WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Says the endurance aspect is too much at his age and it's not as much about skill anymore.
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Hellmuth sitting out of the 2025 WSOP ME (3 Viewers)
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drdr
Straight
Fair enough. Each person gets to decide if they play or not.
But with record number of entrants, I'd say that's an indication the format is fine. Endurance is simply a facet of the tournament.
But with record number of entrants, I'd say that's an indication the format is fine. Endurance is simply a facet of the tournament.
Endurance IS a skill!
Yeah, seen that and Polk’s take on it:
I think he’s realized in the main he’s unlikely to go far vs the caliber in the field as well. Plus it’s Hellmuth so any opportunity to get some air time vs just quietly playing some other events, so he has to make a deal out of it.
I think he’s realized in the main he’s unlikely to go far vs the caliber in the field as well. Plus it’s Hellmuth so any opportunity to get some air time vs just quietly playing some other events, so he has to make a deal out of it.
Should be a slightly quieter event, then. I mean from a decibel level measured at the rail.
ekricket
Royal Flush
Queue up the lemmings analogy….
Relatively speaking it’s a cheap bucket list item for millions of people. Several thousand check this one off every year, whether they play poker regularly or not. They would buy in if it was 10 minute blinds starting with 5000 in chips and blinds at 100/200/200 just to say they did.
Yep. I used to think it was all an act for TV by Hellmuth, there’s maybe an element but a pretty unbearable character. Wonder if WSOP refused to pay or comp him this year and this is his way out so that it was his decision.
In this clip from about the 3:40 mark onwards I think I agree with DNegs and shows the desperation from Hellmuth for continued fame:
Him against the streamers was jaw-dropping bad, man. Just awful to be around, berating Botez who's new to poker but a chess champion (I think? Don't have all context), short stacking, being miserable.
That's always been his shtick, he hides behind "ultra-competitive" and uses that as an excuse to be an asshole.
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WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Did the rules of poker change?
Don’t blame him!
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WedgeRock
Royal Flush
It's had a spiraling domino effect. Just in, the Twin Cities Poker Tournament monthly home game run in MN that has been going since 2009 with 1st prize being an entry into the WSOP $1500 N/L buy-in tournament had some big drama. Nooker is dropping out after 16 years. The 11 games in 11 months schedule is just too much for Nooker to continue at his age.
Nooker's astonishing run of finishing in 1495th place out of 2605 players (just missing cashing by 1205) comes to an end. Nooker's last words to Nooker's crew, "Nooker is done with all you bum puppets."
Nooker's astonishing run of finishing in 1495th place out of 2605 players (just missing cashing by 1205) comes to an end. Nooker's last words to Nooker's crew, "Nooker is done with all you bum puppets."
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LeLe
4 of a Kind
Great Theory, he can cosplay as much as he wants but to create a huge scene every time is annoying to the Casino Staff & Players.
LeLe
4 of a Kind
Unless the WSOP TD had an even bigger ego, he will be like fuck this shit and Ban Hellmuth from All WSOP 2025 events
drdr
Straight
That could be a clever publicity stunt...
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