At the break, James Duke talked to PokerNews for a couple of moments and discussed the Lone Star Poker Series.

"It is just nice to be playing live poker again. I am not as much of an online guy".

As he discussed his excitement at qualifying for the WSOP Global Casino Championship in Cherokee for 2020 and his disappointment at it be forced to move online thanks to the Covid, which wreaked havoc on the poker schedule worldwide in 2020.

"I still went out there (to Las Vegas to play online) to give it a try but not the same".

Duke has taken advantage of live poker in Houston recently, collecting two daily deepstack wins in late March in this same venue as he hopes to continue his success in the PSPS over the coming weeks.