you are listening to this podcast, 47 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:01,680 please please, pa, please do me a favor. Come on, 48 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:05,199 hit the favorite button, leave a review, like subscribe, do 49 00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:08,599 whatever you gotta do. Tell your friends, tell your family. 50 00:03:08,719 --> 00:03:11,680 I'm going to tell you guys this on probably every episode, 51 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,400 so just do it please. It really does help us grow. 52 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,960 And I really want you guys to send in some questions, 53 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,360 some comments, your own takes and thoughts on the twenty 54 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,360 twenty six dobs ap to email podcasts at PokerGO dot 55 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,199 com and I'll see, if you know, if they're good enough. 56 00:03:29,319 --> 00:03:31,400 Even if they're not. If I want to make funny whatever, 57 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:34,199 I'll likely read it on air and then listen. I've 58 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,759 been getting a lot of questions about Tim. About Tim Duckworth. Doucky, 59 00:03:38,199 --> 00:03:41,080 my guy who was on the podcast before, is not 60 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:44,639 on the podcast. Now here's the deal. I fired it, 61 00:03:45,479 --> 00:03:49,159 just kidding. The real deal is that Tim has a 62 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,840 different role this summer, he is working directly with the 63 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:56,919 production team. He's basically a table liaison. He did a 64 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,280 lot of that in recent years with our team, but 65 00:04:01,039 --> 00:04:04,240 as this summer is a much more scaled up offering 66 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:07,319 of what's going on, and we are handling the production 67 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:10,919 side in partnership with the WSP and in partnership with 68 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,879 Gigi Poger, it's just a lot heavier lift. Like, for example, tonight, 69 00:04:14,919 --> 00:04:17,680 he's going to be doing the table liaison stuff. I 70 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,240 don't know till maybe two or three am, who the 71 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,720 heck knows. So his schedule doesn't really jive with the podcast, 72 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:27,839 at least for right now. So there's obviously a chance 73 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:31,120 he comes back on when that schedule shifts back to 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,800 more of a normal thing, But at least for these 75 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,120 early days here, he's been handling that twenty five K 76 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,560 heads up, which has been running pretty late every night 77 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:43,519 so far. So yeah, listen, I'll do my best to 78 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,399 do it myself, and I really love doing it. So 79 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,160 you know, if it was a choice between I can 80 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:51,600 either do it myself on a lot of the days 81 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,120 or people aren't getting a podcast, I'm choosing to do 82 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,879 it myself. Okay, So that's why I'm here bringing you 83 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:03,040 guys the podcast again, hopefully every single day that we can. 84 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,240 As we go, you know, I will continue to work 85 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,079 in some good interviews. I just talked about the show 86 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,439 that I did with Jeff Platt talking with him. We 87 00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:14,319 had Daniel Gebba a winner interview from him. We had 88 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:17,680 a special interview that I did with Nick Palmer as well. 89 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,199 Both of those were two episodes ago, so go check 90 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,639 those out as well, and we'll carry on throughout the 91 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,600 summer as best we can. I don't know what's going 92 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:30,079 to happen on days when I play. I do plan 93 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,040 on playing eight events, the first of which is coming 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,079 up on Tuesday. I'm going to hop into this. I 95 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,240 don't even know really what it's called, the ws AP 96 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:42,959 Circuit Championship. I guess I don't know. I should get 97 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,319 the I should get the actual name of this tournament. 98 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,680 The name of it, PERWSP dot com, is the nola 99 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:53,959 At Hold Them US WSP Circuit Championship. I don't really 100 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,519 know what that means. I don't think it's anything special 101 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,800 other than a branded way to help promote the WA Circuit. 102 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,439 But I'll be in there fire on that one. It 103 00:06:03,519 --> 00:06:08,000 starts on Tuesday. You are allowed three bullets max. One 104 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,680 entry plus two re entries. I am bringing all three 105 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,560 shells ready to blast off. Let's freaking go. Hopefully I 106 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,120 can still pod and do it extremely late at night 107 00:06:18,319 --> 00:06:20,439 and I'll just be running deep. You know. That would 108 00:06:20,439 --> 00:06:23,199 be great, That would be the dream. A new season 109 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:26,040 of High Stakes Poker is streaming right now on poker Go. 110 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:28,639 Just head to pokerg dot com or download the app 111 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,680 on your favorite device and watch legends go to work. 112 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,680 Legends such as Kevin Hart, Andrew Robol, Allan Keating, Sam 113 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,560 Keekey's in the game, Doug Polk. The season is out there, 114 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:42,160 Jennifer Tilley, all the greats are in action. Use promo 115 00:06:42,199 --> 00:06:46,399 code HSP sixteen for thirty dollars off the first year 116 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,399 of a new annual plan. And if you're looking to 117 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,839 play some free online poker yourself, then check out play 118 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:57,120 poker Go. That is where you can play the special 119 00:06:57,199 --> 00:07:00,120 high Stakes Poker themed tables and if you if you 120 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,879 visit play poker go dot com slash podcast during the summer, 121 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,079 you can claim a free one hundred k in gold 122 00:07:07,079 --> 00:07:12,120 to get yourself off to a nice boosted start. All right, first, 123 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,879 thing up for the news of the day. We got 124 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:18,439 Nick Shulman, the man, the myth, the legend, the goat, 125 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:23,000 was denied his eighth w Soop gold bracelet. He finished 126 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:27,839 second in the fifteen hundred dollars badoogie event from a 127 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:32,079 field of five hundred and fifty four entries. Shulman collected 128 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,160 ninety four thousand dollars in prize money. But I don't 129 00:07:35,199 --> 00:07:38,079 think it's really about the prize money for him in 130 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,240 a tournament like this, It's more about getting number eight, 131 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,120 getting another piece of WASP hardware, more legacy, all that 132 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,639 sort of stuff that goes with the great Nick Shulman. 133 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,279 The winner Michael Cassella won it for one hundred and 134 00:07:53,319 --> 00:07:56,560 forty one thousand dollars. It was his first World Series 135 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:02,040 of Poker Gold bracelets. These two battled a long ass time. 136 00:08:02,279 --> 00:08:04,639 I think heads up play lasted three to four hours. 137 00:08:04,639 --> 00:08:06,720 Shulman did have the lead at one point, but then 138 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,079 he ultimately got short. But when he got short, it 139 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,000 was like every time that Shulman was all in, he 140 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,000 just kept doubling up, kept doubling up, kept doubling up. 141 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,360 But then you know, after a couple hours of that 142 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,959 Shulman just couldn't hold on any longer. He was ultimately 143 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,600 overcome by Cassella. Scott sever finished third in that one. 144 00:08:27,519 --> 00:08:29,199 But I know a lot of people out there were 145 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,080 rooting and were sweating the action and hoping that that 146 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,919 Nick Shelman would get number eight. A lot of actually 147 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:38,120 a lot of big names stop by to hang out 148 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:44,080 on the rail. You had Eric Washerson, Jason Mercier, Matthew Wantman, 149 00:08:44,639 --> 00:08:47,440 Jean Barbart Baland came over many times, was saying, you 150 00:08:47,519 --> 00:08:49,879 got this, Nikki, you got this Nikki likely, you know, 151 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:55,120 verbally cheering his man on. Frank Brannon was there on 152 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:57,679 the rail. You know, people just kind of Darius Martino 153 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,919 stopped by at one point, so you know, people were 154 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,559 come by, they were really they're really sweat and Nick 155 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,120 hoping that he could get number eight, but ultimately fell short. 156 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,240 That said, a second place finished ninety four k is 157 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,559 still a very good result, especially this early in the summer, 158 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,679 and Nick's gonna have plenty of opportunities to go out 159 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,480 there and get his eighth WSP Gold bracelet. If he 160 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,559 were to win it, he would join You got Michael Mzrocky, 161 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,200 Benny Glauser and Sean deeb they all have eight. Ahead 162 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,200 of them, you got Johnny Moss's got nine. Then there's 163 00:09:30,399 --> 00:09:34,600 three players with exactly ten. Eric Saidel, Johnny Chan and 164 00:09:34,879 --> 00:09:38,360 Doyle Brunson. Phil Ivy has got eleven, and then of 165 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:42,519 course Phil Hellmuth has seventeen. So all of those players 166 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,679 have reached at least eight gold bracelets, if not more, 167 00:09:48,759 --> 00:09:53,200 tied at seven alongside Nick Shulman. Third place finisher Scott 168 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,159 sever in this event, sever was also going for his 169 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,679 eighth WSFP gold bracelet. Brian Rast has seven and the win 170 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,960 or men the win. I was gonna say men the master, 171 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:04,799 but then I wanted to leave out the master, and 172 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,639 then I got tripped up. Men win as seven, uh 173 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,240 d n Eggs Daniel and Legrand who also has seven, 174 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,159 John Hennigan with seven, Billy Baxter with seven, and Josh 175 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,440 Aria also got seven. So a lot of players there, 176 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,360 a lot of really good players could have a really 177 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:25,919 really good opportunity to get to get to number eight, 178 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,759 and heck, maybe even more. I mean a couple of 179 00:10:27,759 --> 00:10:36,440 summers ago Scots he was out there winning three goal braces. 180 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:42,440 Day two of the WSP Mini Mystery Millions took place Today, 181 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:49,279 twenty thousand, four hundred and eighty eight entries were tallied 182 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,519 in this tournament, total six starting flights to get there. 183 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:57,960 That makes this tournament the twenty twenty six Mini Mystery 184 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,240 Millions the sixth largest live poker tournament of all time. 185 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,320 It moves ahead of the twenty twenty two WASP Housewarming 186 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,840 event that had twenty thousand and eighty entries, and then 187 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,039 it slotted just behind the twenty twenty four Gladiators of 188 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,080 Poker also ASP event. That event had twenty thousand, six 189 00:11:20,159 --> 00:11:24,559 hundred and forty seven entries, so booming field in that 190 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,639 one did think it would get up over twenty thousand entries, 191 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:33,440 and it did. Today was Bounty Day when they announced 192 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,840 the bounties. You had a one million dollar bounty up 193 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,720 for grabs. You had two two hundred and fifty thousand 194 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,799 dollars bounties up for grabs, and then you had four 195 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:44,919 one hundred thousand dollars bounties up for grabs. Of course, 196 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,320 there was a slew of other bounties, but those were 197 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:53,080 the biggest in the Treasure test and Andrew Shelton was 198 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,200 the man who pulled the million dollar bounty and it 199 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,720 was pretty wild. What happened to him when he pulled it. 200 00:12:00,799 --> 00:12:05,159 So I was reading through the story on Andrew Selton 201 00:12:05,159 --> 00:12:08,080 Shelton pulling the million dollar bounty over on pokernews dot com, 202 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,679 and he said, when I drew the gold chest, I 203 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:14,559 was under the gun. So I said, I'd play my 204 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:18,000 button and then go up after that, because if the 205 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,039 screen populates that he'd get a gold chest, you get 206 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,039 to go up and actually draw out of the chest. 207 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:26,159 Shelton continues, But on my button, I got ace king 208 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:32,279 in against pocket aids to bust so Shelton. Shelton says, okay, 209 00:12:32,279 --> 00:12:34,919 I'm gonna play my button, then I'll go up. He 210 00:12:34,919 --> 00:12:38,559 plays his button and busts on his button. Then he 211 00:12:38,600 --> 00:13:01,679 goes up and it's a million dollar pull. He went wild. 212 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:04,360 He was screaming, he was yelling, he was celebrating and 213 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,399 jumping up and down. The emotion, the reaction you love 214 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,360 to see when you turn a five hundred and fifty 215 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,480 dollars buying into a million dollar bounty pull, absolutely incredible stuff. 216 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:17,279 Shelton finished in one hundred and second place in the 217 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,600 tournament for thirty three hundred and fifty dollars, so you 218 00:13:21,639 --> 00:13:24,559 know he good cash there. Obviously good run hundred and 219 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,039 second out of twenty thousand and four hundred and eighty 220 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,080 eight entries, but then pulling that seven figure bounty just 221 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:34,279 absolutely freaking insane stuff. You had Jacob Long and Adidia 222 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,000 Sisla pulling two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bounties each. 223 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,759 I don't really understand this, but those bounties were actually 224 00:13:40,759 --> 00:13:44,080 two hundred and fifty thousand, three hundred dollars. I don't 225 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,559 get that, but that's what they were worth. And then 226 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:51,279 you had Christopher George Cartek, Ved, Peter Lee, and Hunter Payne. 227 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:57,200 Those four players each pulled one hundred thousand dollars bounties. 228 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,000 First place in this event is still up for grabs 229 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:05,559 as well, four hundred thousand dollars up top again five 230 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,840 hundred and fifty dollars buying in this Mini Mystery million tournament. 231 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:12,679 I believe I saw. I just did a quick scan 232 00:14:12,759 --> 00:14:14,840 of the chip guns. I'm not gonna look through him, 233 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,039 you know, too crazy right now, But I did see 234 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,039 Mike Leah was stilling. I mean, he's probably gonna win 235 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,000 with the way that that guy performs in big field 236 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,919 Pobra tournament. So that tournament I believe, is set to 237 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,600 finish on Monday, so stay tuned for some more news 238 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:36,080 from the Mini Mystery Millions. The twenty five K heads 239 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:40,360 up is down to the final eight. Sixteen players returned 240 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,919 for day two, then the final eight are. These are 241 00:14:44,919 --> 00:14:47,799 the matches that are happening right now as I record, 242 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,399 you got Bowding up against Dimitar dan Chev. You got 243 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,600 Carrie Katz playing Ryuta Nakai, you got Henry Pustinen playing 244 00:14:56,799 --> 00:15:00,720 Nikita KU's nets off, and Thomas Boyvaan is taking on 245 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:05,120 Alex Fox and they are all up. On the main stage, 246 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:08,480 those final eight players have locked up one hundred and 247 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,759 fifty thousand dollars. A min cash was worth sixty K. 248 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,840 Then they got one hundred and fifty thousand. I believe 249 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,679 it was our sixty k if I remember correctly. If 250 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,200 not shoot me, but whatever, the final aid are getting 251 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,480 one hundred and fifty thousand, and there's an eight hundred 252 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,240 thousand dollars first place prize up for grabs. This is 253 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,440 a PGT qualifying event, so there will be some implications 254 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,440 for the PGT leaderboard that eight hundred thousand dollars first 255 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,440 place prize that translates to four hundred and eighty PGT points. 256 00:15:40,759 --> 00:15:42,840 So you know, as we go out throughout the summer, 257 00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:47,120 there are thirty one PGT qualifying events. We are Poker 258 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,360 gro we do have the Poker Grow Tour. So yes, 259 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:51,600 I'm going to talk about it and we'll see how 260 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,399 that leaderboard starts to get adjusted and moved around as 261 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:00,639 we go on the BSIP Countdown show, not the one 262 00:16:00,639 --> 00:16:03,840 that was done today, but the previous one. There was 263 00:16:03,879 --> 00:16:05,960 a question that came up. They always do kind of 264 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,600 hot topics or questions and then all the panelists, you know, 265 00:16:09,639 --> 00:16:11,960 give their points and debate and all that sort of stuff. 266 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:16,320 But the question was asked if heads up poker is 267 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,960 the purest form of poker, And I know that that's 268 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,559 often thrown around. I know that that's often thought about. 269 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,759 You know, some people say the purest form of poker 270 00:16:27,039 --> 00:16:30,159 is Nolanman hold them. Some people say the purest form 271 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,919 of poker is nolantdo seventh single draw. Some say it's 272 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,559 specifically heads up poker when it comes to Nola A 273 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,759 hold them. So that's what this question was centered around, 274 00:16:40,759 --> 00:16:44,759 and after giving it some thought, here's where I land, 275 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:48,000 and I'm gonna apologize ahead of time for what is 276 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,919 essentially going to be some fence straddling here. Now, the 277 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,759 case for heads up being the purest form of poker is, 278 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,399 you know, there are a couple of things working in 279 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,679 the favor of that. That's going to be your argument. 280 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,919 There's nowhere to hide, right you're sitting there. You got 281 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:05,279 to play basically every hand. I mean, you don't have 282 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,119 to play every hand, but if you don't play nearly 283 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,319 every hand, you're going to get absolutely steamrolled. In heads 284 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,200 up poker, every decision that you make, every hand that 285 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,440 you play, every street that you play, every bet that 286 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,599 you make, all that sort of stuff, all those decisions 287 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,559 they are only against one opponent, which I think just 288 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,400 magnifies the scope of everything. Because when you're constantly doing 289 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:29,160 the same thing over and over again, and in the 290 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,480 case of heads of poker, you're constantly planning aainst the 291 00:17:31,519 --> 00:17:36,440 same opponent repeatedly, you know, those patterns start to build, 292 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,039 and then there's a lot of you know, adjusting to 293 00:17:39,079 --> 00:17:42,519 the patterns, pattern recognition, metagame, all that sort of stuff. 294 00:17:42,559 --> 00:17:47,759 So adjustments and counter adjustments matter more than table dynamics 295 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:51,920 in a heads up format. Positional battles, you know, hand reading, 296 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,000 timing of things. You know, this is a big stack 297 00:17:57,039 --> 00:17:59,359 over here, he's just attacking the little stacks over here. 298 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,039 He's got a certain position at the table. There's there's 299 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:06,039 all those different elements when you're playing more than just 300 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,680 heads up. You know, six handed, full ring, whatever it 301 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:13,359 may be. All that sort of stuff is very much 302 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,960 amplified when it's just one on one. You're under the 303 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,799 microscope every single hand. Now, what I just said is 304 00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:24,000 is you know that's kind of the that's the case 305 00:18:24,039 --> 00:18:28,519 for heads up poker being the purest form. Now where 306 00:18:28,559 --> 00:18:30,960 I think it starts to break down a little bit, 307 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,559 and I don't think it fully breaks down, But there's 308 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:38,960 a volume argument that comes into play specifically with heads 309 00:18:39,039 --> 00:18:43,920 up poker tournaments because listen, when you play heads up cash, 310 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,599 and specifically when you play heads up cash games online, 311 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,039 you know that is where you can get in tens 312 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,359 of thousands of hands. You know you can play if 313 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,279 you're playing heads up cash online, you know you can 314 00:18:58,319 --> 00:19:03,720 play one opponent or across multiple tables for a lengthy 315 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,720 period of time, and next thing you know, you're playing 316 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:08,480 multiple thousands, if not tens of thousands of hands against 317 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:16,200 a singular opponent, So the card distribution and the edges 318 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,079 that are present from either player, you know, that all 319 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:24,559 becomes to become much more, you know, apparent it just 320 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:30,160 it just becomes fine tuned quite a bit more. Again, this, 321 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:32,599 I know this is a little bit of fence straddling 322 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,640 here because I just made the case for why heads 323 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,640 of poker can be the purest form. But now I'm like, well, 324 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:42,319 heads up tournament poker, I don't know if it can 325 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,079 be just due to the time and volume constraints. Now, 326 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:47,759 if you want to do a heads of poker tournament 327 00:19:47,799 --> 00:19:50,599 that last two weeks, Okay, I get it, Like that's 328 00:19:50,599 --> 00:19:52,920 a different animal, right, but you can't do that. It's 329 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,920 just not possible. Most heads up poker tournaments are done 330 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,319 in two or three days, if not one day, if 331 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,680 you're playing you know something that's a little bit smaller 332 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,440 buying or whatever. So you know, heads up poker, yes, 333 00:20:05,559 --> 00:20:07,920 it can be the purest form of poker because every 334 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,200 decision is magnified and there's nowhere to hide. But a 335 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,559 heads up poker tournament isn't necessarily the purest test of 336 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:22,400 skill because the sample sizes just ultimately are too small. 337 00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:27,839 So the purer that the format becomes strategically, the more 338 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,000 volume you need to accurately identify, you know, who's ultimately 339 00:20:32,039 --> 00:20:35,039 the better player or who has the bigger edge, and 340 00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:37,279 then that edge applied over an extended period of time 341 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:41,279 is likely going to you know, normalize a bit more. So, yes, 342 00:20:41,839 --> 00:20:43,839 I don't think there's any argument that heads up poker 343 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,720 is an extremely pure form of the game. But when 344 00:20:47,759 --> 00:20:50,400 it comes to heads up tournaments, when you are constrained 345 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,480 by time, when you are constrained by getting to a 346 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,000 very very large volume, you know, it's not necessarily the 347 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:01,359 best measure of this being the purest form of poker. 348 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,079 So yes, that is some fence straddling. But I've been 349 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,640 thinking about this for a day and a half and 350 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,079 that's where I settled on this, on the question of 351 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,200 you know, is heads up poker the purest form of poker? 352 00:21:13,279 --> 00:21:17,799 So the answer is yes, but you know, yes because 353 00:21:17,799 --> 00:21:20,640 of this reason. But this is also where it starts 354 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,400 to break down a little bit. 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You got Phil Hellmuth, the one 365 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,400 and only, is pushing for gold bracelet number eighteen. I 366 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,480 mentioned earlier that he's one of those players who has 367 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:18,559 at least eight WSFP gold races. He's the way the 368 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:21,119 hell up there was seventeen. He's chasing number eighteen, and 369 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,759 he is down to the final couple of tables in 370 00:22:23,799 --> 00:22:26,799 the ten thousand dollars buy in Omaha High Low tournament. 371 00:22:27,319 --> 00:22:31,680 Last I looked about fifteen or twenty minutes ago, Helmuth 372 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:36,279 had a top two stack. He was behind just Scott Clements. Now, 373 00:22:36,279 --> 00:22:40,680 of course, chips can fluctuate quite fast in tournaments, but 374 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,079 he looks like he's been going strong. With the way 375 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:45,640 that Phil Helmuth plays, the style that he enacts in 376 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,839 these tournaments, he's always a very, very very tough one 377 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,039 to kill, so if he has a lot of chips, 378 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,319 I can only imagine this is really setting itself up 379 00:22:55,759 --> 00:22:58,359 for a final table run. I don't know what the 380 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,799 streaming plans are for Monday, but I would say that 381 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:05,920 if helm Youth is in line for number eighteen, better 382 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,039 turn them dem cameras on because the hell of a 383 00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:11,079 lot of people are gonna be watching and wanting to 384 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,160 watch Phil hemm Youth go for number eighteen. And even 385 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,480 if he doesn't, you know, Phil helm Youth on a stream, 386 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,200 it's always just pure entertainment, right, especially in a game 387 00:23:21,319 --> 00:23:24,519 like like Omaha Hi Low, where I'm sure he's gonna 388 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:27,400 have a few choice words his own thoughts, and I'm 389 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 sure that will come out with how his opponents are playing, 390 00:23:30,759 --> 00:23:33,440 you know, especially if he starts starts taking some beats. 391 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,799 You got Scott Clements in the mix, still, you got 392 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,720 James Ops, Rob Misrocki, Josh Aria, they were all still 393 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,960 in with a couple of tables left. At time of recording. 394 00:23:44,759 --> 00:23:46,880 I think it's four hundred and fifty thousand dollars up 395 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,400 top in that one, in the six hundred dollars deep 396 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,359 stack that kicked off today. Quite a weekend if you 397 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:57,000 if you got into the the last flight of the 398 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,920 five hundred and fifty Mini Mystery Millions. Maybe that worked out, 399 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,000 maybe it didn't. But then today, you know, you got 400 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,519 the six hundred dollars Deep Stack starting tomorrow or sorry, 401 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:09,640 on Monday kicks off the fifteen hundred dollars Nolman hold 402 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,640 Them six Max. And then on Tuesday you got that 403 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,119 seventeen hundred dollars Doubsipy Circuit Championship event. So a nice 404 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,759 little string here for the lower buying Nolan at Holden players. 405 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:22,000 But in this six hundred dollars deep stack, four thy 406 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,480 six hundred and twenty two entries, goodfield, big number, but 407 00:24:26,559 --> 00:24:30,079 it is down twenty five percent from last year. Last 408 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,200 year this event, same event number, event number ten had 409 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:36,599 six thousand and ninety entries. So a bit of a 410 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,640 downtick there, but we have seen several downticks across the board. 411 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,440 I think it's just par for the course, you know, 412 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,000 And it's not just the Doubsip events. You're you're seeing 413 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:50,640 numbers that are not that they're necessarily down a ton 414 00:24:50,799 --> 00:24:53,359 or missing guarantees is what I really should say, because 415 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,440 you know, other venues do a lot of guarantees, but 416 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,720 it's more like they're kind of like just making guarantees, 417 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,720 which when you're operator and you're sweating a guarantee never 418 00:25:01,759 --> 00:25:03,759 you don't want to just make it, you know. I 419 00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:05,839 know I always say that, like you should fall within 420 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,119 a little bit of a guarantee, a little bit over. 421 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,319 That means you set a good guarantee that was hard 422 00:25:10,319 --> 00:25:13,920 to attain. But I think operators always love to smash it. 423 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,000 That's always the phrase, guarantee, smash guarantee crushed on you know, 424 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,039 day two or whatever. But it makes them sweat a bit. 425 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,240 I get it. You know, we had a guarantee it 426 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:24,079 in the Poker gro studio that we had to sweat. 427 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:26,599 I mean, it's not fun to sweat those things. But 428 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,359 you know, down there in the six hundred dollars deep stack, 429 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,039 the ten k GGI millions kicked off that had around 430 00:25:34,079 --> 00:25:37,640 two hundred entries and I when I hit record, they 431 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,599 had the clock pause. They must have been playing out 432 00:25:39,599 --> 00:25:41,960 the final couple hands of the day and they were 433 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,599 right around two hundred entries. The clock said one ninety four. 434 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,359 But maybe there was a couple of people that got 435 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,720 in because this is unlimited entry and you can register 436 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,720 into Day two, so you know it might have been 437 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:55,640 some stuff that wasn't tallied yet. That said, around two 438 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,440 hundred entries on day one. A in this ten thousand 439 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:03,119 dollars buy an event takes place on Monday. The survivors 440 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:07,440 from both flights will come back on Tuesday. Ultimately, if 441 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,680 I have this correctly four day event. The structure in 442 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:16,680 this one is wild. So you start with one hundred 443 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,039 thousand chips and it's one hundred two hundred, so you're 444 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,880 starting with five hundred big blinds. Now, in the WSP 445 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,799 Main Event, the greatest tournament in the world, you start 446 00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:33,079 with sixty k and the blinds are one hundred three 447 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,319 hundred big lines, so you have an incredibly deeper start 448 00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:40,359 starting stack here in this ten KGG millions. You also 449 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,279 have unlimited rantry in this tournament, and then you have 450 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,119 max Late registration and you can come in on Tuesday 451 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,160 and you can come in with twenty five big lines. 452 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,000 That is a ton of big blinds to come with 453 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,559 Max Late. So I'm gonna guess that I mean basically 454 00:26:54,599 --> 00:27:00,480 between today or between Sunday and Max Late redge on Tuesday, 455 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:03,839 like you can get other tournaments in right so I 456 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,200 think a lot of other a lot of people might 457 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:10,440 just wait to max late this thing on Tuesday. Might 458 00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:12,680 it might be one of those things where, you know, 459 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,480 I think we saw it for sure last year, if 460 00:27:15,519 --> 00:27:17,599 not the year before too. But like the max late 461 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,759 reg you know, you have fifty sixty. However many people 462 00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:23,400 showing up at the end, they got to do like 463 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,920 a full tournament rejaw, like that whole thing that kind 464 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,880 of delays everything. I think this is gonna be one 465 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,480 of those tournaments where you're gonna have a ton of 466 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,160 people showing up with twenty five big lines, which is 467 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,720 a lot to work with. You know, normally you come 468 00:27:35,759 --> 00:27:37,640 in max lay, you're working with I don't know, twelve 469 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,599 and a half bigs, fifteen bigs whatever, I mean, twenty 470 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,000 five that's a reasonable stack. You can actually play a 471 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,240 bunch of hands and play them to the river. So 472 00:27:46,279 --> 00:27:49,599 that's gonna be something something to consider. And then we'll 473 00:27:49,599 --> 00:27:52,160 see how how Day one B of that tournament goes. 474 00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:56,839 Obviously we always expect starting flights to increase as you 475 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,240 go deeper into the structure, but we'll see. You know, 476 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,799 we already have one tournament earlier that did dip from 477 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,279 Day one B to Day one A. But obviously that 478 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:07,880 that shot up right after that. I would expect, let's say, 479 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,359 three hundred to three point fifty on Day one B. 480 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,599 That's gonna be my guess. So get up over five 481 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,640 hundred for this tournament. I don't know. Well, you know, 482 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,319 we'll see this is this is an interesting tournament, and 483 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,160 we'll see how it goes, right. I mean, there's a 484 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,359 lot of heavy hitters. I was walking around the field 485 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,039 today a little bit. You know, all the all the 486 00:28:24,039 --> 00:28:26,200 big nolemic guys are in there, you know, but I 487 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,319 know a lot of people were talking about the structure 488 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:33,160 and how it's almost too good, and that they'll just 489 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,640 take advantage of that that late registration and then go 490 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,759 play some other things in these two days and go 491 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:41,279 from there. Also, kicking off today, you had the fifteen 492 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:44,240 hundred dollars no limit deuced to seven single jaw. Now 493 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,079 this one, you know, we've talked to times about how 494 00:28:47,079 --> 00:28:49,480 these numbers are down. This one had a nice boost 495 00:28:50,119 --> 00:28:52,359 over last year. So last year they had five hundred 496 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,079 and thirty two entries in this tournament. This year six 497 00:28:55,279 --> 00:28:59,440 twenty six, that's an eighteen percent increase. That is tremendous 498 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,880 to get to get a boost like that in this 499 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,519 tournament again fifteen hundred dollars, no limit, deuce to seven 500 00:29:06,599 --> 00:29:08,960 singles d all. So that's that's really cool there to 501 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,240 see this event get get an up tech tick like this. 502 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,119 You know, I think the ten k O eight, by 503 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:16,599 the way, was down a tiny bit. You know, it's 504 00:29:16,759 --> 00:29:18,880 very much in line with last year. So you know, 505 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,960 some events are holding strong, other events are dipping down. 506 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,440 But here, you know, we get a nice uptick from 507 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,160 this uh fifteen dollars ducee and well and we'll see, 508 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,960 you know, Nolan duce and we'll and we'll see if 509 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,599 you know, some other these events start to uptick as 510 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,920 we go. You know, I think I think the first 511 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,759 couple of days you're coming up Memorial Day weekend, people 512 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:40,720 are still trying to kind of get their bearings. You 513 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,640 get a bunch of people still like coming in from 514 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,720 trit and all that sort of stuff. So you know, 515 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:48,319 I think I think numbers will still be pretty good 516 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:52,839 carrying through. I was talking with David Baker, her good 517 00:29:52,839 --> 00:29:55,559 friend ODB the other day, and he was saying how 518 00:29:55,599 --> 00:29:58,160 he's still bullish on the WAD event, which I am 519 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,039 still bullish on the wasb min event, you know, and 520 00:30:01,079 --> 00:30:03,960 I think I mentioned that with uh in my conversation 521 00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:06,640 with Jeff Platt. But I'm just you know, I still 522 00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:10,319 think that, Like I don't know, part of me says 523 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,000 GG poker slash the wicip is gonna do whatever they 524 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,279 can as the summer goes on to cramp more people 525 00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:19,759 into that tournament. I don't know. That's how I just feel. 526 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:22,240 I feel like you come out with this like this 527 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,200 is your first I know, last year was their first 528 00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:28,279 year owning the Dobsip you know, I'm talking about GG Poker. 529 00:30:28,319 --> 00:30:31,119 But this year, like you come with this new giant 530 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,279 ass arena, like you're doing all this new streaming stuff. 531 00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:36,839 You move from the Horseshoe over to Paris for everything. 532 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,880 You know, you got one hundred events on the schedule, 533 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,000 like it's you know, everything is like okay, let's go, 534 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,359 this is our thing. Now we're rocking, we're rolling. Well 535 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,160 do you want to couple that with a lower number 536 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,519 in the event. I don't think so. So I think 537 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:55,720 they're gonna they're gonna turn the heat up, you know 538 00:30:55,839 --> 00:30:59,079 quite a bit. Maybe that means more satellites, Maybe they 539 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,559 leverage more stuff on wsp dot com here in the 540 00:31:01,599 --> 00:31:03,680 States as we get closer to it. Maybe it's more 541 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,920 live satellites, you know. Maybe GG poker is ramping stuff 542 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,480 up on their platform for rest of the world. I 543 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:11,920 don't know what it is, but that's just the sense 544 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,440 that I get, you know, like I don't think you 545 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:18,000 want to come out and do all this amazing stuff. 546 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:19,640 But then at the end of it, people are only 547 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,400 talking about a number when it comes to the douvas 548 00:31:22,559 --> 00:31:24,640 main events. Now, I've always said it and I'll say 549 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,160 it again. Whether you get seventy five hundred eighty five hundred, 550 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,400 eight thousand, nine thousand, ten thousand, eleven thousand, whatever it is, 551 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,920 those are insanely big numbers for a ten K freeze out, 552 00:31:38,079 --> 00:31:41,799 you know. So yes, those numbers are great. But we 553 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,559 all know how the media is and we're always going 554 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,039 to be talking about things, and it's like, okay, you 555 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:49,680 know what sort of decline is in poker because the 556 00:31:49,839 --> 00:31:53,559 WASIP minivent is this big barometer for the entire industry, 557 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,000 and I just think it's it's kind of hard with 558 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,799 how everything is. One. You got the taxing, the ninety 559 00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:02,880 percent rule that sucks. I hate it. I hopefully it 560 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,759 gets you know, reverted, but you know, what can you 561 00:32:06,799 --> 00:32:10,920 do right now? It's there, right and people are you know, 562 00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:12,759 worry about it, and they're concerned about it, so you 563 00:32:12,839 --> 00:32:16,200 got that. Another thing is it's just freaking expensive. And 564 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,680 I don't think a lot of people have a lot 565 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,880 of money. I mean, it's just it's just the nature 566 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,039 of the world. Everything is going up, up, up, up up, 567 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,720 Yet you know, salaries and all that sort of stuff 568 00:32:24,759 --> 00:32:27,480 aren't really you know, following at the same pace, so 569 00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:29,519 it's hard. Maybe people just have a little bit less 570 00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:33,400 money to throw around when it comes to pover that said, 571 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,119 if you are going to throw money around, it's going 572 00:32:37,119 --> 00:32:39,079 into the waspre main event as far as I'm concerned. 573 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,920 So I am still bullish on the ubas main event. 574 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,720 I am still sticking with my prediction that it gets 575 00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:48,880 back up over ten thousand entries. That is my prediction, 576 00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:51,799 and I'm sticking with it until I tell you guys 577 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,799 that I'm not. So let's gobs to be main event. 578 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,839 And with that, I got nothing else to talk about. 579 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,359 I'm sure you guys in stick are tired of me, 580 00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:02,039 but again, you know, I do want to hear your thoughts. 581 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:04,440 I love hearing questions from you, guys. I love hearing 582 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,279 takes from you guys. I love hearing if you want 583 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:07,880 to debate me, if you want to argue with me, 584 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,400 if you think I'm right, if you think I'm wrong, 585 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,000 whatever it may be. Maybe there's some stories out there 586 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,079 that are developing that you guys know about that I 587 00:33:14,119 --> 00:33:17,599 don't know about. If there's any of that podcast At 588 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,519 pokergroat dot com, I get in the inbox every single day. 589 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:24,359 I look for stuff, so please hit me up through there. 590 00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:27,000 I love engaging with the fans. I've met a couple 591 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:31,079 of you at Paris or Horseshoe this summer, and I 592 00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:35,359 hope to meet many more of you. So that's that. 593 00:33:35,359 --> 00:33:38,319 That's gonna do it for this episode of the Poker 594 00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:40,279 Girl Podcast. My name is Donny Peters. It was a 595 00:33:40,279 --> 00:33:42,880 pleasure as always, and now we'll talk to you guys 596 00:33:43,400 --> 00:34:02,680 next time. Oh