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Only thing I can remember is Phil Laak saying "You guys got all these special moves on how to play on the flop and stuff, I can't do that etc.etc." If you take it serious, you = lol.

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Didnt read any of it, Phil is hilarious, he is fun, he is cool, and he owns you.
Enough said.

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Phil is scumbag SOB

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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.

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Phil seems like a good enough guy. He's entertaining at a table, which just makes the show more enjoyable to watch. He gets in with the best of it, and walks away with more $ than he started with. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

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We all make generalizations of people and I just have to say I just cannot stand Phil Laak's personality. He may act all funny or whatnot but he never really plays any hands besides big hands. He loves to ramble on and act like everything is good but whenever he is in a big hand, hes as quiet as a mouse. When Antonio ask Phil to straddle first, Phil goes i will if everyone agrees but I will not go first because some of you will say oh i was just kidding. C-MON phil, nobody's going to do that. Once they agree, you can't even trust them? He talking so much BS about it because he is such a chicken because he's afraid he will get a bad deal when obviously if the whole table agrees, it will happen and he is scared of going first


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you're an idiot if you call a guy who plays $300/600 NL a chicken.

laak doesn't seem to have a mean or spiteful bone in his body. how can you hate on a guy like that?

...and he wasn't mad at brunson. he just wanted a ruling. when you're playing for potentially 100's of thousands you want it clearly defined (brunson's fake call)

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taso do i know you???

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I wish I could find the ep of PAD with laak and antonio and hellmuth. Funniest thing ever said and also some insight into how sharp he really is.

Everyone is joking, talking over each other etc..

There are several conversations going on, but one of them is about a bet with provisions (odds/stipulations/etc)

Suddenly Laak bursts out in total seriousness with some rapid fire staccato comments about the bet.

lol and then Phil hellmuth wants in on it too.

I know this comment is mostly worthless its so vague, but hopefully someone knows what im talking about.

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what is the ? for

do i know you??????

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It might just be me, but I get a vibe from Laak that he cant be trusted at all.

Maybe its the angle shooting stories that skew my thoughts of him, but he is just one of those I would NEVER trust.