Well, its taken 55 tournaments for me to get on a rant about Harrahs/Caesars. It even comes after what seemed one of their better moments.
At the end of play last evening, Phil Hellmuth displayed his lack of maturity and self-control. He isn’t alone in that. A major player here displayed his Russian disdain in similar fashion. I’ll admit it is partially a generational thing. Life was a lot more structured in my shallow youth.
Today, society is more advanced. We can say what we wish and often without any penalty accruing. TV honors that in the variety of shows provided. Reality has subsequently taken a new meaning. It is choreographed. Nowhere is that more apparent these days than in tournament poker.
If you go back to the early Pokerworks blogs, you will see the balance between business goals and accommodation play out just like a morality play of old. Another generational thing, I guess. We’ll not really; just expedience that’s fixated on the bottom line
Mr. Philip Hellmuth pitched a tissy. He abused
The real travesty would have been if “hell-mouth” had won, thereby affirming he profits from being above the rules everyone else has to play by.
IMO he is a horrible ambassador for poker, teaching the up and comers it is ok to be a jerk and insult other players. Just what poker needs, more “hell-mouths”!