[beanie]

I can't say I know Phil much better than any of you but I can tell you that he is really like that in real life. Let me give you an example.

Phil on Phone: Is this Paul Nobles aka Beanie, because this is Phil Laak aka the unabomber.

No ordinary human talks like that. I don't think the thing with Todd got overblown it just appeared that way on TV but I said to my wife right as Todd it, "did you see that" and we rewinded. I honestly don't know of a casino you can do that in. Either way I think editing was a big part of that deal.

Also there are 2 schools of thought, you could almost consider it 3 really. There is the Phil Hellmuth/Jeff Lisandro types (bitter complainers), the Antonio/Laak/Negreanu types (put on a show to guarantee TV time) and the Howard Lederer types. If you like the last type you likely don't like the first two. But if you want to have a good time at a poker table the guys in the middle are solid gold and you will enjoy every second and when you are there you wouldn't find it obnoxious. That is part of what makes them all so good.