by far my favorite part of th final episode was Fedor talking through the combos of that hand. It was incredible to hear. hopefully Kyna looks back on that hand and realizes it was such a huge hand between Fedor and Maria and it was not personal against her.
Thanks DAT podcast for all the time invested in these shows. It’s been a long time since I eagerly awaited a new episode of anything but GG PAD and your podcast were must watch. If I had to wait a few hours to watch the show I stayed off social media so I couldn’t get any spoilers. Can’t wait for season 2. Hoping for a first episode that quickly narrows the players from say 60 to 16 in some cut throat fashion.
For next season, they should blur out hole cards for a few of the hands for the back rooms. Then reveal after hand is over, even if it doesn’t get to showdown
The best ideas often seem like common sense in retrospect. Game of Gold is no exception. Cheers to Spunky Hwang for seeing this through. Can't wait for more seasons.
One thing great reality tv shows have is a great villain. Someone who some of the viewers will root against and who will ruffle some feathers. The obvious choice is Phil Hellmuth, i also think Doug Polk, Tony G, Luke Schwartz or Will Kassouf would be great game of gold villains. That would be my number 1 suggestion for season 2
For season 2 - The winner of the prior season can bring any 3 people they choose to be their initial round 1 team. Having Maria choose would be a really cool twist. For the other 12 just focus on people who will be entertaining, good for the show and would want to be there. If you do expand from 16 to 24 it would go over well. Awesome job with season 1
I like the idea of combining poker with social strategy games, but a big part of social strategy games is the notion that "playing to win" and "paying to make friends" aren't opposing concepts. You often need to make friends in order to win, because there is a jury at the end deciding your fate. I don't think a straight jury would be good in a game like this, of course, but you could do something like The Genius, in which the eliminated players give advantages to the finalists. In this, maybe it would be interesting to have the eliminated players do the same thing. It could be as powerful as you want to make it... I'm thinking anything from some bonus chips to even free rebuys at the FT. I think something like this would blend the social strategy and poker elements of the game in an exciting and climactic way.
Great show exceeded my expectations by far! For season 2 I'd like a couple of amateurs added to the mix that we could root on. With this structure I think they could definitely win no matter what pros end up there. Going in I never really liked Charlie based on some of his wild posts but I really warmed up to him and enjoyed watching him play. Nikita was awesome to watch (especially crushing Williams) Robin brought great team energy, Jungle was hilarious, Kyna was cool, Fedor surprised me he was much more outgoing and team oriented than I'd have guessed, sadly we didn't see enough of Dnegs and his team, Andy was a joy always worried 😂, Josh played very well and very positive, Williams a dick, (not everyone can be nice) Olga so wild and fun, and Maria wowwweee. Great job editors and to the cast and crew who put it together!! I volunteer as amateur for season 2!
It was great to see Fedor's personality come out in the show. I had no idea he was such a fun guy. I was loving the high 5's with Josh while they watched Maria. Some of those really connected - something only good friends can do. He's definitely one of my favourite players now.
I have read a lot of people saying maria got really lucky, and yes in some spots she got that draw complete. But i think she is being done very dirty, she played very very well, the other players all agree, there is no luck in that many heads ups and games
AMAZING show, very well done! I think it could be very cool to throw in an amateur or 2 in a future season. Mix it up and hey... maybe that could spice things up even more and bring in even more crowds.
How likely is AQ really??? Considering 3 queens are accounted for? I think this alone should lead you more to a fold in this spot considering the pref op action
Well, by Fedor's own admission he knew all the outcomes where he won were unlikely, just a pretty rough spot in a winner-take-all when the winner of the pot likely wins the whole thing and he's getting insane pot odds. I don't think he would disagree with you, since he said he should have folded, but it's such a painful fold to make in reality for all of the aforementioned reasons. Hard to blame him too much.
I agree it’s hard to fold for such a small bet and it’s easy to break down the hand with plenty of time on your hands. I would say after going over this hand a few times I think Maria has AA and KK here a decent percentage too, very hard to ever doubt a true great of the game👍
Good finale. Didn't like the Indian Poker segment but the rest of the episodes were good. I have to disagree with the DAT group on Kyna's A 4 all in decision because, in my opinion, she doesn't go all in if Jungle and Fedor don't tilt her by saying Maria bluffed her. I think if you ask her, she will agree she was tilted. She has to play her game and that table talk tilted her to make that decision. Maria ran hot but. critically, Fedor let her get there. And she needed that chip lead because, in my opinion, Jungle was outplaying her heads-up. Very surprised she folded the two pair with nines on a small reraise. Congrats to the Game of Gold team.
I was definitely invested in the show! Invested like an anime show that you're very interested in. Waited for the final table like waiting for the Super Bowl!!
New people I'd like to see: Hellmuth, Ivey, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harman, Bencb789, Ali Nejad, Norman Chad, Tony G, Jaime Staples, Lex Veldhuis, Sammy Farha, Mike Matusow. I'd like Kyna and Nikita to come back next season, along with Daniel's team that was first eliminated. There were lots of great people this season, but it's good if there are replaced with other well-known people. Kyna and Nikita were two more unknown people that really shined with their personality.
I also agreed Jungle played OBVIOUSLY better heads-up, but in tournaments there must be something to not fighting for every chip. Hellmuth seems proof of that, Maria here, letting it come down to that one big spot. But you need to be lucky and hold on long enough to GET that big spot
@@mikedough7729 nobody cares about my opinion specifically of course, but the makers care about who the public likes to see. Your comment was about twice as useless as mine
1:15:00 Wait are we going to skip this K high... bluff? Value bet?? The amazing thing about this hand is the only thing Maria can fold that Jungle doesn't already beat is a 9... which she has and he gets her to fold! Or maybe bluffing her off half the pot with her own K-high? It worked, but if it hadn't I think Dat Poker Team would really be scratching their heads at this raise.
It was absolutely a bluff, not getting value from worse without an insane dynamic that simply didn't exist here. But yeah, I agree with you that it was a fascinating play, and I think they should've talked about it more. I thought he was going to make the call with K kicker and then he practically minraises and it kinda blew my mind. He had to put her on exactly a 9, and, let's face it, probably noticed Maria has a propensity for folding mediocre hands on the river facing a raise. It was still pretty crazy to me though, because if I was in his situation I wouldn't have considered it obvious that she had a 9 and nothing else. *Edit: And yeah, maybe the possibility of turning a chop into a win against another K kicker was a factor too. Not sure how much it matters, but it's more than nothing.
Yes they def should've delved deeper into that hand...I was so shocked and disappointed they didn't. Maria has to look him up in that spot IMO...very surprised she folded.
Maria Ho was running hot. I watched carefully to see who won hands by getting lucky and who won hands by skillful play. It turns out that luck is the key factor when skill levels are relatively close. The river was Maria's best friend.
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by far my favorite part of th final episode was Fedor talking through the combos of that hand. It was incredible to hear. hopefully Kyna looks back on that hand and realizes it was such a huge hand between Fedor and Maria and it was not personal against her.
i have never commented on any videos , but this whole podcast series is so good and educational . love it guys
Thanks DAT podcast for all the time invested in these shows. It’s been a long time since I eagerly awaited a new episode of anything but GG PAD and your podcast were must watch. If I had to wait a few hours to watch the show I stayed off social media so I couldn’t get any spoilers. Can’t wait for season 2. Hoping for a first episode that quickly narrows the players from say 60 to 16 in some cut throat fashion.
GG should release the entire final table with all hands.
For next season, they should blur out hole cards for a few of the hands for the back rooms. Then reveal after hand is over, even if it doesn’t get to showdown
The best ideas often seem like common sense in retrospect. Game of Gold is no exception. Cheers to Spunky Hwang for seeing this through. Can't wait for more seasons.
One thing great reality tv shows have is a great villain. Someone who some of the viewers will root against and who will ruffle some feathers. The obvious choice is Phil Hellmuth, i also think Doug Polk, Tony G, Luke Schwartz or Will Kassouf would be great game of gold villains. That would be my number 1 suggestion for season 2
Thank you for all the work guys! I really enjoyed it. 🎉💪👍
I'd love to see people like Kanit or Liv Boree in this format for season 2. Or someone like Bill Klein.
Boy, you picked the most exciting players out there. I'll be glued to Liv explaining the square root of Pi-
For season 2 -
The winner of the prior season can bring any 3 people they choose to be their initial round 1 team. Having Maria choose would be a really cool twist.
For the other 12 just focus on people who will be entertaining, good for the show and would want to be there. If you do expand from 16 to 24 it would go over well.
Awesome job with season 1
I like the idea of combining poker with social strategy games, but a big part of social strategy games is the notion that "playing to win" and "paying to make friends" aren't opposing concepts. You often need to make friends in order to win, because there is a jury at the end deciding your fate. I don't think a straight jury would be good in a game like this, of course, but you could do something like The Genius, in which the eliminated players give advantages to the finalists. In this, maybe it would be interesting to have the eliminated players do the same thing. It could be as powerful as you want to make it... I'm thinking anything from some bonus chips to even free rebuys at the FT. I think something like this would blend the social strategy and poker elements of the game in an exciting and climactic way.
Great show exceeded my expectations by far! For season 2 I'd like a couple of amateurs added to the mix that we could root on. With this structure I think they could definitely win no matter what pros end up there. Going in I never really liked Charlie based on some of his wild posts but I really warmed up to him and enjoyed watching him play. Nikita was awesome to watch (especially crushing Williams) Robin brought great team energy, Jungle was hilarious, Kyna was cool, Fedor surprised me he was much more outgoing and team oriented than I'd have guessed, sadly we didn't see enough of Dnegs and his team, Andy was a joy always worried 😂, Josh played very well and very positive, Williams a dick, (not everyone can be nice) Olga so wild and fun, and Maria wowwweee. Great job editors and to the cast and crew who put it together!! I volunteer as amateur for season 2!
I think the final episode would be more engaging with the eliminated players in a back room and / or a live audience
It was great to see Fedor's personality come out in the show. I had no idea he was such a fun guy. I was loving the high 5's with Josh while they watched Maria. Some of those really connected - something only good friends can do. He's definitely one of my favourite players now.
I have read a lot of people saying maria got really lucky, and yes in some spots she got that draw complete. But i think she is being done very dirty, she played very very well, the other players all agree, there is no luck in that many heads ups and games
The format works. I agree with DNegs. When you add the backstories of each the participants makes it easier to invest in the show 👍🏼
I love this i was able to see this side of Fedor. Love his energy and support to his teammates. You are welcome to be my friend Fedor❤
AMAZING show, very well done! I think it could be very cool to throw in an amateur or 2 in a future season. Mix it up and hey... maybe that could spice things up even more and bring in even more crowds.
How likely is AQ really??? Considering 3 queens are accounted for? I think this alone should lead you more to a fold in this spot considering the pref op action
Well, by Fedor's own admission he knew all the outcomes where he won were unlikely, just a pretty rough spot in a winner-take-all when the winner of the pot likely wins the whole thing and he's getting insane pot odds. I don't think he would disagree with you, since he said he should have folded, but it's such a painful fold to make in reality for all of the aforementioned reasons. Hard to blame him too much.
I agree it’s hard to fold for such a small bet and it’s easy to break down the hand with plenty of time on your hands. I would say after going over this hand a few times I think Maria has AA and KK here a decent percentage too, very hard to ever doubt a true great of the game👍
4 seasons then a season with top 4 from previous 4 seasons for a million
I want to be on the next Game of Gold. Need to add 4 non pros to the mix well studied of course but I think it would add a cool twist.
Losing all my hair to leukemia, and I remember seeing Daniel Negreanu without hair, he looked awesome.. just saying ❤
dude I knew there was some starcraft in the veins of this show!
Good finale. Didn't like the Indian Poker segment but the rest of the episodes were good.
I have to disagree with the DAT group on Kyna's A 4 all in decision because, in my opinion, she doesn't go all in if Jungle and Fedor don't tilt her by saying Maria bluffed her. I think if you ask her, she will agree she was tilted. She has to play her game and that table talk tilted her to make that decision.
Maria ran hot but. critically, Fedor let her get there. And she needed that chip lead because, in my opinion, Jungle was outplaying her heads-up. Very surprised she folded the two pair with nines on a small reraise.
Congrats to the Game of Gold team.
I was definitely invested in the show! Invested like an anime show that you're very interested in. Waited for the final table like waiting for the Super Bowl!!
6:57 Shouldn't it be Danny O'Fanny?
New people I'd like to see: Hellmuth, Ivey, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harman, Bencb789, Ali Nejad, Norman Chad, Tony G, Jaime Staples, Lex Veldhuis, Sammy Farha, Mike Matusow. I'd like Kyna and Nikita to come back next season, along with Daniel's team that was first eliminated. There were lots of great people this season, but it's good if there are replaced with other well-known people. Kyna and Nikita were two more unknown people that really shined with their personality.
I also agreed Jungle played OBVIOUSLY better heads-up, but in tournaments there must be something to not fighting for every chip. Hellmuth seems proof of that, Maria here, letting it come down to that one big spot. But you need to be lucky and hold on long enough to GET that big spot
Nobody cares dude
@@mikedough7729 nobody cares about my opinion specifically of course, but the makers care about who the public likes to see. Your comment was about twice as useless as mine
Yeah man the people making decisions at GG really.care what jameztaytay wants to see 🤡
Seems like list from 15 years ago😂😂
1:15:00 Wait are we going to skip this K high... bluff? Value bet?? The amazing thing about this hand is the only thing Maria can fold that Jungle doesn't already beat is a 9... which she has and he gets her to fold! Or maybe bluffing her off half the pot with her own K-high? It worked, but if it hadn't I think Dat Poker Team would really be scratching their heads at this raise.
It was absolutely a bluff, not getting value from worse without an insane dynamic that simply didn't exist here. But yeah, I agree with you that it was a fascinating play, and I think they should've talked about it more. I thought he was going to make the call with K kicker and then he practically minraises and it kinda blew my mind. He had to put her on exactly a 9, and, let's face it, probably noticed Maria has a propensity for folding mediocre hands on the river facing a raise. It was still pretty crazy to me though, because if I was in his situation I wouldn't have considered it obvious that she had a 9 and nothing else.
*Edit: And yeah, maybe the possibility of turning a chop into a win against another K kicker was a factor too. Not sure how much it matters, but it's more than nothing.
Yes they def should've delved deeper into that hand...I was so shocked and disappointed they didn't. Maria has to look him up in that spot IMO...very surprised she folded.
Should season 2 have a buy-in? Or does that ruin the format?
1:21 "no limit on holdem"
Jaman Burton needs to be on season 2
@RealKidPoker "... asking for a friend ..." 😂 Let's hope you do get a shot at redemption in season 2!
I love Fedor so much as if he is my son 😂😂 he has a son vibe 😊
Daniel's hair darker than Terrence's 😄
Maria had huge tell. She calld out bet amount when she thinks she has value ot lead
Fix the graphics for season two. Only one player is all in when heads up. When someone is all in for 1.6M, the other player is not all in for 3.5M!
I'm a nit, but I don't understand how Fedor doesn't think AK or 99 is in Maria's range. Seems like an easy fold.
If Garrett and Robbi aren't roommates for next episode then GG iss letting is all down. Make it happen Daniel!
I would like to see an A-hole character on season 2. Think young Hellmuth or a new Tony G. This would create drama.
Need at least a couple of amatuers, where the prize money is actually life-changing. $456,000 doesn't change most poker pros lives.
like me
Being on season 2 #sqidgames
Half of your comments are encouraging Kyna. Maybe poker isnt for her.
Maria Ho was running hot. I watched carefully to see who won hands by getting lucky and who won hands by skillful play. It turns out that luck is the key factor when skill levels are relatively close. The river was Maria's best friend.
like me
Maria Ho is boring to watch. She's an incredible poker player. Respect her game completely, just no personality. Imo.