The Bernard Lee Poker Show 11-13: UK Mixed Games Specialist Adam Owen
In this episode of The Bernard Lee Poker Show on the PokerNews Podcast Network, Bernard Lee interviews Adam Owen, who captured a World Series of Poker Circuit ring at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe last month. Recently, Adam has won four titles in a two-month period, including his WSOP ring.
However, Adam is also extremely proficient in all types of mixed games, making the final table in the $10,000 WSOP Championship event in Razz and 2-7 Single Draw No-Limit, both in 2015. Throughout his career, Adam has over 100 cashes and has earned over $3 million.
Show Time Stamps
0:00 | Welcome to The Bernard Lee Poker Show as this week��s guest will be English poker pro Adam Owen, who recently won a WSOP Circuit ring at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe. |
0:18 | Before beginning his interview with Adam Owen, Bernard Lee discusses this week��s news in the world of poker. WSOP Circuit had two events running during the Thanksgiving Day weekend: Harrah��s Cherokee in North Carolina and Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. |
0:56 | World Poker Tour also had an event over the Thanksgiving Day weekend: WPT Seminole Rock ��n�� Roll Poker Open held in Florida, which will conclude on Wednesday. |
1:25 | Frenchman Jerome L��Hostis captured the GUKPT grand final over a field of 325 entrants for ��140,445. |
2:16 | Bernard introduces Adam Owen as the guest of the week. |
3:14 | Bernard continues his show��s giveaways during its 11th anniversary celebration. This week, he will be giving away 11 The Bernard Lee Poker Show t-shirts to anyone who retweets and follows Bernard on Twitter. |
3:14 | Also, for the 11th anniversary celebration, Bernard will be giving away a $350 buy-in to the One Step Closer Foundation charity poker tournament that will be held on Sunday, December 9 at Bally��s Las Vegas. Once again, retweet and follow Bernard on Twitter to be registered for this giveaway. |
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6:07 | Bernard welcomes Adam Owen, who recently captured a WSOP Circuit ring at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe. |
6:56 | Adam Owen joins the show. |
8:21 | Adam discusses how his friends help bring him up in no-limit hold��em as he is more of a mixed game specialist. ��I��m fortunate enough to have some really talented hold��em friends and they kind of bring me up a little bit to their level.�� |
9:05 | Adam explains that when he started playing poker, surprisingly no-limit hold��em was not his primary focus. ��I was in a home game group with friends in school in the UK. We played hold��em initially, but we eventually found all the games�� We ended up playing a mix of H.O.R.S.E and triple draw.�� |
10:33 | Bernard explains how he met Adam at the 2015 WSOP, centered around 2-7 Single Draw No-Limit. |
13:47 | Adam discusses being drafted very high in the $25,000 Poker Fantasy Draft prior to the 2018 WSOP. ��I think I was (drafted) 6th overall, which was extremely flattering.�� |
15:18 | Adam recalls his difficult 2018 WSOP, playing easily over 50 events. ��I remember I bricked 35 or 36 events in a row.�� |
15:56 | Adam discusses how he felt during this difficult run during the 2018 WSOP and how he got through it. ��I did feel some of the pressure to be honest after being drafted really high.�� |
17:19 | Adam discusses the good and bad of staying at the Rio for the entire WSOP for seven weeks. |
19:03 | Adam explains how he decides his daily playing schedule at the WSOP and whether he will late register for an event. ��Ideally, I��d play the 11 a.m. event and see how that goes. If not, I��ll jump in the 3 p.m. And if not, see what��s on at Aria or more likely the Venetian.�� |
20:47 | Adam explains that ��winning the $50,000 Poker Player��s Championship would be the ultimate pinnacle.�� |
21:07 | Adam lists his favorite two mixed games: 2-7 Single Draw No-Limit and Razz. ��I built my bankroll playing 2-7 single draw heads-up sit-n-go��s against some guys who didn��t know the rules.�� |
23:11 | Adam divulges his least favorite game: Omaha Hi-Lo. ��Most definitely, Omaha Hi-Lo. A lot of people just assume I��m good at the game because it��s a staple of all mixed games, but it just hasn't really clicked yet. I have worked hard at it relatively speaking. It doesn��t come naturally to me.�� |
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27:44 | Bernard continues his interview with Adam and asks him what brought him to the Reno/Lake Tahoe area and why he likes coming to the event/area annually. |
31:54 | Adam describes the WSOP circuit event that he won at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe. ��I cashed one of the other flights (but busted prior to bagging), and I got to come back the next day. I re-entered and ran insanely hot.�� |
35:31 | Adam describes how he played and took advantage of his big stack late in the WSOP circuit event that he won. ��When you have a lot of chips, you should be looking for reasons to put chips into the pot. When it seems like a close open, it��s probably better to err on the side of aggression, rather than the side of caution.�� |
40:02 | Adam recalls the heads-up battle versus Shawn Van Asdale. |
40:56 | Adam was extremely happy to win the WSOP Circuit ring, although the WSOP bracelet is the holy grail. |
42:08 | Adam discusses his schedule on and off the felt for the remainder of 2018. |
44:38 | Adam recalls oversleeping Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit ring event that he eventually won. ��It was crazy. I was forty minutes late, but it cost me about 30 minutes of playing time and my stack went from 750k to 700k.�� |
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