Legends who reached out to him right after he won to lay the groundwork for a pre-pre-game alliance.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What’s going on, man?ADAM KLEIN:Literally a dream to be here.

you might say that it’s because it’s all winners.

No,youcan say it.

I can’t say it.I’ll say it for you then.

Give people the quick update, Adam.

But a lot has changed in my life.

And so now one of the things I do is I give keynote speeches.

I am a motivational speaker and I am getting into the world of hosting.

And so I now host a poker and lifestyle streaming channel out in the Virgin Islands.

I love this game.

But I’m not going to let that impact the way that I play the game.

Is there anyone that you’re thinking, “Hey, I want to work with this person.

This is someone I could do well with”?Absolutely.

I think somebody like Ethan is someone that I have a lot in common with.

And maybe you want to call it starstruck.

I am just a little starstruck by Ethan because I wanted to be him.

And now I get to be friends with him and maybe allies with him and playSurvivorwith him.

And that’s pretty wild to me.

So, you know, we have quite a bit in in common.

Yul and I have quite a bit in common as well.

We both went to Stanford.

I think he’s the jot down of guy that wants to work with rational, predictable people.

Only if it’s the right move and the smart move.

And I think someone like Yul would appreciate that and want to work with that.

I think someone like Tyson is someone that loves to have a plan B.

He always has somebody in his back pocket.

Why not have that person be me?

We’ve played poker together.

I know Tyson socially, and in the same breath, I’ve played poker with Rob as well.

We recently played a charity poker tournament together.

We were the last two standing.

I won and I won $5,000 for charity.

And his whole attitude towards me shifted in that moment.

So I think I earned a little bit of a respect from Rob.

I know those two guys are very close, so I think I could work with them.

I mean, I can go on like I think there’s some connection with everybody.

I’m really close with Ben.

We actually share the same manager for speaking engagements and so I certainly want to make my manager happy.

So we have some sort of vested interests here that I think would keep us united, hopefully.

And there’s a lot of that, I should say.

There are so many connections in this group.

I mean, this game really started 15 years ago.

I really believe that that.

People have considered the possibility of an all-winners edition ofSurvivorfor a very long time.

Some of these relationships are a lot more public than others, like Tyson and Rob.

But there are lots of relationships under the surface and I have a lot of those.

So it is going to be a very interesting season as a result of that.

So how much can you count on those?

Because we know people talk before the game.

I got a call from Sandra right after I won, and I think she lays the groundwork.

And you’d be a fool to have a go at push the train off the tracks.

It’s just too heavy.

But how much can you count on that?

Whatever I can do to hey the Queen, I am here to serve."

How do you think the other players see you?I think that I will be underestimated.

I think I was underestimated the last time I played.

I played up to that on purpose and I’ll do it again.

But I do think that people can’t decide if I wonbecauseof my social game or inspiteof it.

Or that they were voting between the lesser of three evils or whatever it might be.

Since I was probably, like, 13 years old.

Now you’re making me feel old.

So you get onSurvivor.

And you winSurvivor.A dream come true.

Did that get you?Yeah, absolutely.

That’s all it takes.

It’s also my greatest strength, because I don’t give up on people.

But he, in the end, you know, voted for me to win.