WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:14.000 Hello, everyone, Welcome to a new episode of the Poker 2 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:19.280 Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters and looks left, 3 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.600 looks right. I'm flying solo once again, and you are 4 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:29.000 only getting an audio podcast once again. Don't worry. This 5 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.039 one will be I think, on the shorter side. But 6 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:35.119 then again, as I say that, I know that in 7 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:38.439 past years, every time I say that, it tends to 8 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.320 run long. But we'll see. I don't think we have 9 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.600 a whole ton of stuff to go through on this podcast, 10 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.079 but I did want to get one out there. Today 11 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.759 was officially Day one of the twenty twenty six World 12 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:58.560 Series of Poker, my first day actually on site between 13 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.280 Paris and Horseshoe. I do think now we need to 14 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.560 put Paris first before Horseshoe with the way that things 15 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:07.359 are laid out, and I'll talk about that today. I 16 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.439 wanted to just kind of give you know, some first 17 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.640 impressions of walking around the place, because there is a 18 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:16.239 new feel, a new look to things this year. And then, 19 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.480 of course, you know, we did have a couple of 20 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.120 tournaments that kicked off today. We had the Mini Mystery Millions. 21 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.319 We also had the five K eight handed Nolan at 22 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:29.239 Hold Them at time of recording, it is twelve o 23 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:35.480 six am on Wednesday, May twenty seventh. Those two tournaments 24 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.159 are still playing out right now, so I'm not gonna 25 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.959 stick around it and wait up on this day one. 26 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:43.439 So you know, forgive me for that one. Also, you're 27 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.319 gonna have to forgive me because no interviews on this show. 28 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:48.680 You know, it was going a little bit late. I 29 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.640 don't know, things, things felt like they were dragging on 30 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.480 a little bit there today. But you know, nonetheless, it 31 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:56.920 was good to be there. It was good to start 32 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.519 start feeling the vibe for everything. As always, please do 33 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:06.000 like subscribe, rate review to the podcast. Hopefully we'll be 34 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.879 coming to you daily, but the goal is at least 35 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.240 five times a week, if not more, that we'll be 36 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.520 coming to you guys from the twenty twenty six World 37 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:19.520 Series of Poker. First things first, let's just talk about 38 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.879 the start. You know, quiet, but I think that that's 39 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:27.000 relatively normal for the World Series. You know, it's it's 40 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:32.800 it's building, right, it builds towards that storm. It is calm, 41 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:36.520 but also not really calm, because you can feel the 42 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.199 excitement in the air. You know, you can feel the 43 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.360 excitement when you talk to a lot of people that 44 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.319 you may have not seen for weeks, months, you know, 45 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.919 basically a full year since the last wsop. You definitely 46 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.759 feel it all. You know, you feel the buzz is 47 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.280 starting to build, You feel that tension is starting to 48 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.120 come into play. You know, I think the day one 49 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:03.639 is always it's kind of laid back. I know people 50 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.000 are coming into the summer obviously taking things very serious. Yes, 51 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.319 but you know, you're you're seeing people that you haven't 52 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.759 seen for a while, So maybe your focus isn't you know, 53 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:16.159 one hundred percent locked in because in between hands, you're 54 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:19.280 you're shooting the shit, You're dapping people up at adjacent tables, 55 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:22.080 You're going around giving some hugs, you know, checking how 56 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:24.400 the fam is, how people have been doing, where they've 57 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.199 been lately, you know, all that sort of stuff. So 58 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.400 you know, I get it same sort of vibe on 59 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:31.680 my side of things, you know, on the industry side 60 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.759 of things, the media side of things, like like that's 61 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.159 just you're kind of out there, just you're gaining your footing. 62 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.240 You know, you're you're you're saying you're hellos to everyone, 63 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.159 and you're just kind of getting acquainted with the people. 64 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.599 The space and everything that's to come over the next 65 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.800 you know, six seven, eight weeks. So so that's kind 66 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.360 of the feel of it all now. One of the 67 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.199 things that everyone's got to get a little bit acquainted to. 68 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:59.159 And if you're coming out here for the w SIPE 69 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.879 this year, you're going to see it. But the new setup, 70 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:09.879 so basically Paris and Horseshoe have flipped the Horseshoe Event Center. 71 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.599 That's what used to house the feature table stage, you know, 72 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.879 the mothership, the Thunderdome, whatever you want to call it. 73 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.839 It was over there in the event center. Then you 74 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:23.279 had that other Horseshoe ballroom, I don't remember exactly the 75 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.839 name of what it was, called the Front one. And 76 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.759 then on the Paris side you had that giant Paris 77 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.120 Ballroom that was where you know, a lot of the 78 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.839 cash came action took place. They had the King's Lounge 79 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.199 in there. Previously they had that kind of high roller 80 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:39.639 section off to the one side of the King's Lounge. 81 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.319 It was just a huge, huge, huge room, just a 82 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.399 sea of poker tables as far as you can see. Well, 83 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.079 they flipped the Horseshoe Event Center and the Paris Room 84 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:55.800 so that the Paris Room now houses the new set. 85 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.519 And I mean, I'm just going to say it right 86 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:03.720 now off the top, but calling that thing a stage 87 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:10.240 or a set honestly does not do it justice. It 88 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.600 does not do that thing justice. As my dog Duke 89 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:17.480 can't attest to. I can't say much yet because the 90 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.839 big reveal of this new what I'm gonna call the arena, 91 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.279 is still to come. It's all going to get revealed. 92 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.600 The full reveal is on Friday, May twenty ninth. But 93 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:35.240 this thing is absolutely effing absurd. The scale is hard 94 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.519 to believe. I know that I've seen the renderings. I've 95 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.360 seen the plans. I've seen part of it builds at 96 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.920 the warehouse in Las Vegas where we have our office 97 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:48.279 the Poker Go Campus, you know, but you never really 98 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:53.480 get the full thoughts. You know, the juices aren't really 99 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:55.680 full in. It doesn't all kind of the dots don't 100 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:00.040 connect altogether until you actually see it in person. The 101 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.639 lights are going, it's in the room. You hear the 102 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.720 chips getting shoveled in the background, like all that sort 103 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:07.360 of stuff. Right, So all that's happening, it's behind this 104 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.959 big curtain. You can't see it yet. Got to give 105 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.879 a huge, huge, huge credit, massive credit shout out massive 106 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.000 the first one of the summer to the team at 107 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:21.319 Blueprint Blueprint fifty two. They are the guys that build 108 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:25.439 this whole giant thing, headed up by Justin Garone. His 109 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:29.399 team is absolutely freaking incredible. You guys can see some 110 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.240 of their work over at Blueprint fifty two dot Io 111 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:37.439 that is the Casino Furnishings, the studio Furnishing's arm within 112 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:41.519 the Poker Gaut Umbrella. They absolutely freaking crush this damn thing. 113 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:45.920 It is unreal, absolutely unreal. But that's that's all I'm 114 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:49.240 gonna say for now. The full reveal again is on Friday, 115 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:52.240 May twenty ninth. You know, I'm assuming, like w SIPP 116 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.639 always does when they do something like this, they do 117 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.120 a great job at getting a lot of media out there, 118 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:58.959 drawing a lot of tension, getting a lot of buzz 119 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.000 around this thing, do a big reveal. I would guess. 120 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:04.639 I have no idea, but I know what they've done 121 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.319 in the past. When they do sorts of things like this, 122 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:09.199 they get some sort of person or celebrity to come 123 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.560 down and kick it off. You know. I mean, we 124 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:13.680 had Lisa Vanda Pump with her dog on the table. 125 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.199 One year, we've had Guy Fieri doing the bracelet. You know, 126 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:17.959 all the you get all this sort of stuff that 127 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.079 just happens at the World Series of Appropriate. It honestly 128 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:24.279 is just a giant spectacle and this, this stage, this set, 129 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:28.680 this arena is a spectacle. So you guys will get 130 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.639 all the videos, you'll get all the social media, you'll 131 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.480 get all the photos from that coming out on Friday, 132 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:37.000 May twenty ninth. But it is absolutely something you do 133 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.199 not want to miss if you do come out to 134 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.600 Las Vegas this summer. You know, even if you're coming 135 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:45.600 out for a regular chip, maybe you're coming out for 136 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.639 the Stanley Cup now that the Golden Knights made it. 137 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:50.160 You know, maybe you're just popping out here to play 138 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.079 some of the other events that are going on around town. 139 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:54.040 You got to make your way over to Paris and 140 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:55.759 you got to check this damn thing out because it 141 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:59.319 is freaking unbelievable. Other than that, you know, I walked 142 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:05.399 around both venues. You gotta just get your sea legs 143 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.199 a little bit, because for the past couple of years 144 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.120 it's been everything has been at Horseshoe. Paris has been 145 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.199 kind of the secondary venue for the entire World Series 146 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.079 of Poker this year. It's flipped, so you know, we're 147 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.519 housed in Paris. That's where we're sitting up. I mean 148 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.600 it just the whole flow of it feels a lot better. 149 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.439 It feels more modern, newer, you know. Obviously the Paris 150 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:31.720 side is a little bit more up to date than 151 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:34.039 the Horseshoe side. The Horseshoe side though, does have like 152 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:37.240 a lot of history to it. It feels nostalgic when 153 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.000 you're walking around the Horseshoe side, you know, yeah, we 154 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.039 can all do without the smoke. I get it, but 155 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.120 you know, it just still feel it pulls on those 156 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.039 nostalgia strings a little bit. There's many, many, many more 157 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:51.200 tables I feel like, which I believe they put out 158 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:52.440 there at some point that there was a bunch of 159 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.840 new tables. A lot of the tables look brand new, 160 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.200 as if they were just built. The felt looks brand new, 161 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.600 you know, So I don't know, everything just feels like 162 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:06.480 it's it's like, wow, it's twenty twenty six, and everything 163 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.039 is also in twenty twenty six with us. You know. 164 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:13.399 It's just it really feels like this is officially the 165 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:17.519 new era of the dobsip, which in recent years you 166 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.879 could say, Okay, left the Rio, coming down to the 167 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.480 Las Vegas, trip to Horseshoe in Paris, Like, that's a 168 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.440 new era. I get it. Last year, the first year 169 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.639 or the first summer under the new ownership of gig Poker, 170 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:36.879 that's a new era. Yes, those are I will say 171 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:41.039 small e eras new eras, but this truly feels like 172 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.039 this is the new era. This is the modern era 173 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.360 right now for the world's racey poker. That's that's the 174 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.919 feel I get, the vibe that I get when I'm 175 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.720 walking around that place, So you know, it's just it's 176 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:56.039 really cool to be down there again. Just definitely come 177 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.559 check it out if you're in town. I would highly 178 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:00.080 encourage you to do so. And if you're gonna to 179 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.320 be around on Friday, May twenty ninth when they do 180 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:06.759 that big reveal of the new the new setup down there, 181 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:08.919 you know, just just try and be there. Seriously, be 182 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.240 in the room. It's it's going to be absolutely incredible. 183 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.480 On the events themselves that were playing today, two WSOP 184 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:26.080 events took place. You had the five hundred and fifty 185 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.360 dollars buying mini mystery millions tournament believe they are scheduled 186 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:33.840 to play twenty two levels on their day one This 187 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.879 is Day one A. It is the first starting flight 188 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.919 of six starting flights. They got six hundred, sixteen hundred, 189 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.000 excuse me, sixteen hundred and thirty five entries, which I 190 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.279 think is a tad down a tad from where I 191 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.840 thought it might be that said, you know this, this 192 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.960 thing is it's one of those ones, big multi flight tournament. 193 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.759 It's going to just build, build, build, build build. It's 194 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.000 a newer event to kick off the series. Last year 195 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:02.639 they kicked off with the one K Mystery Millions, So 196 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.600 same concept, same tournament in theory, but half the price point. 197 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:12.600 They had five starting flights last year. It had twelve 198 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.440 or thirteen hundred to start in Day one A, and 199 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.440 then of course it just build, built, built, and the 200 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.039 final starting flight, the fifth starting flight, had like eight thousand, 201 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.639 one hundred entries or something ridiculous on its way to 202 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.799 you know, well over nineteen thousand total entries in the field. 203 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.840 So this is one of those ones where it's definitely 204 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.720 gonna build, build build throughout the week and it's gonna 205 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.120 get there. But I just I can't help but think 206 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.559 it's it's slightly down from where I thought. And this 207 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:38.159 is gonna be this is gonna be a theme of 208 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.799 this part. And it's not just WSIP related. And you'll 209 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:43.360 you'll see what I'm getting to in a second. The 210 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:47.240 w SIP five K, the eight handed NOLA MIT hold 211 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:51.039 them five thousand dollars by an event. It looks like 212 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.720 right now they are a bit over four hundred entries, 213 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:59.159 which is good, right, of course, it's good. I mean 214 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:01.440 four hundred and eleven entries. Right now, it looks like 215 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.519 they are in the final level of the day level ten. 216 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.879 I have about forty five minutes left at time of recording. 217 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:14.000 Right now it's twelve seventeen AM. But last year Day 218 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.759 one had five hundred and fifty eight entries and then 219 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.600 it ultimately finished with six hundred and ninety three entries. 220 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.039 There is late registration into Day two, same thing that 221 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:25.200 happens this year. So it's looking like it's behind the 222 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.919 pace of last year. Now I just say that, and 223 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:32.159 I point that this all of this out because I'm 224 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.360 just listen. I know it's Day one, but I'm already 225 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.879 starting to think, like our numbers everywhere gonna be down. 226 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:44.360 Another example of this the win eleven hundred that took 227 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.919 place today. I got a message in a chat that 228 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.799 I'm in with some poker players. You know, one of 229 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.600 the guys was like value alert, you know, got to 230 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:54.799 head over to win. They're brought to overlay on this 231 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.200 eleven hundred dollars buying million dollar guarantee, and they ended 232 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.399 up they ended up overlaying. By the math that I have, 233 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:04.759 they got eight hundred and fifty five entries total. Of 234 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:07.480 the eleven hundred dollars, nine hundred and sixty five goes 235 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.960 into the prize spool, So that means a price spool 236 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.840 of just over eight hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. 237 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.840 You guys can do the mass math. That means that 238 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.840 they missed by one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars 239 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.039 the win so early on in their win Summer series 240 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.360 missing a guarantee like the one K price point. You know, 241 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.559 we've talked about it before on this podcast. I've said 242 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.600 it many times. I think that's just the most elite 243 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.159 price point in all of poker. And if we're starting 244 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.440 out a series had a big, big property, a notable property, 245 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:45.519 a very established summer series in the win Summer series, Like, 246 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.360 that's that's just, you know, something that that catches my attention. 247 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:51.360 You couple it with the fact that some of these 248 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.480 other events look like they might be behind pace for 249 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.159 what we might have thought, it's like, hmmm, is this 250 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.200 going to start to become a trend throughout the summer? 251 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.320 You know? I know that also looking around on I 252 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:06.240 believe it was on Calshi the prediction market. They had 253 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.200 a prediction market for the size of the Douvaspy main 254 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.039 event this year. You know, up until last week my 255 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.759 guys over in the Grid airon Gamble Discord channel, where 256 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:21.919 we're often talking sports, sports, betting, poker, all this sort 257 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.840 of stuff. I was bullish, very very bullish on over 258 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.519 ten thousand entries in the WASP main event, which I 259 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.600 still think I'm kind of bullish, but a little bit 260 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:36.559 more lukewarm than Blazing Hot. But on Calshi the market 261 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:41.080 was such that the under was the favorite. So I'm 262 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.360 just starting to wonder overall if this is something we 263 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.720 just need to kind of pay attention to, you know, 264 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.720 And it's there's just there's a lot of freaking poker, 265 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.679 and it's just I think at some point. You know, 266 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.360 we always talked about it, Tim and I always talked 267 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.399 about it a lot, where maybe the economy and what's 268 00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.960 going on in the real world is eventually going to 269 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.720 catch up to people catch up to the industry, this 270 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.080 industry and specific the poker industry. So maybe that's kind 271 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.559 of what we're seeing here. So maybe we do see 272 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:10.799 a little bit of a pullback. That said, it's day one. 273 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.039 This stuff always builds, bills builds all summer. You're just 274 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.039 coming off a Memorial Day weekend when you know, maybe 275 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.679 people are just they're out doing their thing, they're finishing 276 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.399 up their vacations, they're not traveling out to Vegas yet, 277 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.799 like all that sort of stuff. Right, So I'm not 278 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.840 gonna like, I don't think anyone should be freaking out, 279 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.600 but I'm just you know, pointing out because I think 280 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.080 it's a notable talking point here. Yeah, it looks like, 281 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.960 you know, well over four hundred entries. Of course they'll 282 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:38.559 probably push I would say five fifty five eighty in 283 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.159 that five K, So that's going to be a huge 284 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.320 prize school there. You got this mini mystery millions that's 285 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:47.399 just gonna be freaking gangbusters. I'm curious at the end 286 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.759 of that all, when when all six starting flights are done, 287 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.240 you know, that's one of those tournaments where you know, 288 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:57.279 it's like what place on the ranking list for largest 289 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:00.759 turnouts ever in a poker tournament, Where's this only gonna fall? 290 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:04.000 You know, I would say it's likely going to be 291 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.679 within the top ten for sure, and then it's just 292 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.399 where does it go from there? And then you know, 293 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.720 I touched on the Wind tournament, and I guess I'll 294 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:14.440 touch on some some things you know around the industry. 295 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.039 We are you know, going to be focused on the 296 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.879 WSP Yes, of course that's the biggest and baddest UH 297 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.840 series in town, in the world. But you know, when 298 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.159 when things stick out like this that have to build 299 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.000 into a larger trend, you know, like this opening eleven 300 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:29.759 hundred over at the Wind, then then you know, well 301 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.840 we'll hit on it. Something else I saw today out 302 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.799 of the out of the content pool was from my 303 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:39.600 good friend, my old friend Lance Bradley. So so Lance 304 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.840 has a sub stack, it's called the Overlay. Lance is 305 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:46.399 also writing for ESPN this year, so I would highly 306 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:49.120 encourage you guys to check him out on social media, 307 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.679 give him a follow or read his stuff. You know, 308 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.120 I'm a big fan of Lance As. I'm obviously biased 309 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.480 because you know, he's a good friend of mine, been 310 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.399 a colleague as well for for a long time. But 311 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.519 this the substack article that he dropped today. It was 312 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:07.079 titled five threats to Sean Deebs Historic WSP Player of 313 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:10.920 the Year repeat Chances, and he listed five players, and 314 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.279 I mean, I don't agree with all these players. Michael 315 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:19.119 Monchek Texas, Mike James Ovs been you Chatty Sledge, Marco Johnson. 316 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.119 But I did want to weigh in on Marco Johnson. 317 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:26.240 I'm big on Marco Johnson. This summer. Touched on him 318 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:30.359 a tiny bit in the last pod. You heard David 319 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.359 Baker ODB talk about him, how Marco is out here, 320 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.359 He's playing a full schedule. He's even staying at Odb's house. So, 321 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.519 you know, Marco being on this list, like that's someone 322 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.200 who when it you know, when we get to you know, 323 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.559 July rolls around and it's it's kind of halfway through 324 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.519 the was Man event and we're checking in on the 325 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.759 WSP Player of the Year standings, and you might see 326 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.880 Marco Johnson's name challenging for the league he's in the 327 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.440 top three, he's in the top five, he's within striking distance. 328 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:00.920 I mean, don't be surprised. Marco plays all the games. 329 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:05.039 He plays all the games. Well. The only knock that 330 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.359 I think you could have on Marco Johnson in this 331 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.039 sort of setup is like he might not play the 332 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:13.440 super big PLO and Nolan and hold him high rollers, 333 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:15.640 you know, like I don't even know if he'll go 334 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.279 as high as twenty five k, but you know, the fifties, 335 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:21.000 the one hundred, the two fifty, like he probably won't 336 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.480 be in there, at least to my knowledge. That said, 337 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:27.000 you know, he's certainly good enough to get a bunch 338 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.200 of points elsewhere. Now, of course, it's going to be 339 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.319 very very hard to chase down Sean Deep, who got 340 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:37.440 a great start at dubis apub in this year. Europe counts, 341 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.880 Vegas counts, and the Bahamas count so you know a 342 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.480 little bit of an advantage to start the summer for 343 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.839 Sean Deep. But you know, I wouldn't be surprised at 344 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:51.240 all if Marco Johnson is certainly in the mix. There 345 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.480 another nice little nugget that came out of this this 346 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.319 sub stack from Lance Bradley is that Sean deeb is 347 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.799 the only player to have finished in the top one 348 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:03.480 hundred of the Player of the Year race every year 349 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.559 for the last ten years. That that's wild, I mean. 350 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.680 But that's also why I'm so big on Deep when 351 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:13.079 it comes to fantasy poker. And I'd say that, you know, 352 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.839 one hundred and thirty three dollars for him as the 353 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.359 most expensive player, and this year's twenty five K Fantasy draft, 354 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.119 it's too cheap. It is just too cheap for Sean Deep. 355 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.880 And then I wanted to throw another player into the 356 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:26.599 mix here. If Lance was to allow me to add 357 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.640 a six person, I would add John Rasner. I think 358 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:32.200 John Raisner, I'm big on him this year. I think 359 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.839 he's going to be challenging for WSB Player of the Year. 360 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:38.240 I think he has, you know, a really good shot 361 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:41.440 at making multiple final tables, winning multiple bracelet's. Like John 362 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:44.400 Rasner is that type of player. Coupled with the fact 363 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:49.079 that this year full schedule rented a house all summer 364 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.720 with my fam, he is ready to go. So John 365 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.319 Rasner is absolutely ready to go. Somebody that I would 366 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:57.839 have paid a lot more than I think he went 367 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:01.160 for eighty six bucks. Maybe tiny bit, but I would 368 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.920 have pushed into the nineties, maybe even flirted with six 369 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.759 figures for John Reister, and listen, maybe I'll be wrong there, 370 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:11.839 but I would back John Rasner this year. And that's 371 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.799 really all I have for you guys today. You know, 372 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.079 the big thing coming out of this is that you know, 373 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.400 the WASIP is here. It's a quiet start, but of 374 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:24.759 course it's building. Everything feels like it's much more modern 375 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:28.160 at the whip. It feels like this is truly the 376 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:31.119 start of a new era for the World Series of Poker. 377 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:36.480 And if that new set is any sort of sign 378 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:39.119 for like what's to come in the future, I mean, 379 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.960 I think poker as a whole isn't a really really 380 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:44.599 good place. Because at the end of the day, if 381 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:49.400 the World Series of Poker does well and grows and 382 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:52.119 draws in a lot of eyeballs and gets new players 383 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:55.559 in the game, and you know, reinvigorates old players to 384 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.000 come back into the game, and all that sort of 385 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:01.319 stuff happens, it's ultimately good for every single person in poker, 386 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:06.920 every media outlet, every operator, every player. It's good for 387 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.480 every venue out there, small poker rooms, big poker rooms, 388 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.880 giant casinos. It doesn't matter. It's all good for poker, right, 389 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.079 so you know, hopefully that all that all pans out. 390 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:21.119 Of course, moving on to Wednesday, May twenty seventh, that 391 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:23.359 is when you guys are likely listening to this. We're 392 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:26.160 going to have day one B of the five fifty 393 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:29.079 Mini Mystery Millions, also going to kick off the five 394 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:32.119 hundred dollars Employees event, and then another event that's very 395 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:35.839 very big every single year, Mixed Games event, the fifteen 396 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:39.079 hundred dollars buying Omaha High Low. First day of that one, 397 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:42.480 that one always draws a very very very large field. 398 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:45.039 So everything's starting to pick up a little bit of 399 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.079 the calm before the storm type of feel today. But 400 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:51.519 you know, day two, I think we're going to increase 401 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:54.920