CLAY: You know what they say, Buck: When you’ve been out in Vegas for a while, sometimes it just takes a little while to get back. Also, every now and then, studio’s aren’t perfect. But you and I are rolling and we’re about to be joined by Ted Cruz. I gotta say this before Ted Cruz gets here, Buck. One, he’s a good poker player. Two, it was really the highlight, I think, for everybody — Ted Cruz’s kids as well — this YouTube guy who you’ve never heard of, Buck.
BUCK: MrBeast. I’ve heard of him now ’cause this guy’s got more followers than some major world religions.
CLAY: Yeah. He’s got 66 million followers on YouTube, and I got him — and I think Ted Cruz did as well — to send a message to each of our kids, and it’s maybe the most popular, coolest thing that I’ve ever done from their perspective. He gave them — he was a nice guy — a 30 second video for each of my kids, and they’re saying, “Oh, my God. This was unbelievable!”
So even though you had Doyle Brunson and so many other poker greats — Phil Hellmuth there as well — that was the one that everybody was reacting to. And this guy was… I mean, 66 million YouTube subscribers. There’s probably a huge percentage of our audience doesn’t know him at all. If you have kids or grandkids and you ask them, I think there’s almost a 100% chance that they will know who this guy is.
So it was really a fun weekend out in Vegas to be able to participate in that event.