Call me a hater. Get it out of your system now. Feel Better. I will support the PPA's agenda and have written and called my elected officials before, but I will not join any organization that associates with Phil Hellmuth. I and EVERY single person I play with either does not like him, or like me, downright despises, loathes and hates him. I capitalized every because it is not an exaggeration and I play with lots of people.
He is a thousand times worse for the game than Jaime Gold, Mike Matsow or any socially inept kid new to live poker will ever be, mainly because he remains so visible. Is he a good hold'em player? Definitely. Is he a good man away from the tables? Probably. I know the "Poker Brat", for the most part, is just a gimmick, but it has to stop for the sake of the game. People who only have a cursory exposure to the game may see him and say "Poker players are douches. Why should I care about their interests?" The media needs to stop glorifying such bad behavior even if it is fake and I don't believe all of the bad beat rants are fake.
It has long been played out, Phil. Grow up and move on to a new gimmick. How about "Cuddly Phil?" You could say you have been trying a new therapy with your psychiatrist wife and it changed your life. You will now say "nice hand" with a smile on your face because you now realize that the the old saying is true. "Don't tap the fish tank. You'll just scare the fish away." You could wear flowers in your hair and delete the Jay-Z from the mp3 player in favor of the Mamas and the Papas.
On second thought, a leopard can't change its spots. Keep acting like an @ss and doing more harm to the game you love.
Let the fanboy defense begin.