Hellmuth explode nas WSOP, internet reage, Poker Brat pede perdão e compensa adversário

A acção do nível 9 do 2018 World Series Of Poker Main Event, do Dia 2C, contou com a presença de Phil Hellmuth numa das TV Tables disponíveis, como já é habitual quando Poker Brat tem fichas num torneio. Também habituais são os momentos "à Hellmuth", onde o jogador com mais braceletes WSOP explode sem filtro perante um movimento que o apanha de surpresa.

Antes de mais, eis o momento:

Se a falta de contenção de Hellmuth é já conhecida, este caso apresenta um nível extra de responsabilidade, em virtude das suas palavras certamente poderem interferir com a decisão à sua direita de Kuzmin, que tem a palavra.

Mais do que o léxico para maiores de 18, a interacção vinda da cabine de comentários esclarece o problema:

"Kuzmin já fez call?"
"Não, Kuzmin ainda nada fez..."

O primeiro a colocar a ideia de que a situação merecia uma penalização é Shaun Deeb, desde a mesa de comentários para o PokerGO:

If you watch the @PokerGO stream I immediately made that comment so shitty that he ends up getting the hand you want to call to call and you lose hope @phil_hellmuth does something to make up for that besides another signed book https://t.co/sBxqYokdkr

— WSOPShaunDeeb (@shaundeeb) July 7, 2018

Mais reacções surgiram, com destaque para Isaac Haxton, Chris Moneymaker e Justin Bonomo, ambos reforçando que Phil Hellmuth merecia penalização, com o segundo a ir mais longe sugerindo penalização retroactiva:

Every time I play with @phil_hellmuth he talks about his hands in multiway pots, acts out of turn, or talks about what he folded while a hand is still in progress. Players need to step up, call the floor, demand penalties every time. TDs need to give those penalties. @wsoptd

— Isaac Haxton (@ikepoker) July 7, 2018

.@WSOPTD @WSOP

Please consider giving @phil_hellmuth a retroactive penalty today.

He didn’t like Camby and gave away the weakness of his hand to allow Kuzmin to call his all-in lighter than normal.

This behavior is FAR beyond what is acceptable and he’s gotten enough warnings

— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) July 7, 2018

Legit used to be a @phil_hellmuth fan but every time I see him on tv berating players and doing his holier than thou stick it makes me gag. #growup #ambassador? #positivity? #dontseeit A message from the “lesser players”

— Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER) July 8, 2018

Phil Hellmuth deverá ser dos profissionais de poker mais treinados para lidar com este tipo de situação, derrapou durante umas horas mas terminou finalmente sanando o problema, pelo menos aos olhos do "maior prejudicado" nesta mão:

Desculpas

I apologize for swearing. It was a 3-way pot and I shouldn’t have lost it. It was the 15th time you moved all in on me, and my emotions got the better of me. But you were never winning that hand. You snap moved all in, and I was never folding 7-7 on draw heavy board of 10-4d-3d https://t.co/CgwL4ivoRb

— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) July 7, 2018

Auto-penalização, ao decidir entrar mais de um nível atrasado no dia seguinte, após concordar que não seria descabido ter sido penalizado na mão em questão

Nursing my usual social media thrashing: reserved for when I do something wrong (a Poker Brat rant in a 3-way hand). Still in bed w wifey listening to 70s music; resting. I wish I wasn’t so emotional at the tables! My chips are in play, being ante’d off, BUT I’ll come in STRONG!

— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) July 7, 2018

Finalmente!

That’s a real stand up thing to do @phil_hellmuth! After I watched the telecast last night I do think you realized the mistake you made after the initial outburst as @shaundeeb pointed out. This means a lot to me and I’m very thankful for the opportunity

— James Campbell (@JCamby33) July 8, 2018