Reigning Main Event Champ Jonathan Tamayo on New WSOP Rules & Folding Pocket Queens

Life Outdoors Poker is a 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 stage.

Within the thirtieth episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Foremost Occasion champion Jonathan Tamayo about rising up in Humble, Texas, learning lodge administration at Cornell College, graduating through the 2008 recession, working deep within the 2009 and 2015 Foremost Occasions, his friendship with fellow Foremost Occasion champion Joe McKeehen, successful the biggest-ever WSOP Foremost Occasion for $10 million, and his first buy as world champion.

Tamayo additionally spoke about his notorious fold with pocket queens late within the 2024 Foremost Occasion, which he says value him $120,000 in fairness, and gave his ideas on new guidelines applied on the 2025 WSOP within the wake of “LaptopGate,” in addition to the Foremost Occasion construction and Phil Hellmuth’s proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.

The Life Outdoors Poker podcast is accessible on main streaming platforms together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can too watch the interview with Jonathan Tamayo by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Timestamps

TimeTopic 0:00Intro 0:45Growing up in Humble, Texas 1:45Getting into poker 3:15Studying lodge administration at Cornell College 5:46Pursuing poker full-time 10:13Deep run in 2009 Foremost Occasion 13:29Learning find out how to deal with the Foremost Occasion 17:26Phil Hellmuth Foremost Occasion boycott 22:222015 Foremost Occasion run/Joe McKeehen victory 25:082024 Foremost Occasion 29:43Final desk lineup 32:02Folding pocket queens/ lighting $120k of fairness on fireplace 38:41Should you ever fold aces 41:33Laptopgate/WSOP rule modifications 45:37Last three tables of Staff Occasion 46:54First buy after successful $10 million 48:11How did successful Foremost Occasion change your life? 50:27Next particular person in good friend group to win Foremost Occasion? 55:14Advice for youthful self 56:33Favorite life lesson from poker

Connor Richards

Senior Editor U.S.

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 International Poker Awards for his writing.