Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009 Annette_15: Phil Hellmuth is Awesome

Annette Obrestad likes Phil Hellmuth a lot, even though "The Poker Brat" thinks players from northern Europe are "idiots".

Phil Hellmuth was his usual personable self during the 2008 WSOP. One of his worst blow-up came after a hand where Finnish player Santeri Valikoski played 7-5 off-suit and won a decent pot against Hellmuth.

The 1989 world champion was absolutely furious and started screaming about the "idiot from northern Europe." You can see the hand in the end of the YouTube clip below:

Whether Norwegian starlet Annette Obrestad (2007 WSOPE champion) is included in the idiot category is unclear, but whatever Hellmuth thinks about her, she really likes him. Obrestad has posted her opinion about Hellmuth on her blog:

"I think he's awesome. I love having him around. He's so entertaining and funny, and he has a completely different style than everyone else which makes it interesting to talk hands with him (although I don't always agree with what he says, and he does a lot of stuff that I'd never even think of doing.) Whatever works I guess!"

Obrestad also reveals what her answer would have been, if she had played in that infamous WSOP hand instead of Santeri Valikoski.

"'Hey Phil, those 5x aren't gonna last very long, so u might wanna start playing now before it's too late!'"

 

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