by JJSCOTT2 » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:46 pm
I think you guys are really missing out on the beauty of Phil Hellmuth. Everyone is always just whining about how they hate him, well, doesn't that make you as much of a whiner as him?(Ok, probabaly not, but still). The guy is great, I love watching him, it's hillarious and entertaining to me, and I'm sure ESPN doesn't mind either. Of course the guy knows exactly what he's saying, and he knows if he had 77 he would have called someone elses AQ etc. etc. It's not like he's some moron who has no idea what's going on. And the part that I think is great is that his system is perfect, because people always let him get to them, which is exactly what he wants. Point in case: You got that old pro who was sitting at the table whining about how Phil wouldn't shut up, he obviously didn't want to be sitting there with Phil and is thus uncomfortable. Point 2: When the guy loses that hand with JT where he flops broadway to a runner-runner full house and complains about his bad beat, Phil says "correct me if I'm wrong, but you were an underdog going in", the entire point of this comment is to get this guy pissed off and off his game, which is exactly what happened because not 10 minutes later, this guy is pushing all in for 16k with KJ......the dude is a genius. The one reason I have to not like him is he whores himself out to TV too much, I don't like that....people like Matusow etc., we get it, you're a pro, I believe you.