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On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP). 

In the final show of the summer, Chad & Jesse welcome two guests to the show starting with the legendary Phil Hellmuth! The “Poker Brat” captured his record-extending 17th WSOP gold bracelet earlier in the series, and he sits down with the boys to talk all about it.

The other guest is this year’s Poker Hall of Fame inductee Brian Rast, who also won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for a record-tying third time. Rast shares his thoughts on being inducted, who he’d like to see join him, and much more.

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Here's a look at this episode's topics:

- Gorodinsky’s empty Bellagio lockbox
- WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas
- The Jeff Platt Curse
- Weinman’s jacks-versus-queens-versus-kings key hand
- Daniel Weinman wins 2023 WSOP Main Event
- WSOP Player of the Year race
- Final 2023 WSOP updates on Phil Hellmuth & Daniel Negreanu

Time Stamps
*Time | Topic*
00:35 | Welcome to the show
00:43 | Guest Phil Hellmuth joins the show
01:03 | Advising all the companies
02:50 | Capturing record-extending 17th gold bracelet
06:18 | Heads-up lasted just one hand
08:50 | Who did you give your bracelet to?
11:32 | Playing Triton Poker for the first time?
12:17 | Big hand against Nick Rigby
14:54 | Getting tired at the poker table
15:58 | Will you be at the WSOP Paradise?
17:40 | Don’t be jealous of Phil Ivey
19:20 | Sponsor: Global Poker
20:00 | Announcing the winner of a signed WSOP cushion
21:23 | Mike Gorodinsky’s empty Bellagio lockbox
23:23 | WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas
25:09 | The Jeff Platt Curse
27:09 | Weinman’s jacks-versus-queens-versus-kings key hand
29:09 | Daniel Weinman wins 2023 WSOP Main Event
31:09 | WSOP Player of the Year race
33:09 | Final 2023 WSOP updates on Phil Hellmuth & Daniel Negreanu
35:27 | Guest Brian Rast joins the show
36:05 | How has your summer been as a whole?
38:06 | How did you feel when you were nominated for Poker Hall of Fame?
42:06 | Who would you like to see join you in the PHoF?
45:00 | Not all bracelets are created equal
47:20 | What keeps you motivated?
52:00 | Remembering your first WSOP cash
54:42 | DJ Rast’s song mixing
55:50 | What $50,000 Poker Players Championship titles mean the most?
59:13 | Do you have any memorable Doyle Brunson stories?
1:02:50 | Where are all your bracelets?
1:04:15 | July PokerNews Freerolls

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP). 

In the penultimate show of the summer, Chad & Jesse welcome two guests to the show starting with Josh Arieh, who has won two bracelets this summer and was nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame. Arieh talked about the WSOP back in the late 1990s, his career resurgence, Poker Stake, and shares a fun story involving Ted Forrest and the late Layne Flack.

The other guest is 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up David Williams, who was fresh of winning a Flip & Go. He talks about his history in that event, how his WSOP gold bracelet and diamond toothpick were stolen in a home robbery, and why he wouldn’t do Master Chef again.

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Here's a look at this episode's topics:

- Brian Rast enters Poker Hall of Fame
- Hall of Fame Poker Room
- Robin Poker joins PokerNews
- WSOP Main Event Day 8 update
- Ostapchenko cashes Main Event 7 times in a row
- Josh Arieh wins again
- Ali Imsirovic enters WSOP event
- Player of the Year update

Time Stamps
*Time | Topic*
00:35 | Welcome to the show
00:50 | Guest Josh Arieh joins the show
01:30 | In the thick of the POY race
03:26 | Early days of poker
06:20 | How Poker Stake came to be
08:35 | Poker Hall of Fame nomination
10:26 | Where are you WSOP bracelets?
11:26 | Only 8 players with more bracelets
13:07 | Chasing Phil Hellmuth
15:00 | Layne Flack & Ted Forrest story
18:00 | Sponsor: Global Poker
19:00 | Brian Rast enters Poker Hall of Fame
21:00 | Hall of Fame Poker Room
23:00 | Robin Poker joins PokerNews
25:00 | WSOP Main Event Day 8 update
27:00 | Ostapchenko cashes Main Event 7 times in a row
29:00 | Josh Arieh wins again
31:00 | Ali Imsirovic enters WSOP event
33:00 | Player of the Year update
35:00 | Guest David Williams joins the show
36:15 | Flip & Go luck
41:03 | A rough summer
43:05 | Did you know Josh Arieh at the 2004 WSOP final table?
45:15 | Playing at Horseshoe Binion’s
47:10 | What was it like to be a poker celebrity during the Poker Boom?
48:40 | The story behind the diamond toothpick
52:00 | Bracelet stolen in brazen theft
52:56 | Master Chef – Would you do it again?
1:01:16 | July Freerolls for PokerNews listeners

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP). 

They are joined by Joey Ingram, AKA Papi, a lover of four-card poker. A prolific poker podcaster, Ingram is known for his marathon emergency investigations into such controversial matters as the Mike Postle and Robbi Jade Lew cheating allegations. Ingram, who was in L.A. for the Hustler Casino Live $1,000,000 Cash Game, recently returned to Las Vegas and was at the 2023 WSOP for the first time when he sat down with the guys. 

Hear what Ingram thinks the future holds for poker, which just might surprise you.

Chad and Jesse also break down all ten nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Only one will get in, and it’ll undoubtedly be a close affair with so many deserving individuals. 

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Here's a look at this episode's topics:

- Their Poker Hall of Fame picks
- Brian Rast wins $50K PPC for third time
- Phil Ivey makes final table
- Jeremy Ausmus captures 6th bracelet
- PokerNews Cup June 29-July 3
- Doyle Brunson Celebration of Life
- Ash + Charizard costumes
- Hellmuth & Negreanu Week 4 updates

Time Stamps
*Time | Topic*
00:35 | Welcome to the show
00:54 | Chad is sick
01:30 | Breaking down the Poker Hall of Fame nominees
05:46 | Mixed Game Series at Resorts World from July 2-6
15:07 | Sponsor: Global Poker
15:40 | Calling the Clock
15:50 | Who do you want to see in the Poker Hall of Fame?
17:50 | Brian Rast wins $50K PPC for third time
19:50 | Phil Ivey makes final table
21:50 | Jeremy Ausmus captures 6th bracelet
23:50 | PokerNews Cup June 29-July 3
25:50 | Doyle Brunson Celebration of Life
27:50 | Ash + Charizard costumes
29:50 | Hellmuth & Negreanu Week 4 updates
31:54 | Guest Joey Ingram join the show
33:11 | Papi’s first time at the 2023 WSOP
33:33 | Tomorrow is Joey’s birthday
34:00 | First time` meeting Landon Tice
35:47 | Play-by-play of old fight videos
39:09 | How would Joey Ingram make poker better?
40:30 | How do you make a poker event everyone on the plenty would want to watch?
43:03 | Dream poker game – who would you pick?
44:10 | Daniel Negreanu a great ambassador
46:02 | Joey’s limited interaction with Doyle Brunson
48:20 | Anyone you want to interview that you haven’t?
50:45 | “Chicago Joey’s” foray into the poker world
53:40 | Thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame nominees?

This week, we welcome WSOP and MSPT finalist Angela Jordison. We’ve got the second half of our Brian Rast interview. For strategy, we analyse a bubble spot with top Australian online pro Jesse ‘On The Mac’ McKenzie. Jim Reid stops by to discuss the recreational poker experience. Plus, Barry Carter is here with the news!

On this week’s show, we welcome 5-time WSOP bracelet winner and super high roller bowl champion, Brian Rast. We will also be joined by poker pro, commentator, streamer and vlogger Gary Blackwood. We’ve got a strategy segment with a twist - a hand of Dara’s from the European Deepstack Highroller. David Peters (sort of) joins us to discuss the topic of taking a player out of his preparation. Plus, Barry Carter has all the latest news.

Brian Rast is one of the best all-around players in the game today and currently sits in 10th place on the all-time tournament earnings list with $18.7 million in cashes. The Southern California native won the Super High Roller Bowl in 2015 for $7.5 million and he has also won the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship twice, in 2011 and 2016.

The 35-year-old is also a prominent high-stakes cash game grinder and an owner and operator of the WSOP School of Poker, as well as 3Bet Poker Clothing.

Highlights from this interview include how to clear your head, quiz bowl challenges, college break ups, playing Counter-Strike alone, insane prop bets, stale playlists, cooking a good salad and a $3 million pot.