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hellmuth is a douche bag. although gordon is clearly the king of all douche bag's, i would honestly have to say hellmuth is not far behind at all. i remember playing at the bellagio, and there was a 100/200 NL game running at the next table in the upstairs part of the high stakes area...apparently hellmuth had a set and lost to a younger online player, who had a straight flush draw. i didn't see the actual hand go down, but i heard the commotion and classes hellmuthian rant that immediately followed. apparently they got the money in on the flop, (was like 12k for the young guy, and hellmuth covered)... and he hit. anyway, hellmuth just ripped into the guy, calling him a moron and and an idiot, and how he "just wants to give me the money", "do you realize i'm the best hold em player in the world" etc etc. it was so loud and disruptive that the guys playing 2-5, way by the rail were standing up to see wtf was going on. in any event, there were no tv camera's, and therefore (presumably) no reason to make such a scene and be such a [censored] about it. that incident lead me to believe that he is in fact a total douche, and it's not some t.v act he puts on. in short, he has no class at the table. if i were you trambopoline, i would take comfort in the fact that hellmuth's wife is a total dog. heh.