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The Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth

Monday, July 31, 20179 takes

Lebron James is getting clowned on by Steph and Kyrie and the NBA Offseason is officially the greatest real life drama of all time ( - ). Who's Back of the Week including Training Camp Turnovers and Drugs ( - ). Uncle Chaps joins the show to do the Mt Rushmore of Combinations ( - ). The Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth joins the show to talk about being a professional poker player, the most famous people he's played with, and how Charles Barkley is not as bad as a gambler as people think ( - ). Segments include Thoughts and Prayers for the Ravens, Kings Stay Kings for Bill Belichik and Jon Gruden, Talking Soccer and Talking Thrones, Bad Visual for Chris Christie's Pants, Locker Room Talk for Steve Scaramucci aka The Mooch, Man Card, and Drunk Ideas.

Recap

Loss
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James is dead and Steph Curry murdered him

LeBron James is dead. D-E-D. Dead. Steph Curry murdered him. Kyrie backstabbed him, went behind his back. Very Shakespearean, this whole thing.

The statement is metaphorical; LeBron James is physically alive and remained the top player in the league for years following this.
Push
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will average 30-10-10 this season

LeBron is going to go on a rampage this year. He's like 30-10-10 for sure. Just mark it down. I mean, this is what happened in the NBA Finals... His numbers are going to keep going up.

LeBron had an incredible season (27.5 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 9.1 APG) and played all 82 games, but did not reach the 30-10-10 threshold.
Push
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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HankHank

LeBron James will lose early in the playoffs and leave Cleveland

He's going to gas himself out, lose in the first or second round of the playoffs, and then leave town.

LeBron did leave Cleveland in 2018, but he led them to the NBA Finals that year, not an early exit.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Jon Jones will easily beat Brock Lesnar if he stays clean

Jon Bones Jones, if he stays clean, he will kick the shit out of Brock Lesnar. I mean, he can fight with anyone. He will beat him up.

The fight never took place, so the outcome cannot be verified.

Interview

Open
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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Phil HellmuthPhil Hellmuth

I will win the World Series of Poker Main Event again

I still think I'm going to win [the World Series of Poker Main Event] sometime, and I'll tell you why. It has the best structure of any poker tournament we have... you have a lot of time to work your chips up.

Since this interview in 2017, Phil Hellmuth has not won the WSOP Main Event again (though he has won additional bracelets).
Win
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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Phil HellmuthPhil Hellmuth

Tobey Maguire is the greatest celebrity poker player in the world

The biggest celebrity winner probably in the world is Tobey Maguire... He's really good. Ben Affleck is an excellent poker player as well, and these guys play in some high-stakes games.

While exact earnings are private, numerous sources in the high-stakes poker world have corroborated that Maguire was the biggest winner in the legendary private games.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
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Phil HellmuthPhil Hellmuth

Charles Barkley is a good gambler who just gets unlucky

I played blackjack with [Charles Barkley]. We played high stakes blackjack together recently, and he was playing really good. He was unlucky, I've got to say. He was playing perfectly. And I was playing perfectly, and I think I won $30,000, and he went the other way... but I mean, he was just unlucky.

Whether someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' in gambling is subjective and impossible to prove, though Barkley's massive losses are well-documented.

Thoughts And Prayers

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017·Thoughts & Prayers
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Big CatBig Cat

Colin Kaepernick clearly should be signed by an NFL team

To start the offseason, I thought the Colin Kaepernick storyline was bullshit. But now it's kind of like, all right, he's clearly – someone's just – like, he should be signed. They signed two backup quarterbacks that I had never heard of.

This is a subjective evaluation of talent vs. baggage, though Kaepernick never played in the NFL again after 2016.

Man Card

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017·Man Card
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every reporter should Google themselves once a week

If you're a reporter, if you're a journalist, you have to be able to take the heat as well. Every reporter should Google themselves once a week, I would say. Got to make sure your name's out there. Read all the hate possible.

This is a subjective career/lifestyle choice for media members.