LA Weekly-Phil Helmuth Article(very long)

Ok...now I'm wondering something. Is the thought out there that Hellmuth isn't that good? Daniel Negreanu in All In magazine said the top players lick their lips when they see him coming to a cash game. Now is this because Hellmuth said something poorly about Daniel once or something, or is he really not one of the top players in the world. Keeping in mind that at a table of top players, probably none of them would really be scared of anyone since they know the game so well/each other.

In my opinion, and this is only from me seeing him on TV mind you, he is very very good. I've seen him in the Heads up championship look awesome in my opinion and he always looks great in his other tournaments on decision making, reads, etc. I don't care about how he reacts to bad beats in this discussion, try to put away your thoughts on how much you hate him as a person. Is the guy with 9 bracelets in Hold Em not that good?