phil_hellmuth
@phil_hellmuth
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17-time World Champion of Poker, New York Times best selling author, official Advisor to 27 companies, tv host, SPAC partner ($spkl), husband, Father…
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Joined December 2008
Thanks again for the praise for my new book #POSITIVITY @TonyRobbins. Honored, as you’ve inspired tens of millions of people! #POSITIVITY is for sale on Amazon, here:
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Poker lost its biggest Legend today: @TexDolly. He inspired 3 generations of poker players w his play, his award winning book “Super System,” and his fabulous style and grit. Doyle always played hard: the man absolutely hated losing!! Doyle ruled the high stakes cash games in Las
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Great to get time w THE @ElonMusk tonight. Elon is a hero to many of us: creating clean energy in cars and houses (@Tesla walls and roofs) and working towards sending the human race to Mars. I KNOW Elon works hard, and he deserves our praise! #Greatness #POSITIVITY #PHNiceLife
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It’s a good day to tip! Tipped every employee at @AriaLV (that I ran into) $100. At airport, tipped everyone behind SWA counter, janitors, Flt attendants, and airport employees $100. $2,000-ish so far, but will every employee I see until midnight. Surrounded by smiles #POSITIVITY
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My thoughts regarding last nights stream (9): I made a new friend in @Ninja! Tyler is a midwesterner (Illinois), and married to a Wisconsinite. His intelligence and charisma shine through: you can see why he became the number 1 streamer in the world…He worked hard for that
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The splash brothers in da house! Now, in San Fran @StephenCurry30 @KlayThompson @Warriors Charity poker tourney, $2M in one night, $10,000 buy in, $10,000 rebuys #POSITIVITY
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I tip my hat to @RealKidPoker!! Congrats on your third @WSOP Player of the Year! Shows a deep knowledge—and high skill level—in ALL of the games that we play. Also, shows a dedication, a work ethic, and a desire to be a great poker player. Well done, enjoy it #POSITIVITY
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Every Major sport (NBA, NFL, MLB) is behind the legalization of sports betting, and all of them will profit by it. But how can Sports Betting online be legalized w/out online poker being legalized (clearly more skill than sports betting)? The time is NOW to legalize online poker!.
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To one of the greatest poker players in the world today, and for decades: @RealKidPoker, I tip my cap to you! GREAT @WSOP my friend, 👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥. Daniels WSOP: 16 cashes, 2 second place finishes, a 5th l, and a 6th, and cashed for over $2 Million!! 🔥🔥🔥💰💰💰 #POSITIVITY
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Congrats @RealKidPoker! Firstly, Winning Bracelet #7: secondly, in one of the sweetest—and most sought after—@WSOP tournaments of the year!! As pokers biggest ambassador: Daniel truly cares about poker and the poker world. Well done DNegs #POSITIVITY
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Had dinner w THIS guy: @lexfridman Had the most deep and fun conversation. Another one who will change the world: and has already changed the world!! Keep on Lex, the world needs you #POSITIVITY
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I give all of @WSOP Bracelets away to family and friends, except my 1989 Main Event Bracelet. No 17 goes to bestie @DavidSacks . 1) kept it 2) Dad 3) Mom 4) wifey 5) my sister Ann 6) my brother-in-law John Sanborn 7) my son Phillip 8) my son Nick 9) my brother @David_Hellmuth 10)
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Official announcement: after a lot of debate, reflection, and careful study, I have decided to add Q-4 off suit to my list of “Top Ten Hands.” AA, KK, QQ, AK, JJ, 10-10, AQ, 9-9, 8-8 and Q-4: I dropped 7-7. Also, @KevinRobMartin has a chart that reflects the current value of Q-4
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The biggest legend in the poker world in da house playing a tourney: hello @TexDolly! #POSITIVITY
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Last name ever;.First name greatest,.Like a sprained ankle boy ain't nothing to play with,.Started off local but thanks to all the haters,.I know G-IV pilots on a first name basis. Drizzy and I this week @Drake. #POSITIVITY #PHNiceLife
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Wow!! WTF, @MrBeast put in $1,400 w 10-9 to my 9-9, flop 8-7-6, crying 😢 😭😭😭 GG PH. Rebuying for $10,000
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Generosity is a gift in itself. I tipped girl in airport coffee shop $200, she was by herself, smiling ($100) and super efficient (another $100). Tipped all 4 flight attendants $100: reaction priceless! [They are stressed obv] Big smiles (for 5 mins): it made my day! #POSITIVITY.
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You never know who you’ll run into in New York! The great poker player: @RealKidPoker Hello Daniel! #POSITIVITY
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I’m completely spent/completely exhausted. In 21 days I made 5 final tables—6th 5th 4th 2nd 1st—and 18th in five different games: career defining stuff. I’m super disappointed that I couldn’t close the deal tonight, 4.2M to his 1.3M. I NEED to take 48 hrs off and rest #POSITiVITY
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Terrific phone call w Jim Harbaugh, so proud of Jim! I just now realized what he has done: @StanfordFball 1-11 in 2006, Jim takes over, 2010 11-1 and win Orange Bowl: @49ers 6-10 2011, then Jim 13-3 2012 & Super Bowl 2013: @UMichFootball 5-7 2014, 10-3 2015 w Jim, final 4 2021!
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Needles flying!! My guy @ToddBrunson in PRIME form making fun of me and @RealKidPoker at Doyle Brunson Memorial today.
During the Doyle Brunson Memorial today @ToddBrunson had some lighthearted banter towards @phil_hellmuth and @RealKidPoker
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I am truly proud of @elonmusk! This is a man that is actively saving our species, the human race (by sending us to Mars), saving our environment (@Tesla cars), saving our bodies (@neuralink) and attempting to save free speech (@X). It bothers me that Elon takes so much
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RIP Mike Sexton. HONORING MIKE: Phil Hellmuth Reflects on Poker Legend Mike Sexton’s Impact on the Game –
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Ended Day 1 of @WSOP Main Event w 105,800. Cool picture!!. My haters, not many, (feels like 98% like me) get blocked by me on Twitter. Then they ask me to unblock them! I guess they can’t see my tweets anymore w/out some effort. I always unblock when they ask in person
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These guys have damaged poker. Their scandals will scare away millions of players (esp online players). And, Imagine that you’re a young player, and you look up to these guys, so you seek them out, only to find out that they are cheaters. So, you pursue another profession: sad!.
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Four years in a row, @StephenCurry30 last player standing. Four years in a row, @Money23Green 2nd last player standing! Looks like over $2.3M for the @Warriors Foundation: amazing for one night!! #POSITIVITY
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Hmmm…I have given more than $1M of my own monies to charity, I believe closer to $1.5M. I have raised roughly $70,000,000 (million) for charities at events that I have MCed/hosted (there is a record of the first $50M at : my goal is $100M. When anyone.
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For the record, I am proud of the person that I am: loyal, true, authentic, honest, fun loving, passionate, w perfect ethics and morals. You would enjoy having a beer w me! I am not proud of those “Poker Brat” moments where I lose it at the tables. That is my weakness and flaw.
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Well done @RealKidPoker! Nice job showing up to the poker game!! You are a great ambassador for our beloved poker world. Proud of you #POSITIVITY.
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Sorry to hear my friend @RealKidPoker finished 2nd in @WSOP High Roller. When Daniel wins, it’s GREAT for the poker world. However, Daniel did pick up $1.7 Million for 2nd. Also, he tied a WSOP record of mine: most 2nd place finishes (9) #POSITIVITY #DNNiceLife
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Hello 60 years old! I am 60 years old today. My first WSOP cash at 60 years old, happened 5 minutes after I turned 60, weird. I had my first @WSOP cash at the age of 60 years old. Last night/this morning, in $25,000 HORSE tourney, at like 12:05 AM (today July 16th) I finished
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I’m giving @slime_machine $5K plus 1/2 of the pot. Thanks to vast majority of poker community for recognizing the truth: I didn’t fold my hand or intend to fold. My biggest critic, “Phil doesn’t have a dishonest bone in his body.” There was a lot going on: it “looked like” a fold
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Just ran into @TigerWoods Nobu Malibu: told him I had to tease him! He said OK. Then showed him my 16th @WSOP bracelet (he has 15 Majors), of course his accomplishment is bigger, but we tease each other HARD. He loved it, “Proud of you Phil, I knew you could do it.” Made my day!!.
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Hello Ann! My little sister Ann Hellmuth, 33-time Gold Medalist in Special Olympics! Arrived in Vegas to chill w me for one week #POSITIVITY
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Filmed “Poker After Dark” w Senator Cruz @tedcruz @MrBeast and the legend Doyle Brunson today #POSITIVITY
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Yo @KevinRobMartin, my sincere apologies! I’m going to cover your travel expenses for this trip, and invite you to shoot w me for 2 days in a row on a Live Stream. And, we will call it the “Kmart Game.” Deal?.
- Phil publicly invites me to play with him .- I gather 100k (chunk of my net worth) .- I travel, pay expenses, promote show.- my community is excited to see me battle the “best in the world” . He quits because he’s having a bad week. Big fucking L for you @phil_hellmuth
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I sincerely apologized (now) to Eric Persson for my part in our extreme “Verbal Jousting” during yesterdays heads up match. Eric sincerely apologized to me as well, and we shook hands. Eric played well to beat me #POSITIVITY
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Congrats @golferjosh on winning @WSOP “Player of the Year,” you won two bracelets, made several final tables and CRUSHED it. If I had to finish second in POY, I’m happy that it was to a class guy, a nice guy, and a great player #POSITIVITY
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Cool.
@OnlyFriends_Pod My daughter wanted to meet @phil_hellmuth or @RealKidPoker when she went to Vegas the 1st time. She likes watching old WSOP classics, & thinks they’re funny. I tweeted that out, and Phil & @PokerGO set up a meeting. He was so kind & answered her Qs for at least 15 mins!
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I skip @WSOP Bracelet ceremonies because I do not need more Ego and more attention: I NEED to keep my head down and stay focused. But, in 2018 Ty Stewart told me that I need to do one for my fans. So, my 16th bracelet ceremony is today at 3:30 in Brasilia Room (Rio) #POSITIVITY.
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Happy Birthday to my bestie! @Chamath is a great guy, who deeply cares about his family, his friends and people in general. His successes are legendary: from @Facebook to @socialcapital (his firm) to his SPAC’s. Our reg game is filled w laughter, fun needles, and love #POSITIVITY
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My guy @TheDonBasile, CEO/Founder of Bitcoin Latinum w @StephenCurry30 at @Warriors Charity poker tourney #POSITIVITY
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BOOOM!! Won my 14th @WSOP Bracelet!!! Dedicated it to a friend I lost recently: Dave Goldberg. Giving my bracelet to Goldies family.
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My boy @themouthmatusow should be in heavy contention for “Poker Hall of Fame”: 4 @WSOP Bracelets, 2 WSOP main event final tables, 5 @WPT Final Tables, won @NBC Heads Up Championship, has consistently played high stakes poker since 1998 (21 years out of 25 years), has entertained
Nominations for the @WSOP Poker Hall of Fame are now being taken until June 18th. Cast your vote for up to 3 individuals 40 and older at
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Still down $33,400 playing heads up w @MrBeast over 2 days: but LOVE the guy!! I did manage to win $40,300 playing 3-handed w @MrBeast and @TomDwan in @ARIAPoker, so small winner…It’s a blast to get time w one of the young super stars (when they are great guys) #POSITIVITY
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3 for 17 years you have wrote BLOGS, done interviews, and attacked the way I play poker. In last 17 years I have won more @WSOP events than anyone else. At last LIVE WSOP in 2019, I had 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th—a handful of players did better! Get off my back, I am Phil Hellmuth!!.
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My bestie @Jason started a “GoFundMe” as a joke to “Buy Phil Hellmuth a new track suit” because Jason hated the holes in my knees. It raised $1,200. Time to spend the monies: we recruited our bestie @friedberg hoping he has some style! . Found this Gucci tracksuit, but it’s
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To my guy @DougPolkVids: 1) love you, 2) I hear you say I am LOAT (Luckiest Of All-Time), but make tons mistakes. Thus, a) you could be right, or b) could be you don’t understand plays I make. Either way, it’s 9 final tables in last 38 tourneys, and I’m not done yet #POSITIVITY
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New record! I took 100 pictures w fans in 30 mins while waiting in the “Late reg” line for @WSOP Deep Stack $600 buy in. I feel like @RealKidPoker, he takes 200 photos a day w fans, because he takes them DURING WSOP tourneys! Proud of Daniel for being great for poker #RespectDN.
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I want to feel depressed after 2nd place in @WSOP PotLimOmaha: 1st was bracelet 17, 1st was for the lead in “WSOP Player of Year,” WSOP ends Tues. But, I played great & set a new record: 7 final tables 8th 6th 5th 4th 1st 2nd 2nd: in 7 different games!! And I have 4 more tourns!!
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And, I lost $40,000 to this beginner, @MrBeast, sigh, and quit, sigh… Never had this much fun losing before (am I feeling ok?!?) #POSITIVITY
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Emotional!! Since 1990’s I’ve been wanting a @WSOP 2-7 No Limit Lowball Draw Bracelet because of the vibe Chip Reese @TexDolly Billy Baxter @ItsJohnnyChan Bob Stupak and crew brought to the event each year. I had a 2nd vs Billy and a 2nd vs John Juanda. Tonight I finally won one!
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Guys, @BigSey93 did nothing wrong. In @WSOP Main Event, 50 BB’s is like 100 BB’s in any other tourney. And, actually, I respect the fact that he took a moment in this spot. This is not a “nit roll!”.
Big double for @BigSey93 through Stephen Chidwick on Day 4 of the 2023 @WSOP Main Event. 📺 - Watch Live Here:
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I always tweet when I’m on a private jet, but no one is dealt pocket aces everyday! Today, it’s a middle seat, on a commercial airline. However, I am comfortable, and I am thankful that the airline rebooked me—last minute—so I can make it to Washington, DC, tonight #POSITIVITY
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It’s a good day to tip, Day 2. I tipped all cash w me, $100 a pop, to employees today in LA (Starbucks $600, bellman, WPT staff, drivers). Two day total: $5,000ish. Janitor said, “I gave $$ to friends in S America, told wife god would give it back, and here it is” #POSITIVITY
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At final table of $50,000 buy in @WSOP Pot Limit Omaha tourney. We have 7 left, I have 2.5M in chips.
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THIS guy! If you’re paying attention, @RealJamesWoods has been making deep runs, over-and-over, at @WSOP since he came back to the WSOP six years ago. Always fun, and polite, at the tables…A pleasure to have him my at my Day 2 table today #POSITIVITY
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Thanks Sheryl ❤️❤️ I, too, believe that Dave is somewhere smiling.
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I lost a friend and poker world lost a friend: RIP Layne Flack. @themouthmatusow will do a LIVE show remembering Layne. Sean Chaffin will have an article out about the legendary—6-time @WSOP winner—w tributes from some of us. Mikey, Matt Savage and I on 3-way w tears in our eyes
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Fun pic w @SteveAoki (nice guy!) just now at @AriaLV, Steve goes on later tonight at Jewel nightclub #PHNiceLife #POSITIVITY
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Happy Birthday to my closest friend @chamath! Enjoy your birthday C. I have a ton of respect for the man that you are: loving, generous, intellectually curious, and constantly getting better at everything that you do. Love you C! #POSITIVITY
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Happy to play anyone on @PokerGo App’s “High Stakes Duel.” Looks like they are bringing me the GREAT Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker, the guy that studied heads up for months w coaches I respect, so be it. It will be a great challenge for me! Hoping I don’t look like THIS photo!!
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Xqc here!!Excited to play poker with a great group of guys
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Enjoyed it @TedCruz! #POSITIVITY.
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Great poker! Uber aggression (Nguyen) vs Uber patience (Vayo). @WSOP #NovemberNine LIVE now on @ESPN #HeadsUpFor8Million$$$.
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I have said this for 15 yrs: the poker world is lucky to have @realkidpoker he has, without a doubt, been the hardest working poker promoter over the last 15 years. He has brought in a ton of new players and interest in poker. DNegs - time for us to focus on one thing: make the
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Got ‘em! Won US Poker Open $10,000 NoLimHold’em, LIVE-STREAMED on @PokerGO App for $211,000. Was deciding what to do w trophy when one of my FAVS, Mori said, “I really LOVE Eagles.” I SNAP gave him the trophy! He said to friend, “See, I told you he would give it to me” ❤️❤️
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Well, it’s 4 AM here and I checked my calendar and I noticed: it’s our 30th wedding anniversary!! My wife is an amazing woman: shiny, sexy, steady, brilliant, and patient w me. She has shown her true mettle, and helped meld me into a better man. I love you Kat ❤️❤️❤️❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀
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Hello @BorgataPoker Heads Up Tourney Trophy! Great start to my trip, one tourney = one trophy. Back at in @WPT Day 2 on Tuesday #POSITIVITY
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My LIVE @WSOP Grand Entrance on ESPN2 a few minutes ago. I’m Thor, w 14 Wonder Women models. #PHWSOPGrandEntrance
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I'm on the worlds largest sports podcast!! The "Pardon My Take" guys are CLEVER, fun, and a pleasure to listen to. Terrific back-and-forth
Tomorrow's Pardon My Take, we have @phil_hellmuth and Mt Rushmore of Combinations w/ @UncleChaps (funny & handsome)
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We made it! 29 years ago today, I married the love of my life; and we’re still going strong! Love you honey! #LOVE #PHNiceLife #POSITIVITY.
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Great run @RealKidPoker!! I’m impressed that you won $300,000 buy in Super High Roller Bowl, then made it down to 17th out of 2,960 players in biggest @WPT in history, AND played 20M chip pot 90% FAV! Daniel 2-2, board 10-6-2, 10, all in 5M apiece OPP K-K, river K, doh! Tough one
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Great picture!!.
The last time I photographed Doyle was at the 2021 WSOP and I got this great shot of @TexDolly with @phil_hellmuth - you can just see the love and respect in Phil’s eyes
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Hello Ted! Always good to get some time w Senator @tedcruz…Drinks, dinner and pokers (no limit hold’em) here in Vegas #POSITIVITY
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W 3 of my besties at Sacks Xmas party, great guys: @friedberg @jason @DavidSacks #POSITIVITY #AllinPodcast
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My Mother and Father were embarrassed/mad at me…My friends told me I was out of line. After 44 hrs of ridicule on social media, and realizing my rants set a bad example for poker players everywhere, I think I can reign it in A LOT. I might not be perfect, but I can be better….
What do say @phil_hellmuth time to crack the entitlement tilt for good? Happy to help you man, we know how good it would be for the poker community to see.
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My opponent had me down to 4,000 in chips, actually I think 3,700 (to his 26,300), but I never gave up! I came back to win. Now I’m through to the finals in @BorgataPoker NoLimHold’em Heads Up Tourney. 64 started, 2 left, playing it out at 9:15 PM EST #POSITIVITY.
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