PokerGO Podcast9 Aug 2019

Ep. 158 High Stakes & Helicopters

After a brief post-WSOP hiatus, the Poker Central Podcast is back with a tremendous guest! Joined by army vet and both EPT and WSOP champ Brandon Schaefer, Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema deliver yet another classic episode of your favorite poker podcast!

02:10 - How the Triton Million feels like another planet compared to other high stakes games.
03:30 - Brandon Schaefer's return to the highest stakes.
05:00 - Winning EPT Deauville back in 2005 and nearly winning his second EPT in Monte Carlo at the Grand Final.
09:02 - Addicted to travel and sleeping at a hostel and playing a £10,000 tournament in London.
11:00 - Did Brandon Schaefer see the rise of the EPT coming when he was playing Season 1?
14:05 - When, how, and why did Brandon Schaefer decide to quit poker?
17:05 - How did Brandon Schaefer become a Black Hawk helicopter pilot flying medivac on a mission in Afghanistan?
20:40 - The adrenaline of flying a helicopter on the battlefield.
24:05 - Getting a better understanding of going on a mission to Afghanistan and how hard it was to adjust back to normal life.
29:30 - Was there any poker in Afghanistan on the army base?
31:44 - Going from having a clear purpose and being in the army to getting medically retired and looking for a new path in life.
35:13 - How did Brandon Schaefer end up on Poker After Dark and his return to poker.
40:33 - The Triton Millon - Bryn Kenney takes the No. 1 spot on the all-time money list - and recapping all the other side events that handed out millions of dollars!
48:43 - What?! Mike 'Timex' McDonald thinks the biggest earner in sports history will be a poker player in just a few decades.
54:00 - The Poker Central Power Rankings!

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