WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.080 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:18.640 Poker Go Podcast. It is twelve twenty seven am on Tuesday, 3 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:23.480 June fourteenth. Gonna start this one off in a little 4 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.160 bit of a different fashion because I got a special 5 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:32.039 guest that decided to hop on the podcast tonight or today, 6 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.880 or whatever the heck you want to call it. Tim 7 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:39.159 Duckworth had an early night, so he was able to 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:43.119 hop on the show with me. We recorded that before 9 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.840 I recorded the rest of the podcast. So we'll just 10 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.719 kick things off by bringing in Ducky first. Him and 11 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:52.840 I will talk for a bit. I try and get 12 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:56.119 his temperature on, you know, his overall impressions of the 13 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.600 World Series of Poker. I ask him what his big 14 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.479 storylines are. You know, we just kind of talk about 15 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:05.599 all things WSOP. Was very fun to get him back on. 16 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.519 Hopefully we can do that a little bit more as 17 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.040 we go throughout the summer. But of course it does 18 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:15.159 depend on schedules, you know, as explained in his little 19 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.519 stint on the show. You know, he talks about why 20 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:19.120 he hasn't been able to be on the show just 21 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.920 with the busy schedule that he has on the production 22 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.519 side of things. But yeah, that's what we're going to 23 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:27.519 get into. First. I'm also going to hit on some 24 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.480 of the events that wrapped up. Adrian Matteos won the 25 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.439 two hundred and fifty k Super high Roller for a 26 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:38.280 second time at the WSP, his sixth the WSP Goal Bracelet, 27 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.480 Juan Rodriguez won the Senior's high Roller, Matthew Moss won 28 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.000 the eight hundred dollars Deep Stack, and then I'll hit 29 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.959 on the updates for some of the other events, most 30 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.400 notably the Colossus and the ten K Big Oh. There 31 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.680 are nine players left in the Colosses. There are four 32 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:58.480 players left in the Big O. So without further ado, 33 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:03.640 let's just roll the segment with Ducky and now, for 34 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:07.040 the first time this summer, I am joined by the 35 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:12.080 busiest man in show business because he's NonStop running around 36 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:16.120 on the floor. Mister Tim Duckworth, Welcome. It's about time. 37 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.120 It only took a seven thirty pm finish for you 38 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.960 to get on the podcast, but but we are here. 39 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:23.240 What's going on. 40 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.800 It's good to be back, finally, finally back. I had 41 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:29.639 a lot a lot of people reach out saying you 42 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:31.719 need to get back on the pod. Conch just have 43 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.400 Donnie Soler and you know what the stars of in 44 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.439 line today? What is it? It's twenty first day of 45 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.479 the World Series of Poker. We got a seven pm 46 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:42.759 wrap up on the stream, So why not let's pod 47 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.199 let's do this, Let's talk poker, let's talk the World Series. 48 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.240 Well, the first thing we should talk about is let 49 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.520 the people know what the heck you have been doing 50 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.560 all summer and why I'm calling you the busiest man 51 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:54.840 in show business. 52 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.520 Yeah, if you have been buried under a rock, you 53 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.560 will notice there are five feature tape out there on 54 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.599 the main stage. One of them is set for Hustler, 55 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.199 So there's four feature tables. So I kind of, you 56 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.400 know the little I'm the stage manager. I'm kind of 57 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.039 wrangling what's going where. I'm managing the bio team. I'm 58 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.120 doing chip counts. I'm also working with WSP on you know, 59 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.599 what events to bring up to this new cluster section 60 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:21.000 we have. We have twelve tables just south of the 61 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.759 main stage, you know, near the countdown set, and then 62 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.240 we have that big gold section thirty six tables, you know, 63 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.159 working with them, what we can put there, what time 64 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.319 people bag, et cetera. So it's pretty much an all 65 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.759 day thing. There's lots of texting, there's lots of group chats. 66 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:40.159 It is pretty constant, but it's great fun. It's kind 67 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.479 of what I did last year, just you know, ten 68 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:47.560 xt the work. But yeah, it's just doesn't really matter 69 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:48.680 what you're doing. It's just great to be at the 70 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:50.560 World Series. I think you probably feel the same way. 71 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.840 I do feel the same way. It's always good to 72 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:57.039 be back. I will say that this year I felt 73 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:01.360 like at times, like I talked about at the beginning, 74 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.039 where it felt a little bit slower to get into it. 75 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:07.039 And I think that was because of the whole waiting 76 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.360 to unveil the new set, you know, and it was 77 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.280 kind of like we're basically hiding this thing, which is 78 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.639 such a big part of everything. So it took a 79 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.600 few days for me to get into it. And then 80 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:20.079 there are some days when I'm kind of like, hmm, 81 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.360 it seems a little slow here, like last night was 82 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.519 one of them, you know, And it's just it's I 83 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.959 don't know, I just once once I get into the 84 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.680 mode of the World Series, and there's like three to 85 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:33.680 five final tables wrapping up a day. On days when 86 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.040 there's not at least three, I feel like it's slow day. 87 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.519 Let me ask you a question. Last year, we were 88 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.360 based in the horseshow we would take little walks, get 89 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.560 those steps in come over to Paris to see what 90 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.480 was cooking. This year were flipped it. We're here in Paris, 91 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.079 Is where the action is. How many times have you 92 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:50.279 ventured over to the horsesho. 93 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.959 Probably five, as we would do. Four of those have 94 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:56.199 been when I was playing. 95 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.879 Aunt Okay so. 96 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.319 Wan, so I've been over there once or twice. 97 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.639 And that's I think the difference where I haven't been 98 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.240 there as much this year either. I would say, you know, 99 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:09.720 maybe a dozen times I've walked over there, but the 100 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:12.519 fact we're not seeing you know, those big day ones, 101 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.839 the big day you know, day two, A, two b's 102 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.399 in like the mystery millions and classes kind of events. 103 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.120 It does feel like you said, a little slower, a 104 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.800 little quieter on this side, because once you know things 105 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.120 play down, it's always this side that is the playdown day. 106 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.560 So there's less players in here. The tournaments are getting busier, 107 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:35.319 but doesn't feel like the World Series. I think we're 108 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:35.879 accustomed to. 109 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:38.680 Well, one of the reasons why I haven't gone over 110 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.680 to horseshoe is. I went over there one day to just, 111 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:44.839 you know, go for a walk. Check it out. First 112 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.240 of all, once you cross over the midway point and 113 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:51.079 you hit horseshoe, the smoke brick, You're smashed in the 114 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:55.040 face with a cloud of smoke. That is unfreaking barrel terrible. Okay, 115 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:56.959 So I'm like, I'm not going over there. I can't 116 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.920 do it. So on the times. On the other times, 117 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.480 I basically like, go outside and I go up, and 118 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.199 I go up the ramp and I go in the backway. 119 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.480 Oh, you take the extra long way. I can't. 120 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:08.839 I don't think it's that long. 121 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:09.879 Okay, it's not. It's not. 122 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:12.639 I've done that much longer. It's probably shorter. But I 123 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.720 just the smoke is unbearable. I can't do it. And 124 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.759 also I like the horseshoe. I like the nostalgia. I 125 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:21.639 like how it's kind of old, it's a little bit 126 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.240 grimi or dirty or all that sort of stuff. But 127 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:28.079 I mean, it's like going from freaking the blagio over 128 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.800 here to such a circus circuit on the other side. 129 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.879 I mean, here is awesome. Everything is like newer, it's fancy, 130 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.120 the air is clean and then you go over there 131 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.720 and I'm like, where did I just go? Did I 132 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:39.879 just walk into commerce? 133 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.959 You know what the downside is of this place. It's 134 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.839 a big negative to me, but it's a big pro 135 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.360 to you. It is freezing cold over your impowered. 136 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:47.800 I love it. 137 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:50.040 You love it. And you know you said you did 138 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.720 a lap outside because of the smoke. I did a 139 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.959 lap outside the other day to be in the sun, 140 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:58.959 to be in this hundred degree vegacy, to warm on 141 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:00.399 my body that I feel like I was about to 142 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:01.480 suffer from hypothemia. 143 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.199 Well I do that too, because because I like it cold, 144 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.920 I go outside to get overly hot and then when 145 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.439 I come inside. The other day I played the Super 146 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.920 Turbo Bounty in Horseshoe and it was very cold in 147 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.040 that room, but the room wasn't full. Now when I 148 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:19.160 played the Monster Stack, and they started us in Normandy 149 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.800 and then they moved us down which. 150 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.079 Is Normandy, that's the one in near the poker room upstair, yes. 151 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.000 Okay, the first floor, and then Province is above it, 152 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.519 and that both of them are in play at times. 153 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:33.639 So they moved us from Normandy to Horseshoe and it 154 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:35.959 was so damn hot in horseshoe. I was dying. I 155 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:37.439 mean it was only the end of the night. I 156 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:39.319 only had an hour left, but holy crap, it was 157 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.959 like unbelievable. But that's how it is. All those bodies 158 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.079 in there overnight build. 159 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.439 In the yellow section across from Paris, next to the pane, 160 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:52.000 the closet, the closet it when that is full, that 161 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.000 thing is eighty five degrees in there. 162 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:55.839 Really, everyone complains that it's too cold. 163 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:57.800 No, no, but once it feels I look, I have 164 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:02.600 been constant request to bring the temperature down. So maybe 165 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:05.240 now it's at a normal level. But during that casino 166 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.879 employees event on day one, I walked in there, I 167 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.040 was dripping in sweat. 168 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:12.279 I mean it should it should always be about sixty 169 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:15.079 five degrees in this place for a couple of reasons. One, 170 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:17.959 people can always put clothes on. People can only take 171 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.879 so many clothes off. Okay, that's number one. Number two, 172 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.680 Once these poker players start sweating and become smelly, which 173 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.879 some of them are already smelly before they even start sweating, 174 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:30.759 it is a nightmare. Okay, So just keep it cool 175 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.879 in here, keep everyone like they're basically, you know, a 176 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.519 bunch of dead cows hanging in a freeze or something. 177 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.840 I think you're forgetting number three. 178 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:38.600 What's number three? 179 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.879 Number three is if it's cold in here, you can 180 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.559 visit the Pokeaar shop, buy No Gammer in the Future 181 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.519 hoodie by a high Stakes Poco hoodie and feel warm 182 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:48.480 and also represent pok Gar. 183 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.799 That's true. That is very true. That room, though, that 184 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.360 other room, that that closet over there, they got really 185 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.480 going to fix that lighting. I mean, I like it's like, 186 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.480 I mean, the lighting is yellow. It's the yellow sections. 187 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.759 The lighting is very yellow, you know. But you know, 188 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.679 I do like the new setup. You know, I prefer it. 189 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.639 We're over here. It's the nicer side. I definitely feel 190 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.720 like it's cleaner air, all that sort of stuff. So 191 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.159 I like, it really got to get rid of that smoke. 192 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.360 The smoke in Horseshoe is just freaking wild. And I 193 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:20.480 just can't believe that that's even still loud. 194 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.440 It's you just gotta move. That area's gonna move. It's 195 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:26.799 gotta be relocated where you where the high traffic doesn't 196 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.960 go through. I don't know where that is, but yeah, 197 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.559 you're right, it's it's not fun. You know, we're obviously 198 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.679 not smokers, so we hate it. 199 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.039 But when you're in the Normandy Province section above the 200 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.360 poker room, they now have the backway. 201 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:44.039 Have you been? That's amazing? 202 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.080 That is that is a life changer? 203 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:47.279 Is everyone? 204 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:49.000 So like when we were on brakes in the monster 205 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.320 stack and everyone's just like herding cattle down this Like 206 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.679 it's like literally a single file escalator and everyone goes 207 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.559 that way. I just cut it to the right. There's 208 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:59.360 like five people there. It goes, you walk all the 209 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.200 way through and you come out by like right under 210 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.879 the Eiffel Tower inside Paris. 211 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.679 It's great. It's so good about it. 212 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:10.200 It's so great. It's it's nice and clean. It's obviously 213 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.360 new because they just built it. Like that's the way 214 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:14.799 to go. That is absolutely the way to go. It's 215 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.679 about the halfway point of the WSP at least events wise. 216 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:22.159 What events are they on today? Forty eight? There are 217 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.039 one hundred events on the schedule, they're on forty eight. 218 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.960 So I got a couple of things for Tim here 219 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:32.600 that I want to get his thoughts on. First, overall impressions. Second, 220 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.399 his three biggest stories. He can do whatever he wants 221 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.159 with that. I know he loves his lists, he loves 222 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.600 all that sort of crack. I gotta get him to 223 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.559 update the PGT leaderboard. There's been a lot of LODTT 224 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:45.000 qualifying events here at the World Series, but then also 225 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.240 the PGT Summer Series over at the studio has kicked 226 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.960 off as well. So first things first, just give me 227 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.679 your overall impressions. Right again, we are roughly the halfway point. 228 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.519 I think the biggest thing is the new main stage, 229 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:00.120 the new set, you know, obviously built by the in 230 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.879 our team at Blueprint fifty two. I think a lot 231 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.480 of people have just in alle when they see the 232 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.799 size of it, the magnitude, you know, it spans the 233 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.399 whole room, even for us that have seen behind the 234 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:13.840 scenes of it getting built at the warehouse, just to 235 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.960 see it all lit up, you know, it was rare. 236 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:21.320 Now it's in the Solano Teal, purple, Lana Solana, Salano, 237 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:25.200 Solana Solana colors, and those colors are grown on me. 238 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.639 I think that's the biggest thing to me that stands out, 239 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.240 you know about the World Series, because you know, you 240 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:31.919 kin't look at everything else. The events are the same, 241 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.440 people the same, but this is the biggest new thing, 242 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.360 This grand set with five feature tables and just kind 243 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.960 of a massive spend by the Gigi Poker team to 244 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.120 to kind of put together what they want as the 245 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.039 grand stage. And this is what we're going to see, 246 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.600 you know, ESPN and Omaha Productions doing the main event 247 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:52.480 from this is what's going to be for the final 248 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.559 table over the Horseshoe in early August. And I love 249 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.240 everything about it. 250 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.039 So that's all you got for impressions. Just the state. 251 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:08.200 To me, that's the thing that is the one, the 252 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.360 one messy thing like we can start talking about, you know, 253 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:12.080 if we want to go down the road of some negatives, 254 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:14.000 we can go that way. I feel like some of 255 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.200 the numbers are you know, I don't show how much 256 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:19.480 you've discussed on events growing or events declining, but. 257 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:22.279 I haven't really hit on it too much. I did 258 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.559 good timing because on the last episode I did tease 259 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.960 that I'm working on the list thing. I have a list, 260 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.879 and then I'm also shout out to Jeff Walsh, friend 261 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:35.559 and colleague brought. 262 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.159 Him the other day. 263 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.440 Yep, he was here. He basically gave me the idea 264 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.840 to look at the numbers up until a previous year 265 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.559 that wasn't last year and then compare it to this year. 266 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.480 So I'm going to be doing that and then also 267 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:50.919 this year. I mean, I think the majority of the 268 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.879 events are down. Yeah, but I mean whatever I mean, yeah, 269 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.240 whatever I guess I mean. But it's not, as I've 270 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.799 said many times, when I'm talking about the catastrophic it's 271 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.799 it's not catastrophic one. But it's also not just ws 272 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.399 A P it's other other events are down. And even 273 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:09.000 if the other events aren't down, like missing guarantees, although 274 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.679 some stuff has misguarantees, they're definitely not clearing guarantees like 275 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:14.559 they would like to, you know, like if people want 276 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.840 if people put one hundred K guarantee, they want two 277 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.080 hundred ky in the Price School. So there's no sweat whatsoever. 278 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.200 It's more like you're doing one hundred K guarantee, you 279 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.159 might get one hundred and eight k in the Price School, 280 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.320 which is a sweat. 281 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:26.799 The one thing I actually came into this not really 282 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:28.639 liking was the change they made to the events like 283 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.399 the Monster Stack and the Colossus, where you played Day 284 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:33.960 one A and the next day is day Day two 285 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:36.679 A and on that same day is Day one B. 286 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:39.600 And they do these for the first four flights, and 287 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.639 you know, it kind of means that, look, you could 288 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.559 potentially cash all four flights and then make the final 289 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.600 Day three. But one thing I, you know, didn't really 290 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:49.360 think about when I was kind of looking at this 291 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.799 of these events and kind of unsure or a little 292 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.480 bit giving a little bit of a negative eye, was 293 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:58.519 that what it does save. It saves these massive day 294 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.759 two restarts we don't have anymore. We have basically an 295 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.399 individualized flight restart, you know, two A, two B, two 296 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.919 C two D, and then you combine for day three. 297 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.440 These day threes, they're not you know, multiple thousands of people. 298 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:14.639 They're now two hundred three hundred people, and instead of 299 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:17.320 on a Sunday, they're on a Monday. But it's also 300 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.039 you're a lot deeper in the money. So if you're 301 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:22.440 thinking about taking work off, it's you have a bit 302 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:24.399 of a more reason to call in sick or use 303 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.919 one of those PTA do's. But yeah, instead of the 304 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.879 day two Sunday restarts that are many thousand, it's now 305 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.200 a day three restart with just a couple hundred. And 306 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.919 I think that change is actually very good for the 307 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.399 everyday play, the every man, you know, the the guy 308 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:41.279 from South Dakota coming out. You know, he can get 309 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.759 his value. He can play a few flights in the 310 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:45.399 months that cash a few times, you know, instead of 311 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.879 you know, playing maybe playing one a bagging, not coming 312 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:49.759 back for day two and doing all that stuff. So 313 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.399 big fan of that now that I've seen it in motion. 314 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.679 Yeah, I don't know if I agree, but I also like, 315 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.919 I don't necessarily disagree. I'm just kind of indifferent on it. 316 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:05.360 I guess whatever whatever the masses want then just fair enough. 317 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.639 I will say that I don't like the fact, and 318 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.039 I've stood by this for many years, that any event 319 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:15.519 fifteen hundred dollars are under should be in the money 320 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.360 on day one. At the end of the day one, 321 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:22.480 non rad, what are we playing four days and fifteen? 322 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.159 You're gonna upset Mickey Doff with that comment. 323 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.799 No, I want to upset Mickey doopp. Do you want 324 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.200 to know why I want to play Nicky Doff because 325 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:33.080 he's Micky No, because Mickey Doff shows up late to 326 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.679 day one of the rads, Because it's senseless to show 327 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.679 up early for those early levels. It is absolutely pointless. 328 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.279 Speed everything up on day one and then give people 329 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.840 more play later on. The Cossus is a good example. 330 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.320 It was a travesty that the Cossus was not in 331 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:49.960 the money on day one. Okay for a five hundred 332 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.759 dollars buy it. Now, what you can do in a 333 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:56.200 tournament like that is on day one for you know, 334 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.600 for anything that's sub one thousand dollars, just make the 335 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.000 day ones twenty minute level. 336 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.000 Who cares twenty minutes? 337 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.840 But but you there are first of all, there's multiple 338 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.919 flights for you to a chance to get into the 339 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.639 money and continue on. Then when you make it to 340 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.440 day two, you go to thirty minute levels, so it's 341 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.240 a little bit better, which is basically that's the normal 342 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.960 structure that it used to be in classes. Then on 343 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:18.919 day three forty minute levels, so it gets the structure 344 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:20.799 gets better as you go, which is what it should. 345 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.399 I agree with that, I just twenty minutes is short. 346 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:28.519 Okay they call it a turbo here at the World 347 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.840 Series of Poker when it's twenty minute levels, when at 348 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.000 any other time in the world, a five hundred dollars 349 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:36.080 termament has twenty minute levels. Sure, yeah, it's not. It's 350 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.519 not that bad. And I will also say that if 351 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:45.399 you put a focus on the quality of dealers. Then 352 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.480 you can lessen the time because you're gonna be able 353 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:55.279 to get in more hands. Right. Yeah, I would even say, go, what, 354 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.480 what's twenty five minutes? 355 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.840 Twenty five is slightly better? 356 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.559 Yeah, okay, twenty five minutes, you know, But and then 357 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.159 you get in the money. At the end of day one, 358 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.480 everyone's in the money. Then the structure starts to get 359 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.880 better and better from there, because it's not just here 360 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:09.680 at the World Series Poker, it's everywhere that they have 361 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.599 the idea of quote unquote deep stack backwards. They give 362 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.839 you a ton of chips to start, and then late 363 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.279 it gets just a turbo right when it should be flipped. 364 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:21.160 So make it really fast on day one a turbo, 365 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.000 you know, just basically people have to just spin to 366 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.359 get into the money and then go from there and 367 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.839 make it a really good tournament afterwards. 368 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.720 I one hundred percent agree with you getting too the 369 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.400 money on day one in no them and hold them, 370 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:33.920 I would, you know, when some of them makes so little. 371 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.920 So I don't think that's too much of an issue. 372 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:38.400 If you're making the money early on day two, I 373 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.000 don't see any reason why the classist needs to wait 374 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.119 until the third level on day two to make the 375 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.599 money because from an operator standpoint, get these guys in 376 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:48.599 the money, get them out of the tournament, and get 377 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:50.480 them back in the next tournament. That should be the 378 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:56.759 goal is increasing rake and increasing revenue and doing that, 379 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.960 we're not increasing rake. No, sorry, I didn't mean. 380 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.400 I know, I know, you miss it. 381 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.119 I misspoke. Yes, you're right, you're right. Let's definitely not. 382 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.720 I just want to make sure I allow you to 383 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:09.200 correct yourself before somebody clips this is like says, more 384 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.880 rake is better. 385 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.559 Yeah, put me on a billboard like Daniel did. No, 386 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:17.240 not increasing the actual rank, but increasing the revenue because 387 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:20.200 we can get people firing more bullets, cashing firing more bullets, 388 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:24.079 and you know, for WSP that means the entrants grow. 389 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.920 That's good for marketing. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. 390 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.799 So yeah, definitely make that money on day one and 391 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:32.480 go from there. Yeah. 392 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.200 And I think as it just as it pertains to 393 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.640 the colossus, which is down to I think the final 394 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.240 three tables right now at time of recording. I think 395 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:43.480 people probably assume that they would have been in the 396 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:48.039 money because I don't It didn't explicitly say anything on 397 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.759 the structure seet versus some of the tournaments that are 398 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.039 in the money, or it's I think it's said payouts 399 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.000 begin day two. I think it might have said. 400 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.279 That dist millions, though definitely says that. 401 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.839