Greg talks about the whirlwind after reaching the final nine, going home to reset, training hard, eating clean, and preparing his body and mind for the biggest final table in poker. He also opens up about losing his drive before the Main Event, the tough-love conversation with Shawn Buchanan that helped wake him up, and why this run feels bigger than winning two bracelets in one week.
The conversation covers Greg’s hockey background, leaving the game after his mother passed away, starting from the bottom in poker, grinding live cash games, trusting his reads, and adapting to a modern game filled with solver-trained players.
Greg also talks about variance, brutal downswings, thinking the game may have passed him by, the pain of finishing second, and what it means to play the Main Event final table with friends, family, hockey buddies, and the poker world behind him.
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00:00 – Intro: Greg Mueller Makes The WSOP Main Event Final Table
03:06 – Getting Healthy, Training Mode, And Preparing For The Final Table
06:28 – Sean Buchanan’s Tough Love And Finding The Fire Again
11:04 – What It Feels Like To Go Deep In The Main Event
15:13 – Day 8 Coolers, Key Flips, And The Final Table Setup
18:24 – Final Table Prep, Solvers, And The Modern Poker Landscape
23:11 – Live Reads, Instinct, And Being A “Human Solver”
26:38 – Leaving Hockey, Starting From Ground Zero, And Building A Poker Career
30:22 – Second Place Pain And Chasing A WSOP Bracelet
33:44 – Winning Two Bracelets In A Week
37:02 – $10 Million, Poker Variance, And The Highs And Lows
41:09 – Downswings, Doubt, And Thinking The Game Passed Him By
44:24 – Life Away From Poker: Golf, Hockey, Family, And Balance
47:10 – Vegas Grind, Ice Cream, And Coping With Losing Sessions
50:38 – Will Greg Mueller Disappear After The Main Event?
53:36 – Final Table Expectations And Playing For The Team
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