{"id":23527,"date":"2012-10-11T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=23527"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:03:05","slug":"hellmuth-is-a-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/hellmuth-is-a-goat.html","title":{"rendered":"Tony G – Phil Hellmuth is not a dog, he is a G.O.A.T"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been inundated with messages this week asking me for my reaction to Phil Hellmuth winning his 13th WSOP bracelet. I have to admit it has taken me time to collect my thoughts but I thought I would share with you the note I wrote to the Poker Brat.<\/p>\n

Dear Phil,<\/p>\n

I am writing to you to congratulate you on winning your 13th WSOP bracelet in Cannes<\/a>. You are a living legend for the game as well as a legend in your own mind.<\/p>\n

I caught some of the hands at the final table and have to say you played in a similar fashion to those northern european \u2018idiots\u2019 you say you love so much (you even wore the permanent headphones<\/a> \u2013 are you from Stockholm? Phil Roblsson?). You were class mate and poker is much better having someone like you around to bring the game to the masses. You knew I was supporting Sergii Baranov when it went heads-up but he wasn\u2019t entirely qualified to be the right Sir G. Do Ukrainian players have too much in common with the Russians?<\/p>\n

I saw you laid on the floor during the final table like you famously did at WPT Bay 101 that time<\/a>. Again, I questioned your mental health but I presumed this was some sort of yoga technique of bringing on the white magic and it turned out very successful?<\/p>\n

I have done in the interviews in the past where I said you were a dog. I was wrong, you are a goat and in that I mean a G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time). Don\u2019t let this get to your head though \u2013 you are the greatest of all time in WSOP no limit hold\u2019em tournaments (regular buy-in).<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t you now attempt to transfer these skills into cash games or high roller events. I will play you for everything you have! I have WPT Copenhagen and WPT Montreal penciled in the diary so why don\u2019t we do it then?<\/p>\n

Lots of love<\/p>\n

Tony x<\/p>\n

PS. I am happy if you take my personal assistant away from me permanently \u2013 all he is good for is calling room service and most of the time he gets that wrong!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been inundated with messages this week asking me for my reaction to Phil Hellmuth winning his 13th WSOP bracelet. I have to admit it has taken me time to collect my thoughts but I thought I would share with you the note I wrote to the Poker Brat. Dear Phil, I am writing<\/p>\n

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