1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,679 Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:17,679 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. His name 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,839 is Tim Duckworth. It is Saturday, January twenty fifth. We 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,600 just wrapped up the PGT Kickoff series that is going 5 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,600 to be the topic of conversation here on this podcast. 6 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,119 A lot of things went down early on, a lot 7 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:38,320 of excitement building so far for the twenty twenty five 8 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:44,560 Poker Go Tour season, which I am very, very very 9 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,600 pleasantly surprised about just the amount of buzz that I 10 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,960 think was generated from this series. I want to say, 11 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:58,799 surpassed expectations. Not that we weren't confident that we are 12 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,799 cooking up something good here on the PGT, but you know, 13 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,560 I think that things came out as a result a 14 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:09,280 bit better than we had hoped, which is awesome. You know, So, 15 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:11,000 how are you good? 16 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: Great? What is that for? 17 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: Coke zero? Is unbelievable? This guy, Yeah, I'm sure, it's sure. 18 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,000 It's so great for you whatever. Yeah, We're just gonna 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,280 run through what happened on the PGT Kickoff series five events, 20 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:28,920 first four or five k's. The last one was a 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,640 ten K right off the bat. No need to bury 22 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,400 the lead. Kristin Foxen coming out on top in the 23 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:40,000 final event in event that she won last year. Yep, 24 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,719 almost to the day. Last season she kicked off, hence 25 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,680 the name PGT kicked off her twenty twenty four PGT 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,760 campaign with a win in the final event of the 27 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:56,599 PGT Kickoff Series. She topped none other than Daniel mcgranu 28 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,959 in that event. She then went on over the court 29 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,840 the season to build up enough points to finish in 30 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,840 twelfth place on the leader board. She came into the 31 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:10,479 PGT Million Dollar Championship, she ended up her and Alex, 32 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,120 her husband, did a little double bubble in the PTT 33 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,000 Million Dollar Championship and which which was just absolutely crazy. 34 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:20,680 They're playing hand for hand, what was it, four and 35 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:24,599 four Yeah, four players on each table, one hand. Alex 36 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,719 goes out at the same time on the same deal, 37 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:31,639 Kristen goes out on the other table. Just absolutely wild stuff. 38 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,560 But here she came into the final event as the 39 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,719 chip leader, seven players remaining, and she never lost the 40 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,800 chip lead. I'm pretty sure. I'm ninety nine point ninety 41 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,080 nine nine percent sure. She never lost the chip lead 42 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,719 and just absolutely dominated things. She beat Jou Samow in 43 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,759 heads up play. Also at the final table Stephen Song, 44 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:56,319 Jeremy Osmas, and Grewburno, Nick Seward, and Neil Warren. A 45 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,599 really really good series overall. This event that Kristin won 46 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:02,080 had ninety three entries. Do you know how many entries 47 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:02,879 it had last year? 48 00:03:03,159 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 2: It had fifty? Yeah, nearly double. 49 00:03:05,159 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: I mean that's just that's crazy that that surprised me. 50 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,240 You know, I definitely was aware that the field size 51 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:13,919 from when you got to the five ks to the 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,680 ten k dropped. I didn't think it was that low 53 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,919 last year. So really good to see the number get 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,960 up to ninety three numbers overall from this series in 55 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,840 event order eighty four, ninety six, one twelve one, twenty 56 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,439 six in the first four events, which were all five k's, 57 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,719 I mean, that's just incredible, really good numbers. I know 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,759 Tim was pretty bearish on where the numbers would be 59 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:43,520 coming into the season, but he always likes. 60 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,439 Speaker 2: To me into the seasons coming to this series. 61 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, this series, but that is also the season because 62 00:03:48,039 --> 00:03:50,039 this is this is the start of the season. So 63 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,960 but he always likes to under promise and over deliver. Yeah, 64 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,759 I mean, really good start overall. Andrew Lichtenberger won the opener. 65 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,159 Patrick Leonard Pads won the second events. We had a 66 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:06,319 great group of winners. Masado Yokosawa, the superstar Japanese poker vlogger. 67 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,879 He won event number three. Spencer Champlain, he was the 68 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,599 satellite winner who satellited it into last year's Poker Masters 69 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:17,480 opening event and then went on to win that opening event. 70 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,360 He actually topped fellow satellite winner Jessica Vierling in that 71 00:04:22,439 --> 00:04:25,720 event to get the title. And now here Spencer Champlain 72 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:29,480 gets a win in event number four. Really really crazy 73 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:33,439 hot start to the year for Spencer Champlain, not just 74 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,279 on the PGT because he came second down at the 75 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,040 Lucky Arts Poker opened for I think was four twenty 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,319 five maybe four and thirty five thousand dollars, gets on 77 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,839 a plane, comes here to Las Vegas, gets in the 78 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,040 studio boom one hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars win 79 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,639 in event number four. I guess I'll kick it to you. 80 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:59,199 Opening thoughts, you know, kind of conclusions wrap up. How 81 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:02,600 do you feel that the series and this start to 82 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:03,920 the season went. 83 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, the series pretty much as you kind of touch on, 84 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,560 exceeded all my expectations. Not because I'm bearish on the PGT, 85 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,199 just bearish of this week. There's a lot of stuff 86 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,199 overlapping it. We had the back end of the Baulgada series, 87 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,680 back end of the Seminole series, so we knew. I 88 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,680 always knew it was going to start slow and slowly 89 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,519 build up into the ten K. I did not expect 90 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,319 it to just kick off with eighty four entrants then 91 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:31,040 go ninety six, one twelve, one twenty six. So that 92 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:35,720 really impressed me. And it wasn't just you know, our 93 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,160 regulars in for six, seven, eight nine bullets each event. 94 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,079 We saw a whole bunch of new faces. We saw 95 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,399 a lot of people that were on the fringe last year. 96 00:05:44,439 --> 00:05:46,800 You know, we'd play an event here or there, jumping 97 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,319 into this playing a full series. For what it's worth, 98 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:52,639 last year's kickoff in twenty twenty four we had seventy 99 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,959 nine unique entries entrance this year one hundred and nineteen. 100 00:05:56,519 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: So let's go. 101 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:00,759 Speaker 2: That's a massive one hundred and fifty percent increase there 102 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,839 for this series. And you know what, it sets a 103 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,240 good floor, a good baseline for what we can expect 104 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,079 in five k yin events. And you know we've got 105 00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:12,920 Pogo Cup coming up there's a five K, there's several 106 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:17,639 ten k's, fifteen twenty five. So hoping these numbers carry 107 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,480 on through to not just the Poggo Cup that's coming 108 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,839 up in a few weeks, but our entire season of 109 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:25,079 No Limit Hold Them Series. 110 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you mentioned that the new faces in 111 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,079 the mix definitely something that stood out to me as well. 112 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:38,000 And I think generally speaking, and you know, you guys 113 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,959 can excuse the Homer talk, but we're definitely onto something here, 114 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,360 I thought, and I talked about this, I believe on 115 00:06:45,399 --> 00:06:48,519 this podcast, if not definitely from the commentary booth on 116 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,879 some of the streams. But the buzz that was built 117 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,439 up for the PGT Last Chance Series leading into the 118 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,120 PGT Million Dollar Championship was certainly something that you could 119 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,199 feel in the studio in the room talking to the players, like, 120 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,399 you know, everyone was really gunning for that championship. And 121 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:09,079 I think quite a bit of that carried over here 122 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:13,800 into the PGT Kickoff Series in that you know, I mean, 123 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:17,319 I did the commentary last PGT Kickoff Series, and I 124 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,160 do not recall the players talking at the final tables 125 00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:26,000 as much as they did about the leaderboard, the points 126 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:28,319 where they had to get to in order to get 127 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:30,720 into the million dollar Championship, all that sort of stuff. 128 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,199 I mean, I don't think I heard a peep of 129 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,560 that last time around. And maybe I'm just not remembering 130 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,079 because it's been a year, but I think I have 131 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,639 a pretty good memory when it comes to that sort 132 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,399 of stuff, and I don't really recall it this time around. 133 00:07:43,519 --> 00:07:47,079 I mean every single final table there was some sort 134 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,240 of mention of the PGT, the leaderboard, you know, the points, 135 00:07:50,279 --> 00:07:53,600 et cetera. Yeah, definitely in the first three maybe four 136 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,480 events at the final table, the players were flat out like, 137 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,839 you know, oh, what's what's it? Nine hundred points to 138 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:01,439 get to the into the championship, Like that's the cutoff 139 00:08:01,519 --> 00:08:03,920 or the top forty, and you know somebody would say, no, 140 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:06,040 it's about nine to fifty or one thousand or whatever it is. 141 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,720 So I think that there is something there as it 142 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:16,000 relates to chasing qualification for the PGT Million Dollar Championship, 143 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,560 And at the end of the day, that's what we're 144 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,680 trying to build. So that in and of itself tells 145 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,519 me that that you know, it was a successful series. 146 00:08:23,639 --> 00:08:25,959 You cited all the new faces. I love to see that, 147 00:08:26,199 --> 00:08:29,240 so so yeah, I'm just I'm pretty over the moon 148 00:08:29,279 --> 00:08:32,679 with how it all went. And I know that's easier 149 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,879 to say when you know you wear the brand and 150 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:37,720 you work for the company and you know they sign 151 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,080 your paychecks. Yes, but I'm sure plenty of our listeners 152 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:44,200 out there would know that Tim and I both will 153 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,759 certainly issue our fair share of criticism, even on ourselves 154 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,879 at times when when it's warranted. But here, you know, 155 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,200 I just I really am. I'm already like, you know, 156 00:08:55,279 --> 00:08:58,960 how do we continue to like bottle up this success 157 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,600 and really sit for the rest of the PGT you know, 158 00:09:02,639 --> 00:09:04,840 over the course of the series, you know, first and foremost, 159 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,960 like looking towards the Pokeroo Cup, how can we keep 160 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,600 this momentum up and keep everything just going in the 161 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:10,200 right direction. 162 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, what stood out to me mainly was, you know, 163 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,279 speaking of this final event, you know, you touched on 164 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,879 people talking about points and how much they need and 165 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:23,639 qualifying for the championship for this season, and you know, 166 00:09:23,879 --> 00:09:27,679 when Kristen and Jow got heads up. We don't often 167 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,279 even in our events, even with a lot of people 168 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:33,279 that are friends and in our series, you don't often 169 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:38,399 see chops, right, and these two decided let's chop the money. 170 00:09:38,519 --> 00:09:40,519 You know, the chips were not equal. They were close, 171 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,480 but not equal. And then's and they said, let's play 172 00:09:43,519 --> 00:09:47,480 for the points. And we don't often see that. It's 173 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,440 it's you know, in these events where there's no series bonus. 174 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,159 I know you're not a big fan will just chop 175 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:52,960 chop it evenly, but. 176 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: A fan that's putting it lately because you're flat out wrong. 177 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,279 It's just the rules, buddy, but you're wrong, scuff wrong rules. Fine, 178 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,240 but they wanted to play for the points. That shows 179 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,159 that obviously both Kristen and yeah, our you know an 180 00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:10,360 anomaly here that you know, Christen plays all out no 181 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:14,600 limit holding events yals in most about no limit obviously 182 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,639 all the PLO occasionally some mix, but obviously they want 183 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,200 that extra What was at one hundred and so many 184 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,399 points that was between second and first to get that 185 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,799 advantage you know heading in to the next series of 186 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,440 the season, So seventy seven was the difference. 187 00:10:29,519 --> 00:10:31,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's a lot of points, you know when 188 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,039 you're saying, you know, when these player are saying, you know, 189 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:37,200 nine hundred points to to make the to make the 190 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:40,360 top forty for the PGT Million dollars championship. That extra 191 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,080 hundred and seventy seven points is going to go a 192 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:42,480 long way. 193 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, So all of the events at the PGT Kickoff 194 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:50,679 offer double points. There is no series title or series 195 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,639 bonus prize, as Tim mentioned, but what we do for 196 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,360 this one is we do offer double PGT leaderboard points 197 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,240 for all the cases. You know, it's just in our mind. 198 00:11:01,279 --> 00:11:04,519 It's a way for the players to kick start their 199 00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:08,559 PGT season. Hopefully some people you know, make their way 200 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,399 into the money. They are awarded double points, and then 201 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:16,120 they're incentivized to chase that leaderboard standing a little bit more, 202 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,039 which I think, you know, I think we're going to 203 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,200 see it. I think plenty of guys you know, and 204 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,720 ladies you know, out there we're firing away and getting 205 00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:27,559 in the mix. So you know, there's a lot of 206 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,039 points that were grabbed. Right now, it is Kristin Foxen 207 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,440 up on top of the leader board. She's got five 208 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:36,559 hundred and twenty five points. She did finish with that 209 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,840 win in the final event, the ten K, but she 210 00:11:38,879 --> 00:11:42,000 also had three cashes on the series. She walked away 211 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,960 with just over two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars in 212 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,600 prize money total. Her lead's a pretty hefty one about 213 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,679 what one hundred and eighty points are, so over Patrick Leonard, 214 00:11:51,799 --> 00:11:54,639 who's sitting in second place. He was the winner of 215 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,159 event number two. He had three cashes overall. He took 216 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,159 sixth place in event number one. So those first two 217 00:12:01,159 --> 00:12:04,600 events were consecutive final tables for Pads, and it was 218 00:12:04,639 --> 00:12:07,039 good to see Pads at the studio. You know, somebody 219 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,440 who I know, Tim and I have been like, how 220 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,840 do we get this guy here? We know that he 221 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,440 does spend quite a bit of time here in Las Vegas. 222 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,240 He has a place here, so you know, how do 223 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:17,600 we get him into the studio. He finally jumped on 224 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,440 in and he had a lot of success. He picked 225 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:22,960 up plenty of points. Three hundred and forty two is 226 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,039 what he's leaving the series with, so hopefully we see 227 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,120 plenty more from Pads. He's one of those players who's 228 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,320 extremely well rounded, can play all the games, so you know, 229 00:12:33,399 --> 00:12:36,120 don't rule him out for the PLO series or the 230 00:12:36,159 --> 00:12:38,120 Mixed game series, you know, all that sort of stuff. 231 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,080 It's probably just going to be a factor of what's 232 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,480 on Patrick Leonard's schedule and can he fit this stuff 233 00:12:44,519 --> 00:12:46,240 in and will he be in Las Vegas, and then 234 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,240 I would say, yeah, he'll probably play. So if you 235 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,480 are blaming me he hooked him. If you are a 236 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,320 betting man, I know you sometimes I am. What would 237 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,879 you set the line of Pokogo Cup events he plays? 238 00:12:59,159 --> 00:13:01,320 So no limits a couple of weeks away. We know 239 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,879 he's probably been town for that eight events, five K, 240 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,320 seven tens, fifteen point five? 241 00:13:06,799 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: What the line he said for him? 242 00:13:09,399 --> 00:13:12,879 Speaker 1: Five and four and a half, four and a half. 243 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like we're going to see him in 244 00:13:15,519 --> 00:13:18,639 the five and the first couple of tens. He does 245 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,960 get a cash, so maybe he sticks around. But like 246 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,000 everything he saw on social, he was very a lot 247 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,519 of positive about playing in the Poco studio for the 248 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,600 first time. So he has a good experience. He's winning, 249 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,840 you know, maybe he just kind of doubled downs parlays. 250 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,600 I needed a bigger result here and there, and yeah, 251 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:38,240 I hope we see him more than four events, but 252 00:13:38,879 --> 00:13:39,360 you never know. 253 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think it would be great to 254 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:43,679 have him have him in here. I think the same 255 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:46,399 could be said for somebody like a Masai Yokasawa who 256 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,039 had just one cash but it was a victory. Nick Seward, 257 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,039 you know, he was he played plenty of PGT stuff 258 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,000 last season, but you know, didn't qualify for the championship. 259 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 But maybe you know, he starts getting in there a 260 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:02,480 little bit more. Steven Song, Andrew Mourno, Eric Blair we saw. 261 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,000 We don't see Eric Blair a lot, but he was 262 00:14:04,039 --> 00:14:07,120 out there playing a lot of events. John Reordan had 263 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:09,519 a few cashes. I think he made a final table 264 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,519 in there as well. So yeah, I mean there's there's 265 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,279 a lot of players that I'm excited to see how 266 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:20,240 the progression of their PGT season part you know, comes together. 267 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:23,759 Jeremy Osmas, the reigning PGT Player of the Year, the 268 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:27,200 winner of the PGT Million Dollar Championship. He finished with 269 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,360 one cash, almost went over because it took until the 270 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:34,240 final event, but he did make his way to a 271 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,320 fourth place finish in this final event, one hundred and 272 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:41,000 sixty seven points for him. So, I mean, all in all, 273 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,240 just really really good series. I thought, you know, I 274 00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:45,960 hope it. I hope it continues. 275 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,759 Speaker 2: For Poker Grow. 276 00:14:46,639 --> 00:14:48,559 Speaker 1: Cup, you know, I hope we see it. You know, 277 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:51,399 a huge field for that opener for that five K, 278 00:14:51,639 --> 00:14:53,639 you know, getting into those ten k's and then obviously 279 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,519 hope it carries over as well. I mean, we'll see 280 00:14:56,519 --> 00:14:59,000 how it goes, but it definitely does seem like the 281 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:04,200 momentum is is there overall? Do you want to hit on? 282 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,240 I guess a couple other players that found some results 283 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:11,720 you had. Eric Saidell had two final tables and two cashes. 284 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,080 He left the series with one hundred and seven points. 285 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,200 Sam Laskowitz, who I picked to get into the top 286 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:23,480 forty after missing out on the top forty last season, 287 00:15:23,519 --> 00:15:26,600 he had one cash, ended up having quite a bit 288 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,960 of a cooler at the final table that he made 289 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:33,639 when he ran kings into aces of the aforementioned Patrick 290 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:36,200 Leonard China Riem was also in that hand with pocket ten, 291 00:15:36,279 --> 00:15:39,039 so it was a three way all in. Chino Reim 292 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,000 worth mentioning because he said to you and I during 293 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,720 the Last Chance Series that he would bet any amount 294 00:15:45,759 --> 00:15:48,960 of money that he's getting into that top forty this season. 295 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,480 So Chino Reim currently thirty seven on the leader board. 296 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:56,919 He thirty eight points, He had one cash. It was 297 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,000 a final table but not ultimately the deepest, so he 298 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,960 leaves with thirty eight points. But she knows a guy 299 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:05,879 who you know at least if you're going off last season, 300 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:07,399 we saw him in the PLO, we saw him in 301 00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:10,399 the Nick Game, so I would expect to see uh 302 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:14,840 Chino rein plenty. Phil Helmuth got in there, found himself 303 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,720 into the money in one event. He was out here 304 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:21,159 playing with his son as well. In one of the events. 305 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:24,440 They were actually busted by John Riordan, both of them, 306 00:16:24,879 --> 00:16:29,960 and both times Riordan had Ace King the King got 307 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,600 the King got him. We saw Brad Owen out here, 308 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:37,320 we saw Jeff Madson out here. So so yeah, I 309 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,039 mean I'm looking forward to a young q Song WPT 310 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,840 Player of the Year. He was out here playing everything, 311 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,480 many many bolts I think for Song, I mean, unless 312 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,480 he was joking. 313 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 2: But but yeah, he was definitely joking. He was joking. 314 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: I mean he said like I'm in for four bowls 315 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,279 or whatever and a couple of times and I heard him, 316 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,679 so he yeah. I mean, he's definitely a trolley type 317 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,879 of player. But that's good fun. It's funny because you 318 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:05,799 know I mentioned the numbers eighty four in the first event, 319 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,759 ninety six in the second event, one twelve one to 320 00:17:07,799 --> 00:17:10,119 twenty six, and then that final event which had a 321 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,160 higher buy in as ten k ninety three entries there, 322 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:17,119 but the numbers overall might have been even larger had 323 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,960 you know, several players not been stuck at Seminal or whatever. 324 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,519 For example, Brandon Wilson, who once again had a big 325 00:17:24,559 --> 00:17:26,319 result down in a Seminal high roller. 326 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 2: He took. 327 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: He took, yeah, I know, right, he took second place 328 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,279 in the in the Lucky Hearts twenty five k for 329 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,319 I think three hundred and some thousand, you know, got 330 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,400 on a plane, came up here and fired in some 331 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,839 of these events. It was him, I want to say. 332 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,559 Michael Burke was down there playing some stuff. I already 333 00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:49,960 mentioned Stencer Champlain who got second place in the main event. Well, yeah, 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,960 but he he got here early. Yeah, he busted the 335 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,440 he busted in the money in the main event at 336 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,720 like ten pm, snap, got on a plane, made it 337 00:17:58,759 --> 00:18:01,480 here and made it into thest event. But yeah, I mean, 338 00:18:01,759 --> 00:18:04,559 you know, plenty of people were down in Florida, maybe 339 00:18:04,599 --> 00:18:07,359 even at Borgata, and they made their way here. 340 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 341 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,279 Speaker 1: I mean, we we missed people like Rock Wilson, Cherish Andrews. 342 00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:16,200 We didn't see Stephen Chidwick even though we know he's 343 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,279 in town, because he was at some charity events. Who 344 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:22,279 else did we miss? I mean Daniel Legrand who didn't play. 345 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:24,839 But Daniel, you know, he's always been like, yeah, I'm 346 00:18:24,839 --> 00:18:26,359 just not going to play the five k's. It's just 347 00:18:26,519 --> 00:18:30,680 you know whatever, which which is fine, So you know 348 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,480 he wasn't here. Who else do we miss? It was 349 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,039 Big Lucky Chewie Lichtenburger back. Yeah, who said he was 350 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:39,039 like taking a break from program. 351 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,279 Speaker 2: Here is the biggest name, Phil Ivy, No, he's dead 352 00:18:43,319 --> 00:18:46,680 to me, he finished seventh on the PGT. Lad he 353 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,079 plays every one of our series, but skip this one. Oh, 354 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,759 Jim Colley, Jim mccallopy. 355 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: Where's Jim? I mean he also missed David Coleman, but 356 00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:55,279 you knew he was. 357 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 2: He was going to Disneyland of all points. Come on, 358 00:18:58,519 --> 00:19:02,519 have some respect for the PGT. To me, Jim Colapy 359 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,400 is the biggest name that we didn't get because he 360 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,799 is he will play everything we have obviously lives here. 361 00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:11,759 I'm assuming he went to Bogart. I'm assuming he went 362 00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:13,599 to Seminole. Maybe you just didn't want to come back. 363 00:19:13,839 --> 00:19:14,559 Another one. 364 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,839 Speaker 1: I think I think he definitely was at Seminole. 365 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, another one. Dylan Weisman, Now he played I think 366 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,480 a event, an event, or maybe two events, but someone 367 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,960 that lives here, someone that used this series as his 368 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,960 springboard for the twenty twenty four season. Very surprising not 369 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,359 to see him, you know, especially after cashing in the 370 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,839 PGT Million dollars Championship just a couple of weeks ago. 371 00:19:35,279 --> 00:19:39,000 Not to play all these events, So that was They're 372 00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:41,319 the two biggest surprises to me that we would, you know, 373 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,480 normally expect to see day in and day out in 374 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:44,000 the studio. 375 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:46,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, we didn't see. I mean, just some other names 376 00:19:46,839 --> 00:19:49,000 just going off the top forty from last year. Not 377 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:52,160 that these were in any way, shape or form givens 378 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,160 to play in this series, because I think it's you 379 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,759 know a lot of these players would skip a series 380 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:00,279 like this, but I mean notable because of where they 381 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:04,079 finished on the PGT leaderboard last season. Seth Davies finished 382 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,480 third last season, and I did see on social media 383 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:09,480 that he wasn't He said he wasn't going to be 384 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,079 traveling a lot for poker at least upcoming, so I thought, 385 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,319 maybe we get him for the ten k, you know, 386 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:18,400 and then that's that. I was actually a little bit 387 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,759 surprised not to see Jonathan Tomaio to be honest, I 388 00:20:21,799 --> 00:20:25,880 mean just because he went so hard he did get 389 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,640 the cash with that third qualifying cash in the final 390 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,400 event of PGT Last Chance in order to qualify for 391 00:20:31,519 --> 00:20:34,559 the PGT Million Dollar Championship. You know, we know he's 392 00:20:34,599 --> 00:20:35,920 got money now in one of the Dew's been mad 393 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,039 An event. I just thought we would see him, right, 394 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,079 I thought there was a chance we would see him. 395 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,000 You know, these are these are the smaller byans, you know, 396 00:20:43,079 --> 00:20:45,000 for the stuff that we have in the studio, so 397 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,279 it's not gonna you know, do too much damage to 398 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,400 the bankroll. So I was a little bit surprised not 399 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,160 to see him. Joe Sarrock, same sort of thing, you know. 400 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,799 I just thought that he seemed like he liked playing 401 00:20:55,799 --> 00:20:57,680 in here and in the studio and that sort of thing. 402 00:20:57,759 --> 00:20:59,759 So I was a little bit surprised to see or sorry, 403 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:04,079 not see Joe Sarrock. And then I also thought possibly 404 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,920 for the ten k we might get Ben Toleering, because 405 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:08,480 it was always like he was showing up at the 406 00:21:08,519 --> 00:21:10,279 last event he was yeah, you know, so I was 407 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:13,880 a little bit surprised not to see him. Ren Lynn 408 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:19,640 came late. Yeah, I mean he came late understandable. So yeah, 409 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,240 and then I mean, I guess this one is a 410 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,039 little bit tricky. Maybe maybe not Scott sever I just 411 00:21:26,039 --> 00:21:27,960 thought maybe. I mean, I know, he made a lot 412 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,240 of his points at the WSP with the success that 413 00:21:30,279 --> 00:21:32,759 he had, and then played a little bit afterwards. But 414 00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:35,759 definitely somebody who finished outside the top forty. I mean 415 00:21:35,759 --> 00:21:39,319 he got into the championship but wasn't here. Matthew Wattman, 416 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,640 I was surprised. Well, he put a lot of volume 417 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:43,400 in last he did. 418 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 2: He went to those, he went to Barth Stops, I believe, 419 00:21:46,559 --> 00:21:49,119 and then he went straight to Thunder Valley, just like 420 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,599 you know, Francis Sanderson came for I believe it was 421 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,799 Event three and then went to Thunder Valley after cashinging that. 422 00:21:55,799 --> 00:21:57,880 So you know, there's a lot. 423 00:21:57,759 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: Of Pokemon we didn't see. 424 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 2: Justin Zaki, I mean, Florida boy probably don't want to 425 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,039 he's he's probably. 426 00:22:03,799 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: He, but he he played plenty of our series that 427 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,279 I thought he was someone who, even if he played 428 00:22:08,319 --> 00:22:10,039 Lucky Hearts, would get on the pike. Think come in 429 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:10,680 event or too. 430 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 2: Zachty listening, so I feel like doing Justin Yeah, email 431 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,519 us at I think I awesome. I think he said 432 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,480 he was probably skipping kickoff and coming for cup. But 433 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,359 maybe I'm just making it worse in my head right now. 434 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,319 Speaker 1: I mean it's just like I know for some players 435 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,160 that frequent the higher buying stuff and prefer you know, 436 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,799 the ten k's, the fifteens and twenty fives, et cetera. 437 00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:41,759 I mean the double points is hella attract triple points? 438 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,759 I mean it's so attractive to like, I mean, look, 439 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,559 Kristen Foxon is five twenty five. I mean she's halfway there, 440 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,000 you know. I mean, it's it's crazy. So I think 441 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:58,960 the double points thing is crazy attractive and bad. See 442 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,880 I I kind of wonder if it is or not. 443 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:04,319 I've gone back and forth in my head. I mean, 444 00:23:06,079 --> 00:23:08,759 I don't think it's all that bad. And and I 445 00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:11,920 thought about this this morning in the shower. I was 446 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,720 in the shower, honestly, just going back and forth in 447 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,759 my head, like what am I gonna like? Is it good? 448 00:23:15,839 --> 00:23:18,000 Is it bad? But I was like, you know, we 449 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:21,720 don't do a series bonus for this, okay, So in 450 00:23:21,759 --> 00:23:24,799 a way, the series bonus is double points. And I understand, like, 451 00:23:24,839 --> 00:23:26,480 if you're somebody out there and you don't play, and 452 00:23:26,519 --> 00:23:29,319 you're like, well, it's silly that so and so, you know, 453 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,599 got it's silly that Kristen got in because she made 454 00:23:31,599 --> 00:23:35,119 five hundred points from whatever. Well it's not like it's closed. 455 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,799 Everyone can come play these and get the double points. 456 00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:43,079 But my end, and I mean for anyone that complains 457 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,680 the point that we do it is to hopefully get 458 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,640 some new blood that get a taste, get those points, 459 00:23:50,319 --> 00:23:54,839 and then play, which in turn is I mean the 460 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,000 goal is to make the field sizes bigger later on. Right. 461 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,839 You know, you get people that have some points, maybe 462 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,599 they leave the PGT kickoff with you know, one hundred 463 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:06,359 points one fifty, and they're like, Okay, I think I 464 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:06,880 can do this. 465 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:07,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like let's go. 466 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,799 Speaker 1: Like I mean, listen, for example, Michael Vanier, I mean, 467 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:17,480 is he a PGT regular? I have no idea. I'm 468 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,480 gonna say venir because that's what Remco is saying on 469 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:23,680 the broadcast. For a week, he made two final tables. Okay, 470 00:24:23,839 --> 00:24:25,960 he had one top three finish. He came out of 471 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,079 the series of two hundred and fifty one points. Now, 472 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,960 is is Michael Vanier a PGT regular? 473 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 2: That's upside? No? No, But that's my. 474 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: He's not, so maybe now he becomes one and then 475 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,799 we are building the player pool that way. Like that's 476 00:24:41,799 --> 00:24:44,759 how it goes, you know, because because also like you 477 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:47,839 have to think, I mean, listen, I have no shame 478 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,119 in saying it. But like I think there are people 479 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,279 that they get up to the top and they somewhat 480 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:56,000 move on. I look at someone like a Nick Petrangela 481 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:59,599 for example. You know, Nick might play our twenty five 482 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,319 k's and if we have anything higher like super high rollable, right, 483 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:04,640 but like Nick doesn't often come out for the lower 484 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,759 buying stuff. So he's someone who's almost gotten too big 485 00:25:06,759 --> 00:25:08,880 and has moved on. Jason Kuhn, for example, Like they've 486 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,960 gotten too big and they've moved on. They play much 487 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,799 bigger stuff and they don't play as often. Well, for 488 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,920 every player that you lose, you have to fill it 489 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,039 with someone exactly. So hopefully we fill it with a 490 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:20,599 Michael Vandier and he's he's like, oh, yeah, you know 491 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,920 I left that I got double points. Yeah, this is 492 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,440 worth me taking some more shots later on. Maybe he's 493 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,759 somebody that you know, Poker Go Cup was never on 494 00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:30,480 his radar, and I'm just using Michael Viniers as an example. 495 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 2: You know what. 496 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, maybe Poker Go Cup wasn't on his radar, 497 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,680 but maybe now it is, and it's like, Okay, now 498 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,720 I gotta come for cup. And then he finds another 499 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:39,960 cash there and it's another fifty points or whatever it is, 500 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,160 and it's like, okay, like I got I gotta go, 501 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,160 go go, Like this is what it's about. So that's 502 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,480 why we do it. I don't really think that it's wrong. 503 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 2: I like it. 504 00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, I mean, it's 505 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,160 it's our tour and we can do whatever we want 506 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,960 with it. You know what made me think of it 507 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,279 this morning, I'm like land on the fact that I 508 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:01,200 don't think it's wrong. I lean that it's right because 509 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,759 it's our tour. It's like when you have a fantasy 510 00:26:03,759 --> 00:26:06,759 football league. You can do whatever you want as the commission, 511 00:26:07,319 --> 00:26:08,759 Like you can set it up however you want, and 512 00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:09,799 people can choose the player. 513 00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:10,599 Speaker 2: They can choose not to. 514 00:26:10,599 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: Exactly, you know. And I would say that people like 515 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,000 it because they were talking about it a lot. There's 516 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,839 obviously a lot of buzz. There seems to be positive feedback, 517 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:25,240 and the numbers are going up. So I'm four it. 518 00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:28,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, my theory with Kickoff is that it's five events, 519 00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:32,039 it is double points. We are influencing the points chase 520 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,759 for the year. But like I said, it's five events. 521 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,880 At the very side of the year, it's you know, 522 00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:40,240 four percent of our total events that we're going to run. 523 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,279 So you know, someone like Daniel m'grano who didn't play 524 00:26:43,319 --> 00:26:45,519 any events, he's going to see this lead of five 525 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:47,680 hundred points from Christmas Box and well he's got one 526 00:26:47,759 --> 00:26:50,160 hundred and twenty five events to chase it down. So 527 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,680 it's not like we're doing this at the in the 528 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,640 middle of the season. At the end of the season, 529 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,839 it's at the top. It's a good way to as 530 00:26:56,839 --> 00:27:00,720 we keep pushing to get some new faces that we 531 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:03,119 may not normally see. Right up on the leaderboard. You 532 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,039 got Pads, you got Spencer Champlain, you got Masado, Nick Seawood, 533 00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:10,519 we got Neil Warren. All in the top ten. Never 534 00:27:10,599 --> 00:27:12,880 ever would you expect them to be in the top ten, 535 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,440 and maybe you could say not even in the top 536 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,319 forty if you're a betting man for the end of 537 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,480 the championship. But they've got a taste, maybe they come 538 00:27:19,519 --> 00:27:21,839 play the whole Cup. They play some other things and 539 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:25,359 we get some new faces really making a push to 540 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,519 hit to be in the top forty the million dollar 541 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:29,960 Championship at the end of the season. 542 00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I have more of an issue. I think 543 00:27:31,759 --> 00:27:34,839 with something like the player who wins the dobs be 544 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,160 main events can get so many points from that, maybe 545 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,400 cashing something else at the w SIP and then just 546 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,200 has to do a Jonathan Tomi I find one of 547 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,240 the cash. I mean, I think that's a little bit 548 00:27:44,599 --> 00:27:48,799 more weird to me. But you know, but like overall, 549 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:49,359 I think it's good. 550 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,759 Speaker 2: It is weird, but then you see you can see 551 00:27:51,759 --> 00:27:55,079 the positives it's it's had on our series. You look 552 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:57,680 at Last Chance Johnathan Tomay, I was in for I 553 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,519 don't know, fourteen to fifteen bullets and sixside. Don't tell 554 00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:04,279 me he's not stimulating the poker economy and the poko 555 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,240 Shi Baris Angelo he was in for three four five 556 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:10,640 bullets as well. Jonathan also played all the PLO events 557 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,440 in Texas. He doesn't really play palelo, so it does 558 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,359 have its advantages. You just have to kind of look 559 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,039 look through it a little deep up. 560 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think at the end of the day, 561 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,400 what we're ultimately trying to achieve is I look at 562 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,759 something like a World Poker Tour for example, you have 563 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,920 many many players who kind of really only travel around 564 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,880 and play on World Poker Tour events, and I think 565 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,920 they're chasing WPT titles. They obviously like those events for 566 00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:40,400 you know, various reasons, and they're you know, chasing like 567 00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:43,640 WPT Player of the Year or you know, I know 568 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,559 friend of ours Mo Nowara. You know, he's been in 569 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,799 the mix early on for MSPT Player of the Year 570 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:50,799 in the past, and then he's like, okay, now I 571 00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:54,039 got to chase this. So trying to create something where 572 00:28:54,079 --> 00:28:57,880 initially people catch a little bit of the bug and 573 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,279 then they chase it, which for us, you know, the big, 574 00:29:01,359 --> 00:29:03,759 the big, the big pot of gold at the end 575 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,920 of the rainbow is the million dollar championship, the million 576 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,400 dollar free role that we have on offer. So I 577 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,759 think overall it's good. And again it's it's open to anyone, right, 578 00:29:13,839 --> 00:29:16,039 you know, anyone can come out, they can play these events. Obviously, 579 00:29:16,119 --> 00:29:17,559 you just need money to buy in. 580 00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 2: Even you have a PGT cash. 581 00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:21,599 Speaker 1: Even I do, but it wasn't in one of our events. 582 00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:25,759 But I do have I don't right I remember when 583 00:29:25,759 --> 00:29:28,279 I cashed, I had got an email almost instantaneously from 584 00:29:28,319 --> 00:29:31,039 Carry saying congrats on your first cash. 585 00:29:31,079 --> 00:29:36,519 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure that pretty funny. Yeah, I would. 586 00:29:36,759 --> 00:29:39,599 Speaker 1: I would personally love to play, like in one of 587 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,680 these opening five k's that we have now, you know, 588 00:29:42,759 --> 00:29:46,680 for cup Masters or USPO. I mean, they're obviously more affordable. 589 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,440 The field than those is, you know, something that I 590 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,240 would feel a little bit more comfortable in. Not that 591 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:53,920 I don't think it would be an uphill battle for me. 592 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,519 I certainly think it would, but not as much of 593 00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:59,480 an uphill battle. The climb wouldn't be as steep, you know, 594 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:02,319 compared to playing in a ten K, you know, Plus 595 00:30:02,359 --> 00:30:03,759 I could have a bit more of my own action, 596 00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:06,680 it wouldn't be as hard to sell. But it also 597 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,720 always seems like every damn time I have to work 598 00:30:09,799 --> 00:30:11,640 or you know, I'm doing commentary whatever. And don't get 599 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,799 me wrong, I'm very grateful for that sort of stuff, 600 00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:15,720 and I love doing it. So I'm not going to 601 00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:19,759 pass it up to just go play a tournament. But 602 00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:22,000 I do one day, you know, want to. I want 603 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,160 to hopefully play in one. 604 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,039 Speaker 2: Of those, and we'll see how it goes. One of 605 00:30:25,039 --> 00:30:27,440 the I think it was Landa Ties. He's like, he says, something, 606 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:28,799 when are we going to get see you in one 607 00:30:28,839 --> 00:30:33,000 of these five k's. I said, never, you guys too good, 608 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,920 and then I woke away. You know the different to me, 609 00:30:36,039 --> 00:30:38,279 but I was like, yeah, I ain't gonna be in 610 00:30:38,319 --> 00:30:40,359 here with battling with you guys unless I win a 611 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,759 safe for fifty bucks. 612 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,599 Speaker 1: Ye, I mean, I would love to like play the 613 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,599 satellite the day before, speaking of February tenth, in inside 614 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,640 the Aria of Poker Room, five hundred and sixty dollars 615 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,720 buying satellite to event number one of the Poker Go Cup. 616 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:56,759 That first event is a fifty one hundred dollars buying 617 00:30:56,799 --> 00:30:59,240 if you're on time, fifty three if you're late, so 618 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,279 you can I'm on down to the Ario Poker Room. 619 00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:02,920 You can play for five and sixty bucks and you 620 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,960 can get in there. But I would like to play 621 00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:07,279 some of those satellites, you know, trying to win a 622 00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,839 seat that way and then and then go from there. 623 00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:12,400 If I did play a satellite and want to see it, 624 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,319 I'd probably just yolo the whole buy and say the 625 00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:15,640 hell with it, let's go. 626 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:16,799 Speaker 2: Maybe I win. 627 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:17,519 Speaker 1: Maybe I don't. 628 00:31:17,519 --> 00:31:20,599 Speaker 2: But I just want the people to know that I 629 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:25,960 am the third best fucker player of the Triangle Room 630 00:31:26,039 --> 00:31:29,119 crew because we just run. Now. First, I have a 631 00:31:29,119 --> 00:31:31,359 free role and I finished third place. I cashed dunny, 632 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:32,079 How did you finish? 633 00:31:32,839 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: Bro? I got so fucking nit rolled. It's under that bad. 634 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:41,720 I mean it's every time I play. I got a bounty, 635 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,640 a mystery bounty, A hundred bucks. Yeah, I get out 636 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,400 of here. Did you like how I limp re raised 637 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,279 under the gun with aces? 638 00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 2: That was very nice? Yeah, very nice. 639 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: Yeah that's right. Also, huh that was a pretty bad Mete. 640 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,279 Like I tank for like two fucking minutes. 641 00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 2: What do you fucking do. 642 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: Every time I play poker in the studio. By the way, 643 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,279 I get in it roll. It happened when I made 644 00:32:03,319 --> 00:32:07,400 the NFT final table. Yes, that was a Megane role. 645 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,640 That fucking thing. Do you wanna do? You wanna tell 646 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,000 everyone about what we have coming up on play PokerGO 647 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:16,279 dot com. So this is fun, this is interesting. I 648 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:17,799 like it, and I'm gonna be in there and I'm 649 00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:20,400 guessing Tim will be two. But what we are going 650 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,119 to be doing is we are going to be running 651 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,160 the play Poker Go Cup what on play poker go 652 00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:30,160 dot com. So we're basically gonna have a mirroring series. So, 653 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,359 for example, there are eight events as part of the 654 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,079 real Life poker Go Cup. First buying is five thousand, 655 00:32:37,119 --> 00:32:39,599 the next batch or ten thousand, then we got two fifteen's, 656 00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:42,880 then we have a twenty five k okay on play 657 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,319 poker go dot com. It's a free to play social site, 658 00:32:46,359 --> 00:32:48,880 so you can't win anything, but there will be plenty 659 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,960 of goddamn bragging rights, okay, trust me, Like the five 660 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:56,160 K buying on play poker Go will be a five 661 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,200 hundred thousand gold buying. Ten K will be one million gold, 662 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,279 et cetera, et cetera. There'll be events every single day. 663 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,319 I believe we're going to start them on February twelfth, 664 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,880 and then they're going to finish on February nineteenth. We're 665 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,519 going to talk about them on the stream. Maybe we'll 666 00:33:11,599 --> 00:33:13,680 check in and sweat some of the actions, sweat some 667 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,279 of the final tables. Live remco and I will be 668 00:33:16,359 --> 00:33:19,680 doing the day one bonus coverage that we call it, 669 00:33:19,759 --> 00:33:23,599 in addition to the full production final tables that we 670 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,640 get for the poker Go Cup. So you know, Remco 671 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,920 and I a little bit more of a lax broadcast 672 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,599 so we can kind of, you know, have some more 673 00:33:32,599 --> 00:33:34,720 fun with it, do what we want. Maybe Remco and 674 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,000 I will be playing while we commentate stuff like that. 675 00:33:37,799 --> 00:33:41,480 But definitely get in there on play Poker goat dot com. 676 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,559 I would get in there a little bit early. Again, 677 00:33:43,599 --> 00:33:45,759 it's going to be starting on February twelfth, but you 678 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:47,599 want to get in there. You want to get acclimated 679 00:33:47,599 --> 00:33:49,519 to the software a little bit. I'll tell you this 680 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,119 right now. If you're not used to it. One of 681 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,680 the things that you might find a little surprising is 682 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,160 that it goes fast. You don't have the longest time 683 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,960 day to act, which is fine once you're used to it. 684 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 2: You know, it feels like two seconds. It needs another 685 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:03,160 I need a bit more time. 686 00:34:03,599 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: Nice like just go go go. 687 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,359 Speaker 2: You just got so many times. 688 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: It's it's whatever, it's it's free, it's fun. Just get 689 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,280 in there and you know, go at. But yeah, well 690 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,039 one event today, so it's gonna be a lot of 691 00:34:15,039 --> 00:34:17,760 fun to play this, you know, alongside again, you know, 692 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,960 for bragging rights, I I really really really do hope 693 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,280 that some of the podcast listeners out there because I 694 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,440 love the podcast community really first and foremost they get 695 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,599 out there, they play and one of you guys wins 696 00:34:31,599 --> 00:34:33,280 one of these events, or you know, some of you 697 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,079 guys win a few of the events or whatever, email 698 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,199 us let us know, you know, because I don't I 699 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,960 don't get to look at screen names and see who 700 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,800 people are and all that sort of stuff. So just 701 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,840 you know, if you have some success there and he 702 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,320 wants to shout you out on the broadcast or on 703 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,360 the podcast, you know, let us have it. That's why 704 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,599 we built the community cards segment so we can shout 705 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:53,639 out the community, so you know, take some screenshots, whatever, 706 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,320 hit us up and uh let's go. All right, that's 707 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,000 gonna do it for us. His name is Tim Duckworth, 708 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:02,159 my name is Donnie Peters, and we will talk to 709 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:03,800 you guys next time. 710 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 2: Brads night. Jay Express