Is Poker Dying? Jonathan Tamayo Talks Poker, DFS, Winning $10,000,000 In The MAIN EVENT

Is Poker Dying? Jonathan Tamayo Talks Poker, DFS, Winning $10,000,000 In The MAIN EVENT

From Table 1 Podcast by Table 1 Podcast

July 19, 2026 · 1h 43m

About this episode

Jonathan Tamayo shares his journey in poker, culminating in his victory at the 2024 WSOP Main Event.

Everyone wanted to talk about the laptop. Jonathan Tamayo wanted to talk about mahjong. Because before the 2024 WSOP Main Event title, the $10,000,000 score, and the most debated rail in poker, Tamayo was a kid in Houston playing games with his grandparents, getting bankroll money from his grandpa, trying to figure out PartyPoker, and learning the hard way like everyone else. He had the early online poker growing pains, the college poker games, the PartyPoker bad beat jackpot, the Sunday Million score, the first WSOP summer, the 2009 Main Event heartbreak, Black Friday, daily fantasy, backing, a cash game stable, and years of being very good without quite becoming that guy. Then 2024 happened. And somehow the guy who had already been deep in the Main Event before found himself back in the exact spot every poker player dreams about. Only this time, he won the whole thing. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Jonathan Tamayo joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to tell the full story. Topics include: ♠️ Growing up in Houston with NASA parents and mahjong games ♥️ Grandpa casually funding the early gambling years ♦️ PartyPoker, online mistakes, and the bad beat jackpot ♣️ His first…

People in this episode

Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young

Guest: Jonathan Tamayo

Topics covered

Keywords

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PartyPoker, WSOP, NASA

More episodes of Table 1 Podcast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Table 1 Podcast podcast page.