WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.800 Hello everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:18.160 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. His name 3 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:24.280 is Tim Duckworth, and we have breaking breaking news. Maybe 4 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:29.480 saw brand new trophy, baby, brand new freaking trophy. No, 5 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.079 don't worry about that brand new trophy for the Poker 6 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:37.520 Masters events. This is badass. You win the purple jacket 7 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.679 if you are the series championship. So my guy Tim 8 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:43.359 here shrunk it down and made it into a trophy. 9 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:48.479 And this thing is heavy, man, heavy, very very I'm like, 10 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:49.600 this is heavy. 11 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:51.000 It's gotta be like Tim pounce right. 12 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.920 Ten. You think it's more? Don't they tell you, like 13 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:55.640 how much it wasts? 14 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:57.280 Yeah? I guess I could look it up. Yeah, definitely 15 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:57.679 look it up. 16 00:00:57.679 --> 00:00:59.840 It's for sure more than ten. It has to be 17 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:05.719 all right. It is Thursday, September eighteenth. Apologies if this 18 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:08.040 does go out a little bit later than that date. 19 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.599 I just said, I know it is busy season for 20 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:13.920 our producer, Rich Ryan, but we did want to record 21 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:17.359 this before Poker Masters happens. It's not much later than 22 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.719 we had planned, much later than we had planned, and 23 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.599 that is my fault. But for good reason, I want 24 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.920 to satellite to the Poger Master's opening event. Baby, let's go. 25 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.239 So I will be in there for the Poger Masters, 26 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.040 a million dollar showcase. Snuck in there with one big 27 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:37.319 blind all thanks to mister Jared Jaffey folding to me 28 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.680 at one point. I didn't look. I didn't look, so 29 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:43.599 I don't know. I never looked when when I get 30 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.120 a walk So yeah, I just I never looked, So 31 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:48.040 I didn't look. So I don't know if I would 32 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:49.560 have called or not. Maybe I would have, maybe I 33 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.000 wouldn't have. But anyway, I got in there, got my 34 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.640 five K seats, Nine people got seats. One gentleman got 35 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:00.280 two K. So we are in the dance. On this 36 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.879 episode though it is nine to forty two PM, we 37 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:07.000 are going to talk about the PGT Venetian Las Vegas Classic, 38 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:11.120 an event name in which I think Remco got wrong 39 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:16.400 twenty five times while doing commentary, the PGT Classic at Venetian, 40 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.840 the PGT Las Vegas Classic at Venetian PGT Venetian PGT 41 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.639 Los Vegas, Like all over the police Sgt. He definitely 42 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.840 always said PGT something he might have said Venetian Classic. Well, 43 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.120 he was all over the map with the name all 44 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:33.599 over it. I want to talk about these Borgata payouts 45 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.800 that came out there. You know, there was some some 46 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.919 buzz on social media about that. We'll talk about that. 47 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:41.719 We'll get into a little Poker Master's preview. Tim's got 48 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:45.439 two code words for the for the podcast giveaway for 49 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.360 a dream seat. He did inform me before we pressed 50 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:51.439 record that the giveaway is ending soon. So these are 51 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:52.879 code words that you guys are going to want to 52 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:55.240 pay attention to if you want a chance to win 53 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:58.680 a dream seat. So kind of short and sweet. Oh, 54 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.520 we had to do our fantasy. We got to do 55 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.240 our fantasy. I am absolutely kicking your ass in fantasy. 56 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.039 It's like four thirty three to one hundred or something. 57 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:11.319 I'm crushing. But we got to do the whole drop 58 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:12.800 ad and that sort of stuff. We'll leave that till 59 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.000 the end. And I don't mean maybe I'll have a 60 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:16.240 family pot maybe I won't. 61 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:17.319 Oh yeah, Disneyland. 62 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.479 Yeah, maybe you can just ask me some questions about 63 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:21.719 Disney event because like, I don't really have one thing, 64 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.439 so you know, whatever, keep it light. But that's what 65 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:26.680 we're going to talk about. 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They give you a certain amount to start. 88 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:32.920 I believe they give you one thousand, and then if 89 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:35.360 you verify your email, you get twenty five thousand, not 90 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.720 that it matters. One thousand is enough to play one 91 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:40.600 free hand of online poker, which is all you have 92 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.360 to do, and you do that before December tenth, and 93 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:45.839 you will be entered into a giveaway to win a 94 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:50.000 dream seed into the season ending PGT million dollars Championship. 95 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:52.759 All right, they're going to be fifty one players max, 96 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.399 I believe right. I think it's forty players and then 97 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.360 eleven dream seed winners. So you know, one out of 98 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.639 fifty one shot to win a five one thousand dollars 99 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.759 first place prize. Play here in the poker Grow Studio Easy. 100 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.600 The final six are gonna make money in that event. 101 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:08.800 It's a million dollar free roll, so you know, really 102 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.839 really cool stuff there. So single hand of free online 103 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.439 poker play poker go dot com. You can also download 104 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.199 it to iOS or Android, So get in there and 105 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.680 then give yourself a chance to win a dream seat 106 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.120 and you could be battling for your share of a 107 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:26.920 million dollars. Of course, legal language, no no purchase necessary. 108 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.680 You gotta be twenty one or older because ultimately you 109 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.360 got to come out to Las Vegas and play in 110 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.680 the event, and you also have to be a US 111 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:35.680 resident to enter. If you want to look at the 112 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:41.040 full rules and details PokerGO dot com slash rules all right, 113 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:48.279 p g T Venetian Loss Vegas Classic. I want this 114 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.040 event to become a thing because I want it just 115 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:54.439 to be called the Classic, and like I want people 116 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:56.839 when they say, like, I'm playing the Classic, they just know, 117 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:58.600 like right. 118 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.079 But the Classic is like use quite a lot of 119 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.199 places though, Yeah, that's the class. 120 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.199 That's fine, Okay, that's fine. I think of the movie 121 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:11.560 Uh Side Out. Believe it was in the early nineties maybe, 122 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.439 but it was a movie where this guy went to 123 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.360 work for his uncle. He ends up trying to serve 124 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.399 this other guy who's like a beach bum who's been 125 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:21.759 running from stuff. They end up becoming friends. They get 126 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:25.439 entered into a volleyball tournament, and I believe they play. 127 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.800 The tournament that they play in is called the Classic. 128 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.120 I believe it is. We missed a bit with the 129 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.040 PGT Bounty Blitz, but I think we hit with the 130 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:33.839 PGT Venetian. 131 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.240 And don't think the Manning Blitz was that terrible. We 132 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:40.399 knew it was. It was capped how good it could be. 133 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:42.959 I think it was fine. I think it was fun. 134 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.279 If we put it back on the schedule next season, 135 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:46.319 we're just find a bit classic. 136 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:52.879 It is called the Classic Classic, Yeah, the gold Quervo Classic. Yeah, 137 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:57.199 I mean it's great. So the the PGT Venian Los 138 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:01.319 Phigas Classic was part of Venetian's Deep Stack Extravaganza series 139 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:03.480 as part of this entire month of poker that they're 140 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:06.199 doing over there. They got an MSPT event as part 141 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:07.680 of it. They got a whole bunch of other stuff 142 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.800 that they're doing at Venetian. But the PGT Venetian Las 143 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.279 Vegas Classic had a main event thirty three hundred dollars 144 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.680 by million dollar guarantee, and then it also had three 145 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.639 high rollers fifty three hundred dollars buy in each for 146 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.480 those All four of those events were PGT qualifying events. 147 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:27.680 First up was the main event million dollar guarantee, but 148 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.079 that was surpassed with more than one point twenty five 149 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.040 million in the prize pool. Didn't seem like much of 150 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.480 a sweat, although it's always a swim. I mean, once 151 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:42.519 I saw the Day one A numbers were eighty eight entries. Yeah, 152 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:45.040 you know, I thought that it was pretty good and 153 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.279 then obviously it built from there and it got over it. 154 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:49.959 But it also wasn't one of those ones where, you know, 155 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:51.800 it ended up with two point five million in the 156 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:53.560 prize pool and I'm looking at you saying like, well, 157 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.879 why didn't we have a bigger guarantee? So I don't 158 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:01.360 know this sort of price point is it's tricky in 159 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.399 Las Vegas. I think it's tricky in ad Venetian specifically 160 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.319 as well. I mean they don't have a lot of 161 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.040 this stuff. They have that big WPT in the summer 162 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.319 and that now they have this and then everything else 163 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:15.560 is like eleven hundred and sixteen hundred for their big stuff, right, 164 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.399 So you know, I think that Tommy LaRosa, the director 165 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.360 of co operations over there, would agree that, you know, 166 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.240 this was a little bit of a step outside of 167 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:26.120 their comfort zone. But it did come through four hundred 168 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:29.199 and eighteen entries one point twenty five to four million 169 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:33.919 in the prize pool. The winner, Daniel Lee, took it 170 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.879 down for two hundred and fifty k I think a 171 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.879 pretty good uh first place prize all things considered, thirty 172 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.960 three hundred dollars buy and he defeated Lily Coletto, the 173 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:48.399 firecracker herself, Lily Coletto, and trust me, she plays quite 174 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.679 a firecrackery. I mean she has some wild hands. Yeah, 175 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.799 like she just she plays just straight forward power poker, 176 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.840 just just goes for it. And it was good. Doug 177 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:03.200 lay Lee, yes, that Doug Lee. Doug Lee from I 178 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.360 Believe two plus two fame back in the day, finished third. 179 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:11.080 Doug Lee want a satellite into that event, finished third 180 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:12.919 for one hundred and twenty k. He won a satellite 181 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:16.399 into this pogram Masters showcase. Just now as offin He's 182 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.759 just a satellite king. We had Daniel Marcus finishing fourth, 183 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.399 We had Ryan Lang finishing in fifth, Santiego Santiago, Montes 184 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:28.600 and sixth and Jeremy Osmas and seven. Now, Jeremy Osmas 185 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.440 came into the final table with a big chip lead. 186 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.440 He had four point four to eight million I believe 187 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.440 was the number, and the next closest had around two 188 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:43.080 point five. I think. Yeah. He ran a big bluff 189 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:47.639 like maybe the fifth hand or something against Daniel Lee. 190 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.600 It went open from Jeremy with jacktan suited three bet 191 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.919 from Daniel Lee from one of the blinds. They were 192 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.679 they were very very deep at this this fire final table. Everywhere, 193 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:02.480 so Jeremy calls in position seems totally it came Queen high. 194 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:04.639 It went. 195 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:13.000 Check bet call from Daniel He check called turn turn 196 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.639 what I don't even know what the turn was. Then 197 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:17.639 check that call again and then the river was a 198 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.799 king and I went check all in and ace king 199 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.840 for Daniel Lee and he thought about it for a 200 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.159 while and called. I think there was a I think 201 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.000 Jeremy made a comment like right after the hand saying 202 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.679 that he it was a bad river card for him 203 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.240 to bluff. I agree, I did not think he should 204 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:38.039 bluff that river card. But I think he also felt like, well, 205 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:42.080 I have Jack High, let's go for it. Not that 206 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.879 I'm going to be here, you know, questioning Jeremy Osmas's play, 207 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.559 because the guy is absolutely incredible. But I did think 208 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.159 that that was, you know, not needed to go for 209 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.360 it there, but you know, he did, and it bit him. 210 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.519 He tumbled down the leaderboard. He didn't quite fall to 211 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.519 a short sack, but kind of shortly thereafter things didn't 212 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.840 really work for him. He became the shortstack and then 213 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:05.159 was ultimately eliminated in seventh place for thirty five thousand dollars. 214 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.879 Clearly not the result he wanted, right. 215 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.080 Of course not Nah, he was a little disappointed, but hey, 216 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.000 we can say that elimination led to some future success. 217 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.559 Yeah, at which will hit on, but it is important 218 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:22.480 for Jeremy thirty five PGT points. He's been well off 219 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:27.279 pace for you know, last season, he was the PGD 220 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.879 Player of the Year. The guy could do no wrong, 221 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.000 absolutely crushed it. In this season, you know, he hasn't 222 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.960 been able to do much right. You know, call at 223 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.639 variance whatever you will. You know, it just hasn't been 224 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:42.240 working out in Jeremy Osma's favor, and he's been outside 225 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:45.200 the top forty for much of the entire season. I mean, 226 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.039 maybe he was in there in the beginning, but other 227 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:50.360 than that, he's been outside the top forty. So any 228 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.080 points that he can garner the better. And I know 229 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:55.759 he told you that he was skipping Triton Jju to 230 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.679 play the PGT stuff. So you know, it's good to 231 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.919 see him make that run there, Daniel Lee. You know, 232 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:05.879 he he said after that he's been going through a 233 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.960 little bit of a downswing. You know. He he won 234 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.799 an event I think it was in Manila. It was 235 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.240 like an apt Yeah, he won an event for I 236 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.879 think a little bit more than two hundred and fifty K, 237 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.399 because this became his second largest career score and I 238 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:25.200 think his first ever live tournament cash was in twenty 239 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.759 twenty four, so relatively new to the live poker scene 240 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.679 or at least not a recognizable face, but he was 241 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.440 able to get this win. I thought he played very 242 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.440 very well both, you know, when we covered him on 243 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.480 day two and then also at this final table, he 244 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.080 seemed like he had good command. You know, he obviously, 245 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.799 you know, was the beneficiary of that big bluff from 246 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.799 Jeremy Osmas and was able to pick that off. But 247 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.559 from there, you know, I think he controlled things quite well. 248 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:56.000 And yeah, we'll see what's to come for Daniel Lee. 249 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:57.720 I don't really know if he's going to fire all 250 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:59.600 of Poker Masters. I would expect him to play the 251 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.600 showcase because it's a similar event, you know, multiply. 252 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.759 He made it sound like he was he's up from 253 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:07.879 San Francisco, so he made it sound like he was 254 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:08.720 going to go home. 255 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.840 First and for a couple of days come back. 256 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.879 So we'll see tomorrow. Maybe he hops in the studio 257 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.759 kind of told him a little bit about it. He's 258 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.240 never been in here, so it'd be good to see 259 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.240 not just him, but a lot of those players have 260 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:24.720 played the Venetian event come over here, you know. But yeah, 261 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.960 we'll see for the showcase what happens. 262 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.879 Yeah, I'm very much looking forward to the showcase, which 263 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.120 we'll talk about a little bit later. 264 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:32.840 Before you move on the high rolls, I want to 265 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:35.000 talk about numbers real quick. You mentioned four engren eighteen 266 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.519 entrance first time. You know, we touched on this last 267 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.279 episode that you know, for this price point thirty three 268 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.759 hundred dollars, the Venetian was doing a rake discount of 269 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.039 two hundred dollars if you are on time. We have 270 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.399 seen the success of that here in the studio, and 271 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:49.720 we wanted to see how it kind of works in 272 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:54.200 the midstakes. Of those four hundred and eighteen entrants, just 273 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.120 slightly more than half were unique, two hundred and fifteen 274 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:00.440 unique entrants. We had one hundred and eighty six time 275 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.000 across all three flights. That's two hundred and thirty too late, 276 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:05.799 you know, that fifty to fifty split. We never really 277 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.639 see in these kind of events for us anyway, So 278 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:12.639 I think that says that, you know, this field, and 279 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.440 you know, you can probably experience talk from your experience, 280 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.360 but field was although full of PGT players, there was 281 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.320 a lot of new faces in there, a lot of 282 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.320 players that were only in for one board that had 283 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.080 satellited and we gave I think we awarded somewhere about 284 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.440 twenty five satellite seats for this one, so I think 285 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:29.840 that was. 286 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:34.200 It was seven, nine, ten, twenty six. 287 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:36.200 So that was good. It was good that we saw 288 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:38.440 a lot of new faces, fresh faces. 289 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:41.360 And those satellites were two C guarantees, so well passed 290 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.759 was going. 291 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.759 To see guarantee milestone satellites and but yeah, I think 292 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.559 that I think this. 293 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.159 Was within those milestone It was a milestone. 294 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:52.240 Yeah, very successful. A lot of our players were missing, 295 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.559 whether they were at trying J Drew, whether they were 296 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:57.320 Adam Hendrick's wedding had a couple people just out of town. 297 00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:59.919 You know, it was like seven people in Adam Hendricks's wedding. 298 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.720 People just skipping because they were going to play you know, 299 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.799 the showcase. So that's fine. 300 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:09.759 One thing that I want to mention about the field 301 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.080 and the numbers was that I thought that price point 302 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.720 we would get a few more of the guys that 303 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.399 I play with around town. Yeah, you know that they 304 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:22.279 will play like in eleven hundred and sixteen hundred stuff 305 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:23.919 like that. I thought they would just kind of make 306 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.679 the jump to play the thirty three hundred. You know, 307 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.159 I'm not going to name any names, but there was 308 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:29.759 you know, there was a handful of players that I 309 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.000 thought we would get. Some of them did play the satellites, 310 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:34.480 but then ultimately didn't play the event. Some of them 311 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.720 played the satellites want to see, but then didn't play 312 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.279 anymore other than that bullet. So I just thought that 313 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.399 that was interesting, and you know, because I thought us 314 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:45.559 lowering our normal price point. You know here in Vegas, 315 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.519 we haven't done anything lower than a five k, right, 316 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.279 We've obviously done the stuff in Texas. But I thought 317 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.720 thirty three hundred, you know, I know it's a step up, 318 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:55.759 like a thirty three hundred is you know, more than 319 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:58.720 double a sixteen hundred dollars buying. It's triple with eleven 320 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.000 hundred dollar buying like it is is jump up, but 321 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.440 you know, sell some action, you know, do that sort 322 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.759 of thing like you know, take a shot whatever. Like 323 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.519 So I was a little bit surprised with that, but continue. 324 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:15.279 No, I think with everything how it played out, it 325 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.519 was very successful. There is a world where we could 326 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.399 definitely run this back. Like you said, you want this 327 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:23.120 to become maybe a staple on the tournament calendar here 328 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.679 in Vegas. I think there is definitely a spot for it. 329 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:30.960 And already looking into next year, I smell that, hey, 330 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:33.360 could we see a PLO version of this? We've seen 331 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.440 our successful PLO is, we have our PLO series in March. 332 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.320 Could this be could we do this there? You know, 333 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.759 like a thirty three hundred multi fight PLO kind of 334 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:49.679 championship then leads into our PGT PLO series. So that's 335 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:51.360 what I'm kind of thinking about. You know, me and 336 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.399 Tommy have chatted a little bit about, Hey, what's next 337 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.440 on the partnership. So yeah, I think there's an appetite 338 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.559 for them, appetite for us, and yeah, only in all, 339 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.480 I thought it was a great a great main event 340 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.039 and even the high role is that we're going to 341 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:07.640 touch on with much better than I expected. 342 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.839 Actually quickly on the main event stuff, I thought, I 343 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.720 thought the field is pretty tough on a hole. I 344 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:19.519 thought Day one A was incredibly tough. I when did 345 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.799 I play one B played one B. 346 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.359 Yeah, one be. 347 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:24.880 But just looking around the field on Day one A, 348 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.519 I thought it was very, very very tough. Yeah, I 349 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:31.559 mean that's I think that speaks to the climate in Vegas, 350 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:33.720 and you know, meaning I don't think a lot of 351 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.480 people like outside of the big WPT stuff, the WSOP 352 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.680 of course, and really everything in the summer, it's just 353 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.519 hard at that price point in Vegas. It's just it's 354 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:46.759 out of people's comfort zone, right, And then I think 355 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.240 it's a little bit harder for people to make the 356 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:53.119 jump once they see how tough the field is. So yeah, 357 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.279 I thought it was a little bit tough on Day 358 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:57.559 one A. The day I played Day one B, it 359 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.519 was tough. I had a good table draw, you know, 360 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.319 I didn't make it through I think twenty three or something, 361 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.680 went through twenty four and I got like thirtieth or 362 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.119 something thirty second, I can't remember. But my table was 363 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.960 pretty good to start for most of the day. But 364 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:16.920 you know, obviously the best players tend to you know, 365 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:20.200 go deeper and survive and whatnot. So as things progressed, 366 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.880 it didn't get a little bit tougher. Yes, So I 367 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:25.480 wonder if that's you know, a little bit of something like. 368 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.119 I just thought we would get more of like the 369 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:31.279 no insults here with the minor league players to play 370 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.960 this event, and I think that that is something that 371 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:38.799 we should try and improve upon. Maybe that's enhanced satellite offering. 372 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.480 You know, I thought the satellites that they had were good, 373 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:43.680 But can we do more of them? You know, can 374 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.119 we do more? Can we get them in there? Can 375 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:47.599 we do some different stuff? You know, put some bigger 376 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.200 guarantees on them, you know, with the numbers that they 377 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.920 got in those satellites, I think you could safely run 378 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.319 five seat guaranteed satellites and then you know, go from there. 379 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.920 So I was also thinking today when I was playing 380 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:02.960 this satellite, what about a satellite that's you know, all 381 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.680 satellites seem to be one in ten. Why can't you 382 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.759 do a one in five, like a big a buy 383 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.279 in one and like for this one, like for the 384 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.119 one I just played, that would require spending one thousand dollars. 385 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.359 So I think that's a little too much, right, because 386 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:17.680 once you get to five hundred dish, which the one 387 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.200 I played was five sixty to the fifty one hundred 388 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:22.200 dollars tournament, right, five ten goes into the price onol 389 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:24.480 and whatever. So but like once you expect people to 390 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.440 pay a thousand, that's a little bit dicey. But here 391 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.720 six hundred, yeah, I mean, you know, one five, Maybe 392 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.559 do one of those, like I think that would be cool, 393 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.799 that would work, right. 394 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.720 I mean I would explore seven and bring it down 395 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.119 to like five hundred, which is sure. 396 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:42.160 By the way, that was a great thing about the 397 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.359 event that it was seven handed the whole way through, 398 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:49.640 Absolutely freaking incredible. I think people had a good time 399 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.319 at Venetian. I think they enjoyed it. I think they 400 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.160 liked the room. I think they you know, I mean 401 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.799