WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:12.960 Hello, everyone, Welcome back to a new episode of the 2 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:18.120 Poker Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters. It is 3 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:24.000 twelve to fifty two am on Saturday, June twenty seven. 4 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.320 Just got done watching an episode of TV with the 5 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:32.280 wife before hopping on the podcast, thought maybe that would 6 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.880 allow some of these events to end. I don't know, 7 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.880 it's I don't know why. I feel like these events 8 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.079 are just going later, or maybe I just did the 9 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.759 podcast later in past years. I don't I don't really know. 10 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.840 We're about two thirds of the way through the World 11 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:50.600 Series of Proger. I mean, we are two thirds of 12 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:52.759 the way through the World Series of Poker at least 13 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.280 events wise, and uh yeah, it feels like, you know, 14 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:02.280 we're we're getting there to so nearing the end. And 15 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:04.959 I don't really like that, because I love the World 16 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:09.280 Series of Poker and I love the excitement it brings. 17 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:15.519 I love the sense of community, competitiveness, the battling out there, 18 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:17.879 you know, the grind of it all. Like I really 19 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:21.640 do think it's awesome. And you know, when when you 20 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.239 get to be now just a handful of days away 21 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.840 from the twenty twenty six w SP main event, you know, 22 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.480 that's when it kind of becomes real on two fronts. 23 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:37.040 I guess one is that you know, the granddaddy of 24 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:40.439 them all is here, right, the biggest and best poker 25 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:44.799 tournament in the world. It's upon us. The other side 26 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:46.799 of things is that, you know, when the main event 27 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:51.280 does start, it does kind of start to signify that 28 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.200 we're in the home stretch of it all. This is 29 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:58.200 the big climactic finish and it's going to be done soon, 30 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.200 which is a bummer, right, so you know, but overall, 31 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.959 you know, just just really good things. As we get 32 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.599 towards the end of June here and we're gonna get 33 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:12.599 into July. On the docket today, I'm gonna do some 34 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:18.800 bouncing around. But we got Koji Fujimoto denying Nick Shulman 35 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.680 in the ten K deuce to seven triple draw. Nick 36 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.520 is of course known for his prowess in the no 37 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.120 limit duce to seven single draw. This is the limit 38 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.919 duce to seven triple draw version of Fuji mo Mojo 39 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.280 finishing first there. And then we got the tag team 40 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:40.439 winners Breno Drummond and Enrique Lesa taking down that event. 41 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.759 I was able to catch up with Sean Deep I 42 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.560 spend I don't know, five minutes or so with him. 43 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.840 He was on break in the ten k PLO Championship. 44 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.080 I caught up with him because you know, it hasn't 45 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.919 been a run of the mill sean deep summer, and 46 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:57.919 I wanted to just ask him about it and say, 47 00:02:57.960 --> 00:02:59.879 hey man, you know what's going on in the summer. 48 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.759 So we'll play that a little bit later. Of course, 49 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.439 we have some other events to hit on as well, 50 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.080 so as I said, I'll kind of bounce around through 51 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.879 this sort of stuff after we hit on these winners 52 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.280 to kick things off. Before we get into that, allow 53 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.840 me to tell you once more that if you're not 54 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.000 already playing free online poker on play poker Go, what 55 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.960 the hell are you guys doing? Just head on over 56 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.960 to play poker go dot com slash podcast and sign up, 57 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.199 because if you go through that url, you will get 58 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:34.319 a free one hundred thousand gold bonus to help kickstart 59 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.759 your bankroll have some fun battle out there in the 60 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:41.039 play poker Go streets. 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He denied Nick Shulman, the great 72 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:30.279 Nick Shulman with another second place finish, another deep run, 73 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.560 another final table for Shulman. Ultimately he's going to have 74 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.519 to settle for two hundred and fifty six thousand dollars. 75 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:40.399 Tommy Hag third, Andrew Kelsoal aka aj Kelsoal got fourth, 76 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:46.199 Justin Smith fifth, Todd Brunson sixth. Fujimoto told Poker News 77 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.160 after the win, he said, winning this bracelet makes my 78 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.480 poker life get bigger. My dream was winning a bracelet 79 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.279 at the World Series, and I did it so I 80 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.680 can go to the next step of my poker life. 81 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:02.560 These two battled Fujimo and Shulman for quite some time, 82 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:06.759 Shulman had the chip lead for the majority of the 83 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.800 final table that I saw, especially kind of the later 84 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:14.040 stages of things with six with five players onward, they 85 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.680 got to heads up, Shulman had the chip lead there. 86 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.120 Fujimoto ended up battling back to get things even. And 87 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.839 then there was a stretch when I was out there 88 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.920 watching this one play down, and it seemed like Nick 89 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:31.560 Shulman did not win a pot for two hours, three hours. Now, 90 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.519 I know he did win a pot during that span 91 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.680 of time, but I'm just I'm just trying to paint 92 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.360 a picture because it felt like all the chips, all 93 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.000 the pots were just getting pushed over to where Koji 94 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.800 Fujimoto was sitting, which is in the one seat, and 95 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.240 it just kept going his way. He did get Shulman 96 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.959 down very very short and there were a few double 97 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:56.040 ups in there for Shulman, but ultimately Fujimoto was just, 98 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.600 you know, he proved too much on this day. And 99 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:03.000 you know, even the final hand, Fujimoto made a pair 100 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.600 of threes, he showed first, and you know, all Schulin 101 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:09.160 had to do was turn over one last card that 102 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.279 didn't pair, and he pulls a pair of fours, pair 103 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:13.319 of threes, beats a pair of fours, and you know, 104 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.040 next thing, you know, Shulman's quickly out the door for 105 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.079 two hundred and fifty six thousand dollars, Fujimoto taking home 106 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:24.759 the bracelet and three hundred and ninety two thousand dollars. 107 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.720 In the one K tag team event, you had Breno 108 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:36.360 Drummond and Enrique Lesa taking home top honors. In this one, 109 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.959 they won almost one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars combined. 110 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.199 So chop that up between those two and that's what 111 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.040 they're going to be taking home, unless they, of course 112 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.360 had some sort of other deal between them, as you 113 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:53.079 would expect. You know, one of the most fun, lively 114 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.439 events on the World Series of Poker schedule every single year, 115 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.240 the Tag Team event. The final table was incredibly lively, 116 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:04.000 incredibly entered, dak, lots of cheering, high fiving, big rail. 117 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.639 Of course, everyone that was playing at a given moment 118 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:11.399 had at minimum their one tag team partner on the 119 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.240 rail right there, but there were I don't know twenty 120 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.120 to forty people around the rail on one of the 121 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:21.480 outer feature tables, sweating this one down to the end. 122 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.439 A lot of excitement, a lot of yelling, cheering when 123 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.959 people were all in and winning pots. So a lot 124 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.160 of fun in that one. Three hundred and seventy five 125 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.480 teams were in the mix, and at the end of 126 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:36.319 the day it was Drummond and Lesa taking down the event. 127 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:41.920 Raku Yamachi and Shataro Morasse finished second in this event. 128 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.600 They took home let me see one hundred and twenty 129 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:49.519 three thousand dollars there. Next thing I want to touch 130 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:53.360 on is the Ladies Championships. A little bit of tricky 131 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.519 footing here. I have to go off the app, which 132 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.800 it's weird because the app is updated, but the stream 133 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:06.199 isn't done yet. I can't see the updates on Poker News, 134 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:08.000 but I can see it in the app if I 135 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.399 scroll till tomorrow. But whatever, it doesn't matter. Forty eight 136 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.279 entries remain in the Ladies Championship we talked about in 137 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.720 the last episode. I'm gonna mention it again because it 138 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:24.160 deserves mentioning fourteen hundred and seventy five entries in this 139 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:29.319 year's Ladies Championship, making it the largest Ladies Championship in 140 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:35.320 WSP history, crushing the record from last year. So doing 141 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:40.639 very well there for the Ladies Championship. Aubrey Williams looks 142 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.639 to be tied for the chip lead with Shannon Fahi. 143 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:48.039 Cherish Andrews, a PGT regular. Cherish Andrews is sitting up 144 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:52.159 there as well in third. Lexigavin Mather She's in the 145 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:55.159 top ten as well. Let me see who else we 146 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.519 got if I scroll through these chip counts. Angela Jordanson 147 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:00.919 bag some chips she had an I was watching the 148 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.600 stream a little bit today. She had a big hand. 149 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.919 She had aces, her opponent had kings. The aces held. 150 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.200 That gave Jordanson a big double up and she was 151 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.600 able to continue going from there not too far behind her. 152 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:20.200 Jessica Tosol. Tosol won this event before a few years ago, 153 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.559 so she's trying to get back into the winner circle, 154 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:28.240 trying to, you know, join the goat. Sheina Okagoto, Shea 155 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.600 Okamoto is her real name. Is a two time winner 156 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:37.080 of the Ladies events. Caitlyn Kameski. I'm sure many of 157 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.360 you out there know Kaitlyn Kameski. She's also still in 158 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:44.120 the mix. They did stream day two. Day three is 159 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.039 going to take place on Saturday. They're going to play 160 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.000 down to the final table. Would be my guest, and 161 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.399 then on Sunday they're going to come back and they're 162 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.799 going to play to a winner one hundred and ninety 163 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.559 five thousand dollars up top in this year's dovis a 164 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:07.759 p Ladies Champion Junie. We have been checking in on 165 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:11.799 the ws AP Mystery Millions every day with the starting flight, 166 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.840 and this year we had been talking about through the 167 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.679 first three starting flights, a twenty three percent increase in 168 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.000 the first one, a twenty four percent increase in the 169 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:24.960 second one, a five percent increase in the third one. Well, 170 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.840 we finally got a little pulled back today. Day one 171 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:33.200 d drew four thousand, seven hundred and nineteen entries compared 172 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:36.279 to last year's five three hundred and fourteen. That is 173 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:40.879 a negative eleven point two percent paris in there, you know, 174 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.320 so a little bit down, but still overall, I think 175 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:48.080 they are ahead of pace here for the Mystery Millions. 176 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.600 And my guy David on Twitter also pointed out that 177 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:54.720 I can't forget, and I did forget, so it's a 178 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.200 good thing. He reminded me that this year they did 179 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.000 add a turbo flight, So on Saturday we're going to 180 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.159 get two flights for the Mystery Millions, You'll have your 181 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.519 regular day flight that's going to kick off I'm assuming 182 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:10.279 at ten am, so that'll be your regular or whatever 183 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.799 it is, thirty or forty minute levels. But then later 184 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:17.039 on in the evening, probably sometime around six pm, maybe 185 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:20.000 they have a turbo flight that kicks off. So last 186 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.720 year for the Mystery Millions, they had five flights, and 187 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:27.039 I'm pretty sure they were all just regular flights, and 188 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:29.120 then this year they have the five regular flights, but 189 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.000 then they added one turbo flight. So even if we 190 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:35.200 do have a little pullback for Day one D, if 191 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.360 we add another pullback for Day one E, let's just 192 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.480 say that that happens, they're likely going to make up 193 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:42.919 for that with that final turbo flight and you know, 194 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.120 pump these numbers up quite a bit, but you know, 195 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.399 this one is still pacing incredibly well. Here another cool 196 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:53.000 thing that happened that could bode well for some numbers 197 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.600 going forward is the WSP and GG Poker partnered with 198 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:04.120 Masato Yokosawa to basically run this huge promotion where he 199 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.279 brings all these players over from Japan. I think they 200 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.879 charted a giant jet or got a plane or whatever. 201 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.559 The heck they did. They brought all these people over 202 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:14.279 they could buy some sort of package and get in 203 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.799 the mix. There was a part of this whole thing 204 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.399 was there was a free roll happening in the Paris Room, 205 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:25.080 and there was like two hundred and thirty players in 206 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.399 the mix for this free roll. I got no idea 207 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.519 what they're playing for. I looked on the screen over 208 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.120 by the tournament area. The price will said one dollar 209 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:35.240 on the screen. So I got no idea what these 210 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.840 guys are playing for. But they looked like they were 211 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.320 having an absolute blast of a freaking time. You know, 212 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.200 Misado's giving up, giving a little speech, shuffle up and deal. 213 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.440 Everyone's applauding, like it's a hole to do, right, But 214 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.399 there's there's two hundred and thirty of those people here 215 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.799 in town, and I'm guessing they're gonna blast. I mean, 216 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:53.399 what else are you gonna do. You're coming to Vegas 217 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.720 for poc Let's play some Dan poker. So you know, 218 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.240 that's that's nice to have. You know, it's nice to 219 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.759 have those people coming over. And yeah, I mean shout 220 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.320 out to Masado Yokasawa superstar Japanese blogger. I know we've 221 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.919 talked about him on the podcast, and you know a 222 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.679 few different times he's also played on high stakes Poker 223 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.320 in the past. He's played you know, in PGT events 224 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.320 at the Pokerer Studio. He's you know one at least 225 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.799 one of those, if not a couple of those. So 226 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:23.879 shout out to Masada for working with the Waspy making 227 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.519 all that happen and getting all those players to come 228 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:30.120 over from Asia. That's that's a really cool initiative there, 229 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:32.200 and hopefully it's one that they keep doing every single 230 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.360 year and that it keeps growing. You know, we all 231 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.679 talk about how poker in Asia is doing extremely well. 232 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.320 Poker in Japan specifically, is you know kind of just 233 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.200 ready to explode, if not kind of already exploding. So 234 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.200 if we can tap into that market, I mean, one, 235 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.879 you want people to tap into it in Japan, right 236 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.039 of course, but I think that's already happening. But you 237 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.960 know the second part of that is can you get 238 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:59.600 you know, those players to start traveling the world, coming 239 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.080 to the World Trees of Poker. 240 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.799 And going elsewhere. 241 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.879 And you know, here we got you know, more than 242 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:07.639 two hundred players coming over getting in this ree role. 243 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:10.480 It shows that interest there. That's a lot of players 244 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.399 coming over to do this, So that's that's just a 245 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:17.240 really cool thing. That's a that's going on. Next we'll 246 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.440 hit on the fifteen dollars seven card stud high Low. 247 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.480 We talked last episode, I almost said yesterday. We talked 248 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.799 last episode about Daniel Legrand who finishing as one of 249 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.559 the bigger stacks, or at least doing doing very well 250 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.480 in the tournament. He has since busted out. He got 251 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.840 sixty third place. We went over some of those deep 252 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.080 runs that n Gran who's been having at the World 253 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.480 Ties of Poker, an another pretty deep run here. Sixty 254 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:47.879 three out of six hundred and forty seven entries got him. 255 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.240 You know, a little bit more than two X is buying. 256 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.600 But they are down to the final ten. Daniel Geng 257 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.480 a PGTPLO series champion from a couple of series ago. 258 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.480 He is the current chip lead. You got Dave standing there, 259 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:05.200 Adam Owen, David Bach are all in the mix. King 260 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.600 Callous also still in there. So ten players left here. 261 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.840 This does say end of day chip counts on Poker News, 262 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.480 So those ten players are going to be bagging up 263 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.200 coming back on Saturday. They're going to play this one 264 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:19.399 down to a winner again. This is the fifteen hundred 265 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.799 dollars seven cards Dot High Low Tournament, one hundred and 266 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:25.600 fifty nine thousand dollars up. Top final ten are guaranteed 267 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:30.200 nine thousand dollars. And then the last event here that 268 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.879 we're going to hit on. I guess we're just going 269 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:35.440 short and sweet with this podcast is the ten k 270 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:41.480 PLO Championship. This one has registration opened until the first 271 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.759 level or two whatever it is, on day two, so 272 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.120 don't have final numbers yet, but they are up over 273 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:49.240 seven hundred entries, which looks to be a pretty good 274 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:53.320 turnout if I do say so myself. And we know 275 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.480 this name who's at the top of the Poker News 276 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:59.559 chip counts. That is Michael the Grinder, Miss Rocky the 277 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.399 Apps punisher out there. I mean, if these chip counts 278 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.159 are correct, he's got a giant lead right now. Of course, 279 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:08.840 still some time to play. These chip sacks could have fluctuated. 280 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:13.679 Joseph Liberta is also doing very well. Joseph Alberto one, 281 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.919 the Milli Maker. He's also in there. I see Noah Schwartz, 282 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.679 I see justin Liberto. You know, different player, different name, 283 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.200 you know, don't get those confused. Jared Blesnik, you know, 284 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.759 Jared Blesnik taking all the heat for his commentary, but 285 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.200 you know it looks like he's applying some heat to 286 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.240 this tournament here for Reid Johnton doing well, Keith Lear, 287 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.799 get on the jets, sir, let's go. Daniel Cipil's in there. 288 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:40.480 I see Ari Angle, I see Sam Soeverll, Dario San Martino. 289 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.399 So they're all charging strong. Don't have payouts or anything yet, 290 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.240 but of course it's early in this tournament. We'll see 291 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:50.279 how it goes. I see Sean Dieve's name in the 292 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:54.519 chip counts. I know when I left Paris earlier, about 293 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.840 two hours ago or so, he was still in because 294 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.240 they were going on a break and I spoke with him, 295 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.159 and you know, I wanted to talk to Sean about 296 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.640 you know, what the heck's going on, Like you've only 297 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.839 had two results now, They've been good results, right, Both 298 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:13.119 of them have been final tables. One was a final 299 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.960 table in the I think it was the ten Ku 300 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.000 just to seven or Nolan mcdusa seven. The other one 301 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:21.200 was the second place finish in the Mini PPC. Joey 302 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.000 Coodin defeated him heads up there and talked about that 303 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:28.319 on a previous episode, but it's not the normal Sean 304 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:31.240 Deep summer that we're looking to see. He came into 305 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:34.599 the summer coming off of DUBISIP Europe in a really 306 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.319 good spot to chase down another Player of the Year title. 307 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.799 That is what Sean Deep is all about every single 308 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.599 year at the World Series of Poker, That's really where 309 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.839 he really wants to pin his legacy on. You know, 310 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:50.039 He's talked about it many many times. So he's in 311 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:53.319 a really good spot coming into the summer. But now, yes, 312 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.200 he has had those two final table runs, but he's 313 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.640 really just been dropping down the POI leaderboard and seeing 314 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.640 other like you know, Nick Shulman and we just talked 315 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:05.240 about earlier, with all the success that he's had this summer, 316 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:08.359 players like him, players like Alex Fox and Iowa Kihara, 317 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.559 you know, they're all just leapfrogging him and then starting 318 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.359 to just kind of put space between wherever they are 319 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.839 and where Sean Deep is. So, you know, right now, 320 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.519 again we're about two thirds of the way through the 321 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.519 World Series of Poker. There is a lot of poker 322 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:26.039 still to be played. But how does Sean feel about 323 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:29.279 his chances? How is he handling this mentally, you know 324 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.160 what the heck is happening. I wanted to speak with 325 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.960 him about all of that. So thanks to Sean Deep 326 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:38.680 for catching up. Here is that interview right now? All right, 327 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.440 Sean deeb, I want to ask you, don't get mad 328 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:46.079 at me, but what's going on this summer? 329 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.359 The lack of results. 330 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.759 What's what's happening? 331 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.000 So when I put all my chips in the middle 332 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:54.960 and my opponents match my stack is they usually get 333 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.559 me covered by the river they're hand. Whatever game they're 334 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:02.759 playing tends to beat mine. So that I am eliminated 335 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.440 from the tournament. I have to go to a different 336 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.200 tournament and repeat the process over and over again. 337 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:10.240 This is like when that basketball player they asked him 338 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.960 about rebounds or something and he explained exactly how you 339 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:16.599 get rebounds. I know you're a guy that you obviously 340 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.519 pride yourself on winning player of the year. Right, you 341 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.799 were in a good position coming into the summer. Now 342 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.839 you've only had two results so far, albeit final tables. Yes, 343 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.799 but there are a lot of players, you know, starting 344 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:28.480 to pass you, starting to kind of stretch out a 345 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:30.319 little bit of a lead. Is that something you're looking 346 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:31.279 at every single day. 347 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.640 I mean, I know that at this point I need 348 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.400 to put up results. I kind of it's less fading 349 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.480 them then it's more to me just you know, thankfully, 350 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.240 my two cashes were good po wy wise, So I'm 351 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:46.559 still you know, a bracelet issue away depending on who 352 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:48.680 you're against. And you know the fact that it's top 353 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.839 three all of the same payouts, so like, I'm still 354 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:54.039 you know, going pretty hard for that. But yeah, you know, 355 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:56.599 I've shown up here every day. I definitely played a 356 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:00.359 ton of bullets and I'm happy with my game. You know, 357 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:03.799 people may think I'm playing worse than I am, which 358 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.480 is good, and I'm more motivated than ever before. And 359 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:09.599 you know, when I win some all ins, I end 360 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.319 up being daily chipleyd and you know, give myself a 361 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.640 good shot to win a bracelet, and so I'll take 362 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.160 that over you know, ten minute cashes all day every day. 363 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:21.839 So yeah, it's been interesting summer to say the least. 364 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.920 And yeah, I think it shows what variance can be 365 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.400 even when I proceed to have some of the biggest 366 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:31.400 edges in most of these bracelet events and I have 367 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.400 no results to match it up. 368 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.680 Have you had a summer like this before? That you 369 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.279 can recall. 370 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:42.160 Oh no, this is a record breaking poor summer. Yeah. 371 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:44.440 I mean I've kind of refused to go on the 372 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:46.839 app to actually count how many balls I've played, but 373 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:50.079 we're probably approaching one hundred because part of the thing 374 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:52.960 is making no day toos and busting a returnament that 375 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.480 I'm not missing events because I'm in something else. So 376 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:59.400 I've played probably more unique World Series Bracelet events than 377 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:02.400 any other year with the least amount of results possible. 378 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:05.799 So, yeah, how are you? I mean, you always seem 379 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:07.920 like a guy who's smiling, You're positive about it. You're 380 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.440 obviously here every single day, still blasting. How do you 381 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:14.559 just keep yourself No, I mean you're here, you're going 382 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.599 for it still a lot. Some people might say, you 383 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.119 know what, it's not my day, or you know what, 384 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.799 I'm gonna take a few days off, but you're still 385 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.440 here every day. 386 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:23.599 Yeah, I mean, it's just variance. There's no listen. I 387 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.119 don't get to play poker much the rest of the year, 388 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.680 so I came out here. This is my time to earn, 389 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.920 and you know, I'm trying to pay for a new house, 390 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.960 so I'm gonna show up and keep playing like there's 391 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.640 no quitting me. There's never you know, a tap out. 392 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:40.759 I'm down too much. Yeah, just keep showing up and 393 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:44.960 keep buying in and it'll take a lot many more 394 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.160 years like this to ever make me want to tap out. 395 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:49.079 If you were to predict the rest of your summer, 396 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.839 you know, there's about what thirty events left or so 397 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.920 what's gonna happen? 398 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:54.440 I have that weird feeling I'm just gonna get stuck 399 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:56.680 in the main to like day six and get like 400 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:01.200 eightieth place and just fucking hate myself for even playing them. 401 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:04.079