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Fans boo A-Rod and Bonds when they step to the plate in away parks too.

Part of it is envy, and part of it is having a public persona that is less than endearing. Steroids, greed, infantile brattiness. It's an excuse to dislike the person.

To the OP - in the context of the game itself, and the competition of the WSOP, in the manner that Hellmuth treats his fellow competitors, do you think he's somehow earned their respect?

I wouldn't care if his arms were mummified with bracelets, personally.