LOL Phil Hellmuth
 

The Brat gets a 1-orbit penalty for the start of play today for berating another player.

Guy raises in position, Phil reraises from the SB, guy calls. Flop comes T-high. Phil checks, guy bets a bit less than half the pot, Phil folds AKo face up. Matusow goads other guy to "show the bluff", guy tables T4s and Phil goes Krakatoa on him.

Now Phil loses more than 10% of his stack before being allowed to play a hand. Nice.

This play happens because we have seen Phil make too many big laydowns on TV. All I can think is somewhere, Seidel is feeling justified for almost always refusing to show his cards to the hole-card cameras.

This makes me feel all warm inside. :)

I guess you haven't heard the update to this story. Apparently, phil whined and cried to WSOP bigwigs overnight and had his penalty reduced to a warning. If it was anyone else, you know that wouldn't have happened. I call BS.

To be that successful and have so many people think you are a jerk is an impressive feat.

July 13, 2008

Official Statement from the World Series of Poker

This morning Phil Hellmuth met with Jack Effel, WSOP Tournament Director, Howard Greenbaum, Harrah's Regional Vice President for Specialty Gaming, and Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the WSOP. Based on that meeting and an official review of the situation, it was decided that the penalty imposed on Mr. Hellmuth at the conclusion of play last night was excessive.

"Warnings and penalties are intended to correct inappropriate behavior and our rulings should be as fair as possible, given the circumstances," said Pollack. "In this instance, the punishment did not fit the crime."

"Phil has now been warned and put on notice in a way that he never has been," Pollack added.

Probably wouldn't have been reversed had the infraction not occurred at the end of the day. Phil wouldn't have had time to mount his defense.

Read: we wussed out but are trying to look really tough. :rolleyes:

really wish he would of took down the main event.... would of been the greatest feat of his poker career.

Really. What'd they do, slap his knuckles with a ruler?