Ep. 129 – Dolly’s Game ft Doyle Brunson

Brent and Remko dive into the debut of Dolly’s Game with special guest Doyle Brunson! The guys also run through the headlines of the $25,000 PokerStars No Limit Hold’em Players Championship in the Bahamas and a new segment makes its debut: The F*cking Five, an ongoing weekly ranking of the best poker moments from 2019.

• 2:00 – Today’s topics on the podcast.
• 3:25 – Dolly’s Game made its debut on PokerGO with a $400/$800 2-7 No Limit Single Draw game, Brent Hanks shares all the juiciest details and behind the scenes info.
• 5:30 – The interview with Doyle Brunson about Dolly’s Game, the stakes he wants to play, the games, and the players he wants to invite into the PokerGO Studio.
• 17:59 – Recapping the Dolly’s Game action and looking forward at the mixed games that will be featured in the future.
• 21:40 – The PokerStars No Limit Hold’em Players Championship!
• 24:00 – The unfortunate elimination of our very own Sam Simmons just short of the money.
• 26:00 – Recapping the action so far as the biggest $25,000 tournament in history is deep into the money.
• 28:00 – Brent Hanks shares a hilarious story about smoking weed in the Bahamas.
• 31:07 – The Platinum Pass winners, how did they do??
• 34:30 – The biggest fold of the year! Thi Nguyen folds the third nuts versus the absolute nuts of Athanasios Polychronopoulos!
• 37:50 – PokerStars and the UFC have made a deal, how does Brent feel about this?
• 42:15 – Drama Alert! Mike McDonald vs Farid Jattin.
• 45:35 – NEW ON THE SHOW: The F*cking Five! Brent and Remko keep a running tally on the Top 5 poker moments from 2019, replacing two moments on the list every single week.

The F*cking Five – January 9^th Edition

1. The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ.
2. Good Boy Joey Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop.
3. Daniel Negreanu and Amanda Leatherman’s romance rekindled leading to their engagement on December 31^st.
4. Justin Bonomo’s 2018 – and taking No. 1 all-time
5. PokerStars giving away 300 Platinum passes and adding $1 million to first place.

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