January 11, 2019 Poker Industry News, Poker Promotions, Poker Gossip, Poker News Petr Černý

Phil Hellmuth under fire for 54 Milllion Dollar charity boast

Phil Hellmuth aka Poker Brat, has come under fire for publicly bragging about how much he makes for charity – claiming he has raised $54million through his MC work…

Phil Hellmuth under fire for $54milllion charity boast

The Twitter spat has seen friends, fans and foes of the 15-time WSOP bracelet winner taking to the Twittersphere to support and condemn his bragging in equal measure. Hellmuth himself rather strangely retweeting some of the opposition posts!

…although he has some well-connected and much-respected defenders offering him some advice on the matter of bigging himself up in such a delicate area.

Hellmuth has always been one of the most outspoken pros among the superstars of the game. Often seemingly unaware that his self-promotion also drives people away in droves…

That being said, as many have argued the big man’s appearance at charity nights, regardless of his fee, provides a massive boost to the money-raising powers of the event.

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The charity argument almost reached the level of ‘Fake News’ as Phil Hellmuth tried to rebuff and refute every comment about his boasting…

…and needless to say, with an ego the size of Texas it wasn’t long before ‘Phil for President’ images were appearing on the back of his less-than-selfless commitments…

…Hellmuth naturally happy to retweet the horrendous artwork and idea, oblivious to large chunks of the poker community being against his bragging.

Perhaps someday Hellmuth will manage to do all his good work without the need to be so horribly self-absorbed about it all. In the meantime, MC PokerBrat will continue raising for charity… and raising for Phil Hellmuth.

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