A Grand Entrance for the Poker World’s Poker Brat

We all know that Phil Hellmuth is a great player, but he never fails to make us remember that he is, indeed, the poker brat of the poker world.

This year's World Series of Poker Europe Main Event was no different.  He arrived in his usual fashion — late.  And he arrived with his own regiment — soldiers and dancing maidens fit only for an emperor.

The Emperor of Poker

Phil Hellmuth being Phil Hellmuth created yet another dramatic entrance to the Main Event of WSOPE.  Not only did he arrive «fashionably» late, but he also arrived in full Roman gear. [Read][more...]

High Stakes Poker Starts Again Sunday Night

Daniel Negreanu will again be one of the players seen on High Stakes Poker along with some other players who are all ways willing to be in the mix for high stakes.  Doyle Brunson will be there as well as Sam Farha during this season of play.  This is the fifth season of the popular TV show and the word is that the stakes will be even higher this year.  The season will have much bigger pots and there will be some new young players on the show from the Internet and trying to be aggressive against a pro like Doyle Brunson in a game that he plays as well as any of the players.

There have been memorable hands in other seasons like the Hand between Farha and Greenstein when Sammy called an $180,000 raise with a pair of Kings knowing that Barry probably had Aces.  OF course he catches a third king on the flop.  The toper hand was between Gus Hansen and Daniel when Gus made four of a kind to Daniels full house.  [Read][more...]