Phil Hellmuth

Thanks to Phil Hellmuth’s announcement on social media, we can now look forward to Hellmuth and fellow poker pro Brandon Cantu making an appearance at some point.

Wired magazine’s Jason Tanz, even went so far as to dust off his copy of Phil Hellmuth’s book Play Poker Like The Pros and see what light it shed on the strange happenings at the Republican National Convention.

If you’ve ever fancied chatting with one of the world’s top poker professionals, now’s your chance to do so – with Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari all lined up to take your calls.

When it comes to the Main Event it’s the characters rather than the actual cards which tend to live on in memory – so this fantasy final table reflects that, pitting heroes against anti-heroes, with much more on the line than the $10million and the bracelet.

​Crass, arrogant, showboating, and – in their own mind – infallible Hellmuth and Trump seem almost avatars for each other, the one political, the other plays card games.

How are the latest WSOP gold bracelet winners look at the game they love most? Is playing poker for a living a full-time grind or a lifetime vacation?

Often a combination of the players natural urge to show their emotions and their personality coupled with their awareness of the cameras being present are the perfect recipe to creating memorable and entertaining poker video.

​Every walk of life has its assholes, but the poker world often seems to have more than its fair share of them! Whether it’s because of the money involved, the ego-driven individual nature of the game, or just that it attracts a certain type of person.

Many poker enthusiasts find themselves wondering which country has the best poker players in the world and that's precisely the question we'll attempt to answer today.