Does Phil Hellmuth deserve to be at the PSI over TJ Cloutier?

[TheJackal]

[Neil Stevens]

9-5 in bracelets, right, 1-0 in the championship, right? No contest.

[Stew]

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9-5 in bracelets, right, 1-0 in the championship, right? No contest.

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Phil deserves to be there, but certainly not over TJ Cloutier, he is the winningest tournament player of all time.

[Neil Stevens]

Maybe not, but someone has to stick up for Phil or this thread gets boring fast!

I'd rather see TJ and Phil. I loved their moment at the TOC:

TJ: "OK, I could use an ace here."
Phil: "I mucked an Ace."
TJ: "Yeah, I really needed to know that, Phil."

[TheJackal]

I think Phil deserves to be there over TJ Cloutier. Phil would do better against a strong table like the TOC than Cloutier will or would...

[Nottom]

I don't know if he deserves to be there over TJ, but he would make the show much more entertaining. I for one would love to see the fireworks that would errupt when Gus and Phil square off in a pot.

[Sponger15SB]

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9-5 in bracelets, right, 1-0 in the championship, right? No contest.

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Not to mention that every single one of phils bracelets was in hold em, where cloutier only has 1 in hold em
Phil H.

1989 $10000 Championship Event - $755,000
1992 $5000 Limit Hold'em - $188,000
1993 $1500 Limit Hold'em - $138,000
1993 $2500 No Limit Hold'em - $161,400
1993 $5000 No Limit Hold'em - $173,000
1997 $3000 Pot Limit Hold'em - $204,000
2001 $2000 No Limit Hold'em - $316,550
2003 $2,500 Limit Hold'em - $171,400
2003 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em - $410,860


TJ Cloutier

1987 $1000 Limit Omaha - $72,000
1994 $2500 Pot Limit Hold'em - $163,000
1994 $1500 Omaha 8 or Better - $135,000
1998 $2500 Pot Limit Omaha - $136,000
2004 $1500 Razz - $90,500

[TheJackal]

The PSI is a hold em event though. I don't doubt that Cloutier is a better all around poker player, but he isn't a better holdem player than Phil H.

[Neil Stevens]

Gus Hansen's garbage hands would drive Phil crazy. It'd make great television.

[curtains]

I heard that Phil was invited but his agent demanded a higher appearance fee than the other players received, and they refused.