Dylan Weisman Talks About His Second WSOP Bracelet Win On 888Ride
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Two-time bracelet winner Dylan Weisman boarded the 888ride Chevy Tahoe in Vegas for a podcast-style chat with David Tuchman.
888ride is an online show run by 888poker. It involves Tuchman interviewing various poker players as he drives them around Vegas. In this case, he was getting Weisman to the WSOP, where Weisman has enjoyed some recent success.
Weisman's second WSOP gold bracelet was still fresh, having earned it this summer by taking down Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
So, naturally, the pair discusses Weisman's thoughts on the WSOP, but they also covered topics as diverse as the differences between pot limit Omaha and no limit Texas hold'em, the psychological impact of swing dancing, and the power of positivity.
Thinking Positive
With the WSOP still underway and the win still fresh in Weisman's mind, his WSOP experience was the first thing the pair touched on. Tuchman started by asking about Weisman's recent rant on X — formerly known as Twitter — where he complained about the World Series the same day that he took the event down.
Laughing about it, Weisman explained, "You can learn a lot from the sunrunners of the world. I was playing a lot of poker with Nacho Barbero, and he does a good job of, one, complaining more than most humans but then, two, asks for what he wants [...] I felt like sarcastically complaining might get me some of that run good juju."
The long-time friends also talked a bit about how staying positive drives Weisman to play a more aggressive style and how important it is for a long series to set up a living situation that works for him, his fiancee, and his dog.
"I would be an absolute potato if I didn't take care of myself in the morning," he says after explaining his very involved morning routine. "My body is very sensitive, and my brain is so intertwined with that. You can quantify it — if you look at my chart on the days I took care of myself and went, like, swing dancing, those are the days I win poker tournaments."
Beating the Pros
As you might expect, given Weisman's strong advocacy of learning GTO, Tuchman had Weisman break down how GTO informs his exploitative play.
"It's easier to break the rules if you know what they are," Weisman said. "A lot of exploitative players just build their own rule sets, and it's actually very easy to beat a bad exploitative strategy. A lot of the money I make in poker doesn't come from recreational; it comes from professionals who don't have solid fundamentals. They're actually easier to beat!"
On the subject of hold'em versus his favorite game of pot-limit Omaha, Weisman did concede that "two-card is a really fun game also."
However, he added his reservation that "it's just very scientific [...] the best players are so dialed in. In PLO, it's just not as evolved as a game because the study tools are not there for as many people."
When playing Texas Hold'em he admits he's never going to be better at theory than the other players and so has to trust his more "non-theory based skills."
The Big Picture
Towards the end, Tuchman pulled the perspective back a bit, looking at what motivates Wiesman more generally.
"What do you want?" Tuchman asked. "You moved here from L.A., not even to be a poker player. What were you gonna do?"
"I ran a hedge fund with my friends. I was in tech for seven years," Weisman said. "I pretty much quit poker after college, worked in tech, came back to poker after five-ish years. [...] I'm so happy that I left."
"Coming back to poker after having left it was actually so healthy for me," he clarified. "A lot of poker players get really good at poker and make a lot of money. But those twenties are really important developmental years. I think that focusing on developing as a human has actually made me a lot more money in the long run. Just because I'm a healthier more stable person."
As for what's next? "I don't really think about what's next right now," Weisman said. "Because I love my life right now."
"If I could continue living the life that I have right now for the next twenty years, I would be so stoked."
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Watch the Full Interview
The above only covers a handful of the topics covered in the 20-minute interview. You can watch the full episode below to learn more about one of poker's "best players you've never heard of."
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