I doubt Phil ever makes it that deep in the main event again. He's not very well liked by anyone to be honest and there are TONS of people lining up willing to make marginal (or even poor) plays against him in hopes of having a chance to knock him out.
Your normal every day likeable player needs a TON of luck to get deep. Phil needs that and more.
Just think of the love that Hachem received last year....and respect. Many despise Phil and I'm guessing he would need to dodge a LOT of people all in with nut flush draws or the like hoping to beat him.
I doubt Phil ever makes it that deep in the main event again. He's not very well liked by anyone to be honest and there are TONS of people lining up willing to make marginal (or even poor) plays against him in hopes of having a chance to knock him out.
Your normal every day likeable player needs a TON of luck to get deep. Phil needs that and more.
Just think of the love that Hachem received last year....and respect. Many despise Phil and I'm guessing he would need to dodge a LOT of people all in with nut flush draws or the like hoping to beat him.
If you read the report of that tournament, Daniel Negreaunu made 48 rebuys in that tournament and still finished out of the money. Supposedly a record for rebuys.
I wonder how many rebuys Hellmuth made?
If you read the report of that tournament, Daniel Negreaunu made 48 rebuys in that tournament and still finished out of the money. Supposedly a record for rebuys.
i would love to see chan/hellmuth/brunson at a final table. maybe with online poker losing players due to the law it will go back to being about skill. brunson is the best of all time in my opinion. can you imagine how much shit that guy has seen in his days? and chan changed the game to teh way its played now. phil is just fun to watch.
i hate the concept of rebuys....just hate it
i would love to see chan/hellmuth/brunson at a final table. maybe with online poker losing players due to the law it will go back to being about skill. brunson is the best of all time in my opinion. can you imagine how much shit that guy has seen in his days? and chan changed the game to teh way its played now. phil is just fun to watch.
He's more than that bro. He's one of the greatest poker players that ever lived. 10 WSOP bracelets and countless other tournaments. I saw him win that Head to Head poker tourney that they had on CNBC the financial channel a few years back. Over $7,000,000 in World Series of Poker winnings.
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phil is just fun to watch.
He's more than that bro. He's one of the greatest poker players that ever lived. 10 WSOP bracelets and countless other tournaments. I saw him win that Head to Head poker tourney that they had on CNBC the financial channel a few years back. Over $7,000,000 in World Series of Poker winnings.
I doubt Phil ever makes it that deep in the main event again. He's not
very well liked by anyone to be honest and there are TONS of people
lining up willing to make marginal (or even poor) plays against him in
hopes of having a chance to knock him out.
This makes it more likely that he will be able to accumulate the chips necessary to make a final table.
Your normal every day likeable player needs a TON of luck to get deep. Phil needs that and more.
Being 'likeable' doesn't really have anything to do with winning a tournament.
Just think of the love that Hachem received last year....and
respect. Many despise Phil and I'm guessing he would need to dodge a
LOT of people all in with nut flush draws or the like hoping to beat
him.
Getting your money in as a favorite is usually a good thing. I would love it if people would throw their money is as a dog because they don't like me.
While you will need luck to win, or even final table, a large tournament like the WSOP ME, luck becomes less a factor if the players are playing poorly.
I doubt Phil ever makes it that deep in the main event again. He's not
very well liked by anyone to be honest and there are TONS of people
lining up willing to make marginal (or even poor) plays against him in
hopes of having a chance to knock him out.
This makes it more likely that he will be able to accumulate the chips necessary to make a final table.
Your normal every day likeable player needs a TON of luck to get deep. Phil needs that and more.
Being 'likeable' doesn't really have anything to do with winning a tournament.
Just think of the love that Hachem received last year....and
respect. Many despise Phil and I'm guessing he would need to dodge a
LOT of people all in with nut flush draws or the like hoping to beat
him.
Getting your money in as a favorite is usually a good thing. I would love it if people would throw their money is as a dog because they don't like me.
While you will need luck to win, or even final table, a large tournament like the WSOP ME, luck becomes less a factor if the players are playing poorly.
phil h is a very good player and i beleive he has either more wsop cashes or final tables than anyone.the show he puts on is just entertainment and it gave him an opportunity to make alot more money the last few years than actually playin poker.
he has alot of endorsement deals in place and has made millions off of it.i do think his moaning about getting outplayed and stuff gets old.did you watch poker after dark last nite when sheiky took that pot off him. lol
phil h is a very good player and i beleive he has either more wsop cashes or final tables than anyone.the show he puts on is just entertainment and it gave him an opportunity to make alot more money the last few years than actually playin poker.
he has alot of endorsement deals in place and has made millions off of it.i do think his moaning about getting outplayed and stuff gets old.did you watch poker after dark last nite when sheiky took that pot off him. lol
Being 'likeable' doesn't really have anything to do with winning a tournament.
What I'm saying is that he is likely to run up against MORE people willing to gamble to knock him out then some might just because he's the poker brat.
And yeah, getting all your money in as a favorite is a good thing....but if you do it often enough, you'll eventually lose one of those big pots.
Pros would prefer few all ins and generally smaller pots. People running heads up with Phil are more likely (IMO) to want to play for big pots.
Bottom line is, Phil runs into more people willing to gamble to take him out. And yeah, it's great for him when he wins those pots, but he's not going to win all of 'em.
Being 'likeable' doesn't really have anything to do with winning a tournament.
What I'm saying is that he is likely to run up against MORE people willing to gamble to knock him out then some might just because he's the poker brat.
And yeah, getting all your money in as a favorite is a good thing....but if you do it often enough, you'll eventually lose one of those big pots.
Pros would prefer few all ins and generally smaller pots. People running heads up with Phil are more likely (IMO) to want to play for big pots.
Bottom line is, Phil runs into more people willing to gamble to take him out. And yeah, it's great for him when he wins those pots, but he's not going to win all of 'em.
Pros would prefer few all ins and generally smaller pots.
Yup.
People
running heads up with Phil are more likely (IMO) to want to play for
big pots.
Even if this were true, Hellmuth would definately be smart enough to catch on and then adjust his game.
Bottom line is, Phil runs into more people willing to gamble to take
him out. And yeah, it's great for him when he wins those pots, but
he's not going to win all of 'em.
He doesn't have to. If the opponent before him stacked off to Hellmuth, he may easily have the next guy covered.
He has made a living from playing poker for a quite a while now playing with people less skilled than him. I can't see how opponents playing poorly could change this.
Put it this way.
Is it easier to win the Sunday Million on Stars, or a freeroll, where players on constantly throwing their chips in with the worst of it?
I think the answer should be obvious.
Pros would prefer few all ins and generally smaller pots.
Yup.
People
running heads up with Phil are more likely (IMO) to want to play for
big pots.
Even if this were true, Hellmuth would definately be smart enough to catch on and then adjust his game.
Bottom line is, Phil runs into more people willing to gamble to take
him out. And yeah, it's great for him when he wins those pots, but
he's not going to win all of 'em.
He doesn't have to. If the opponent before him stacked off to Hellmuth, he may easily have the next guy covered.
He has made a living from playing poker for a quite a while now playing with people less skilled than him. I can't see how opponents playing poorly could change this.
Put it this way.
Is it easier to win the Sunday Million on Stars, or a freeroll, where players on constantly throwing their chips in with the worst of it?
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