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Clay Travis
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NFL Network Announcer
The NFL International Games continue on NFL Network and here our stars come out in the morning. Week 10 Bijon Robinson and the Falcons take on Daniel Jones and the Colts in Berlin.
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Rick Santelli
Fireworks in the fourth quarter.
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NFL Network Announcer
Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders touchdown once again. Face Tua and the Dolphins in Madrid. Snooze off. Game on it's Sunday Morning Football continues November 9th at 9:30 in Eastern only on NFL Network.
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Clay Travis
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Clay Travis
Welcome in it is Friday. Rejoice. We are gonna have an awesome day with all of you. We appreciate all of you across the country on our 555 some odd stations hanging out. You can also find us every single social media platform out there. And soon you'll be able to watch three hours of the show. And I'm already, I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little bit nervous about that. We gotta make sure the lighting's decent because three hours on camera is a long time on camera. But you will soon have the ability to hang out with us on camera as well. And we have got a ton of different news stories out there. Our good friend Big Tish Letitia James has pled not guilty to her mortgage fraud charges. We will play some of that for all of you and we've got a bunch to dive into. But I thought I would start with a very positive thing because I do think as we were talking about yesterday and as we have talked about quite a few days, this is one of the greatest years in the history of our nation. If you are sane as President Trump is just making everything better. And as I am talking to all of you, Buck, we have set another all time record in the stock market. Um, it wasn't very long ago, April, in fact, that we were in a position where everybody out there was panicked and they were saying, oh, my goodness, with these tariffs, the American economy may collapse. There's no telling how bad things could get run for the hills. There's no reason to be in any way optimistic about the fate of the country. Since then, the s and P500 has risen 2,000 points. If you listen to us, in April of 2025, not that long ago, I remember it well because we said, maybe some of the crew can pull it. Hey, stay calm. If you happen to have a little bit of extra cash, now is a time probably over the course of the next few years that you'll look back and say, boy, I wish I had. Well, your 401k is at a record high. Your pensions are at record highs. Never in the history of the nation has the stock market been in a better position than it is right now as it is surging. And one reason is surging, Buck, is because inflation, it's like a record scratch. Stop me if you've heard this before. Came in below what the experts were anticipating. This is CNBC's Rick Santelli just a few hours ago as the newest numbers were released. That has helped to propel the stock market to a new high. And by the way, I don't know, what do you think? 70%, 65% of people listening to us right now are exposed to the stock market in some way through 401, maybe higher 401ks private stock, you know, company stock. That's a fair approximation. You think, Buck?
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Buck Sexton
Well, I certainly, yes. But also companies, a lot of people work for companies that the public stock has a huge determination in investment and jobs. Yeah. So if, you know, if IBM is getting crushed, IBM's cutting jobs. So whether you have a lot of stock or not, these things matter. And by the way, there are people who sell the IBM or who are down the supply chain. So the market is an imperfect indicator, but it is a broad indicator of what's going on in the economy and.
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Clay Travis
Oftentimes six months or a year ahead of where the economy can be because it is a forward looking mechanism. Okay. With that in mind also we are starting to see we hit new yearly lows on 30 year mortgages, 15 year mortgages. There now is an expectation next year that the Fed is going to cut rates three different times, meaning that overall borrowing costs are going to come down. But here is CNBC's Rick Santelli giving everyone the data that would help to create a new stock market high. This happened a few hours ago. Cut one.
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Rick Santelli
Here's our late but coming out September read on the Consumer Price index headline number up 3101 10. Cooler than both rear view mirror and what we're expecting. And if we look at the stripping out of food and energy known as core, it comes in also a bit less than expected. Up 2 10. We're expecting up 3 10. Our last look was up 3 10. Here's the Moneyball numbers year over year 3%. And even though it's less than the 3.1 we're expecting, it's hotter than 2.9. And after all it's got a three handle. And if we look at CPI year over year ex food and energy, it also comes in at 3%. We're also expecting 3.1, but last look was 3.1. So it cooled a bit. So we're seeing interest rates move down and stocks move up.
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Clay Travis
That's a good combo by the way. Interest rates down, stocks going up. That is the Trump economy starting to take wind and lift. And again I understand people out there who are still very frustrated over the continued increase of prices that we saw during the Biden administration. Things still feel more expensive to you than they should. Trust me, I feel it too. But positive. Also buck 4 year low in gas prices and that has helped Trump, I believe to feel comfortable putting more pressure on Russia as it pertains to their gas prices because Trump has got a very good relationship right now with, with Middle east oil producing countries. So all of that, very positive as we get ready to roll into a weekend. Wanted to make sure that I contextualize that. And we started off Friday on a good foot.
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Buck Sexton
Look at that. Getting everybody in the right kind of mood for a Beautiful fall weekend. Mr. Clay Travis.
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Clay Travis
That's right.
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Buck Sexton
Advance of. Some of us who are adults will be dressing up for Halloween, which I assume you will be this year. Or is that not happening?
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Clay Travis
I. Well, we're moving. So the Laura Travis Halloween party that has been in existence for the last decade or so is not happening in normal fashion. But I suspect that my wife will have something that she has planned for us to be wearing. As you know, she gives out. I think I've talked about this before on the air every Halloween in my neighborhood. All this, I mean, I don't know. There's probably a thousand kids that are trick or treating in my neighborhood. It's super packed. Parents also walk around and some houses give out parent treats. And a parent treat might be alcoholic in nature. We have for the last decade or so, Buck, given out fireball shots on the Travis front porch for 21 parents. Parents. Parents.
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Cash Patel
Yeah.
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Clay Travis
We are not getting, we're not getting 8 year olds wasted. No, this is parents only. Um, and occasionally my wife will, will request an ID because there are sometimes teenagers that will, that will decide to be taking around their, their nieces, nephews or maybe little brothers or sisters and try to, try to take advantage of the largess here. Uh, but I believe that will be going on and usually my wife is dressed up when she's passing that out. So yes, look, I think Halloween is one of the most fun times a year.
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Buck Sexton
Fall.
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Clay Travis
October. If you made me power rank my months, I think October is the best month of the year. That would be my power ranking. I don't know what month you would go to overall. I just think I'm a sports guy. October is the best sports month. Weather, treat, leaves changing. Halloween, my favorite month of the year. May a second by the way on my power rankings. So, but, but, but my favorite month of the year. And yes, there's a lot of reason for optimism across the nation right now.
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Buck Sexton
As a New Yorker, I would back your October, but just because I love fall and the temperature and the leaves, I can't say that it's because I watch much of the football. But as not just the football buck.
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Clay Travis
You got the world Series and the major league baseball playoffs going on. And so it's kind of like everything coming together.
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Buck Sexton
I'm glad to learn of those things, but also because I had forgotten that the World Series was going on. But then there's. As a Floridian, you got to love January the most.
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Clay Travis
You got to love. You cocky Floridian, because you just want to. How much time do you spend now that you live in Miami on your iPhone, just occasionally flicking over to check and see what the weather is in New York when it is January? This is what Floridians love to brag about. Like, oh, what's the temperature where you live right now?
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Buck Sexton
Not just weather, Clay. I go through Instagram and I check out all these schmoes all over the country who don't live in South Florida in mid January with a big itchy wool sweater and a ski parka and a hat with maybe another hat trudging through snow. That's when Florida feels like a magical place. That's when all of a sudden. So January is the best month in Florida, I would say. I can't say December because I don't like our Christmas celebrations down here as much as I.
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Clay Travis
Because it snow whenever. We are going to be, like, super warm and have, like, snow globes out and stuff.
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Buck Sexton
Yeah, you get. You get the. The lights around the palm trees is not as exciting to me as the stuff you'll see in the colder parts of the country. So I have to give the month of December to the more temp. The, you know, the seasonal places across the country. But once January hits and you're done with your New Year's celebration and the Christmas and the Hanukkah holidays and everything else, are you walking around in sandals? Because us Floridians are.
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Clay Travis
How about August?
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Buck Sexton
I mean, you know, not as good. If you like melting all the time, it's fantastic. If you like the constant feel of your clothing being wet, then South Florida in August is great.
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Clay Travis
So I will say there are very few feelings better. I don't like cold weather. And I understand a lot of you live in cold weather. My wife likes. My wife grew up in Detroit, so there are very few. I always say it's not a vacation unless you put on fewer clothes when you get off the plane than you had on when you got on the plane. Right. I always want to go.
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Buck Sexton
Right.
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Clay Travis
Well, but I don't. I'm not even a ski guy. Right. Yes, I understand people like that and ski villages can be fine. But if you told me, hey, you can go to a warm beach or a ski village. I'm picking a warm beach every time. Now, my family doesn't always agree, so sometimes we end up out there. I'm a look, I'm a Goodletsville, Tennessee kid. Nobody around me knew how to ski like, so, you know, I'm not. Oh no. I'm just scrolling through and catching up on Twitter and I see that they shared my. I was all in an optimistic mood and then I find out that my senior class photos have just been shared by the Clay and Buck Twitter feed here. And you seen this yet? I'm 30 minutes behind on social media and this thing is going to go everywhere.
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Buck Sexton
Oh, oh, Clay's hair. If you haven't seen it, Clay's hair was. Was very much what I was describing as the worst 90s haircut for men, which was very common. I cannot lie. I think my older brother had it for a while. There was a period of time. So it's fun to take a little throwback. We also got a lot of commentary on the best song of the 80s because that's. And that's a fun Friday one. So if you haven't sent that in yet, you can email us, send us your takes on that, give us your talkbacks on that. Really interesting announcement. Clay, I'm going to come back to here in a second because the government shutdown is actually starting to bite some people. I mean, the government shutdown is now has gone on long enough that they're running out of money for things, including paying people who should be getting paid like our troops. And Trump revealed something that was really interesting earlier today about that and I will dive into that here momentarily. But gold, my friend, has also had a phenomenal year. It's about up 55%. Look, gold can go up, gold can go down. But if you look over the long term view, gold has value and it has proven for a long time to be a really important part of diversifying your holdings and your portfolio behind the price increase. This Golden Gold this year is a purchasing effort by central banks around the world because they know the printing presses are still going to have to keep going in order to fund all the overspending. So now is still a very wise time to buy gold to be in it for the long term. The long hold, my friends buy Birch Gold Gold or you can also get silver from Birch Gold. And when you buy gold from this month, you can get free silver. That's right. For every $5,000 purchased from Birch Gold in advance of Veterans Day, they'll send you a free patriotic silver round that includes the American and Gadsden flags on it. Plus they'll send you free silver honoring our veterans on qualifying purchases. And if you're current or former military, Birch Gold has a special offer just for you, waiving custodial Fees for the first year on investments of any amount. Text my name Buck to 989898 free info kit claim your eligibility for free silver with qualifying purchase before the end of the month. Again, text my name Buck to 989898.
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Clay Travis
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NFL Network Announcer
The NFL International games continue on NFL Network and here our stars come out in the morning.
- [17:11]
Rick Santelli
Let's go.
- [17:12]
NFL Network Announcer
Week 10 Bajan Robinson and the Falcons take on Daniel Jones and the Colts in Berlin.
- [17:17]
Rick Santelli
Fireworks in the fourth quarter.
- [17:19]
NFL Network Announcer
Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders touchdown once again face Tua and the Dolphins in Madrid. Snooze off. Game on it's Sunday Morning Football continues November 9th at 9:30 Eastern only on NFL Network.
- [17:35]
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- [18:02]
Clay Travis
Learn more@probane.com now you can stream Fox News live on the Fox One app. Stay on top of breaking news and the biggest stories live as they happen, all from the Fox voices you trust, bringing you the coverage you won't find anywhere else.
- [18:18]
Buck Sexton
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- [18:28]
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- [18:59]
Buck Sexton
Welcome back into Clay and Buck. This was quite a moment. President Trump revealing earlier today that for any troops who are going to be missing a paycheck, an anonymous, obviously pro Trump or Trump supporting donor has written a check to the government for a. Well, I'll let the president say it.
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Rick Santelli
Play 2 A friend of mine talking about donors. A friend of mine, a man. That's great. I'm not going to use his name unless he lets me do it. Susie can tell you about this, but he was, he called us the other day and he said, I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute, personally contribute any shortfall you have with the military because I love the military and I love the country. And any shortfall, if there's a shortfall, I'll contribute it. And today he sent us a check for $130 million.
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Clay Travis
Can you share who that is?
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Rick Santelli
I would love to tell you. He deserves, he doesn't really want the recognition, if you want to know the truth. But he gave us a check for $130 million and that's going to go. Which was sort of a shortfall. Yeah. And that's going to go to the military.
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Buck Sexton
Yeah. Clay, that's quite a check. Quite a check to stroke.
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Clay Travis
There's not that many people who could stroke that check. So I think we could probably limit it. What do you think there? I mean, to actually be able to cut a check for $130 million. I would think there's probably, I don't know, a thousand people in The United States. That could actually.
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Buck Sexton
It might have been Elon Musk.
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Clay Travis
Maybe.
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Buck Sexton
Right. I mean, he clearly has the money.
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Clay Travis
Yeah. No, it would be, it would be a great move if it were Elon. I think it's a great move for anybody. And I think what Trump is pointing.
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Buck Sexton
Out here, I could see Elon doing it, but not wanting the hubbub around him. That's why I thought maybe. But that's a. By the way, that's a total guess. I do not know.
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Clay Travis
I do believe that this is where the Democrats shut down is again. I think their only calculus is they're worried about Virginia and they believe Northern Virginia workers are going to show up because they bought the idea that this is Trump's fault. They couldn't do anything before the no Kings protest, I suspect, after the election. So what are we talking at now? 10 days, basically, until the, the, the 2025 elections are taking place. I suspect they'll probably get a deal done, but I do at this point have a great deal of sympathy for the, the, the people out there that are living as much of us are and certainly as I have and you have before paycheck to paycheck. And so if your paycheck is being held up, even if you know you're going to eventually get it with your back pay, it can be very, very frustrating for mortgages, for car payments, for groceries, for general life experiences. Most people can't go a month without a paycheck. And now we're talking about that potentially being. And holding pattern. And I get why that's very frustrating. I think Democrats are playing politics here and failing when it comes to being able to do their most basic job. And I give credit. I don't know if you saw this buck. Maybe we can grab it and play it. Senator Dave McCormick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, did a statement on the steps of the Capitol saying, hey, this shouldn't be partisan in nature. Let's go ahead and open the government back up and continue to spend as we had agreed that we were going to spend. And frankly, there need to be other sane Democrats who come out alongside. I think there are three buck, if I'm not mistaken, right now that have been willing to vote to reopen the government on the side of the Senate. You have to get to 60, which means there has to be seven Democrats that are willing to do it. And I think three have so far. One from New Hampshire, one from Michigan, I believe, and one from, Sorry, one from Georgia, one from Pennsylvania. I think, and I know there's been a lot of votes, so it's a little bit confusing, but we need seven Democrats essentially to be willing to do this, to open back up the government.
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
Travis Buck Sexton show Uh, the the fallout continues. This is not on my proverbial bingo card. If you had told me, hey, what are the odds that FBI director Cash Patel and ESPN sports commentator Stephen A. Smith are going to be engaging in a war of words? Buck I would have said, I don't really see that coming. I don't see that very likely. So yesterday this is maybe, I think, you know, we did the debate recently. Stephen A. Sometimes has takes where I say, you know what, I may disagree. This is one of the dumbest takes I think Stephen A. Smith has ever had. And yesterday you called it out.
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Buck Sexton
Yeah, I just said if, if he's going to talk politics now, he's in my world and he should have stuck to sports on this one. Not a good take.
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Clay Travis
All right, so here is cut 10. This is what was said yesterday. And now FBI director Cash Patel is firing back. But I want you guys to hear first again, this has to do with the arrest, the NBA, the mafia, the gambling related fraud that was announced and uncovered yesterday by the FBI as part of the arrest. This is what Stephen A. Smith said in response to that.
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Cash Patel
Cut 10 how many times for one incident after another. Have I said Trump is coming? He's coming. We'll say it on national television again. Bad Bunny is performing at the super bowl and all of a sudden you hear an ice is going to be there looking to engage in mass deportations. The super bowl disrupting things. Big night for the NBA when beyond put on a show that has now been smeared because we're talking about this story. But I've been saying he's coming, he's coming because in his eyes folks try to throw him in jail. In his eyes, he's innocent. They try to put me behind bars. I'm getting everybody. He's not playing. And so this in a lot of people's eyes, talk to people in the NBA, talk to people in the NFL, talk to people in the world of sports. They think this is like the tip of the iceberg. These are the kind of words that are coming out of people mouth. It's not a surprise. It's very disheartening. It's very concerning. We don't know where this is going to go. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everybody's been embraced themselves.
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Clay Travis
Okay, that is a ludicrous take. This investigation has been going on for multiple years. I'm betting that Cash Patel's response is something of that nature. But here it is. FBI Director Cash Patel responding to Stephen A. Stephen A. Smith, the sports commentator suggested that this was revenge from the president for all the kind of left wing activism of the NBA. Your response to that?
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Cash Patel
I'm the FBI director.
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Buck Sexton
I decide which arrest to conduct and which not to conduct. That may be the single dumbest thing I've ever heard out of anyone in modern history. And I live most of my time in Washington D.C. it's right up there with Adam Schiff. We arrest people for crimes.
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Clay Travis
Wow. Cash Patel. That's Laura Ingram show Fox News last night. I am presuming with that investigation interview with Cash Patel about the investigation. Here is what I would say, Buck, because I was on with Hannity last night, our buddy Sean Hannity who many of you are going to hear after this and he asked me about this. Here's where I somewhat agree. I, I think this is the tip of the iceberg, man. I said this on the show.
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Buck Sexton
First question, first question I asked you yesterday. We were getting into this.
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Clay Travis
Yeah. The more I think about it. Did I talk about it on the show yesterday? Very much. I am not a good poker player. I do not do math fast enough candidly to be able to analyze odds in real Time. Some guys and gals have brains that are basically just calculators and some a card gets flipped over and they can immediately say, all the great poker players can, oh, my odds have changed by 4%. I'm going to adjust on the fly here. What they were doing was they were using an X ray machine. And I wanted to play this because I don't think we played this yesterday. This is a professional poker player, buck, who said two years ago on a podcast, hey, this guy, Chauncey Billup, 17 year NBA veteran, NBA hall of Famer. These games are not on the up and up. These are rigged poker contests. And before we play this, Buck, I would just ask you this. Do you think if the, if the mafia went through the trouble of doing X ray machines, of chandelier cameras, of all this different technology to rig poker games, do you think they're only doing that with Chauncey Billups or they are doing this all over the country And I've been invited to some of these high end poker games. I haven't gone because I know I'm the fish, like I'm the guy who's going to get taken advantage of. I'm not good enough at poker. I don't want to just give my money to these guys playing poker. Here is a professional poker player saying Chauncey Billups wasn't even a very good player and he was making decisions that make no sense when you look at the cards on the table and somehow he was winning all these hands and all these poker players were talking about this game's not on the up and up. Listen, I believe we have that cut. Let me make sure that we have that cut.
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Buck Sexton
What's the number? We got to get a number.
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Clay Travis
Mr. Clay, I'm not sure this is cut 11. The, the discussion about poker. This is him saying these games were not on the up and up. It was all built around Chauncey Billups. And I heard, I had heard about the game and the person who told me about it was like, look, I know the game runners, I'm telling you 100% this game is on the up and up. And I was like, well I know a lot of the people that are involved and I'm telling you 100% that it is not on the up and up. Yeah. And you know, we kind of went back and forth and I agreed that like I just wasn't gonna go play it. But I, I had some friends who went and played it both in LA and in Vegas and it obviously like was for sure Confirmed to be cheated. Like, people who clearly didn't even understand the rules of no Limit hold' Em are just like jamming hundreds of big blinds in with, like, a gutty and.
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Buck Sexton
Then just drilling it.
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Clay Travis
Only the pros are losing.
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Buck Sexton
I don't even know that.
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Clay Travis
Two years ago. Okay, so what he was saying is, you know, everything is probability. And a gutty is like, hey, I've got a gut instinct about what the next card that's going to pop up is. And if you just go on gut instinct over time, probability is going to win out. So he was saying, I mean, it would be the equivalent if you play blackjack and you have 18 and you're like, man, I just got. I got a really good feeling that three is going to be the next one up and you hit and a three hits. And people are like, you know, you're doing statistically improbable things. And they keep happening over time. And these professional poker players are sitting there like, wait a minute. This should never be happening. This is two years ago. That guy was saying this publicly. That is, by the way, Matt Berkey, a pro poker player.
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Buck Sexton
Well, I just think that one. Yeah, the mob is doing this more than in what we've already heard about. I would. I would make a bet on that.
- [31:46]
Clay Travis
Yes.
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Buck Sexton
And I don't know, I think that you're going to see a lot more of this come to light. I also lack the. I don't know if it's the gene, the predilection, the. I don't enjoy like, like card games like this. I don't know. And I know this has been a thing that people like to do. I don't understand how it's like, I really just mean this. I don't understand how it is fun. I completely lack.
- [32:13]
Clay Travis
I really enjoy it.
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Buck Sexton
I think sitting at a table with cards in my hands and losing money, because I absolutely would lose money because I don't know what I'm doing is. I don't understand how that's. This is why Vegas, for me, when I go to. By the way, I like Vegas. I just like the food, the people, the shows. You know, I don't do the. All the different gambling stuff when I'm there. I also think it's kind of tells you a lot that in these places, the. They can shut you down because you're doing too well. They can just say. They can say you're counting cards. Well, that's just another way of saying you're doing too well. And they don't want you there. Because statistically, you're supposed to be losing money. Right? So again, back to the card game component of this. Even if you get on a hot streak, if you start to do too well. I mean, unless I'm missing something, the casino can just be like, we think your card counting.
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Clay Travis
You're out.
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Buck Sexton
You're out of here. Right?
- [33:11]
Clay Travis
Yeah. No, they don't. I mean, look. Great movie that is, you know, bringing down the house. I don't remember what it was called. Great book about the MIT card counters in blackjack. If you just want to be entertained with a fun book. They just figured out that they could count cards. And there's a relatively rare period of time in blackjack when the cut. When the decks are actually in your favor. And basically it has to do with there's more face cards left. And again, I'm not a counter because I'm not good enough at math, and my brain doesn't work that way. You're not.
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Buck Sexton
You're not an MIT math genius who figured this out?
- [33:47]
Clay Travis
It would be. It would be great to be an MIT math genius. I am not a math genius. Or even probably like a community college math genius, much less an MIT math genius. But, yeah, you're right. Like, they get caught every now and then. And you can be banned from a casino now. But.
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Buck Sexton
But what I'm saying is getting caught, you're not actually doing anything other than what's in your. Between your own ears with card counting. And they.
- [34:13]
Clay Travis
Sometimes there are.
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Buck Sexton
They just can make that claim.
- [34:15]
Clay Travis
Sometimes there are teams because the player will be getting signaled. It's actually a really great book. Bringing down the House, I think is what it's called. And these guys won millions and millions of dollars. And yes, like, what they'll do is monitor your bets and say, yeah, this is card counting. Like, it's irregular the way that they're putting money on the table and everything else. The movie version of this, by the way, is 21, and it's pretty entertaining. But the book is Rounders or 21.
- [34:42]
Buck Sexton
A better movie.
- [34:42]
Clay Travis
Be. Well, Rounders is a poker game. 21 is a blackjack game.
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Cash Patel
We're.
- [34:49]
Clay Travis
We're gonna.
- [34:50]
Buck Sexton
We're creating separate film categories for poker.
- [34:53]
Clay Travis
No, no, I mean, I think Rounders, like poker is, in theory. There is no house advantage on poker. Right. Like, you could be a. I know you said the Witch is a better movie. I think Rounder is a better movie. By far better movie. Rounder is actually a pretty good movie.
- [35:08]
Buck Sexton
Like, because as soon as I read this yesterday about The Chauncey Billups, all this stuff that's going on with this big, you know, FBI announcement of the fraud. And everything else was the Molly's Game movie with Jessica Chastain, which some of you.
- [35:22]
Clay Travis
Yeah, I haven't seen that one. You were talking about that one yesterday. You haven't seen.
- [35:25]
Buck Sexton
You know, I feel like you definitely need to see that.
- [35:28]
Clay Travis
Well, there was a wind.
- [35:30]
Buck Sexton
There was an attractive lady who said, very, I'm sold. Very high end, very high end poker game. She runs very high end poker games. And big surprise, the mob is like, this is not okay. She gets into trouble.
- [35:43]
Clay Travis
There was a period. You may find this to be true. Although streaming has altered the trajectory of this a bit. Laura and I saw every movie and then we had kids and there was like nine years where we just didn't go to the movie theater very often. So there's about a nine or ten year gap there where my boys were really young and streaming had not become the case where you could easily get every movie at home nowadays, like with you guys, like, I don't know, what are movies in theaters for three weeks and then you can basically watch whenever you want.
- [36:12]
Buck Sexton
I used to. Only Carrie and I used to sit. And when we're done for the day, I'm very. I'm very. I share this with people. I just think that, you know what, it depends how big your house is. Our house is not very big, but one TV should be enough. Like there's a TV that you go to, to watch. I know people get very mad at me for this, very mad at me. But I just think one TV is enough. But we had our one TV in the living room and we would watch at night. And now, Clay, that I'm fully into the. Into the parent thing here. What I find is that when I'm done changing diapers and onesies and, and all that sort of stuff, cleaning up after dinner, sometimes I just want to sit in the couch and the baby's gone to bed. I just want to sit on the couch in silence. Just like, just be there, just be present and not have to do anything for like 10 minutes. For like 10 minutes.
- [37:04]
Clay Travis
We need to grab the Joe Flacco clip that went viral yesterday. Joe Flacco is now the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. And I think a lot of people out there will understand it. He's got, I think five kids or something now. And he. Sorry, he was the quarterback. Cleveland Browns, now the quarterback of Cincinnati Bengals. And they said, hey, is it hard? Your family's still in New Jersey. He's like, is it hard, you know, living away from them? And he said, he paraphrased. He said, you know, when I was a younger guy, I would go out to a restaurant or a bar and I would see a guy sitting there by himself having a meal or having a drink. And I would think, man, that guy must be the saddest person on the planet. And he said, now he's like, I am that guy out at the bar. And I got it. Or the restaurant. He's like, I got to tell you, it's.
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Clay Travis
It's pretty amazing.
- [37:46]
Buck Sexton
Oh, it's amazing.
- [37:48]
Cash Patel
Oh, my God.
- [37:48]
Rick Santelli
I didn't know about that.
- [37:49]
Buck Sexton
We got to find this clip.
- [37:50]
Clay Travis
Yeah, I just had like this clip.
- [37:52]
Buck Sexton
When I visited you in Nashville. I just had. Or, you know, we met up before we went to.
- [37:57]
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- [37:58]
Buck Sexton
I sat at a place in the gulch, sat alone at the bar. It's magnificent. I just ordered exactly what I wanted. No one bothered me. It was just so nice to see you.
- [38:07]
Clay Travis
There was hardly anything. I will tell you when you become a dad or a mom and you got big families everywhere and you're out, you eat one meal, you're like, man, food's cheap because you're not paying for five or six people or whatever the heck is.
- [38:17]
Buck Sexton
Also, I did not get hit with pureed peas anywhere during this experience, so it was interesting.
- [38:25]
Clay Travis
We'll grab that clip because I think there's probably a lot of dads and moms out there that are going to nod along with Joe Flacco. In the meantime. Look, I think fall is the best time of year. You heard me say October is my favorite month on the power rankings, but it is a time when there are a ton of leaves and they will clog your gutters like crazy. Make it easier on yourself. Get connected with leaffilter. Leaffilter, America's number one gutter protection company. They have a solution to the near constantly clogged rain gutters out there that happen this time of year. Right now you can get a free inspection, free estimate and save up to 30% off your entire purchase at leaffilter.com clay protect your home from flooding, roof damage, rotting and foundation issues. There may be cheaper upfront solutions, but leaffilter will get you hooked up in a hurry. Don't spend the fall worrying about your gutter schedule your free inspection. Get up to 30, 30 off your entire purchase at leaffilter.com clay that's L E A F filter.com clay free estimate, free inspection, 30 off at leaf leaffilter.com clay see representative for warranty details. Geek out with the guys on the Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck. Podcast a new episode every Sunday. Find it on the iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Rick Santelli
Let's go.
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Clay Travis
Learn more@propain.com now you can stream Fox News live on the Fox One app. Stay on top of breaking news and the biggest stories live as they happen. All from the Fox voices you trust, bringing you the coverage you you won't find anywhere else.
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Buck Sexton
Start your 7 day free trial today. Offers are subject to change. Go to Fox one for complete terms and conditions. Fox one we live for live streaming now.
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Buck Sexton
All right, welcome back in here to Clay and Buck. I am wearing a Crockett Coffee sweatshirt right now. For those of you who are saying, oh, gosh, brr, it's getting a little cold outside. Not a problem down here in South Florida, but with the ACS blasting very much in my studio. But in the rest of the country, great time to get yourself some Crockett gear. Bit of crockettcoffee.com Remember, the coffee is absolutely delicious. Get it delivered right to your doorstep. In honor of Davy Crockett celebrating the history of America. And obviously, 10% of the profits goes to Tunnel Towers Foundation. Go hook that up. I want to hear this, because I have not heard it yet. This Joe Flacco wisdom about eating alone. Play 35.
- [43:26]
Joe Flacco
I think there's always a challenge of sitting in a room by yourself and being lonely. So for me, it's trying to find ways to maybe stay over here a little bit longer, and then, you know, just kind of take myself out of that mindset, call home, go sit at a restaurant by myself, and realize that, man, that's pretty enjoyable to do, you know, after. There's not too many situations. I tell you. I tell people all the time. I mean, I used to see guys sitting at a bar by themselves or, you know, just sitting by themselves eating and grabbing a little meal. And I'm like, man, I feel so bad for that guy. You almost want to go join him. And now I realize, like, that dude was in heaven. And not to say that that's obviously not what I want. I'd rather. I'd rather be at home sitting at the dinner table with my kids and hearing what the hell they were talking about all day. But there are. But.
- [44:21]
Clay Travis
But if you.
- [44:21]
Joe Flacco
But if you have to do it, then you might as well take advantage of it.
- [44:25]
Buck Sexton
Dinner alone at a bar is a great thing once in a while. Eat, family, eat, you know, have family dinner every night, you can, but if you're on the road for work, Clay, I gotta tell you, it's very peaceful, very nice.
- [44:37]
Clay Travis
It's also so much more affordable. I've been on the road a lot for work and I will get a nice steak and a nice, you know, maybe a nice old fashioned with it and you know, some big fries, steak fries. And I get the bill and I'm like, man, this is, this, it's amazing just because when you're used and I know a lot of people out there know what I'm talking about. When you're used to paying for the entire family to go anywhere, it's super expensive. And yeah, it's not a bad, not a bad thing there. Heaven, as Joe Pleco might say. We'll have some more heavenly show for you coming back. Top of the next hour as we roll through the Friday edition of the program.
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NFL Network Announcer
The NFL international games continue on NFL Network. And here our stars come out in the morning. Week 10, Bajan Robinson and the Falcons take on Daniel Jones and the Colts in Berlin.
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Rick Santelli
Fireworks in the fourth quarter.
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NFL Network Announcer
Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the commanders take down Face Tua and the Dolphins in Madrid. Snooze off. Game on. It's Sunday morning Football continues November 9th at 9:30 Eastern only on NFL Network.
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
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