WEBVTT - How Maria Won Her First WSOP Bracelet 0:00:15.604 --> 0:00:27.524 Pushkin. Welcome back to Risky Business, a show about making 0:00:27.564 --> 0:00:30.044 better decisions. I'm Maria Kanikova. 0:00:29.924 --> 0:00:32.804 And I'm Nate Silver today on the program. 0:00:32.884 --> 0:00:36.244 Since the last time you heard this show, one of 0:00:36.284 --> 0:00:38.764 the two hosts of Receive Business has won a world 0:00:38.804 --> 0:00:41.844 series of pook or Bracelet. We will soon disclose who 0:00:41.884 --> 0:00:44.324 that is in connect an interview with him or her. 0:00:45.564 --> 0:00:48.404 I love the suspense building night and looking forward to 0:00:48.444 --> 0:00:51.404 the interview with him or her. After that, we're going 0:00:51.484 --> 0:00:54.764 to ship gears and talk about the Nobel Prizes, specifically 0:00:54.964 --> 0:00:58.084 the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded a last week, 0:00:58.364 --> 0:01:03.604 and pe Doom and the probability of nuclear destruction and 0:01:03.644 --> 0:01:06.044 what has happened with that over the years, and. 0:01:05.964 --> 0:01:18.564 Then some politics. So exciting poker developments. 0:01:18.604 --> 0:01:22.044 This weekend, I was down in uh New Orleans for 0:01:22.084 --> 0:01:24.524 a friend's birthday, play a little bit at the Haras there, 0:01:24.604 --> 0:01:27.644 which has a very aggressive policy of making sure there 0:01:27.684 --> 0:01:28.964 are lots of drink servers. 0:01:29.004 --> 0:01:30.364 So the games are good and loose. 0:01:30.924 --> 0:01:34.884 One three game and I won two hundred and one dollars, 0:01:34.964 --> 0:01:37.444 and even more excited found that it was a twenty 0:01:37.444 --> 0:01:39.484 five dollars ship by forgotten to cash in, so really 0:01:39.844 --> 0:01:41.604 really to twenty six. So I think it would be 0:01:41.644 --> 0:01:45.084 hard to top that for poker accomplishment since the last show, right. 0:01:44.964 --> 0:01:46.884 Maria, I think it would be. 0:01:46.964 --> 0:01:49.924 I think that's that's pretty impressive and congratulations. It always 0:01:49.964 --> 0:01:51.804 feels so good to find that extra chip. 0:01:52.044 --> 0:01:54.804 It's like sound, it's like almost better than yeah, it's 0:01:54.804 --> 0:01:57.404 almost better than actually having the cash. 0:01:57.604 --> 0:01:59.964 I feel like, yeah, for sure, for sure, because you 0:02:00.004 --> 0:02:02.684 forget you have it. I love the poker stories, by 0:02:02.684 --> 0:02:06.724 the way, as a tangent of djens, because they're always djens, 0:02:06.764 --> 0:02:09.764 like poker players who are not djens. These stores don't 0:02:09.764 --> 0:02:11.644 happen to them when they're like, oh, you know, I 0:02:11.684 --> 0:02:15.044 was emptying out an old sweatshirt and I found, you know, 0:02:15.124 --> 0:02:18.444 two five K chips or like a day or this 0:02:18.644 --> 0:02:21.124 or that, and they totally forget. They're like, oh, in 0:02:21.124 --> 0:02:23.764 this old backpack, like at a twenty five K chip, 0:02:23.844 --> 0:02:28.364 like it's awesome. So so those stories always tend to 0:02:28.404 --> 0:02:30.644 crack me up, but they do happen. Then it happened 0:02:30.644 --> 0:02:31.964 more frequently than you would think. 0:02:32.964 --> 0:02:37.364 Meanwhile, I woke up on Monday a little bit later 0:02:37.364 --> 0:02:40.324 than usual due to the New Orleans weekend, and I 0:02:40.364 --> 0:02:42.324 saw a note from you posted at what time? 0:02:42.444 --> 0:02:44.244 Was this like three or four in the morning or something. 0:02:44.564 --> 0:02:46.124 It was three in the morning Pacific time. 0:02:46.204 --> 0:02:48.564 Yeah, okay, Maria, tell me what that note said. 0:02:50.124 --> 0:02:52.844 I don't remember exactly what the wording was, but something 0:02:52.884 --> 0:02:55.644 along the lines of like, holy shit, I won my 0:02:55.684 --> 0:02:58.364 first World Series of Poker bracelet. 0:02:58.484 --> 0:03:00.284 Oh my gosh, Maria, I'm so proud of you, and 0:03:00.324 --> 0:03:02.004 the audience of the show is proud of you too. 0:03:02.084 --> 0:03:04.564 So tell me, tell me everything. Tell me. Did the 0:03:04.564 --> 0:03:06.284 tournament actually end at three am? 0:03:06.844 --> 0:03:09.404 Yeah? The tournament ended at like at like two fifes 0:03:09.564 --> 0:03:12.724 day something something along those lines. So it was an 0:03:12.764 --> 0:03:15.004 incredibly long tournament. I mean, it was ten and a 0:03:15.004 --> 0:03:23.164 half hours. But those those hours tend to be much 0:03:23.204 --> 0:03:26.404 more difficult for players like me who are getting on 0:03:26.644 --> 0:03:30.484 in year's night, because we're playing so late into the night. So, 0:03:30.884 --> 0:03:33.164 you know, it's unlike in a live World Series of 0:03:33.164 --> 0:03:36.524 Poker event, where like you're playing over multiple days. Like here, 0:03:36.564 --> 0:03:39.164 it's just concentrated. And you know, I happen to be 0:03:39.244 --> 0:03:41.484 in Las Vegas right now, which is where I was 0:03:41.484 --> 0:03:43.924 playing this event. But for the poor people on the 0:03:43.924 --> 0:03:46.964 East Coast, it's even worse. Right, they ended at six am, 0:03:47.844 --> 0:03:48.804 So tell me more. 0:03:48.644 --> 0:03:54.324 About this is a bracelet event obviously, what is it 0:03:54.564 --> 0:03:55.764 eighty eight or something? 0:03:55.964 --> 0:03:59.484 Yeah, it's the Crazy eight eight eight eight event and 0:04:00.724 --> 0:04:05.684 it was part of so as of last year, the 0:04:05.684 --> 0:04:08.804 World Series of Poker has done a fall series where 0:04:08.804 --> 0:04:11.564 they have I don't actually know how many events twenty 0:04:11.684 --> 0:04:16.044 something like that were they were they award online bracelets, 0:04:16.044 --> 0:04:18.084 which is you know, a different thing because some people 0:04:18.124 --> 0:04:22.044 think that online bracelets shouldn't count, but they do count 0:04:22.124 --> 0:04:25.044 for now. So I'm going to account mine because. 0:04:24.844 --> 0:04:27.684 I want what did you do when you won? 0:04:29.284 --> 0:04:32.564 Oh? My I was very, very tired, and everyone I 0:04:32.604 --> 0:04:35.764 know was asleep, so I oh, except for my parents. 0:04:35.844 --> 0:04:38.804 So my parents are currently on vacation in France. So 0:04:38.884 --> 0:04:41.644 I texted my parents and told them that I want 0:04:41.644 --> 0:04:43.244 a bracelet because they were the only people I knew 0:04:43.284 --> 0:04:48.564 who were awake plus sleep. Anyway, what your husband was asleep? 0:04:49.164 --> 0:04:51.084 He was asleep, yes, but I did wake him up 0:04:51.524 --> 0:04:57.564 to tell him you should Yeah, yes, and uh I 0:04:57.604 --> 0:05:01.244 obviously I also texted Eric's sidell since you know he 0:05:01.804 --> 0:05:03.964 this is as I'm not going to say as much 0:05:03.964 --> 0:05:06.284 as victory, but like, I wouldn't be here if it 0:05:06.284 --> 0:05:09.164 weren't for his mentorship and coaching and training throughout the 0:05:09.244 --> 0:05:13.884 year and support. So he was asleep. But he by 0:05:13.884 --> 0:05:16.364 the time he texted me back, I was asleep because 0:05:17.044 --> 0:05:18.804 you know, I went to bed quite light. 0:05:19.484 --> 0:05:22.124 Did you adopt an a particular strategy for this event? 0:05:22.164 --> 0:05:22.644 I mean, do you? 0:05:22.724 --> 0:05:24.244 I mean know, the vibes are a little bit different 0:05:24.244 --> 0:05:26.764 than on Yeah, he's online. I haven't played that many. 0:05:26.804 --> 0:05:29.444 I've never even cashed one night online actually. 0:05:29.204 --> 0:05:31.164 With the World So this is the first. Yeah, this 0:05:31.244 --> 0:05:33.964 is the first time I've played in an online bracelet series. 0:05:34.004 --> 0:05:37.044 Actually that's not true. I played during COVID. So do 0:05:37.044 --> 0:05:40.404 you remember during COVID when the World Series Live was canceled, 0:05:40.524 --> 0:05:44.164 they ended up doing a bracelet series that summer during 0:05:44.244 --> 0:05:47.924 the World Series instead, And we rented an airbnb in 0:05:47.964 --> 0:05:51.244 New Jersey and spent a few weeks in New Jersey 0:05:51.284 --> 0:05:53.764 and I played online there and did not do well. 0:05:54.524 --> 0:05:57.804 But so this is this is a second online series 0:05:57.844 --> 0:06:03.084 that I've played, and I got to Vegas a few 0:06:03.124 --> 0:06:07.084 days ago this weekend and have been able to play 0:06:07.084 --> 0:06:11.844 a few events, and it's definitely you know, it's definitely 0:06:11.884 --> 0:06:15.164 different because I'm a lot I'm someone who specializes in 0:06:15.204 --> 0:06:18.404 live tournaments, so it's hard for me. It's much harder 0:06:18.404 --> 0:06:20.764 for me to play online because I don't see faces, 0:06:20.844 --> 0:06:22.844 you know, I don't see a lot of the kind 0:06:22.844 --> 0:06:27.524 of physical things that I would normally use. That's it 0:06:27.684 --> 0:06:31.324 I actually started. You know, I learned poker by playing online. 0:06:31.764 --> 0:06:33.564 I would go to New Jersey every single day and 0:06:33.564 --> 0:06:38.364 play on Poker Stars. I know that. Yeah, so because 0:06:38.604 --> 0:06:40.524 online poker is not legal in New York but is 0:06:40.604 --> 0:06:43.684 legal in New Jersey, I would. I would cross the river, 0:06:43.684 --> 0:06:46.004 i would take the Path train, and I would sit 0:06:46.044 --> 0:06:48.244 in a cafe and I'd play online on Poker Stars. 0:06:48.564 --> 0:06:50.404 And the reason I did that, even though I always 0:06:50.444 --> 0:06:52.284 knew that I had that I wanted to play live, 0:06:52.684 --> 0:06:55.164 was everyone I was working with, namely you know, Eric 0:06:55.204 --> 0:06:58.204 Sidell and Phil Galfond. At the time, they were saying, 0:06:58.244 --> 0:06:59.684 you know, you need to get hands in, right, you 0:06:59.724 --> 0:07:01.804 need to get practice in. You need to you need 0:07:01.844 --> 0:07:04.684 to get repetition and figure out what these spots feel like. 0:07:04.724 --> 0:07:06.804 And the only way to do that is by playing online. 0:07:07.364 --> 0:07:10.004 So it's not like, you know, I start it live 0:07:10.084 --> 0:07:13.164 and I've never played online. That was where my initial 0:07:13.204 --> 0:07:16.204 training came from. But I still actually think that for me, 0:07:16.684 --> 0:07:21.084 online poker is much tougher and my I mean, my 0:07:21.124 --> 0:07:24.244 strategy was just to try to play as as well 0:07:24.284 --> 0:07:28.204 as I possibly could, and I ended up in for 0:07:28.364 --> 0:07:31.284 the max number of rebuys, which obviously is not ideal. 0:07:31.324 --> 0:07:34.764 You could rebuy three times and I had, I had, 0:07:34.924 --> 0:07:38.644 I ran pocket Jacks into pocket Kings twice for my 0:07:38.924 --> 0:07:41.524 for two of the bust outs, and my final hand 0:07:41.524 --> 0:07:45.284 of the tournament, actually in Poetic Justice, was pocket Jack's. 0:07:45.684 --> 0:07:50.404 But yeah, so you know, obviously I don't love max rebuying, 0:07:50.484 --> 0:07:52.164 but I was ready to do that, and I think 0:07:52.204 --> 0:07:56.204 sometimes you need to, you know, when you know, the 0:07:56.484 --> 0:07:58.204 rebuys are there for a reason, you know, you're playing 0:07:58.244 --> 0:08:02.444 a rebuy event, and so I just wanted to play 0:08:02.484 --> 0:08:06.084 my best game and uh, really make sure that I 0:08:06.244 --> 0:08:09.404 was playing well and not punting. So a few days ago, 0:08:10.044 --> 0:08:12.564 the first online Bracelet event I played was the thirty 0:08:12.564 --> 0:08:16.364 two hundred six max and I came in eighth, and 0:08:16.404 --> 0:08:20.684 that was so close, and I was actually, you know, 0:08:20.804 --> 0:08:23.924 talking to someone afterwards, and I was like, oh man, 0:08:23.964 --> 0:08:25.924 that's probably the closest I'll ever come to winning a 0:08:25.964 --> 0:08:30.164 Bracelet seventh player. So I and then a few days later, 0:08:30.404 --> 0:08:33.564 I came even closer, so that felt very nice. 0:08:33.924 --> 0:08:36.604 So this fourth bullet, was it relatively smooth that you 0:08:36.604 --> 0:08:41.044 wrack up a big stack early or uh no, so. 0:08:41.844 --> 0:08:44.204 Some of it was smooth, but I actually so you 0:08:44.204 --> 0:08:47.324 can review all of your hands, which I did prior 0:08:47.364 --> 0:08:50.964 to this conversation. You know, I had gotten I got 0:08:51.004 --> 0:08:53.804 short a few times, and then there were actually a 0:08:53.844 --> 0:08:57.484 few pivotal hands that really helped propel me to the win. 0:08:58.724 --> 0:09:04.204 I was middle of the pack for most of the tournament, 0:09:04.284 --> 0:09:06.884 and I was actually quite low. In the last bullet. 0:09:06.884 --> 0:09:09.444 I thought that I was going to bust because I 0:09:09.484 --> 0:09:13.324 got very unlucky in one hand and was down to 0:09:13.524 --> 0:09:17.004 some ten big blinds for a chunk of time, and 0:09:17.044 --> 0:09:20.404 then was able to work it back up, grind it 0:09:20.444 --> 0:09:25.044 back up, and build up a stack. And then there 0:09:25.044 --> 0:09:27.564 were a few hands that I thought were quite interesting. 0:09:27.644 --> 0:09:29.884 I think one of the most important hands in the 0:09:29.924 --> 0:09:34.604 tournament was when we were down to two tables. So 0:09:34.644 --> 0:09:37.324 at this point we were already all in the money, 0:09:37.524 --> 0:09:41.524 and the pay jumps by the way, So because I 0:09:41.564 --> 0:09:43.404 was in for four bullets, I needed to get better 0:09:43.444 --> 0:09:47.684 than tenth to break even. Because it's a very it's 0:09:47.724 --> 0:09:54.044 a very flat payout structure, and we were I think 0:09:54.044 --> 0:09:57.444 there were fifteen of us left at the time, and 0:09:57.844 --> 0:10:00.884 I was kind of middle of the road, you know, 0:10:01.044 --> 0:10:04.724 I was I had twenty something big blinds. So I 0:10:04.844 --> 0:10:08.004 ended up we were eight handed at the table, and 0:10:08.084 --> 0:10:10.964 I was in the hijack. For people who don't know poker, 0:10:11.084 --> 0:10:13.804 you know, that's kind of middle middleish position. And I 0:10:13.924 --> 0:10:16.524 was dealt King ten of Spades, which is which is 0:10:16.564 --> 0:10:17.164 a pretty good hand. 0:10:17.204 --> 0:10:19.404 Yeah, you're pretty excited, pretty excited. 0:10:19.204 --> 0:10:22.164 Pretty excited. So I raised men raised, you know, two 0:10:22.244 --> 0:10:25.684 big blinds, and then the player who was on the button, 0:10:25.964 --> 0:10:28.204 who was the biggest stack at the table, so almost 0:10:28.284 --> 0:10:30.164 twice what I had. 0:10:30.684 --> 0:10:32.964 And don't don't know who this is. 0:10:33.564 --> 0:10:37.924 No, his his name was Sabuku. So his screen name 0:10:38.084 --> 0:10:42.804 is Ritualistic Suicide by Disembelment. So so that's fun. 0:10:42.844 --> 0:10:46.844 And you're in the hijack. A lot of violent terminology. 0:10:46.204 --> 0:10:50.404 Here, absolutely, I'm in the hijack, and and he is 0:10:50.444 --> 0:10:53.564 on the button and he decides to three bet me 0:10:54.004 --> 0:10:59.564 and he makes it six bitlines. And you know, this 0:10:59.684 --> 0:11:03.404 is already an interesting spot, right because I'm short enough 0:11:03.444 --> 0:11:06.084 that I could fold, but I have a really playable 0:11:06.124 --> 0:11:08.724 hand right, a hand that does really well post flop, 0:11:09.204 --> 0:11:11.684 and and you know it's not it's not a huge 0:11:11.724 --> 0:11:14.804 three bet anyway. It could go either. It can actually 0:11:14.804 --> 0:11:17.044 go anyway. Right, I can if I think he's full 0:11:17.084 --> 0:11:19.004 of shit, I can just shove because I have a 0:11:19.084 --> 0:11:22.604 nice reshove stack. I can fold, there's no shame in 0:11:23.044 --> 0:11:26.004 folding King ten. Or I can call. And I haven't 0:11:26.044 --> 0:11:29.164 run this hand through any sim yet, so I'm not 0:11:29.204 --> 0:11:31.564 sure if what I did was correct or not. But 0:11:31.644 --> 0:11:35.284 I called, and the flop. So at this point, right, 0:11:35.324 --> 0:11:38.204 what is our pot? At this point, our pot is 0:11:39.324 --> 0:11:43.404 fifteen yard blots, yeah, something like that. And the PLoP 0:11:43.564 --> 0:11:47.284 comes seven eight nine, one spade, two clubs, and we 0:11:47.364 --> 0:11:50.964 have King ten of spades yep. So we have an 0:11:51.004 --> 0:11:55.524 open ended straight draw right, seven eight nine ten, and 0:11:56.364 --> 0:12:00.644 we have a back door flush straw. Right, So we're drawing. 0:12:00.724 --> 0:12:03.404 We're drawing to a lot of nutty or second nutty 0:12:03.444 --> 0:12:05.724 type hands, but we don't have anything. We still have 0:12:05.804 --> 0:12:08.684 King high. So I check, which I would do with 0:12:08.724 --> 0:12:11.444 basically all of my hands in this situation when I'm 0:12:11.444 --> 0:12:16.004 out of position, and he checks back, which is interesting, right, 0:12:16.084 --> 0:12:19.164 because it tells me something about the strength of his hand. Right. Also, 0:12:19.164 --> 0:12:22.084 if he has really strong hands, he doesn't want to 0:12:22.164 --> 0:12:26.484 check back that board because it's an incredibly draw heavy board. Right. 0:12:26.524 --> 0:12:29.484 If you have pocket aces, you do not want me 0:12:29.564 --> 0:12:32.004 to see another card, right, You do not want me 0:12:32.044 --> 0:12:35.124 to hit my straight. You do not want me to 0:12:35.204 --> 0:12:39.564 hit my flush like they're you really do not want 0:12:39.604 --> 0:12:42.844 me to get a free card. Right, So he checks 0:12:42.884 --> 0:12:45.564 back and the turn is a queen of clubs. So 0:12:45.804 --> 0:12:49.564 now jack ten has made us straight. And let's remember 0:12:49.644 --> 0:12:51.324 I have a ten in my hand, right, so I 0:12:51.444 --> 0:12:56.284 block the nuts or the second obviously, meaning for lunch 0:12:56.284 --> 0:12:56.804 has come in. 0:12:57.364 --> 0:12:59.644 Yeah, meaning it's hard now harder for him to have 0:12:59.724 --> 0:13:03.524 combinatorically the best possible hand because you have. 0:13:04.524 --> 0:13:07.244 And that's actually not true because he could still have clubs, right, 0:13:07.284 --> 0:13:09.124 he could have one club in his hand. I don't 0:13:09.164 --> 0:13:12.484 think he checks back clubs on the on the flop, 0:13:12.604 --> 0:13:14.804 but he could have a hand with one club. That 0:13:14.844 --> 0:13:18.164 could be that could be drawing very live. But I 0:13:18.204 --> 0:13:21.084 don't think he has two clubs in his hand. And 0:13:21.604 --> 0:13:24.764 I am blocking the straight the not straight. But so 0:13:24.844 --> 0:13:27.484 the queen is actually like not not a great card 0:13:27.564 --> 0:13:31.084 for him when he checks when he checks back, the flop, 0:13:31.324 --> 0:13:33.204 and so I decide to lead. So here I do 0:13:33.324 --> 0:13:35.724 decide to lead, which I would actually do with a 0:13:35.724 --> 0:13:37.444 lot of my flushes, because I have a lot of 0:13:37.444 --> 0:13:40.524 flushes here, right, and and I do have straights here, 0:13:40.764 --> 0:13:42.964 and I don't want and with the ten like I 0:13:42.964 --> 0:13:45.604 could very well have jack ten. Now you know, I 0:13:45.924 --> 0:13:48.204 don't want any more clubs to roll off. So I bet, 0:13:49.124 --> 0:13:53.724 and I bet pretty small. And the reason I bet small, 0:13:53.764 --> 0:13:56.484 by the way, was if you think of the stack sizes, 0:13:56.684 --> 0:13:58.804 I will have a pot size bet left if he 0:13:58.844 --> 0:14:01.564 calls on the river. And so that's a really good 0:14:03.004 --> 0:14:06.404 ratio because I'll be able to shove for full pot 0:14:06.444 --> 0:14:07.764 and I can, by the way, still improve. 0:14:07.924 --> 0:14:09.884 He has some hands that just are gonna give up 0:14:09.844 --> 0:14:14.924 pretty easily there, you know, ace jack without a flushtraw 0:14:15.084 --> 0:14:18.164 or something like that or I don't know if that. 0:14:18.244 --> 0:14:21.324 Podcast For that small Yeah, for that small size, I 0:14:21.324 --> 0:14:23.324 can get a lot of hands that are doing better 0:14:23.364 --> 0:14:27.844 than me right to fold, which is great. And if 0:14:27.844 --> 0:14:29.724 he has a club, right, if he has the ace 0:14:29.764 --> 0:14:31.844 of clubs in his hands, if he has the King 0:14:31.844 --> 0:14:33.764 of club in his hands, he's never folding even to 0:14:33.804 --> 0:14:36.764 a huge bed, right. So so I think that I'm 0:14:36.764 --> 0:14:39.884 not accomplishing that much if I get bigger. And also 0:14:40.004 --> 0:14:42.164 his hands that aren't very happy. I don't think he's 0:14:42.204 --> 0:14:45.804 ever raising me with red aces right or red kings 0:14:46.724 --> 0:14:49.564 because that board is just not a great board for 0:14:49.684 --> 0:14:54.124 him to do that. So he calls and the river 0:14:54.244 --> 0:14:58.844 comes a queen of spades, so pairs of boord So now. 0:14:59.124 --> 0:15:01.164 Seven eight nine queen queen. 0:15:01.444 --> 0:15:04.764 Yep, three clubs, two spades, and so at this point 0:15:04.764 --> 0:15:08.444 I have king high, right, Yeah, I don't have much, 0:15:08.804 --> 0:15:13.644 and the pot is huge, and there's no way if 0:15:13.644 --> 0:15:15.684 I check, he's going to be checking back all of 0:15:15.724 --> 0:15:18.004 his a's highs, like he's going to be so happy 0:15:18.044 --> 0:15:21.684 to check that thing down. But if I bet, you know, 0:15:23.204 --> 0:15:27.084 he might hero call with some pairs. You know, now 0:15:27.084 --> 0:15:29.804 that the queen has paired, he might hero call some hands. 0:15:29.964 --> 0:15:31.644 But if I shove, if I go all in for 0:15:31.684 --> 0:15:33.844 the pot, that's a huge you know, that's a huge 0:15:33.844 --> 0:15:36.564 percentage of his stack too. And if he calls and 0:15:36.724 --> 0:15:41.044 is wrong, that's lights out for his stack. And he's 0:15:41.044 --> 0:15:42.644 the chip leader of the table. He's not the chip 0:15:42.724 --> 0:15:44.684 leader of the tournament, but he's the chip leader of 0:15:44.724 --> 0:15:46.284 the table, and that's a great position to be in. 0:15:46.884 --> 0:15:47.844 So I shove. 0:15:48.404 --> 0:15:51.604 Because you know, after kind of thinking through my options, 0:15:51.684 --> 0:15:54.564 I figured that I can, I can safely do that, 0:15:54.644 --> 0:15:57.244 and I can represent a lot of strong hands that 0:15:57.284 --> 0:16:00.964 he does not have. And by the way, when the 0:16:01.044 --> 0:16:05.004 Queen of Spades and the Queen of Clubs are both 0:16:05.164 --> 0:16:08.324 on the board, it's much less likely that he actually 0:16:08.404 --> 0:16:12.524 hasn't Ace Queen or kin queen because the suited varieties 0:16:13.924 --> 0:16:17.004 are are not there anymore for the ones that have 0:16:17.084 --> 0:16:17.764 backdoor draws. 0:16:17.804 --> 0:16:19.524 If he asked kid Queen, he might even fold it. 0:16:20.204 --> 0:16:25.324 Yeah, absolutely, So I shoved and the guy so in retrospect, 0:16:25.364 --> 0:16:30.884 shoving into a guy whose screen name is Japanese Ritualistics 0:16:31.044 --> 0:16:35.164 suicide by disemvelopment might not have been my finest people 0:16:35.164 --> 0:16:38.404 reading moment. But so he goes into the tank and 0:16:38.444 --> 0:16:40.444 he starts running down his time bank, and I'm like, 0:16:40.484 --> 0:16:42.404 oh fuck when they do that, right when they run 0:16:42.444 --> 0:16:44.004 down the time bank like they're calling. 0:16:44.444 --> 0:16:46.204 And then finally we have experience. 0:16:46.284 --> 0:16:48.724 I find like people people like to fold to me 0:16:48.764 --> 0:16:50.364 where they like to fold to you, though I feel 0:16:50.364 --> 0:16:50.644 like and. 0:16:50.644 --> 0:16:53.124 Yeah, that's probably true. Yeah, but he didn't know who 0:16:53.164 --> 0:16:57.684 I was. So eventually he folds and with that hand, 0:16:57.764 --> 0:17:00.604 I actually get the chip leader of the table and 0:17:01.364 --> 0:17:03.484 that was huge for me. Right, I'm still not chip 0:17:03.564 --> 0:17:05.364 leader of the tournament because all the chips are on 0:17:05.404 --> 0:17:09.844 the other table, but but I now have the blade 0:17:10.084 --> 0:17:12.644 because this bluff was able to get through. And by 0:17:12.644 --> 0:17:14.244 the way, had he called, I would have been out 0:17:14.444 --> 0:17:16.964 right because all of his pairs, even if he had 0:17:16.964 --> 0:17:18.924 pocket deuces, they beat me. 0:17:19.364 --> 0:17:20.044 His highs beat me. 0:17:20.324 --> 0:17:23.644 Basically, I am losing to everything that we get there with. 0:17:24.884 --> 0:17:27.284 And a few hands later, so at this point I 0:17:27.324 --> 0:17:30.044 become the table chip. Later then I lose a few hands. 0:17:30.084 --> 0:17:34.164 So the person to my direct right, so he's the 0:17:34.204 --> 0:17:36.844 small blind when I'm the big blind now covers me 0:17:37.004 --> 0:17:40.044 by a little bit, and a few hands later it 0:17:40.204 --> 0:17:45.044 folds to us and he raises the small blind and 0:17:45.084 --> 0:17:49.124 he raises big. He raises to four x, and I 0:17:49.244 --> 0:17:53.804 happened to have Queen's in the big blind, and I 0:17:53.924 --> 0:17:57.564 just and I at this point, I have thirty five 0:17:58.604 --> 0:18:01.324 big blind something like that, thirty six, and I just 0:18:01.364 --> 0:18:05.444 shove because you know, it puts max pressure on and 0:18:05.564 --> 0:18:07.844 I don't mind just taking down that pot. And he 0:18:07.924 --> 0:18:11.524 calls and he has nine, and that's very unfortunate. For 0:18:11.604 --> 0:18:14.804 him blind versus blind, right, we both have legitimate hands, 0:18:15.804 --> 0:18:18.964 and I hold, and that puts me into i think 0:18:19.044 --> 0:18:22.444 third in chips in the in the tournament, and after that, 0:18:23.204 --> 0:18:27.204 I you know, I went back and forth, but I 0:18:27.324 --> 0:18:29.444 had a big stack and I did not have any 0:18:29.484 --> 0:18:34.564 major losses and was able to eventually, yeah, win the tournament. 0:18:34.564 --> 0:18:36.724 But I think that that was kind of that was 0:18:36.764 --> 0:18:40.324 a that bluff. The fact that bluff went through was crucial. 0:18:40.444 --> 0:18:42.804 And then having that Queen's hand after, you know, a 0:18:42.804 --> 0:18:45.964 few hands later, I think was really important. So one 0:18:46.004 --> 0:18:48.884 of those hands was skilled right the bluff, and the 0:18:48.924 --> 0:18:53.684 other hand was pure luck because you know, it's it 0:18:53.764 --> 0:18:56.204 was lucky for me that he had a legitimate hand 0:18:56.244 --> 0:18:58.924 and that that legitimate hand wasn't kings or races. 0:18:59.284 --> 0:19:00.164 I like nines. 0:19:01.604 --> 0:19:05.084 I like nice too. I like nines too. 0:19:06.644 --> 0:19:09.364 Have you processed it yet? I haven't. 0:19:09.484 --> 0:19:12.524 I was very tired yesterday and I haven't really had 0:19:12.564 --> 0:19:14.764 a chance to let it sink in. But you know, 0:19:14.804 --> 0:19:17.284 it feels really nice. I think it's a big accomplishment 0:19:17.364 --> 0:19:19.364 and I'm just going to be proud of it. God 0:19:19.404 --> 0:19:21.004 damn it. 0:19:21.604 --> 0:19:24.164 Yeah, you can't prove anyway. We're really proud of you, Maria. 0:19:24.284 --> 0:19:28.684 The whole show is dunk in the audience. So congrats, thank. 0:19:28.484 --> 0:19:32.964 You, thank you. I'm playing another event today, Oh jeez. 0:19:32.964 --> 0:19:35.804 Okay, see that's kind of low key, Djen. I feel 0:19:35.804 --> 0:19:37.844 like to like be like people do that, to be 0:19:37.844 --> 0:19:39.524 like I just want a million dollars. I'm gonna jump 0:19:39.564 --> 0:19:41.924 in this eight hundred dollars tournament if I want to 0:19:41.964 --> 0:19:42.524 fuck embrace it. 0:19:42.964 --> 0:19:44.844 Taking a few days off tell you. 0:19:44.804 --> 0:19:50.244 That, Well, well, I'll be taking a few days off 0:19:50.284 --> 0:19:54.124 after this because I'm leaving the lovely state of Nevada 0:19:55.004 --> 0:19:59.964 and going to Miami. So so I'm not going to 0:20:00.004 --> 0:20:01.164 be able to play poker there. 0:20:02.044 --> 0:20:03.804 There is poker Miami, I'll have you know. 0:20:05.164 --> 0:20:07.804 There is poker in Miami. But I will not be 0:20:07.844 --> 0:20:09.124 playing poker in Miami. 0:20:10.724 --> 0:20:14.604 Okay, well, congrets for me, and let's talk about nuclear war. 0:20:15.564 --> 0:20:19.444 Yeah, after the break, nuclear war and other fun things. 0:20:35.364 --> 0:20:35.484 Right. 0:20:35.604 --> 0:20:40.964 So we are recording this on Tuesday, October fifteenth, and 0:20:41.404 --> 0:20:45.684 this is the week after all of the Nobel Prizes 0:20:46.084 --> 0:20:50.484 were awarded, and the one I want to talk about today, Nate, was, 0:20:50.764 --> 0:20:53.924 you know, one of the biggest Nobel prizes that is 0:20:53.964 --> 0:20:56.604 often could have awarded to make some sort of a statement. 0:20:57.084 --> 0:21:00.564 And this is the Nobel Peace Prize, and this year 0:21:01.084 --> 0:21:06.244 it went to an organization called Nihon Hidankyo, which is 0:21:06.644 --> 0:21:11.324 an organization that was found in nineteen fifty six by 0:21:11.524 --> 0:21:18.524 survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So 0:21:19.604 --> 0:21:24.324 these are the Hibakusha that's the Japanese word for survivors, 0:21:24.724 --> 0:21:28.444 and so ever since it's been founded, they've been working 0:21:28.844 --> 0:21:33.884 towards a world basically where nuclear deterns, a strong nuclear disarmament, 0:21:34.684 --> 0:21:38.124 and they've been trying to kind of enforce this nuclear 0:21:38.164 --> 0:21:42.164 taboo right that you cannot use nuclear weapons. And so 0:21:42.284 --> 0:21:45.524 it means something that after all this time, that they 0:21:45.924 --> 0:21:51.484 were awarded the Nobel Prize this year, And so I 0:21:51.564 --> 0:21:54.604 want to first I'd love to hear your reaction. Then 0:21:54.644 --> 0:21:56.804 I wanted to talk about, you know, why now and 0:21:56.964 --> 0:21:59.684 why it's so important now that you know, these survivors 0:21:59.684 --> 0:22:02.524 are in their eighties and there aren't very many of 0:22:02.564 --> 0:22:05.764 them left, why it's so important that a group like 0:22:05.804 --> 0:22:10.724 this actually be honored and what they're fighting for kind 0:22:10.724 --> 0:22:13.124 of be brought to the public consciousness. 0:22:13.724 --> 0:22:16.564