Phil Hellmuth is going back on his pledge to buy in for $300,000 of his own money in televised cash games. After suffering huge losses on Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike, he decided that he didn’t have the stomach for it after all.
Phil Hellmuth Refuses to Play Deep-Stacked Cash Games After Huge Losses
I am rescinding my offer to buy in “$300,000 of my own money” on all LIVESTREAMS/televised poker games. It was too painful losing $140,000 w K-K, last Monday, in one hand! I will buy in for whatever I choose. If I want to sell a piece or get staked, I will do that. I am free!! pic.twitter.com/9mSpJLmQel
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) February 20, 2023
Phil Hellmuth says in the future he will buy in for whatever he chooses and reserves the option to sell action.
The key hand that apparently tipped the Poker Brat over the edge was a $140,000 loss with pocket kings last Monday on Live at the Bike. Hellmuth’s net worth is of such that this shouldn’t bother him in the slightest so we can only assume that it’s a mental issue.
I think that’s smart for you Phil, but may I suggest at least having 100 bbs in front of you rather than playing a 20 bb stack in a cash game.
It ruins the game and people don’t watch. That’s why when you did it last time you had 500 viewers while the other stream had 17,000
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) February 20, 2023
Daniel Negreanu Makes Fun of Hellmuth
Daniel Negreanu was quick to chime in with his own thoughts, unable to resist poking a little fun at Phil Hellmuth.
He reminded him that his short stint playing a 12 big blind stack in a televised cash game was terrible for the game, pointing out that the stream dropped to only 500 viewers while a rival show had more than 17,000 at the same time.
I’m not attacking you Phil.
I’m suggesting that it’s really bad for the game when you play a 12 bb stack as you did on that show.
A good compromise is just play 100 deep, you don’t have to play deeper than that unless you are winning
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) February 20, 2023
Of course, Hellmuth was his usual prickly, sensitive self and took offence to any mild criticism.
Matt Berkey also had a row with Phil Hellmuth after highlighting that his claim of winning 30 out of 32 sessions is meaningless if the win rate is so small that it gets wiped out by two heavy losses.
Phil Hellmuth argued that he is up more than a million dollars to date from televised cash games.
You think $338,000 wiped out 30 wins? I was big winner in “Robs Game” over 3 sessions for more than that! And won over $200,000 ($286K?) filming at studio w JRB. I believe I am up well over $1.1M over 30 winning sessions.
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) February 20, 2023
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