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Phil Hellmuth has developed a reputation for being one of the most outspoken and whiny poker players of all-time. Due to his incessant complaining about bad beats, and what he often perceives to be bad play from opponents, Hellmuth has earned the nickname “Poker Brat.” And despite being relatively quiet on this front in recent times, spectators at the 2012 WSOPE got to see the Poker Brat in full effect.

The setting for his latest rant was the Event #33,250 NLHE Shootout and the antagonist was Roman Romanovskyi. With 18 players left in the tourney, Romanovskyi got a two pair on the river and value bet Hellmuth; the Poker Brat called and was very angry when he lost the hand. The Wisconsin native exclaimed, “I fly all the way here for some monkey to try and give me all his chips. What is this?”

Despite being agitated, Hellmuth continued to survive until he ran into the Ukrainian once again. Once again, Romanovskyi had a two pair and value bet on the river, which drew a call from the 12-time WSOP champion. After the hand, Romanovskyi said, “Nice snap call.” This drew another angry reaction from Hellmuth as he fumed, “You wanna make fun of me? This f**king player is the worst ever!”

A tilted Poker Brat would go on to bust out of the tournament in 12th place and cash for 5,428 ($ 7,082). He wasn’t happy about the finish either since he sent out the following tweets about his performance:

I feel so beat up, tilted, and just awful right nowBad beat after bad beat. its a miracle Im still in, albeit w 5 big blinds

Sucks that Im out in 12thPut my chips in SO GOOD, but thats poker. Need a walk, a nap, a Cappuccino, then str8 into WSOPE event #5

Don’t feel too bad for poor Phil though since he has won 12 WSOP gold bracelets and earned $ 16,132,759 throughout his tournament career.

There’s a lot of talk in the UK at the moment about a politician who ranted because they wouldn’t let him ride his bike out of Number 10 Downing Street. The media have responded with the following headline but are you sure this isn’t the headline marking the end of my triathlon with Phil Hellmuth at WPT Malta?

I biked him in the basketball (he can dodge baskets baby!) and running, while he sent me on mine in the swimming (that’s what happens when you are attached to the backside of Michael Phelps). If you haven’t seen the videos yet catch up on the true athletic prowess of us both! Big thanks must go to Jesse May for adjudicating and Andras Fekete, a Hungarian Hellmuth troll of true character and my PA for the week. He is proof that Phil Hellmuth did ride a hot dog! I packed Hellmuth off to Cannes with the hot dog and spiderman suit – let’s hope we see them again!

All in all I can say that spending a week in the company of the brat wasn’t all that bad. He talked about talking to ‘Condi’ (Condoleezza Rice) and debated the merits of the G5 private jet way too much but he’s alright in small doses and clearly doesn’t have the bankroll to play in the super high roller games. He clearly doesn’t forgive me for a perceived ‘angle shoot’ on the Big Game in the States but I do forgive myself for sending him on his bike there and in the triathlon. This time he also didn’t decide to wear his ipod in a nightclub so progress is being made with his mental health.

I finished 10th at WPT Malta and was bitterly disappointed not to have made the final table – I had to smoke multiple shishas after that exit.

Next up? I am weighing up going to Cannes for WSOPE (will Robl be there with headphones on?) and I have been on a yacht off Croatia. I am also spending plenty of time on my new project – Lithuanian Rowing (nice gold medal at World Rowing Championship last week). I have committed myself to WPT Copenhagen too.

Then of course there is Tony’s House – thousands of you are raiding my house with the online grand final on October 7th. I intend to fight to the death that day to stop all these looters and if it is on Fast Forward tables then so be it as I hate nits. You can take my tvs, my ipads…even my Volkswagen – but you will never take my FREEDOM!

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth outlasted a starting field of 309 players to take down WSOP Event #18 $ 2,500 Seven Card Razz. His prize was worth much more than the $ 182,793 first place cash he pocketed. Hellmuth’s win gave him his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet.

Hellmuth’s final opponent in the Seven Card Razz event was Don Zewin, who took third place in the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event, where Hellmuth won his first WSOP bracelet in a classic match against two-time defending champion Johnny Chan.

Last year, Hellmuth finished in second place in three separate WSOP events. His twelve bracelet record is trailed by Chan and Doyle Brunson, who each have ten WSOP bracelets.

At last year’s WSOP, Hellmuth finished in second place in the $ 50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, the $ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship, and the $ 10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship.

With the $ 755,000 first prize he captured at age 24 at the 1989 series, Hellmuth was the youngest Main Event winner ever, a record that stood until 2008.

All of Hellmuth’s previous bracelets were won in Texas Hold’em tournaments.

So it is official, Phil Hellmuth is not coming to the PartyPoker.com Premier League V in Vienna in April. He hasn’t got a sponsor and he doesn’t have the bankroll or the heart. Don’t worry Phil – this week is the last week of online qualifiers – re-locate and show you are qualified! I really think this is Phil’s only option now.

Great for the Game!

I’ve always said that Hellmuth is great for the game. He talks, he screams, he name drops – he meets Clinton, he meets Bush, he used to win bracelets – what an ambassador for the game!? Yes that brat bragging is all intensely annoying, I agree, but what if the poker world was full of Andrew Robls? Head down, Beats headphones on – all maths, no heart, extended time on the clock. You cannot deny that Hellmuth isn’t good for the game, especially for its profile on tv and with world statesmen.

Call that a Win?

It is time to re-evaluate Hellmuth though. Big news in recent weeks is that he won a side event at the WPT LA Poker Classic. ‘Win’ is a strong word, he chopped it five ways – did they let him win? What a disgrace? Here’s my new thought – Hellmuth is good for the game and shouldn’t retire but he should accept that he is no longer one of the leading lights of the game.

He is no longer sponsored, he is staying up too late at night playing way too much luck induced Chinese poker. The PartyPoker.com Premier League is a good example – the $ 125,000 buy-in is now beyond Hellmuth, despite the fact there is $ 200,000 added and he has a reasonable record in the tournament series (not in recent years though). Hellmuth loves tv exposure and needs it if the US market eventually opens up but he cannot afford it – simple enough. There are no backers that are willing to stake him even when there is added money! Hellmuth only travels now where he will gets his flights and hotel paid for and a small buy-in paid so he can bust out within two hours and drink the finest Louis baby he can get his hands on. He needs more heart and commitment to the highest level and stakes in the game. Either that, or he becomes a celebrity poker MC for a living.

Unthinkable!

If Hellmuth came to the Premier League Jungleman would swing him from the trees, Dwan would durrrr his soul, while the Seiborg would Seidel him. Patrik Antonius would drink his reads like pure Fiji Water while Vanessa Selbst will slam dunk him every time he tries to bluff. The Russians are also too much for him. I think that the 10k Premier League play-off is too big for him these days. A $ 125k buy-in is unthinkable.

If Phil is having money problems that means he cannot play at the highest level i am willing to stake him (i am a charitable man) and even lend him Zasko as an advisor and protector for a short period. i know i would destroy him in cash games and get it all back anyway. Can someone please arrange for Phil Hellmuth to win the lottery, it would be great for the poker economy!? Alternatively, I know there is lots of people with grand ideas about poker – do any of you want to sponsor him?

You will know that I am a big fan of giving people a warm welcome to the game – take Phil Curtis in the first PartyPoker.com Poker Den 24 hour cash game and the greetings showered on Andrew ‘good2cuqualified’ Robl by Daniel Negreanu and I at the more recent Big Game in Vegas. I always want to know that someone is strong enough to take their seat at the table.

That’s why I am so looking forward to going to WPT Malta on Monday – not only is it a Matt Savage re-entry tournament, I will also be reacquainting myself with his holiness Phil Hellmuth for the very first time since the Big Game.

I know he is over the trauma and back on suitable form – talking about his money management when he is winning, insisting he is trying to play tight and going on about metal band Anthrax (when is he going to get it?). My god is he going to get it, as are all those French fishies I hope make the trip from Cannes. I am rubbing my hands together, I am going to take everything they have!

The island of Malta is historically a key territory in the quest for world domination and I am already a little on the back foot as I hear a rumour on the grapevine that the local mayor is planning to bestow a Maltese Cross on the Poker Brat and give him freedom of the island – I cannot think of anyone who will take such an honour with such humility. Phil will just humbly accept this I am sure and let all the pomp and ceremony pass him by.

Earlier this week I asked for suggestions on how I could give Hellmuth a big welcome to the game in Malta and you’ve inspired me. I have been doing a bit of shopping.

My terrapoker army have thrown down their arms but I do have two adult baby jumper suits, a stuffed talking parrot that repeats what you say, a Maltese Falcon and a Dick Turpin highwayman outfit. I am like a bird of prey exploiting weak nits so why can’t I bring a majestic creature with me?

My massive wing spanned and clawed friend has been trained to spot potential enemies from a distance and I have been training my guiding hand to be a top class wild bird handler (learn from the master Gus Hansen!). The Maltese Falcon is my choice though I could easily have an Osprey for all the seafood available to hunt and conquer.

Some of you will know that the Maltese Falcon is a superyacht but it doesn’t look like I am going to be able to get to Malta in such style. Don’t get me wrong, I am still the Captain!

It is still not too late to join the Phil Hellmuth Appreciation Society annual meeting at the WPT Malta – with it being a re-entry we can have a pop at him twice. For those who want to organise travel to Malta from Nice or elsewhere contact belinda@pokernelmondo.com mobile: +393477837944, tel:+390917486323.

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth, one of poker’s best players ever, barely missed a third chance this year of winning his record 12th World Series of Poker bracelet. Hellmuth finished in second place in the $ 50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, losing to Brian Rast. Hellmuth won $ 1,063,034 for his efforts, but that was a far cry from the prestige of winning an unparalleled twelfth bracelet.

Hellmuth had already cashed four times in this year’s series, including two second place finishes in the $ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship and the $ 10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship. He is known in the industry as the “Poker Brat” and regularly makes ostentatious entrances to poker tournaments.

For poker players, the $ 50,000 Poker Players’ Championship is considered the most prestigious of all WSOP events, even more so than the Main Event itself. The tournament challenges participants to demonstrate their skills in different poker variations until the Final Table, when the game shifts to No Limit Hold’em.

Previous winners of the event have been Chip Reese, Scotty Nguyen, David Bach, Michael Mizrachi and Freddy Deeb.

This year’s Poker Players’ Championship attracted 128 starters, creating a $ 6,144,000 prize pool. First place awarded Rast with $ 1,720,328, while Minh Ly finished third for $ 665,763.

Hellmuth holds the record of most WSOP bracelets, having won 11 over his poker career. All his bracelets were won in Texas Hold’em tournaments. He won his 11^th bracelet, which put him ahead of poker legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, at the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Hellmuth won his first WSOP bracelet in 1989, defeating two-time defending champion Johnny Chan. With the $ 755,000 first prize he captured at age 24, Hellmuth was the youngest Main Event winner ever, a record that stood until 2008.

The first time I noticed something might be wrong was when I got a tweet saying: “@TonyGuoga something must be wrong, Phil Hellmuth wasn’t dressed as Neo from The Matrix today.”

I laughed, smiled and thought… actually I want him to win the bracelet, I would quite like to see him beat Juanda.

I don’t think I was the only one who found themselves in that position but it didn’t sit comfortably. I wanted him to win so I have to put up with months and months of bragging? I need counseling, I need help I thought.

I bet there were many people out there who wanted him to win but felt guilty for doing so. After he lost and Hellmuth’s 72 hours of self flagellation started I felt sorry for him. Why, why, why! Pull it together Antanas!

WPT Slovenia - lots of tasty Italians there

Someone else tweeted me saying there was a ‘strange force’ at work that made them cheer on Hellmuth. I don’t know about that but there was definitely something in the air.

I remember when Hellmuth bust from the WPT Bay 101 last year and he curled into a ball and looked like he had a breakdown. I said then that I thought he could be on the cusp of a mega comeback but I was wrong.

I would be interested to hear what price anyone would lay about Phil getting a bracelet this year though. That said, if he has to pay himself will he play in many events?!

Since then I have pulled it together and got over my Hellmuth man love. I don’t think I am going to be going to WSOP this year but I don’t rule anything out. I am going to WPT Slovenia in Portoroz between 17th – 21st July as there will be lots of tasty Italians there.

By that I don’t mean models or bunga, bunga parties (though I heard the casino is putting on some free parties for those who want to wind down from Vegas in a suitable fashion) – I mean fresh seafood.

Pull those Italians across the border and let’s feast – I’ve always told you I remain a hungry big saltwater crocodile with Lithuanian stripes.

Qualifiers for WPT Slovenia have started on PartyPoker.com – come and join me.

John Juanda

In what was undeniably the most star-studded final table so far at the 42^nd World Series of Poker, John Juanda took first place in Event #16 $ 10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, winning $ 367,170 and the coveted WSOP bracelet.

The win was Juanda’s 5^th lifetime bracelet. In the process, he outlasted Phil Hellmuth, who was vying for his 12^th WSOP bracelet.

Among the players who reached the event’s final table was 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer, but he was eliminated in 9^th place.

Juanda had finished in fourth place in the 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship in the past two years. When heads-up play began, Hellmuth had a 3-1 advantage in chips, but from that point, it was Juanda’s skill that led him to the victory. According to Poker News, Juanda “picked away at Hellmuth’s stack with methodical precision.” For finishing in second, Hellmuth received $ 226,907.

As Poker News noted, “Many in the poker world consider Juanda to be one of the best 2-7 no-limit players in the world.”

The final nine players in the tournament had a combined 21 WSOP bracelets and lifetime earnings just over $ 40,000,000. The only player who reached the final table who had not previously won a bracelet was Joe Cassidy, who ended up in 8^th place.

The final table and their prizes:

1) John Juanda $ 367,170

2) Phil Hellmuth $ 226,907

3) Richard Ashby $ 143,833

4) Steve Sung $ 97,416

5) Nick Schulman $ 69,216

6) David Bakes Baker $ 51,485

7) Hasan Habib $ 40,020

8) Joe Cassidy $ 32,440

9) Greg Raymer $ 27,928

When someone told me that Phil Hellmuth was going to meet the Presidents of The United States of America I would have thought they were talking about that band that sang ‘Peaches’.

But no, here he is with William Jefferson Clinton, ex Rhodes Scholar and the purveyor of the finest cigars since Hannibal in the A Team.

I heard a rumour Hellmuth is coming to Europe in the next couple of weeks – if I don’t see him at the WPT Vienna or Bratislava I think it is safe to conclude that his career is over, it is gone, gone, gone!

I destroyed him so hard that even the slightest possibility of bumping into me makes poker’s biggest baby run for the hills. Feel my power baby! I can dodge bullets baby but not when they are fired by Tony G.

$ 50 dollars goes to the best caption

Sorry Wicked Chops Poker boys if I have got there first but following all those entries to the caption competition featuring the Brat and Dubya this has to be done. 50 dollars goes to the best caption for the picture.

Phil – when are we going to get the Obama pictures?