Ep. 158 High Stakes & Helicopters
b'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 \\xa310,000 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.\\xa0
- 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!