WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.199 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. 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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