Venetian Cancels MILLIONS in Guarantees | Only Friends Podcast w/Matt Berkey Ep 120

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Join Matt Berkey, Christian Soto, Landon Tice and the rest of the Solve for Why team as they discuss the big topics within the poker community as well as current events and strategy.

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00:00 Introduction 
02:28 Berkey had fun on LATB although he lost a bunch of buy ins 
05:00 When did theory overtake street poker? 
09:23 New Poker Out Loud episode released on S4Y TV
11:38 Berkey hand vs. Lynne off stream
16:11 Great NFL weekend 
18:36 Clip of insane ending in Jets vs. Browns 
21:39 Crazy ending to Ravens vs. Dolphins
24:20 Conrad is a sports betting connoisseur? 
27:00 Clip of winning field goal in Bengals vs. Cowboys 
35:40 Clip of Raiders blowing it vs. Cardinals
36:43 Video game talk 
41:29 Las Vegas Aces win WNBA title
45:45 Berkey made his first sports bet in 1990 (and lost) (and scummed the other party)
49:00 Will the Vikings perform this year?
51:05 Jesse Lonis wins WSOP bracelet online in the $1k event
52:45 Jeremy Ausmus wins 5th WSOP bracelet online in $365 event  
59:04 Are online bracelets as valuable as live bracelets?
1:02:00 Current professional athletes are breaking in to the podcast game
1:07:58 Venetian cancellation of guarantees in their stairway to millions series 
1:13:20 Are floor people in poker rooms ruining growing the game? 
1:17:59 Structure of the stairway to millions series and why it is a big issue 
1:24:35 How to guarantees work legally? 
1:27:35 What will happen to large tournament series in the future when they fall short of the guarantees? 
1:33:32 Venetian has messed up tournaments in the past 
1:37:45 Poker rooms should hire consultants from within the industry to smooth over the edges 
1:41:25 What responsibility does PokerGo hold?
1:48:00 Possible solutions for this dilemma
2:00:40 Triton co-founder Ivan Leow passed away 
2:02:20 Closing thoughts