Marvin Rettenmaier: Music, Mexico and Merriment

Lee Davy sits down with Marvin Rettenmaier to talk about his love for music, his time spent in Playa Del Carmen, and his desires to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

I am playing the first flight in The Colossus. I have 5,000 chips and the blinds are increasing every 40-minutes. I am acutely aware that soon I will have a shoving stack. I become very cautious. I don’t want to waste chips. I am folding more than the origami champion of the world.

Behind me is the two-time World Poker Tour (WPT) champion, Marvin Rettenmaier. He started with 5,000 chips, he knows the blinds increase every 40-minutes, but he is playing a ton of hands. He seems to be doing everything I am not doing. He has a stack. I don’t. I catch up with him at the break to see if I can get any tips. This is what we talked about.

You are playing every hand. Are you some sort of fish or something?