Wait, but... wha... huh? Hellmuth knowledge.

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Yes, I understand Phil Hellmuth is a world class, world champion tournament poker player. No matter what you think of him personally, he's a damn fine texas hold 'em player. But I was just reading his first WSOP 2004 article on his Web site (or you can find it at cardplayer.com) and he offers this gem after picking up queens.

"(I) open for $1800... Incredibly, the big blind moves all in! This time I feel like my opponent has J-J or worse, but I still fold my hand face up. The big blind shows 7-7. I don't mind this at all. After all, I could have gone out if he hit a seven."

This marks the first time I've ever heard of a professional poker player say that he was happy that he folded a 4:1 favorite, even while sensing that he HAD the favorite, because his opponent could have sucked out a two outer to win.

Wha-wha-wha-what?