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Poker After Dark - You Look Real Weak

By launchpoker, Mar 18, 2008

  Phil Hellmuth is arguably the best No Limit Texas Holdem tournament poker player in the world. He does have 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, most of them in that game, to prove it. He is also known as the Poker Brat because of his behavior at the table, and seems to deserve that as well. In one hand during Hecklers' Week of NBC's Poker After Dark show, Phil had taken nearly all of Mike Matusow's chips, much to the chagrin of the other players.



  Phil said Mike made a mistake because Phil had looked weak as he intended, and the other player had a laugh. In this hand nearly the whole table got into the pot, including the Poker Brat.



  Mike Matusow started off with a a call holding:






... while Phil called with:






... Gavin Smith called with:






... and Sam Grizzle was in with:






... Jean-Robert Bellande checked his big blind option with pocket fives:






... and it was time for the flop. The flop hit:







... and Smith was ahead with mid pair. Sam checked and Bellande put out $600 in cash with his low pair. Mike folded and Phil raised it up to $2,100 with an up and down straight draw. Smith and Sam folded, as did Bellande, but not before Bellande commented, "You look real weak, Phil, but I'm not calling."



  Despite their teasing Phil had done just what he needed to do to bluff the entire table out of a pot.