David Williams Talks MasterChef on the Poker Life Podcast

David Williams is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, best known for finishing runner up at the 2004 WSOP Main Event to Greg Raymer and winning a WPT title.

More recently David made an appearance on the Fox cooking show MasterChef, which pitted David against other talented home cooks for the title of MasterChef (and $250k). The show was judged by none other than Gordan Ramsay.

In an episode that originally aired on September 22nd, 2016, David Williams joins Joey Ingram on the Poker Life Podcast to talk about his cooking adventure and more.

David Williams on the Poker Life Podcast with Joe Ingram:

• 0:46 – Introduction
• 1:47 – Masterchef TV show
• 12:01 – Hater/Trolls Interactions
• 14:41 – Rigged Shopping Baskets
• 17:04 – Masterchef GTO
• 33:26 – Fear of Failure
• 36:02 – Do It For Yourself (not for the haters)
• 38:02 – Parenting
• 39:42 – Uninstalling of the Stripper Pole
• 41:09 – First Meet Up with VIFFER (SMD)
• 43:55 – WSOP 2016
• 45:49 – Live in the Moment
• 49:31 – Nosebleeds PLO Story ($500/$1k)
• 54:46 – Chasing High Scores / Losses
• 55:53 – Antonio Esfandiari
• 1:01:07 – Single Father Life
• 1:03:58 – Rosters – DFS startup
• 1:13:29 – Basketball
• 1:21:23 – Doug Polk / Ben86 Incident
• 1:26:21 – PCA Online Mixed Games Incident
• 1:36:34 – Online Poker (in the US)
• 1:41:37 – Divorce
• 1:42:20 – Happiness & Change
• 1:44:44 – Alleged Porn Career
• 1:50:37 – non-TOS Substances
• 1:54:46 – Drugged Story
• 1:59:46 – Future Book
• 2:02:27 – Magic Disqualification
• 2:12:02 – Stolen A7 Story
• 2:26:25 – Taking Responsibilities
• 2:28:13 – Future TV Career
• 2:42:43 – Poker Sponsorships
• 2:45:11 – Drake Double
• 2:37:59 – Beard / Hair GTO
• 2:40:42 – Reality – Simulation
• 2:42:47 – Space Camp Travelling
• 2:48:03 – Podcast History / GTO
• 2:56:43 – WSOP Runner Up 2004
• 3:00:19 – PLO MTTs