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Tournament wins by Jessica Dawley, Jason Mercier, and Jonathon Little highlight the action at the SHRPO in Hollywood. BIG Dave brings you several interviews from the property, included among them is a conversation with Matt Savage, who talks about the new recommendations for poker rules that came out of this summer's TDA Summit.

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the Jeff Conine Charity event in conjunction with the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and preview the "Big 4" events still to come. The guys also discuss the negative effects of the tip-shaming of players and bring up a couple of instances where errors by floor supervisors can create major problems.

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the sad but inspirational story of Kevin "Racks" Roster, who created tremendous awareness about the aggressive form of cancer known as sarcoma with his final days spent at the WSOP. His play at the series gave him a chance to fill his bucket list and meet his poker heroes, while teaching people about importance of getting a biopsy for early detection. BIG Dave also interviews popular poker vlogger Andrew Neeme at the Isle Poker Room.

BIG Dave and Joe take an extensive look at the final night of the WSOP Main Event with the major focus on the heads-up battle between Hossein Ensan and Dario Sammartino. The guys also discuss the delay in the start of online poker in Pennsylvania and the latest controversy surrounding Maurice Hawkins and Phil Ivey.

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the Final Table of the WSOP Main Event with the field down to five players, and discuss the controversial Dario Sammartino hand and the ruling by Jack Effel. BIG Dave also talk to Senior's Champion Howard Mash, who brought home the bracelet to South Florida.

BIG Dave and Joe talk about the wild and crazy opening day sessions of the WSOP Main Event, including the effects of the California earthquakes, two Day 1-C disqualifications, and the early eliminations of Ivey, Hellmuth, Negreanu, and The Grinder. The guys also discuss some of the topics considered at the Tournament Directors Association.

With the World Series of Poker getting underway, BIG dave and Joe talk about some of the changes and additionally wrap up some recent results. The guys also talk about the hand in the Poker Players Championship where Bryce Yockey takes the "toughest bad beat of all time".

BIG Dave and Joe discuss players at the WSOP with strong resumes that finally won their first bracelets: Stephen Chidwick, Joseph Cheong, and Ari Engel, The guys also discuss the opening of the Encore Boston Harbor and close out bu running down the Poker Hall of Fame nominees for 2019.

Michael Tait, a Semi-Pro player from South Florida, joins BIG Dave in the studio to talk about his trip to Vegas for this year's WSOP Main Event. With the success of several members of Michael's social media group "the Slum Donkeys", at this year's series, the guys discuss the fact that any type of player can fulfill their poker dreams.

Big Dave and Joe cover the WSOP results from another week and also rundown the action from the season ending Tournament of Champions from the World Poker Tour. The guys recap some interesting numbers after the conclusion of the Big 50 tournament which drew over 28,000 entries.