Goddammit, does Phil Hellmuth make for interesting TV sometimes. Last night in hour #1 of the WSOP telecast on ESPN, Hellmuth called an amateur’s all-in pre-flop holding Ace King. The amateur was thoroughly dominated, holding King Jack of Hearts. No flush draw going into the river, but do we need to tell you what spiked on fifth? Cribbed post-hand table talk right from the telecast:

This fricking donkey stuck fifteen thousand with King Jack. I mean, the guy can’t even spell "poker." I re-raised to let him know what I had… He peeled a King off - a Jack off for the sucker. You don’t know how to fold a hand. Some of the worst players in the world, I can’t believe this is the World Series of Poker. (Amateur adds, "Yeah, go figure huh?") I threw away all those hands just to make it look like they could move in on me… What a terrible play. If I ever stick all my money in with King Jack… Pfft… Of course, that’ll never happen in a million years. (Amateur chirps up, "Yeah, I’ve seen worse.") Not from me, buddy… That’s why I’m the nine-time World Champion of Hold ‘Em, ’cause I always have the best hand. You found a Jack for the live one, huh?

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