WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.679 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 Great? What is that for? 17 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.480 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 It had fifty? Yeah, nearly double. 49 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.919 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 To me into the seasons coming to this series. 61 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.000 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 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 So let's go. 101 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.759 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 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 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 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 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 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 What the line he said for him? 242 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.879 Five and four and a half, four and a half. 243 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:15.480 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 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 For Poker Grow. 276 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.559 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 But but yeah, he was definitely joking. He was joking. 314 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:53.360 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 He took. 327 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.400 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 Yeah. 341 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:13.279 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 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 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 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 I think I think he definitely was at Seminole. 365 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.039 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 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