WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:14.199 Hello, everyone, Welcome to a new episode of the Poker 2 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:20.320 Go Podcast. My name is Donnie Peters, is eleven thirty 3 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:28.079 pm on the Dot on Wednesday, May twenty seventh. I'll 4 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:32.719 be quite honest with you guys up front. I debated 5 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:38.000 for a good while, probably bounced it around in my 6 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:42.679 head for a couple hours this evening on my drive 7 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.920 home from down on the Strip at the World Series 8 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:47.960 of Poker. You know, whether or not I wanted to 9 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:53.600 record an episode tonight, you know, part of me said 10 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.520 I need to do it. I want to do it. 11 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:01.920 Part of me said, I don't know if there's enough there, 12 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.959 and I don't want to force it, and and I 13 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.359 do feel like I want to be honest and candid 14 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.359 with you guys about how I feel about everything and 15 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.159 going through the entire summer. Now it is only day 16 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.879 two of the World Series of Poker. There hasn't really 17 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:25.200 been a massive story yet shout out massive. There's been 18 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.959 really no you know, controversies. There hasn't been any winners, 19 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.640 you know, there hasn't been any like big bangs just yet, 20 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:36.159 you know. But I also know that stuff is coming, right, 21 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.680 you know. It's it's it's interesting because you know, I 22 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.719 think I think part of it is that every single 23 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.519 year the World Series of Poker seems like it gets 24 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.439 here before we know it and kind of before we're ready, 25 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.480 and then it's here and then we go and we 26 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.480 dive in. But there is that bill, right, you know, 27 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.680 people are still getting into town, the events are still 28 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.519 ramped up, you know, like specific to this year, they 29 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.480 haven't even done the big reveal for the new Grand 30 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.039 Arena that's going to be the new set up there, 31 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.280 you know, and I know that that's coming, so like 32 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.960 I'm just trying to kind of ease into it without 33 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.719 you know, going too crazy to start. So yeah, I mean, 34 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.400 I just don't ever want to think that I'm forcing something, right, 35 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.919 you know. But then I said, you know what, this 36 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.759 is what the WACOP is, this is what we love 37 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:36.479 about it. It's just here. It's awesome. The build you know, 38 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.400 grows every single day, and then ultimately, you know, we 39 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.039 get down to mid July and then it just it ends. 40 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:46.599 It just gets taken away from us. And we all 41 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:48.639 hate that feeling, you know, we want the we never 42 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.680 want that to end, and then all of a sudden 43 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.680 it ends. So you know, I do need to to 44 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.639 feel some gratitude and and like, you know, cherish these 45 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.680 these early, these early days of it all, you know, 46 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:04.759 because that's part of it. It's not just the giant 47 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.240 moments that take place, you know, on July twenty seventh, 48 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:11.840 or during the main event or whatever it may be. 49 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.479 The build up is part of it. And seeing the 50 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:21.039 atmosphere change day by day when you are there on site, 51 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.280 you're walking around, you're feeling it, and every single day 52 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.039 that goes by, you feel it a little bit more. 53 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.599 Right now, I know Monday wasn't officially anything, and I 54 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.400 know we weren't on site at the World Series of Poker, 55 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.759 but even being in the draft room at the Poker 56 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.560 Growth Studio for the twenty five K Fantasy draft, that 57 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:43.400 buzz starts to build. Then you go to the tournament 58 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:46.319 setting the next day, the buzz builds a little bit 59 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.319 more than today, even though it is only day two 60 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:53.319 of the WSP, it's building even more. You know, you're 61 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.159 getting you're starting to see a little bit more of 62 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:01.400 the stuff happening, and you're at least my mind is 63 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.400 kind of thinking like, Okay, that's potentially going to be 64 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:06.319 a story, or that's potentially going to be a story, 65 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.039 or there's some breadcrumbs there that could possibly, you know, 66 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.280 be a little bit of a story. The rooms are 67 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:15.479 slowly starting to fill up, you know, there's the emergence 68 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:19.279 of different personalities, different characters, you know, old and new, 69 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:26.120 the feeling of the entire poker world really just waking 70 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.240 back up to being at the World Series of Poker 71 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:31.480 once again. You know, it's kind of like how I 72 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:33.680 would view poker players kind of wake up in the morning, 73 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.120 you know, they roll over, they toss over, maybe they 74 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.240 hit the snooze a couple of times. Eventually they're like, 75 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:39.759 you know what, I might as well get down there. 76 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:42.160 I know the tournament started at twelve, but I get 77 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.160 that it's two thirty whatever, still a couple hours of 78 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.120 late rege, so you know, I can get a couple 79 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:48.920 of bullets in if I need to. That's kind of 80 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.240 how I feel like I'm starting the WSOP this year. 81 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.000 At the end of it all, I do want this 82 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:01.920 podcast to ultimately reflect what we're feeling, what we're observing 83 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.079 here at the World Series of Poker, Like I want 84 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.160 these episodes to feel like those daily observations, and even 85 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.319 on days when it feels a bit slower, and it 86 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:16.240 feels like, hmm am I forcing things. You know, I 87 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:20.839 think it's it's still all part of the big story, like, 88 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:24.839 because without the small you can't have the big. So 89 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:28.040 right now we're in the you know, the the build 90 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:31.360 up era of it all. And it'll get there, of course. 91 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.839 But also you know, today I got there a little 92 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.120 bit late. I had a lot of things to take care 93 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.399 this morning, you know, as it pertains to work. Don't 94 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:42.800 know if you guys know, but we did drop a 95 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.240 new season of High Stakes Poker, Season sixteen, first four 96 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:49.079 episodes dropped. You guys can check that out on Poker Go. 97 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:53.480 Kevin Hart is in the mix. He's battling with Sam Kekey. 98 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:55.639 That's a lot of fun. Those guys just go total 99 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.480 tone and go back and forth. As for the World 100 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:01.000 Series of Poker, though, you know, you really started to 101 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:05.439 feel it today, and I think it was probably due 102 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:10.240 to the fact that the rooms were a bit more full. 103 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.519 You know, you can walk around Paris and that energy 104 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:18.720 it's a little bit more elevated, you know, in that 105 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.519 main ballroom within Paris. You had day two of the 106 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.600 five K playing a little bit closer to where that 107 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.560 that arena is going to be. You had the fifteen 108 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.600 hundred dollars Omaha High Low. That's always you know, a 109 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:35.480 well tended event that was taking place. In the other 110 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.319 area of the room. Of course, you had the cash 111 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:41.959 games across the hall where you had the Champagne ballroom 112 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:46.120 that was the old registration room in recent years, you know, 113 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:49.279 that had the employees event running in it. And then 114 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.399 at the other property, at the other venue over at Horseshoe, 115 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:56.079 you had the Mini Mystery Millions Day one B taking place, 116 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.319 so everything was a bit more full, and that's part 117 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.680 of it. Also, you know, you really started to get 118 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.920 some of these players and the personalities kind of starting 119 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.680 to to pop up a little bit. And that's what 120 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:11.600 I was getting out a little bit earlier when I said, Okay, 121 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:14.360 like this is possibly a story or that's possibly a story, 122 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:16.759 and I'll get into some of that in a little bit, 123 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:19.800 but it does really feel like, you know, Okay, the 124 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.879 summer is definitely underway. And I think also part of this, 125 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.639 with the way that I'm feeling a little bit different 126 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.680 this year than I think I might have in past years, 127 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.439 is because I know on Friday we have this insane 128 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:38.800 reveal for this new grand arena that is the dobis 129 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:44.240 Api main stage set. I've seen the thing. It's freaking 130 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:49.199 wildly awesome. Like I can't say how, I can't do 131 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.920 it justice how awesome and insane that this thing is. 132 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.480 And I can't wait for people to see it. And 133 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:59.600 I can't wait for the energy from off of that 134 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.759 stage to just resonate and be shot out like a 135 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:06.240 freaking cannon into the room and for everyone just to 136 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.680 be like, holy shit. I need to make it my 137 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.360 goal this summer to go deep enough in a tournament 138 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:15.120 that I make it there, Like that's the plan. So 139 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:17.920 and like even today, like when I was checking it 140 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:21.560 out a little bit, and you know, watching the team, 141 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.360 you know, put the finishing touches on everything and get 142 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:26.879 it going. You know, I was thinking in my mind 143 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:29.519 in the events that I play, I'm like, man, I 144 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.560 want to be up here as a player like that, 145 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.639 that's what I want. I want. I want to and 146 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.440 trying to visualize it. I'm trying to like kind of 147 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.159 put it out there because I want it to happen, 148 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:41.080 you know, I want to be up there, so I 149 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:43.200 know that that's also still to come. And because I 150 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:44.720 know that that's still to come. I'm kind of like 151 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.440 waiting for it to get here. You know, these are 152 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.519 kind of the days before Christmas, before before before the 153 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.480 curtains dropping and everyone gets to see that thing. And 154 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.080 then once that happens, you know, because that's going to 155 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.679 happen on Friday. It's Wednesday, so you know, I mean 156 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.200 it's two days from now, a day and a half 157 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.919 an hour whatever. I mean, that's like, okay, we're here. 158 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:06.240 It's buzzing'. It's the first weekend at the World Series 159 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.200 of Poker this year, so you know, let's just freaking go. Now, 160 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.120 all of that said and me talking about how the 161 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:15.799 place felt, you know, a bit more lively, much more full, 162 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.279 et cetera. I do have to talk once again about 163 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:23.399 the numbers that we're starting to see, because even though 164 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:27.120 it is only day two, I can't help but think 165 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.200 maybe we're starting to see a little bit of a 166 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:32.960 trend here. And I have had some conversations with some 167 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.559 other people, you know, We've we've shared some thoughts, we've 168 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.200 tossed around these numbers. I saw some conversation on social 169 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.639 media today pointing to specifically the five k being down. 170 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.080 You know, I touched on that on the last episode. 171 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:50.799 But yeah, but these numbers. You know, one very interesting 172 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:54.279 thing that I saw, as long as the sb Live 173 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.600 app is correct, the Mini Mystery Millions Day one A 174 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:03.200 had more entries than Day one B, sixteen thirty five 175 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.200 on Day one A, fifteen sixty two on Day one B. 176 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.840 And normally with these multi flight events, as you guys know, 177 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.480 it just builds builds builds, you know, progressively and somewhat exponentially. 178 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.559 If you were to graph it out to that final 179 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.960 starting day and the fact that it, I mean, for 180 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.679 all intentsive purposes it stayed just even, but it did 181 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.279 downtick a little bit, but you know, stayed a little 182 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:28.240 bit even. That's that's a little bit like hmm interesting. 183 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:30.960 You know again, I've always said this when I talk 184 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.399 about the wsp MA and event, the WSPA man event numbers, 185 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.240 is that, yes, the numbers may fluctuate up or down, 186 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.120 and everyone's going to talk about them. We're going to 187 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.000 talk about them, but at the end of the day, 188 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.320 when you look at the total number that the thing 189 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:49.080 spits out, it's it's likely going to be a very 190 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:52.320 good number all things considered. Right, So even if this 191 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.240 this mini mystery millions ends up with a smaller number 192 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.240 than we might have expected. It's still going to be 193 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:02.080 an enormous number. So let's not get lost, you know, 194 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.360 in everything else. But I do think it is interesting, 195 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.159 and I do think that, you know, part of it 196 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:12.039 is just there's a lot of stuff catching up finally 197 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.960 to the to the poker industry. You know, I think 198 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.279 poker's been kind of on a high for a while, 199 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:21.399 and you know, for lack of a better term, whistling 200 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.200 past the graveyard, because I think there's a lot of 201 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.960 stuff happening in the regular world. You know, a lot 202 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:31.799 of prices for everything are high. Producer Rich shout out producer, which, 203 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.080 by the way, you know, he's been busting his ass 204 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:38.320 helping me with this podcast every single day. But you 205 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.960 know he's like, gases six dollars a gallon milk? Is 206 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:42.879 this like, you know, he's shooting me all the numbers. 207 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.120 I mean, I get it. You know, like in the 208 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:46.360 real world, it's it's tough, you know. I even I 209 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.240 go to the grocery store and at the end of it, 210 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.039 I wonder where the hell all my money went. So, 211 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.639 you know, maybe maybe people do finally have fewer bucks 212 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.919 to throw around on a poker turn, or maybe you 213 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.600 know something that I'm not totally ruling out. Maybe it's like, listen, 214 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.200 I don't want to play these earlier events because I'm 215 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.240 saving it up for the main event, right, I mean 216 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:08.240 I could certainly see that, you know, if you only 217 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:11.279 have so much money to spend, and you got to 218 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.240 be a little bit careful, a little bit more budget 219 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.200 conscious for what you put where you put that that 220 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.440 poker money, you know, I think you're going to fire 221 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.159 it into the main event versus anything else. So just 222 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.120 just something to I guess keep an eye on. You 223 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.440 know that that five K did finish down as well, 224 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.759 down from last year five seventy entries this year, six 225 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.519 ninety three last year. The fifteen hundred dollars Omaha eight 226 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.559 that got eight hundred and twenty eight entries this year. 227 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.919 Last year had nine ten, So you know thing. And 228 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.000 we also talked about the win event the other day 229 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.879 or yesterday. You know that eleven hundred one million dollar 230 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.840 guarantee missed by one hundred and seventy k. If you 231 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:50.480 just throw all the rake in and put all the 232 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.879 money towards the prize school, I think I saw Ryan 233 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.320 Laplant on social media say that it's a like it's 234 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.480 a it's a true guarantee, true overlay of sixty K. 235 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:04.240 I think he had it at so, you know, but still, 236 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:07.360 I mean, it's it just seems like, hmm, interesting, And 237 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:09.480 I guess this is probably a good time for me 238 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:14.200 to talk about another idea that's been building in my 239 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.960 mind probably for the last year or so. And I 240 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.600 can't recall if I talked about this on last summer's podcast, 241 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:26.919 but I think that when when everyone is going in 242 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.480 the same direction, that's not gonna allow everyone to win. Like, yeah, 243 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:35.120 certain players are gonna win, when I mean a player, 244 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.080 like an operator, That's what I'm getting out here. But 245 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.840 everyone in poker seems to build their like summer schedules 246 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:46.279 around these price points of like let's say six hundred 247 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.279 dollars up to five k, like that that's what everyone 248 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.759 really focuses on. And it's really six hundred dollars up 249 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.759 to two k like in that range, you know, the wins, 250 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.000 the Venetians, the Arias of the world, you know, and 251 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.919 and they have to then compete with the juggernaut that 252 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:04.720 is the World Series of Poker, or that is the 253 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.919 biggest and the best, of course, but I just feel 254 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:12.039 like there's I feel like there's a path or maybe 255 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:16.159 a slight door opening for someone to go the complete 256 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.080 other way and just put on an entire high roller series. 257 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.919 Like I'm talking minimum buying twenty five k, have some 258 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:24.799 twenty five ks, some fifty ks, that sort of stuff. 259 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.000 And listen when I say this, I'm also looking at us, 260 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.440 meaning poker Girl on the poker Gro tour, because I 261 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.039 feel like we could do this, you know, in the 262 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:36.600 poker Gro studio, turn it into a lounge type of 263 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:42.559 atmosphere and just run these bigger buying events and make it, 264 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:47.840 you know, more of like an exclusive memberships type of club, 265 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.919 although it wouldn't be a club and it wouldn't be 266 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.039 require a membership, it wouldn't be closed off, but have 267 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.240 that luxury feel to it, right like, Oh, like that's 268 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.480 the members only club over there, that's the country club. 269 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.120 Oh how do I get in there? Oh I gotta 270 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.320 have twenty five k oh, I gotta have fifty k oh. 271 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:08.039 Oh that's interesting, you know. So so that like I 272 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:10.759 feel like there's a there's a pathway for every time, 273 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.360 every time somebody or a group of people or whatever 274 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.519 are all going one direction. It's just my mind that 275 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.240 I want to go the other direction, and that's in everything. 276 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.200 So you know, maybe that's that's something to come in 277 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:25.799 the future because you can only fight over you know, 278 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.320 the one k players that population. There's only so many 279 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.720 of those people to go around, and there's a lot 280 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:38.120 of really good tournaments and venues on offer, but again, 281 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:40.919 there's only so many players that can play all that 282 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.600 sort of stuff. So if you're all trying to grab 283 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.639 that same piece of the pie, I mean, I mean, 284 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:49.840 it's just not gonna work out. So maybe think about 285 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.039 going the other way. And I'm not saying to run 286 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.080 one of those every single day, those high buying events, 287 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.120 because I do think you need to be you have 288 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.600 to pay attention to what the World Series is doing 289 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.639 because that's again that's the biggest and the best, and 290 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.200 then you kind of build it around that, right, So 291 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:05.279 you know, I don't. I just thought that was an 292 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.960 interesting thought that I had, And maybe maybe I'm just 293 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.440 a total idiot when it comes to that. If you 294 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.080 guys won't let me know if I'm an idiot or not, 295 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.879 just you know, fire some tweets at me and I'm happy. 296 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:25.159 I'm happy to engage with it on. But again, you know, 297 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:27.000 just back to the numbers. I'm not gonna sit here 298 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:28.759 and I'm gonna say that that the sky is falling. 299 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.480 I think a lot of people, did, you know, expect 300 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.679 numbers to be down a little bit this year compared 301 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.399 to last year. You know, even if you just look 302 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:41.360 again at the prediction markets out there, they do have 303 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.720 they favor the numbers being down more so than up. 304 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.799 So you know, of course, as always, it's only day two. 305 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.840 We've seen this thing start on the slower side and 306 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.039 then explode later, so you know, I'm not going to 307 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.720 be too worried either way. The big story that that 308 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.519 I'm I'm just starting to get through all of this 309 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:08.119 is that the w SIP finally feels awake alive. Here 310 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:11.279 it is maybe it's maybe we're at the point where, 311 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.119 like you know, you're sitting up in bed and the 312 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.440 WSP is like stretching its arms to the side and 313 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:17.440 it's getting ready to get up and out of bed. 314 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.359 But one person who is fully ready to go is 315 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.799 mister Martin Cabrell. Like that this guy is He's off 316 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:31.960 and running. The Martin Cabrell show has begun, it has started. 317 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.799 It helps that he has a pile of chips at 318 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.200 least right now at the time of recording. In the 319 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.359 five K nolam at hold him. On day two deep 320 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.799 into the money, last I checked, he was in fifth place. 321 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.079 You know, obviously give or take based on the chip fluctuations, 322 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.440 but with forty four players left. So I mean you 323 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.880 and you hear it too. I mean, he's he's doing 324 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:58.400 his whole thing, casino royale, talking to people. Oh, he's 325 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.960 just waiting for kings, Oh, reading for races, you know, 326 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:07.960 the whole like everything about him is happening. So, first 327 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.039 of all, I don't think that this should surprise anyone, 328 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:15.680 because Martin Cabrell is an incredible poker player, especially in 329 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.240 you know, these kind of higher buying events. I would 330 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:21.480 say a five K starts to get up there a 331 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:23.079 little bit. You know, it's not quite a ten K, 332 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.559 it's obviously not a twenty five K, but you know, 333 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.240 you got to have a little bit going for you 334 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.720 if you're going to start firing into these five k's 335 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:37.680 at the WSP. He can absolutely play when he gets 336 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.319 chips and he's feeling it and he's in the groove. 337 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:45.359 He's frustrating to play against, for sure. He's also frustrating 338 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.440 to deal with when he's when he's feeling himself and 339 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:50.359 he's being the character that is Martin Cabrell. So all 340 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.480 that sort of stuff, I feel like is just just 341 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:55.599 makes him like a vacuum for the chips around him. 342 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:58.599 I thought coming out of the twenty five K Fantasy 343 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:02.440 draft that Martin's pro of sixty nine dollars was too low. 344 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:06.440 That's to me, that's tremendous value. Now is he going 345 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:10.799 to be firing every single tournament under the sun like 346 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.400 Sean Deep is doing. No, the volume will be less, 347 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:17.839 but Martin Carell is going to be at the World 348 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:21.720 Series of Poker every single day. And last year I 349 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.599 think he got a taste of the Player of the 350 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:28.279 Year race. He was, you know, right up there contending 351 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:32.240 like till the very end. And this year, if he 352 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:36.200 can have some sort of really big success in this 353 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:38.440 five K, now a deep run like this is great 354 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:40.359 and he's making you know, two or three access money 355 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.359 and all that sort of stuff. But obviously, for Martin Cabrell, 356 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:45.839 it's about making final tables hundreds of thousands of dollars 357 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.400 and winning bracelets, and if he's ultimately able to let's say, 358 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.640 finish top five in this event or top three year 359 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:54.680 or heck, when win the damn bracelet to start, I 360 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:58.119 feel like he's going to be extra motivated to go 361 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.880 on and really chase that player that here. Him and 362 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.240 Sean deep have a nice, like friendly rivalry. I think 363 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.160 they're friends and then they kind of, you know, go 364 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.839 back and forth with each other about stuff. So, you know, 365 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:10.599 being able to go toe to toe with Sean deeb 366 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.839 throughout the Player of the Year race, that would be fun. 367 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:16.359 I think for Martin as well, he's just somebody who 368 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:19.440 he thrives in chaos. Yes, he is polarizing, of course, 369 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.960 you know, I know he has both sides of him. 370 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.720 There's the constant debate, you know, is Martin Carell good 371 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.759 for poker? Is he good for poker? And people can 372 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.440 kind of take both sides. I think I know where 373 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.880 the large majority of you land on that, on that 374 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:35.880 that idea, but you know, still, you know, I think 375 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:41.079 that a character like this does bring a fair amount 376 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:43.599 of eyeballs to the game and too what he's doing, 377 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:46.400 and you know, I don't know, I feel like it's 378 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.200 kind of it's kind of just one of those wacky 379 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:53.279 things that that poker has that you ultimately just love 380 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.839 about it is that these characters can be themselves and 381 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:03.559 it just feeds into the entire whackiness of this whole industry. Now, 382 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:08.519 at the same time, you also have another polarizing figure 383 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:14.079 in the same event, also going deep with Martin Cabrell, 384 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:19.240 and that is Maurice Hawkins. And he's still in and 385 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.799 he's still doing well. And at when I'm looking at 386 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.200 the app right now, it's eleven fifty one. There are 387 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:29.880 thirty two players left. You got Cabrel right now in 388 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:34.680 fifth place. You got sixth places Maurice Hawkins. Obviously, Maurice Hawkins, 389 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:38.240 you know, has had his situations that he's had to 390 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:41.759 deal with over the years. That said, on the Felt, 391 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.720 he is the winningest WSB's Circuit player of all time. 392 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.680 He's got twenty five gold rings. I mean, it's it's unbelievable, 393 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:52.519 like all the stuff this guy goes through, how often 394 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.799 he's in the news kind of fighting and bickering with people, 395 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.640 but then when it comes down to playing and winning, 396 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.319 like he seems to just do it on the Felt, 397 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:07.720 which is crazy, but he's also still in so you know, earlier, 398 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:10.200 you know when I said, like there's a story here 399 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.359 that's happening, there's a story there that's happening. These are 400 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:14.960 two of the stories that are starting to happen. You know, 401 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.319