Phil Hellmuth SPEAKS OUT On Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, And Heads Up Challenge 

Tomorrow I will be joined by Jungleman here on RU-vid for another live stream. If you missed yesterday's stream with Tonka and his big announcement, watch the VOD here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4649ocKIpM4.html

Here is the kind of man Phil Is...I am disabled, and I started playing poker at 50. I won a tourny online to travel and meet Phil. Unfortunately my disability doesn't allow me to travel. I wrote him a note saying I wish I could come meet him, but I could''t, he wrote me a letter saying thanks for writing, and he sent me a couple of his books signed and other material. The are some of my most prized possessions. Not many would take the time as he did...so what you see on TV is not the man I know...

My biggest poker pet peeve is the fact Phil Helmuth doesn't know just how good he is. Once he fully embraces his own greatness and acknowledges it openly and honestly, then I will be satisfied.

OMG Phil has a shrine of himself?!? wait, of course he does...

TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Intro, Reference to Doug & Ryan Fee's article on Phil Hellmuth (1:24) Phil claims he has "the best ROI in history by far." (1:45) Poker Brat wisdom - Top of The Curve & Baseball (3:33) What does Phil believe is responsible for his WSOP success? (4:25) Segue to Doug's 10-handed One Drop Pocket Queens hand (5:17) White Magic discussion begins (6:37) Phil asks what the beef is between Doug & Daniel Negreanu (10:51) Doug respects Daniel & Phil's efforts as poker personalities/ambassadors (12:05) Phil Hellmuth on his poker life and persona (16:24) "I'm a great winner." -Phil Hellmuth (16:50) Poker Brat book, NY Times Best Seller's List, global attention (18:36) One takeaway Hellmuth fans will have after reading Poker Brat (19:26) Phil's charity efforts, emcee duties at events (19:57) Phil on balance and the younger poker generation (22:19) Poker personalities, John Hesp, #GrowPoker and #DontStopPoker (24:10) Phil shoots on "Invitational Only" tournaments, future of high rollers (25:30) Poker entertainment, good for the game, live streams and vlogs (27:15) Phil's charity goals, BANG BANG at "charity models" taking 95% cut (28:37) What motivates Phil to strive and continue to grind in poker (31:09) Phil's WSOP experiences playing smaller buy-in events vs. high rollers (32:59) Do people overestimate luck factor in winning mass-field MTTs? More White Magic. (36:50) How important is winning WSOP bracelets in a poker player's career? (38:42) Phil Hellmuth Bicycle Club story from 1988, money management & The Pyramid Code (44:20) KIMO SABE MEZCAL ITT (44:28) Doug gives RU-vid shout-outs, teases upcoming live discussion topics (47:43) Doug monologue on upcoming Poker Night "King of The Hill" Aug 22-25 (48:30) Phil promotes his new Essential phone, Andy Rubin, 360° video (51:46) Phil Hellmuth framed stethoscope story, George A. Hellmuth, Chicago Mercy Hospital & Cholesterol (53:21) Phil's (least) favorite TV moments, Adam Owen hand in 2015 (57:45) Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan, "five years" comment, Dwan in Macau (59:37) Doug discusses #SaveTom debt, Jungleman heads-up challenge (1:02:12) Phil on Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, booking vs. cross-booking action (1:04:42) White Magic returns, Phil claims no losing years in cash games (1:07:33) Dan Ott WSOP Main Event discussion, #CoachDoug speaks (1:08:43) Social media pressures during Main Event, Phil talks about Gordon Vayo (1:10:36) ESPN and PokerGO commentary during World Series of Poker (1:12:51) Phil Hellmuth's promotional pimpage prowess, SXSW shout-out (1:14:41) Play Poker Like The Pros & ESPN (1:16:24) PokerGO & Cary Katz, Phil on televised poker (1:16:45) Two inhalers and a PokerGO sub (1:17:22) 2002 pre-Moneymaker poker boom, WPT & Bennifer (1:18:23) Doug talks about PokerGO, Poker Masters & return of Poker After Dark (1:21:18) Mori Eskandani, ten-dollar response to sob stories, Mori love and recent breakfast get-together (1:23:36) Ultimate Bet discussion, Phil speaks, references Poker Brat book & Black Friday (1:26:11) Phil talks about why he stayed with UB until November 2010, Travis Makar 2013 audio tape leaks (1:28:30) Phil talks about viral mis-awarded pot on UB, reveals log-out perspective (1:30:05) "Pots were mis-awarded all the time." -Phil Hellmuth on first-gen online poker (1:31:32) Doug implies admin interference on UB mis-awarded hand, Hellmuth disagrees (1:34:14) Doug shoots on automatically attracting enemies as a high profile personality (1:34:45) Greg Pierson, Nevada Gaming Control Board "Level 5" investigation (1:35:40) Phil's Top 5 "Under 40" No Limit Hold'em players (1:37:06) Phil trolls Doug with WSOP "Hold'em Bracelet" history (1:38:41) White Magic chat continues, Fedor Holz, Byron Kaverman & Dan Smith (1:39:55) Tanking in poker, "Action Clock" at WPT main tour events & faster play (1:40:49) Is Hellmuth, DNegs & Polk critique of tankers paying off? (1:42:11) MTT bubble stalling and hand-for-hand implementation (1:44:06) Cristoph Vogelsang "within rules" timed-action tanking (1:45:23) Live time banks are great for White Magic spell-casters like the Poker Brat & DNegs (1:46:40) King of The Hill -- "Wipe that dirt off your shoulder, Son." (1:47:04) Where would Phil be now if he hadn't found poker? (1:47:45) Poker skills and transitioning, Phil's biggest influences outside of poker (1:49:45) Outro, Dan 'Jungleman' Cates Wednesday at 3PM Pacific Time

Starts talking about tom dwan at 57:25

Respect to phil hellmuth for wanting everyone to get along.

Nice work guys, I'm excited to see Phil go off on how good WCG runs in their upcoming HU match :)

I love that Doug has the picture of him and Phil behind him on stream.

Thanks for keeping it alive, everybody. To Doug, to Phil being in this video ... I missed the olden, golden days and love hearing about this stuff I missed.

I feel like every single interview I see Hellmuth in, he exclaims he's "never cheated on his wife!". So I'm 100% sure he cheated on his wife.

"...At the higher stakes level in poker you meet so many goddamn weirdos.." CORRECTION ☝🏻 at EVERY level 😂

Great video. Doug and Phil have such great rapport and chemistry. Need more collaborations! The young and the old. Its a perfect dynamic.

I typically don't watch these hang out type videos but shit I've loved them so far. Great job Dan.

I used to hate Phil, now hes one of my favorites.

There's a lot of ego stroking here. Doug 'You're so great Phil' - Phil 'Thanks so much, you are great too'. It's funny to watch this.

Phil Hellmuth has NEVER cheated on his wife.

thats exactly how I thought Phil Hellmuths room looked like :)

OMG look at phils room he has build an effigy of himself and a little altar for self-worship. Instantly starts out shamelessly bragging about himself. Love it!

You've grown on me Doug. You really do a great job with your channel. Now if you had less rake on Upswing Poker I just might join ;) Yea I know, my cheap ass needs to pony up the dough. In due time sir.

The best thing about Polk, is that he is very 'Down to Earth', so it seems. That plus success is a deadly combo and something I respect a ton. Everyone has an ego, everyone has their opinion, everyone has feelings, but Doug keeps them all pretty well in check and balanced. Good on you bro.

DP major kudos for the absolute BEST interview of PH I've ever heard

Just beautiful "Rake is better, yeah if you work for pokerstars". Phil

Regarding what Phil says at 1:45:00, completely agree. This is very easy to implement, and I'm a bit shocked why it's not already done. In chess, each player gets a fixed maximum total amount of time for a certain amount of moves. If the game goes longer than that many moves, a pre-set extra amount of time is given for the next batch of moves. This concept can easily be used in poker. Each player can start with a fixed pre-set amount of total time for every 20 hands or so. That way, he can budget when to use more or less of that time for the specific hands he plays.

White Magic! Great interview Doug. I like the pivot in the type of video. Great career move. Super interesting content that is presented in conversation. I gained a lot more respect for Hellmuth. He was very honest. His story about Black Friday and relationship with Ultimate Bet was intriguing. I will definitely buy his book now. When you and Phil start talking about Poker Stars and Ultimate Bet... The conversations get a little touchy but it was very great content and great, honest, conversation. You navigated the conversation well. Hellmuth knows Polk has some good points, and Hellmuth isn't open to the idea of being wrong. Hellmuth's defense wasn't logical and often used fallacies to defend valid points. Polk did a great job transitioning the conversation when things got a little touchy. Mad respect for Hellmuth and Negreau. Doung Polk will play a significant role in the future of poker.Polker Hands 2020! P.S. The goal should be to get 1,000 true fans. I'm a true fan. Great job.

Wish he would have mentioned his book ...

Phil has some character flaws, but false modesty has never been one of them.

Most NL Holdem Bracelets: Phil Hellmuth (8), Doyle Brunson (5), Johnny Chan(4), Johnny Moss, Stu Ungar, Jonathan Duhamel, Adrian Mateos, Dominik Nitsche and Doug Polk (3)

Honey, honey this young lesbian wants an interview.

I felt this was one of the most fair minded, level headed Phil Helthmuth moments I've ever witnessed. Don't get me wrong I like Phil, but he's popular for his"moments" as much as being a great poker player. I just enjoyed hearing Phil describing his career experience in so transparent a manner. He was relatable

Great interview, Vanessa, but did you mention the giveaway?

"I think there's some random timing involved, and I think that's a factor for us" Yea Phil, it's called VARIANCE. LOL

OMG this is the best ..vlog? podcast? i've ever watched.. a long convo with 2 of my favs..Phil's my life long fav and Doug's just great.. wow this blows my mind.. should have 2 mil views by now.. no one knows it's avail!

How often do you see a 2 hour interview with him? almost never! so respect!! I like this guy

This is the best video I have seen on your channel. Great conversation, great questions. Kept getting interesting regardless how long the video was. Thx

After Vanessa Selbst's two streams with Phil Helmuth, Helmuth has gone from being my most hated player, to being one of my favourite.

Thoroughly enjoyed Phil this vlog, he is such an icon. Love his talk... so much history and knowledge.. thanks Doug. I hope you and Dnegs agree to disagree and become friends xxx

Phil gives away a ton of great insight here. When I was playing pro, friends would ask me about going pro themselves, and want to know things like hand and table strategies, or how long each day they need to study, but I'd always come back with, you're probably better at the game than I am, but the difference is I've never lost above a certain amount at the table, EVER, I don't chase losses, I manage my roll super strictly, I don't get drunk or take drugs while I play, I never go on a heater and decide to jump up 3 levels on a lark, I don't tilt, I don't just take stabs at games I'm not familiar with for big stakes, I exercise a lot... all this stuff is what allowed me to play for a living, not hand ranges and check-raise frequencies. And on a side note, the number one reason I gave up playing full time was the regular game I had broke up coz certain awesome players couldn't help themselves from demolishing the whales week after week, which of course, made it no longer fun for them. Enjoying the game, and being an enjoyable person at the table is a big part of keeping yourself motivated.

Cliff notes\time stamps in the information about video please. A LOT of people would appreciate it.

Awesome interview Doug. I love Phil Hellmuth and he is the reason I started playing poker more often when the explosion happened. Had always played poker but learned how to play Hold EM' reading his book and looking forward to grabbing Poker Brat and enjoying the stories!

Doug: I couldn't even make the list. Phil: Yeh, it was really fun. LOL

Doug this was a great interview, I watched the whole damn thing. Obviously Phil was great, but you actually did a good job - surprising!

I used to hate Phil so much. I still do, but I also used to. Jk I love him

The beginning was a perfect example of how to poke fun at each other with good intentions, good job guys!

I LOVE Phil. Such a dedicated champion, and the best tilter on the planet.

Do you guys think there could be a tournament time bank that you take from? Instead of a 30 second per hand clock, have a 30 minute to an hour of time you can use over the whole tournament, and maybe add 15 sec to your clock if you make a decision within 10 seconds.

The PHelmuth interview was the absolute BEST anyone has ever done with him (that I've seen) and, once you got past his massive ego, he revealed himself as a man fully understanding and thankful for his fortune in life and not solely what his "Poker Brat" rep suggests. Excellent job.

Thank you . thank you for making this very real and honest discussion with two of my favorite poker players. I can't tell you how much respect I have for both of you

My favorite pod I've seen. Really excellent back and forth.

Wow - what an INTERESTING nugget there on Phil's entry into the game. Came with 12k, enough for two tourneys, blew most on cash games, survived the 1k with just enough to get out of Vegas if he went busto. And at THAT turning point... On a heads up the next day he comes out with 60k. If I recall Polk also started with heads up, I think I remember that in one of his videos. Very neat to see the beginnings. I agree with Hellmuth, Polk brings the game alive for many people, and even with a fit here or there, Hellmuth does too, even the fits bring attention to the game. But my understanding is Hellmuth gave away all but one (lost it somewhere in the house) of his WSOP bracelets - he mentions he's brought in SIXTY MILLION for charities... Indeed- that's a TRUE WIN there.

first you crushed the pokergame, now you crushing the youtubegame, respect bro!

You’re podcast is excellent Doug. Genuine and enthusiastic - love the passion for the game, comes across. Goof job bud.

Gosh Doug, I just adore you and I think you brought out the best in Phil, whom I adore too. Two peas in the pod of the poker world. Thanks for your smile and your sensible and in-depth interview. Really enjoyed.

im cracking up at the shit behind Phil. Great podcast.

Phil's story about 1988 was amazing to hear.

Does anyone know where to find the crappy quality stream that they did together? They were talking about it in the beginning of their talk, thanks.

definitely your best pod so far man, really enjoyed it, well done.

Much respect that you got a normal Phil Hellmuth on for a really good interview... Awesome interview... I see to vary normal people talking... not what i expected... but really good...

Hey Doug, good vid. Very informative. Can you tell me why Phil has the stethoscope in the glass case behind him? Just curious. Thanks

thumbs up for a podcast with Daniel Negreanu

Great segment! Awesome to see you guys getting along, two of poker's greats talking about the game.

“In vegas i’m treated like a god” lmao classic phil hellmuth

Cutting edge interview Doug. Your natural interview style and ease with guests reminds me of singer Jimmy Buffett's charm in dealing with the media and the public. No limits for your future in media.Thank you for analyzing the nuances of the high stakes poker world as well as the depth of Phil's skills in all areas.

good to see phil in a relaxed setting..very nice interwiev

Jo Doug. Been watching your channel for like 2 weeks and damn I'm happy I've found you. This podcast is really amazing. Watched a bit live and watching the remainder now. It's really interesting and I'm sad it's only 2 hours :( Keep up the good work! :D

43:20 "I was DEUCES MAN - I was like... THIS far away from leaving town" What a powerful expression. I just looked up what a euphemism is, it's an abstract reference to represent something so bad - it's best disguised. 'I was dueces man' is my new euphemism ! or heh- simple 'dueces man' ! Anytime I'm up against a wall, uh oh- that's a euphemism ! lol but I'm going to use 'deuces man'. This is my favorite Doug Polk video so far and I'm not even 1/2 way through it yet :)

He is so David Brent. Shows off about people he knows, shows off about how much money he makes, shows off how much money he gives to charity. Goes on about how “inspirational he is”. He seems almost a characterture of himself. Can’t make a comment without “subtly” dropping in how great he is.

Love this video, nice to see the lighter side of Phil. You always see a glimpse of it at the tables but fun to see him joking around.

Why havent I seen this jet?🤔 very entertaining. Not many video who I can watch for two hours in one sitting. Great content.

It's great to see Helmuth is friendly and humorous with Doug....hope to see Helmuth play at the Lodge 👍

I'm the 2003 ,Rounders, Moneymaker, Party Poker, Aussie Aussie Aussie generation! The poker BOOM generation.

Really enjoyed that, well worth a watch, couple of legends.

Best Quote: "Ya know, when you get into high stakes... you meet so many goddamn weirdos" - Doug Polk

Phil can moan all he wants at my table. I'd be delighted to listen to him and be in his company. He's a top bloke and clearly a brilliant poker player.

that was excellent :) I look forward to more of these

These podcasts are really good! Watched Bill Perkins, Daniel Cates and now Phil Helmuth, are there more of these interviews done by Doug?

"I'm a great winner" - Phil Hellmuth #PH

Wow totally awesome interview keep it coming shows the side of Phil that we never get to see. Always respected his game and now respect him even more. Now to work on my game and break out of the micro stakes

Isn’t disconnecting during an online hand a form of “angle shooting”?

this is really good podcast, 2 of my favorite poker players discussing all kinds of topics. great watch

This was great! well done.

great questions polk! i'm so happy i found this!!

Nice to see you dressed up for the Hellmuth interview. 👍

Phil is so right about the younger generation not knowing that charming the fish is the lost art of the hustle. That was 100% a prerequisite to making good money as a cash grinder back in the day. I wish people would learn to be more fun at the games because the longer the game goes, the more we all make.

Best fucking podcast I've EVER listened to. Great work guys Doug, Phil, fucking fantastic.

Man... Good stuff... But like.... can you chop up the segments and make them more topic related... like... "Phil Hellmuth Speaks out on Daniel Negreanu"-15minutes long.... Phil and I on our heads up challenge-15 minutes long... ect ect ect Just a thought...Good stuff as always... I stated a Vlog as well incase you ever want to come down to Colombia Hit me up!

Entertaining, interesting, classy. Great job this time !!

Great questions, great interview. Great job by both Doug and Phil. Lot of fun, thanks for this.

Phil really hits the nail on the head with " We need Corporate money in Poker".. i never fault anyone for getting a big sponsor, or advertising deal, etc.. if its good for a top poker player, it rubs off on the rest of us and shows up in bigger prize pools ( guaranteed ).. Phil being humble is almost euphoric.. a whole new side of him...

Phil tells the thruth about the pots , it was really a problem back in days. Loved the video TY

Doug thanks for the content bro !

Thanks for your discussion; very nice to listen and learn from Hellmuth and Poke. Have a good day, Guys.

Best interview you have ever done!

What an incredible Podcast....Phil is such a different person. So much indebth talk. thanks guys. this was awesome

Great job Vanessa on the interview

Omg. I love Phil's background. ❤️

How could i have not seen this interview before? Omgoodness

Say "I've never cheated on my wife" one more time and I'll believe you Phil

Does he talk about the fact that he has never cheated on is wife even though he has had many opportunities? P.S. He does around 19 minutes.

I just bought Hellmuth’s shoe. I went to the park and everyone said it’s fire.