Life Outdoors Poker is a brand new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to drag again the curtain on poker gamers and permit viewers and listeners to get to know them on a private degree.
Within the eighth episode, Connor speaks with legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer in an unique in-depth interview after Buffer’s deep run within the 2024 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 Excessive Curler. Buffer, a longtime poker participant, completed in eighth place for a career-best $212,423 after kicking off Day 3 along with his trademark “it is time” introduction.
Buffer talked about discovering his long-lost half-brother, Michael Buffer, and changing into his supervisor, the early days of the UFC, the similarities between poker and martial arts, his relationships with Joe Rogan and Dana White and the time he injured himself in a poker match earlier than saying the largest UFC combat in historical past.
This interview was filmed on the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Outdoors Poker podcast is out there on main streaming platforms together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can even watch the interview with Bruce Buffer by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
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Time Stamps
| TIME | TOPIC | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Intro | |
| 0:44 | Closing tabling the $50k Excessive Curler | |
| 3:25 | Bustout hand | |
| 4:15 | Studying poker from his dad | |
| 5:40 | Enjoying poker with Tobey Maguire and Leonardo Dicaprio | |
| 6:47 | Rising up in Malibu | |
| 9:07 | Discovering his half-brother Michael Buffer | |
| 12:31 | Trademarking Michael’s phrase and changing into his supervisor | |
| 13:41 | Early UFC days | |
| 14:48 | Having a fighter’s mentality in poker and life | |
| 15:49 | Dana White | |
| 16:26 | Altering public notion of UFC | |
| 17:39 | Standout personalities in UFC | |
| 19:02 | Joe Rogan | |
| 21:40 | Assembly the solid of Buddies | |
| 22:14 | Rolled ankle in poker match earlier than greatest UFC combat in historical past | |
| 23:27 | Recommendation for staying motivated | |
| 24:20 | Totally different companies | |
| 26:21 | Angel AI | |
| 27:05 | What makes you hopeful? | |
| 27:38 | Recommendation for youthful self | |
| 29:10 | Favourite life lesson from poker |
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