PN Podcast: Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland Shares Stories About Doyle Brunson & Stu Ungar

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Hosts:
Chad Holloway @ChadAHolloway
Guests:
Jack McClelland

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

This week, they are joined by Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland, who served as the Tournament Director of the WSOP from 1984-98. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2014 alongside Daniel Negreanu, and he talks about that honor as well as memories of Stu Ungar and Doyle Brunson, and what it was like to work for the legendary Benny Binion.

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Here's a look at this episode's topics:

  • Man wins WSOP bracelet after no poker for 9 years because ex-girlfriend didn’t like it
  • 2023 WSOP POY Update
  • MI/PA Bracelets
  • Poker Hall of Fame picks
  • PokerNews Cup returns
  • 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship
  • Isaac Haxton wins first bracelet
  • Infamous “Nut Tap” on the rail

Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

Time Stamps

TimeTopic
00:35Welcome to the show
01:20Sponsor: Global Poker
01:50Poker Hall of Fame nominations are open
03:18Jesse’s thoughts on the PHoF
05:50Should it be only living PHoF members voting?
06:30The backlog problem
09:58Potential nominees
10:42Calling the Clock
10:55Man wins WSOP bracelet after no poker for 9 years because ex-girlfriend didn’t like it
12:552023 WSOP POY Update
14:55MI/PA Bracelets
16:55Poker Hall of Fame picks
18:55PokerNews Cup returns
20:552023 BetMGM Poker Championship
22:55Isaac Haxton wins first bracelet
24:55Infamous “Nut Tap” on the rail
27:05Guest Jack McClelland joins the show
28:14Being WSOP Tournament Director 1984-98
32:07Best Benny Binion conversation
33:21Memories of Doyle Brunson
34:20Stu Ungar stories
36:30Not enough silver at the 1994 WSOP
37:54Creating the vintage WSOP video game
42:45Working alongside his wife
46:20Bringing the WPT to Bellagio
47:53What was it like to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame

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