Phil Hellmuth Signs With YouStake as Ambassador and Advisor

Phil Hellmuth, who often advocateswriting down your desires and goals and sticking them to your bathroom mirror as a means of reinforcing the things you'd like to accomplish in life, likely had these reminders posted on his mirror recently:

"Never tip Uber drivers. A selfie with me is tip enough."

"Sign on with a staking website as ambassador and advisor."

The Poker Brat can remove both of those notes and throw them in the trash, and in their place put  "Win 15th WSOP gold bracelet this summer."

His alleged failure to tip a driver made the rounds of the poker media recently, and now, according to a press release and numerous social media posts, poker's all-time WSOP champ has partnered with YouStake, lending his name to the relaunched backing platform.

“I am thrilled to be joining the team at YouStake as not only an ambassador, but also an advisor," Hellmuth said. “I look forward to working closely with them on their expansion plans and in providing the best fan experience possible.”

The announcement was met with a ton of #positivity from poker players and fans, who quickly gobbled up 60% of the Poker Brat's action at a 1.5 markup for the $10,000 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event.

With the 49th annual WSOP just a few months away, we can expect Hellmuth backers to come out in full force once again as the 53-year-old looks to add to his bracelet total. He'll apparently be plugging YouStake along the way, with his advisory duties focused on expanding the business with leanings toward blockchain development and ICOs.

YouStake co-founder and CEO Frank DeGeorge said this of adding Hellmuth to his staking platform:

"He brings an enormous amount of positive branding, poker accomplishments, and business experience to our team.”

Not to mention that massive ego.