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Maybe all 9 bracelets for Johnny and Doyle didn't come from holdem, but Hellmuth has still only won the big one once.Not to mention Action Dan Harrington, who made the final table in 2003 and 2004 against the biggest fields ever. Heck, phil got put out before day 2 this year, and barely ever ranks anymore other than a brief stint in 2002.I do not deny that Phil is an excellent player. But like Josh Arieh, he absolutely whines up a storm when other people gamble. He seems to think that they should not be able to gamble(Even though it has been proven that those who take chances often are the ones who advance)From what i gather, Phil intentionally acts the brat to get more airtime and sell books.The problem with Phil is that he is useless outside of a tournament. He has NEVER won any big stakes games, where Chan, Doyle, Harrington, and others make their real money. Most poker players want to make a name for themselves just for the simple fact that they will attract Rich "Dead money" to the high limit tables. It has been this way for years. The above 3 I mentioned are all former champs, and they all have been proven to have made 20x more money on the high limit tables than they have winning the tourneys. Hellmuth has never been able to do this. He consistantly goes bust trying to. Sheesh, he was just talking about his financial problems at the tourney of champions. I fail to see how you could win that many tourneys and have financial problems, except that he let it slip in an interview that he has "Horrible luck lol" at high stakes games.All in all, he needs an attitude adjustment, and he needs to learn to play high limit with the other champs aside from tourneys.
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