The Poker Duo: Poker Brat and KidPoker in Las Vegas

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The Poker Duo: Poker Brat and KidPoker in Las Vegas
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27 Jun

The Ante Only tournament was on a break when our Laura Cornelius caught up with another two living legends of the poker world, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Nagreanu. Both seemed very eager and enthusiastic about the very specific tournament format. Like every year we continue to bring you the most exclusive interviews from the World Series of Poker.

Laura first caught up with the Poker Brat himself, Phil Hellmuth. The former world champion started out the interview by (naturally) talking about himself, the great calls that he has been making with “just eights” and how he showed “them” that they can't bluff him, but how they love to have him at his table. On a more serious note though, the 13 time bracelet winner talked to us about the Ante Only Event at this year's WSOP and seemed fairly fascinated with the exciting format.

I think 99% of the poker players love having me at their table and 1% I seem to rub the wrong way, because sometime I whine a little bit too much... All the young kids love having me at their table because they don't talk as much at the table

After telling us how he busted out of the Poker Player's Championship in a PLO round, and how well he handled it, the Poker Brat signed off in a strange way, probably running off to play in the Ante Only event that was ITM as we spoke. We thank him for sparing the time for our crew all the same.

Always willing to speak to the media, Daniel Nagreanu also lent us some of his time, and let Laura pick his brain for a few minutes. Daniel talks about the ongoing WSOP, the Ante Only Event and his overall approach to poker. While most are very excited about the upcoming One Drop Event, Daniel seems less interested in the one million buy in event, and more excited about just winning tournaments, especially the non holdem ones.

She said she did it because her husband is such a big poker fan and she wanted to maintain his interest, so she figured when he sees that when they do their thing it might excite him?

Daniel explains the Ante Only format, which he was in the money at while he was doing the interview and give us some insight into this poker goals for this year's World Series. Also covered in the interview is the latest photo of Daniel's fan who got his name tattooed on her lower back for some.... unorthodox reasons.


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