What a difference Hellmuth Makes

I thought his broadcast of the WSOP main event final table on cardplayer was really entertaining. He talked about himself a lot of course, but he also gave analysis about the hands that you don't hear on WPT or ESPN ever.

[OldLearner]

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???? are you referring to a comercial if so which? Or are you trying to be sarcastic in response to my saying Eric L. is probably a better player than Phil H. If the latter go ask Daniel N. who the better player is.

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It's not about you.

[Smoothcall]

My apologies. I had forgotten about the commercial. Thats why i was asking what you were talking about.

Yeah i thought it was funny too. At least the premise. But they could done more with it.

[Smoothcall]

Thats why i asked. i didnt say it was, i asked if it was.

[PairTheBoard]

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That commerical is funny the first 2 times..but it's on EVERY commercial break...ahh

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Yea. I got a kick out of it though every time the Jerry Springer Type bouncer stepped in to prevent possible violence.

PairTheBoard

[carpe2k]

Interesting about the McEnroe comparisons. Doyle Brunson and Howard Lederer were on McEnroe's Show (when it was still on last year) and they both joked with John about a certain player who was the "McEnroe" of poker. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[CaptSensible]

I thought Howard Lederer did a great job when I saw him doing commentary. I liked him and Annie together too.
Howard was a "just the facts" kind of commentator but his understanding of the game makes his commentary fascinating to me. Personally I think Helmuth is great. As a player and commentator. I like his brattiness. He kind of expresses the way we all feel when we get that suck out bad beat, lol.
What I REALLY like about him is that he knows he's a brat and earlier on expressed an understanding that it wasn't cool and he needed to become a bit more mature about it all. I, personally, think that it's good buisness for him and he realizes that what was once just "bad form" is now good tv. I think he uses that image to his advantage now.

[XPac]

Good point Johnny come lately...Riddle me this, why haven't you killed yourself, seriously you're OBVIOUSLY not getting laid you queer....

[Jackal]

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Good point Johnny come lately...Riddle me this, why haven't you killed yourself, seriously you're OBVIOUSLY not getting laid you queer....

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LOL...you're right, i guess your mom doesn't count.

[Self Made]

I was also amazed by how good Hellmuth's commentary on the UB/Fox event was. I instantly put him into the top two poker announcers on TV, along witht the other Phil, Gordon.