WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.039 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:17.600 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. It is Wednesday, 3 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:24.280 July first, eleven, thirty eight PM, A little bit earlier 4 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.600 than some of the other podcasts, but I really had 5 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:27.960 to make sure that I do this one. I have 6 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:30.519 been neglecting you guys out there for a couple of days, 7 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:34.960 but I think with good reason because I was playing, 8 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:39.520 wanted to get some rest. Things weren't had a reasonable 9 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.439 time to work with my rest schedule while I was playing. 10 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:45.560 But I'll get to that at the at the end 11 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.520 of the episode. Won't bore you guys with that stuff 12 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.799 early on Big Show Today, do have to get caught 13 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.399 up on a lot of different things here. Headlining, we 14 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.640 got Sean Deep and Michael the Grinder and Miss Rocky 15 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:01.840 both getting number nine nine gold bracelets for Deep, nine 16 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.599 gold bracelets for Mis Rocky. We got a Ladies Championship winner, 17 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.640 sky Chen taking that one down. We'll hit on that. 18 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:14.599 Matthew Higgins, a very popular pro, wins the Mystery Millions. 19 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.040 I forgot to talk about Elis Parson and winning his 20 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:20.719 second bracelets. I want to hit on that quickly because 21 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.719 two bracelets for the Finn in the events that he 22 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:27.840 won him in certainly worth mentioning today or tonight, I 23 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.280 should say, Or yeah, last night, Marcus Gonzoalvez won the 24 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.719 five K six Max, Matt Grapenthine won the ten K 25 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.760 stud A. We got Daniel Nigranu Real Kod Poker d 26 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:43.640 Nix himself making a deep run in the one hundred 27 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:47.000 k PLO. They are down to the final table they 28 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:49.519 are supposed to play out to I think a certain 29 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:51.760 number of levels. Maybe they get down to the final five. 30 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.879 I don't know what the exact schedule is, but then 31 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.560 they're supposed to stop and come back on Thursday to 32 00:01:57.599 --> 00:01:59.719 finish that one out. So we'll check in with that 33 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.879 one as we go throughout throughout the episode. It's the 34 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:07.519 eve of the WSB main event when I'm recording this 35 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.759 Day one A is on Thursday, July second, so I'll 36 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.280 touch on that too, And then of course, so I'll 37 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.960 talk about some of my playing endeavors over the last 38 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:23.879 couple of days. As always, please like the podcast, leave 39 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.400 us five stars, hit us with a review, a rating, 40 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.240 all that sort of stuff. It really does help us grow, 41 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.039 I know, I always say it. I really hope it 42 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.080 doesn't fall on deaf years because that's just how the 43 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.840 algorithms work in today's day and age. If you're looking 44 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.919 to play some poker, then I would highly encourage you guys. 45 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.560 Check out play poker Go. You can go to play 46 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:47.400 poker go dot com slash podcast and you'll get a 47 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:53.319 free one hundred thousand gold bonus to help kickstart your bankroll. 48 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.159 You can come play with me. I dabble in there, 49 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.919 you know now and then not so much now with 50 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.719 the World Series Poker Have Opinion and that consuming all 51 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:03.639 of my time. But the rest of the year, I'm 52 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.039 definitely on there several times a week. Just look for 53 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.879 Poker Grow Donnie and they made a custom avatar off 54 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:14.120 my face so you can see that. You can you 55 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.719 can try and bust me if you want, but I'll 56 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.039 tell you right now that I'll be coming for your chips. 57 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.479 And if you're playing PLO this summer, I would highly 58 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.840 encourage you guys check out our friends at PLO Mastermind. 59 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.919 Now through July fourteenth, you can save twenty percent on 60 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:34.159 six month memberships and all courses. Just had to Plomastermind 61 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.560 dot Com, Slash Poker Goro and then pick the option 62 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:38.520 that's right for you. So if you want to get 63 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:40.960 a membership, you can save twenty percent on a six 64 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.240 month membership. If you want to just dive into a course, 65 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.120 you can save twenty percent on a course. They have 66 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.039 a few different courses on plomassmind dot com. Just head 67 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:53.120 to plomastermind dot com slash poker Go. It is July, 68 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.319 so we only got two weeks left in that special 69 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.319 promotion for the twenty percent off at PLO Mastermind again 70 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:03.120 that url plomass dot com slash poker Go. All right. 71 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.719 Kicking things off on today's episode, we have Sean Deeb 72 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.560 topping a field of seven hundred and sixty six entries 73 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.800 to win a little bit over one hundred and eighty 74 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:21.680 one thousand dollars. It's Deep's ninth bracelet. It moves him 75 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:27.279 to the top of the WSP Player of the Year leaderboard. Now, 76 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:29.480 it was either the last episode or maybe the episode 77 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:32.399 before that, but I caught up with Deeb on a 78 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:34.639 break for a quick chat for a few minutes, and 79 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:36.759 you guys heard him say if you listened to that episode, 80 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:41.319 you heard him say that, you know he gave himself 81 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.199 a very very small chance at winning Player of the year. Well, 82 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.079 now thanks to winning this event, it was the fifteen 83 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.079 hundred dollars eight game tournament, I I forget, don't think 84 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.360 I said that, And if I didn't, you know, forgive me. 85 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:56.920 He was able to move up to the top of 86 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.519 the leaderboard. Now the lead isn't big, and there's a 87 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:02.680 lot of people in contention, and pretty much like a 88 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.839 cash from like one of ten people could could really 89 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.279 shake up the top of this leaderboard. So there's a 90 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:10.639 lot of sweating still to go at the World Series 91 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:14.240 of Poker, of course that BISP Paradise is included as well. 92 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.639 Deep one this very event back in twenty twenty three. 93 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:23.199 Similar to Benny Glasser, who we talked about recently when 94 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:26.439 he won the fifty k PPC, Deep won his first 95 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.319 bracelet in twenty fifteen. Both of them now have nine. 96 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.639 Both of them got their first bracelet in twenty fifteen, 97 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.759 so they both got nine bracelets in the same number 98 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.759 of years. That's a pretty cool little fact about those two. 99 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.800 It almost felt like, you know, I watched a bit 100 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.560 of this live while it happened. You know, they're playing 101 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:49.480 down Deep's got a really good stack, a pretty healthy 102 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:53.079 lead at some points at one point, I walk out 103 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.399 up into what they call the cluster, which is these 104 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.000 twelve tables are on the front section of the new 105 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:03.600 main stage, and Deep's up there. They're playing with two tables. Okay. 106 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.480 I come check in maybe a half hour later, so okay, 107 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.279 they're down to one table. There's six players left. I 108 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.680 go and I chat with someone. It could not have 109 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:16.319 been longer than ten minutes. I come back and there's 110 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.439 three players left. I'm like, what the heck is going on. 111 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:21.720 I go to the back, tell the guys, you know. 112 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:23.800 I'm like, hey, there's three left. I go back out there. 113 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:25.680 Their heads up. I'm like, what the hell, what the 114 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.720 hell's going on? This is just I mean, there are 115 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:29.680 people that's busting and every single leah, this is crazy. 116 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.519 So Sean Deep ends up heads up with Dean Joe 117 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:37.480 and they're going back and forth, back and forth, and 118 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:41.800 at one point, Dean Joe starts to pull away from Deep, 119 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:46.759 and I felt it. I felt like the rail that 120 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.959 was watching felt it. I felt like Sean Deep felt it. 121 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.680 Like and what I'm saying is, oh my gosh, another 122 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.160 second place finished. I'm gonna finish second again. I had 123 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.079 those second place finishes Ata Wispy Europe. I'm here at 124 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.439 the World Series of Poker. I had the one final 125 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.079 table run where I think it was a fifth place, 126 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.040 but then I got the second place, finished to Joey Couten, 127 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:08.279 and here I am, I'm gonna finish second again. Like 128 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:11.079 I felt like that was the feeling for Deep and 129 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.839 all the people that were sweating him and watching and 130 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.240 even him he himself, you know, I was like, oh, man, 131 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:18.040 like you can kind of see it on his face. Well, 132 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.959 it turns out Deeb is able to battle back. Now, 133 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.759 when they were heads up, the limits were pretty high, 134 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.839 so you know, the chips were flying back and forth. 135 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.000 Deep ultimately battles back and is able to close it 136 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:34.959 out in a game of PLO to send Dean Joe 137 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.639 packing in second place, with Dean jo taking one hundred 138 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.480 and twenty thousand dollars for his finish. But for Deeb, 139 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.839 you know, you could kind of sense like a little 140 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:48.879 bit of relief, but in a weird kind of way. 141 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:53.959 It was so when he lost to Joey Couten. Now, obviously, 142 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.399 Sean Deep is the ultimate competitor when it comes to poker. 143 00:07:57.720 --> 00:07:59.600 He wants to win, especially at the world. So he's 144 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.439 a poker, right, we all know how much he wants 145 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.399 to chase Player of the Year. He wants to get 146 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.079 these bracelets. He keeps saying he's gonna run down held me, 147 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:09.279 all that sort of stuff. When he lost to Joey Cooten, 148 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.879 he kind of like stormed out. I talked about that 149 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:13.240 a little bit, and you know, he was a little 150 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.279 bit upset with how Joey handled some things and whatever. 151 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.079 So but also like you know, dee wants to win, 152 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:21.560 and it's it's frustrating when you get heads up and 153 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.000 you have a lead and you ultimately lose, and you know, 154 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.639 it's just a you know, it's a giant headache to 155 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.000 deal with. This one. He wins, and it's not like 156 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.480 deeb is like celebrating. He's not that type of guy. 157 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.240 You know, he shakes the hand of Dean Joe, he 158 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:38.279 you know, says that he played a great game, like 159 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:42.039 all that sort of stuff. And then the relief is 160 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.240 more like the pep in his step came back, meaning 161 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:49.360 he was quickly like right back into grind mode, like okay, 162 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:51.600 I got a register for the next tournament, which I 163 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.759 think at the time was the twenty five hundred dollars 164 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.879 mixed triple draw. You know, so like, can we hurry 165 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:01.080 up with these photos? Can we do any interviews quickly? 166 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:02.879 Like all that sort of stuff. Even with me, I 167 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.120 the photos happened, just so you guys are aware that 168 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:08.600 the winner photos happened. Then it's usually like Pokernews or 169 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:10.919 poker dot Org. Well, first it'll be a dubis a 170 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:13.200 p interview, which in this case it was with Sean 171 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:15.840 Deeve and Natalie Bodi, the Great Natalie Bodi went up 172 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.840 and she interviewed him, and then I think poker dot 173 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:20.960 org and or Poker News might have grabbed him for 174 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.759 a quick interview. And then as he's walking off. You know, 175 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:25.519 we always tend to go last. You know. One of 176 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.200 the things we do, if you guys have seen any 177 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:28.879 of the interviews that we've been doing, we kind of 178 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.639 pull people back to a different little space. So you know, 179 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.159 we're gonna let everyone else go and do their thing first, 180 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.080 and then we'll come in at the end. No big deal, 181 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.960 We'll wait. But dee you know he said no to me, 182 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.480 I mean politely, he was like, you know what I'm 183 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.279 gonna get in this next tournament? There's forty five minutest'll break, 184 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:45.559 I'll grab you know, can we do it on the 185 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.200 next break? I was like, yeah, sure, no problem. So 186 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.159 you know that's how that went. But what I'm getting 187 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:51.799 at is like it was a sense of relief in 188 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.639 the sense that he was back on top of Poy 189 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:57.679 and it was like, Okay, I got the win, let's go. 190 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.840 Poy's back on, let's gun for it. And that's the 191 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.000 sense that I got. He was right back in to 192 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:06.279 that next tournament and he was, you know, full grind mode, 193 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:09.320 full Sean Deep, pep in his step, like let's go. 194 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.000 And speaking of the interview, you know, I did talk 195 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.279 with Sean deeb. You know, some of you might have 196 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.080 saw it on social media already, but for those that didn't, 197 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.000 I'm gonna play that for you guys. 198 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:20.320 Now. 199 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:23.759 We spoke on the break about forty five minutes or 200 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.840 so after his win. We talked about getting his ninth 201 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.440 bracelet chasing Player of the Year. You guys can hear 202 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.039 what he thinks his odds are still, you know, and 203 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.559 more comes from that interview. So here's that. Now, this 204 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:38.039 is Sean Deep after winning bracelet number nine. All right, 205 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.840 Sean several close calls. You finally got the job done, 206 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.799 but it wasn't easy. You started with a chip deficit 207 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.759 ultimately came back in that moment, are you are you 208 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.919 feeling any pressure? Like, oh no again second place? 209 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.919 You know, starting down two to one chips, I was like, 210 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.399 if I lose this one, it's okay. 211 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:56.480 But you know, then I got him down to like. 212 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.919 You know, three, five, six million, and the battle back 213 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.200 and then I got them short and then I double 214 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.480 them up. So it's like, you know, I already kind 215 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:06.519 of feel the storylines happening, but you know, thankfully I 216 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.240 went on the right rush in the right time, and 217 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:11.000 you know one, you know, I double them up and 218 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.679 then I got it in again in PLO and I held. 219 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.919 When you put so much pressure on yourself, or I 220 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.039 should say, when you care so much about chasing Player 221 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.600 of the Year right and you have all these close calls, 222 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.679 but you're still not getting the results you might have 223 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:23.080 hoped for. 224 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.240 You know, how. 225 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.240 Easy is it or difficult is it to stay patient 226 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.840 through it all and just trust the process. 227 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.279 I mean, I just know that POI is a volume 228 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:31.799 based game. 229 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.879 I think that the top ten to fifteen people in 230 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.759 POY this year are the strongest overall players that ever 231 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.559 has been assembled, and we're all so close in points. 232 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:42.759 You know. 233 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:46.000 Obviously, I've had very few cashes in Vegas this year, 234 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.919 but three of them were very valuable in POY points. 235 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.519 So I know what I got to do for the formula. 236 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.080 I have the lead currently, but I know that every 237 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.000 day someone in the top ten is going to be 238 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.639 cashing or making a finel table. So I keep showing 239 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.600 up every day, keep putting the volume, and you know, 240 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:04.360 I appreciate gig putting the prize school, and I really 241 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.639 love to see so many people going hard for Player 242 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.639 of the Year because I think it wouldn't be as 243 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.480 rewarding if people are like, you know, I'm not gonna 244 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.080 go for it, But everyone who's close is, you know, 245 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:15.639 really going balls to the wall. 246 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.960 I wouldn't say you'd be someone who would change your 247 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.639 day to day. Right, you're gonna be here, You're gonna 248 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.399 be firing all the tournaments, and you're gonna be going 249 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.000 for it. But mindset wise, now that you are back 250 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:26.919 up on top, is a little bit more pep in 251 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.360 your step going to that next one? 252 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:30.679 Well, I mean it definitely means that my smaller point 253 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.840 scores are gonna make a difference because I think almost 254 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:34.679 every one the top ten has more except for Yanni 255 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.399 has more cases than I do, you know, So I 256 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:40.120 know that every point I get is gonna go very 257 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:42.879 likely to my top fifteen scores at this point. So 258 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.159 I know that every little and you know it's gradual 259 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.240 as well, So every little point's gonna matter, and anything 260 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.200 can happen, you know, if you know, I put enough 261 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.240 fighting shots so far this year, no matter what, I'm gonna, 262 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:59.080 you know, be happy with my play and hopefully I 263 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.320 take down a couple more so then people don't try 264 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.639 so harden Bahamas. 265 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.279 In this tournament where you are you happy with your play? 266 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:06.279 You know? Through it all. 267 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.240 I mean, it's an eight game tournament. I've played a 268 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.639 lot of these. I've won this tournament in twenty twenty three. 269 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.960 It's definitely once I get the chips that I got early. 270 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.360 People are scared of me in big bet, they're scared 271 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.679 of me in stud games. So I did a lot 272 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.639 of stealing. I did not have the best hand a lot, 273 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:24.240 but that's kind of always been my Steamroll style, and 274 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.120 I thankfully got a lot of tables where they let 275 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.639 me steal more than my fair share of pots. 276 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:31.919 Got to ask you about something you said. You said 277 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:33.440 that you know the Player of the Year race. To 278 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.600 you is you know that it's a volume game. Does 279 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:39.240 that possibly hurt that title just knowing that it's a 280 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:40.480 volume based game. 281 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.320 More so or no? 282 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.240 I think that it's so hard to play good poker 283 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:48.559 every day, every game, every buying level. And you know 284 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.279 so many people who have won Player of the Year, 285 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:52.799 say Dan Zach or Ema Takas something like, you know, 286 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.399 I talk about my view like I hope I never 287 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.080 have to do that again. You know a lot of 288 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.360 people get burnt out because they have that one summer. 289 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:01.480 They just go for it, you know, and it really 290 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.399 takes a sick individual to do it multiple times, to 291 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.720 really compete day and day out every year. And you know, 292 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:10.639 I love every year because I get to know new competitors. 293 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:13.039 You've got two POI titles already, and you're now the 294 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:15.320 front runner having taken the lead. You got the nine 295 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.360 brace that you've said many times you think you're gonna 296 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:21.320 chase down Phil Hellmuth. How much weight do you put 297 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.399 into these milestones that you're chasing? 298 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:26.440 Think, you know, my accolades mean a lot. Hopefully I 299 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.639 get in the Hall of Fame this year. Obviously bracelet 300 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.120 number nine will probably help my cause a little bit. 301 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.080 But no, I think that I've been you know, a 302 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:38.279 pro for twenty years now, twenty plus years, and show 303 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:40.879 up here every day, love the game, love the people 304 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.240 I meet. 305 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.840 You know, met my wife because of poker. 306 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:46.279 So I think that it's the greatest job ever, and 307 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.919 I'm happy to be able to still do it every day. 308 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.480 The other day, you and I spoke quickly. You said 309 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.840 your chances for Player of the Year around ten percent. 310 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.960 If that, what do you think they are now? 311 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.159 I think there are only like fifteen or twenty, just 312 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.559 because there's so many people in the top, like you know, 313 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.600 there's no way, like there's no lead is safe right 314 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.600 now this year. You know, the main evance can give 315 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:08.559 a ton of points. There's just so many elite players 316 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:13.159 who play high buyings, low stuff, and if they, you know, 317 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.559 put in the volume that I'm putting in, you know, 318 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.559 I'm maybe fifteen, maybe twenty. I got to look at 319 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.480 really the actual scores of everyone, but I just kind 320 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:23.519 of know at this point, the more points I get, 321 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.759 the higher MIC what he gets. So when be in 322 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.559 every tournament, be fining around and have some fun. 323 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.519 Did you talk to the wife and kids after you won? 324 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.440 My kids were asleep, you know, East Coast. My wife 325 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.200 fell asleep when I was heads up. 326 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.320 She woke up. 327 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:38.240 Someone kept calling her and she talked to me for 328 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.639 a little bit, and yeah, you know, she's supportive. She 329 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.559 doesn't get enough sleep and it sucks the time zones. 330 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:47.360 But you know, it's how life goes. 331 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:51.080 When people look back on your career, whenever the heck 332 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.000 that might end. You know, what do you want them 333 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.120 to say about Shawnde. 334 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.480 I always did what was best for the industry. I 335 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.480 always were my heart on my sleeve. You know, I'm honest. 336 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.480 I don't have great you know, I'm not always easygoing 337 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:08.919 and out, you know, very friendly. I can be miserable. 338 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.360 I can be cunty. I can you know, I can battle, 339 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.240 But that's just because of the competition side. You know, 340 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.360 I think a lot of phill honey that's rubbed off 341 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.840 of me over the years. I mean I was like 342 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:20.000 that way before, but even more so. Some of his 343 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:22.759 manners I've picked up over the years. But no, I 344 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.639 just hope that, you know, people realize that you know, 345 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:29.559 I appreciate everything poker gave me, and I've tried to 346 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.080 give back in so many ways, consulting, helping dealers, helping staff. 347 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:37.080 You know, I feel like of all the top, you know, 348 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:40.840 high limit guys, I'm more friendly with the median staff 349 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:44.240 than almost anyone else. So I just think that that's 350 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.519 the type of person I am. That's the way my 351 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.519 parents raised me and my grandma. You know, you just 352 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.600 appreciate everyone, and you know I'm not better than anyone else, 353 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.759 you know, because of what I've done in poker. 354 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.080 I'm just play a lot of poker. 355 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.240 Last question here, what do you think it's gonna take 356 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:02.159 to get number ten? Now? 357 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.440 Ending the tournament with all the chips. 358 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:06.519 It's really when you have all the chips in front 359 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.039 of you, you get a bracelet at least the events 360 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.119 that I play, so yeah, you know I'll be firing online, 361 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.319 firing live, and who else anything can happen. 362 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.920 For us this summer. 363 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.079 So interesting to hear from Sean deep there. How he 364 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:29.960 still doesn't give himself too big of chances, you know, 365 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.920 I think he said fifteen to twenty percent if I 366 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:34.640 remember correctly, in terms of winning Player of the Year, 367 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.319 because as he said, you know, this is probably the 368 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.720 toughest top ten to fifteen players in the race for 369 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.759 the WSIP Player of the Year. I'm just gonna head 370 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:47.799 to WSP dot com right now and pull up the 371 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:50.319 Player of the Year standings. But of course you have 372 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:53.200 Sean deeb on top. You've got Alex Foxen in second 373 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.160 less than one hundred points behind, so any sort of 374 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.640 deep run from fox and he's right there. Ioiqihara is 375 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.640 up there. He's already won two bracelets this summer. Josh Aria, 376 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.559 Nick Shulman, Benny Glauser, Josh reikerd Elis Parsonen Martin Zemani, 377 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:12.960 Michael Musrocky, Justin Liberto, Chris Hunikan, Marco Johnson, Calvin Anderson, 378 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.680 Jesse Lawns. That's the top fifteen. I mean, that's just 379 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:19.039 absolutely insane that that's the top fifteen. You know, a 380 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.599 little bit further down you got a Dylan Smith there, 381 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:25.039 you got a Yuris of Aleski, you got a Chris Brewer. 382 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:29.559 Like I mean, this is an absolutely stacked race for 383 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:32.519 the WSOP Player of the Year, and we got a 384 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.480 lot of big events still to happen. You know, of course, 385 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:37.880 we have the wsp Man event, where as you heard 386 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:39.799 Sean say, there's gonna be a lot of points up 387 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.880 for grabs. So if anyone can put together a run 388 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.079 in that event, which is very hard to do, yes, 389 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:46.839 but if anyone does it, that could really shake up 390 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.960 these standings. You know, you also have I think the 391 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.359 ten K six packs is still coming. You got the 392 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.000 twenty five K horse is still coming. So there is 393 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.640 some big stuff that is on the horizon. Maybe a 394 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:00.440 fifty k or two are on the horizon, you know, 395 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.240 So there's a lot of stuff. And then fast forward 396 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.799 to December WASIP Paradise. We know how big the events 397 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.480 are going to be there. A lot of the names 398 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:11.839 that I just read off are going to be down 399 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:16.200 there blasting at Paradise. Right, So there's a lot to 400 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.079 be settled in the Wasby Player of the Year race. Yes, 401 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.720