Phil Hellmuth's WORST POKER HANDS || Lex Reflects
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มี.ค. 2023
- Watch now to understand how Phil Hellmuth lost $350K. With a bit of spin to the format, I'll also now analyse how other players performed at the poker table. Subscribe to my channel for more videos: bit.ly/SubscribeToLex
Episode 7
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During the Big Game hand reviews, I will explain and review the different hands played during this tournament. Why were certain choices made and what can you learn from them?
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So what do you think of version 2.0 of Lex Reflects?
I think you should do at least a video a week of Hellmuthian implosions
I think if you do an old school vid or even new of yourself one week and then a version of this from someone else the week after would be great
Also, one week would be good to reflect on if something big happened in the poker world. For instance, Airball losing 750k last week.
Says the guy eho has been losing for 8 years straight, lmao.
Maybe sit this one out clown
Great one. Suggestion for the next episode the big cash win of Rampage on Hustler!
Hellmuth is so outclassed by deep stack cash game players and he legitimately had no business playing at that level. Losing money scares him. All that fear is non existent in tournaments.
Meh it's definitely just a different game. I have to say I commend him for recognizing uncomfortability being this deep
Dude Phil Hellmuth is not a professional poker player, he is just a brand ambassador at this point. Just no point commenting on him, he doesn’t care about the game.
@@dantonkull6491 agreed, I don’t think he could beat live 1/2.
bro he limps TT off 15bb in MTTs, what do you mean he doesnt have fear there?
Do you see his sponsors? I’d be afraid to lose money too if I was sponsored by stuff nobody buys
Lmao @ at the Kevin Martin roast at the end of the video. You're a savage Lex 😂
I mean it had to be done. Come on.
This format is really good! Love the content grind Lex!
Appreciate it!
It might be the biggest pots he's lost. But the list of his bad plays is endless
His biggest weakness is he won't be bluffed and that's very exploitable
He’s actually getting worse at cash games, which I didn’t think was possible
@@kevintwine2315 he's better in tournaments. One buy in make your chips last. He can't cope with high stakes players with many bullets
@@ronhunt2254 ? The man is kind of known for his legendary folds
@@Blue1479758 not in cash games the pros treat him as the fish
Hellmuth does that a lot, lying about his hand afterwards when it really doesn't make any difference. This was a crazy analysis, very detailed and clear!
I don't understand haha. Kings is already pretty unlucky
As much as the word narcissist gets overused nowadays , he is the true poster definition of it to the point he impulsively wants to protect his image by lying
He is lying to get sympathy from other players I think or some kind of unknown brain disorder.
AA vAk is much stronger than KK vAK . He’s just trying to make himself look more unlucky
I watch you so much on streams that it feels like a friend is commenting on the video, not a pro with technical terms etc. It's so friendly and so much fun watching you analyze Phill's hand and behavior. Thanks mr Lex and keep up the videos.
Ayyyyyyy thanks bro
hearing you talk about the cash game scene and analyzing hands is top tier content, keep it up mate gl
Just found your content recently Lex, really enjoying it so far. Really like your method of explaining and breaking things down.
Lex reflects was my favourite series of yours and it got 3 times better now! At least on par with what Doug is putting out. Great stuff man.
Big compliment thanks dude
Lex these are just great content mate really appreciate you putting these together
Loved this format. Also really liked when you looked back at some of your OG online hands in the early stages of your career
Ty! New one from the past out this Thursday
Great video as usual! I'm stealing the ''echo tilt chamber'' quote 😁
Love all your TH-cam content lex. Keep up the good work.
I prefer when Lex reflects covers recent hands and not hands that happened 10/20 years ago, poker was different back then and those hands have being replayed to death
Yeah it's just to show people my history and connet it to my past. People have asked me to do my old hands a lot
@@LexVeldhuisTV Fair enough. I really enjoyed this Lex reflects, keep them coming. Thanks for the reply.
Really loving the YT content Lex - appreciate the effort you're putting in! :)
Lex, you should find the clip where the villain ('Mad Genius') talks about coming up to Hellmuth before the game and tried to shake Phil's hand, but Phil didn't want to (lol). He talks about this hand and said it was so much sweeter doubling up after that happened.
Damn! That would have been great to include!
Lex, your commentary is so good. Like many levels better than anyone else in the game now.
Love the new version of Lex Reflects............and that tiny bit of needle on the end to KMart haha
really great content and I like how you talk about his mental along with his game play. good vid lex!
Very good stuff lex, keep it coming! 🤙🏽
I've been, and still am, enjoying Lex Reflects from ep1, but I will say I enjoy watching you reflect on old tv-hands more. I think there's just nothing like the good old Big Game.
Look at you go Lex! The channel is on fire with awesome content!!
Trying different things
So fun and informative!
I really like how you don't scrutinize Phil's play based on general opinions of him as a person. You were professionally critical and absolutely fair in all situations - you're the man Lex, big love dude.
He's an arrogant clown
I definitely like your content over Polks you're speaking faster and not wasting time on your opinion instead putting time into explaining what are some of the best responses to bets re raises etc
Stylistic preference I think. Doug makes great content, but I appreciate the shout!
Wow, love this content. Really hope Lex makes more videos like this. Actually feel I learned something... Thanks!
You are doing some great content. Earned a subscribe.
First time seeing one of your videos. Liked, subscribed and hit the notification bell as well.
Love the commentary and have always enjoyed your streams
As always, thanks for the insights Lex!
Great commentary, thanks Lex
very nice format I like to keep it up!!!!!
This is good, I actually prefer this type of analysis to going deep into solvers, but I'm just a rec. I would like to see this type of format done on Nik Airball. Good job regardless.
I really enjoyed that,fascinating insight.
I love phil helmut even do he is what all know. His line "he called a rise wirh q10 honey" eill forever be my fav poker line
Hey Lex, thanks for the content! Small sidenote, when face cam in full screen the quality looks a bit iffy. Not in the smaller frame, just to let you know.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm you might be right
really love this kind of content as much as i love watching Hellmuth tilting. Great video Lex!
The Best Poker Content in yt.. and thats the truth... thx Lex for your nice Videos
Love the format. Would it make sense to mix in a couple of hands where you hide villain‘s hole cards? Gives a whole different perspective to a hand analysis imo.
Congrats on the good score yesterday, amazing stream
First time watcher! Love your analysis!
I like the format but i really disagree about the flatcalling KK that needs protection in comparison to AA that can be flat there sometimes. You can see the same thing in gtowizard or any sim where we flat a 4b a lot of AA in position especially ( i suggest even OOP since you can strengthen your calling range ) . If you push out with KK some AK and some QQ/JJ you don't mind since especially AK has decent equity, but with AA the reverse is true.
this was super nice lex!
ty!
I love this lex u are making us all better at the game. Thanks
It's amazing how one of the best, and certainly the most successful, tournament player can be so lost in a cash game!
It's like a completely different game.
He is definitiv not the best pokerplayer.
Why you never see him at the high roller? For example triton?
100k or 250k buy ins?
He is playing the 10k or 25k tournaments.
true.
In these fields are not the best.
He just tilts alot
@@simoneggler5184 Eh, those high roller events are statistically a lot easier to win than the fields that Hellmuth plays. Yes the average player is better, but the tiny fields can allow things like what happened to Negreanu, blown out all summer (a lot of it run bad) and then win a 30 person field and talk about owning the world again! Those giant buys in are a bit incestuous in that the same players are all backed by the same people and they are just spreading around money. Yes, some are winners, some are losers, but they all are just trying to add $10 million to their tournament winnings while not actually making much, if any, money.
@@stevenloube6784 when you are not good enough in the high roller events than you win statisticly these by around zero procent.
The last triton main event (100k buy in) had way more then 100 entrys.
Around like 140 entrys I think ..
You will never see hellmuth in these events.
There are also WSOP bracellet events that are high roller as well.
250k buy in for example.
Hellmuth doesn't enter in these events aswell.
I agree.
he targets the smaller field WSOP events for bracellets.
For example the H.O.R.S.E or dealer choice or stud or whatever.
That does say actually alot about his skill level.
He is more likely to add another bracellet to his all time record.
I don't think by the way that negreanu (correct?) Is one of the best players.
Good Players would be for example:
Tan Xuan, Stephen Chidwick, Thimothy Adams or Fedor Holz.
He's the opposite of me, I suck at both though, but I consider myself at least decent at cash games, where as in tournaments all I do is lose money.
Excellent analysis and presentation.
If if and buts were candy and nuts, Phil would be Charlie and the chocolate factory
New subscriber here Lex. Amazing content
dude I love Lex Reflects 2.0, great commentary on these PH hands. The AK I could not believe, I was like why are you folding when you should be raising? but yeah you nailed it, he is afraid to play this deep so he should be buying in shorter
Love the lil roast of kev at the end there lmao
love the dig at kevin out of nowhere on the end haha
Lex, fantastic analysis! Always used to see you on T.V. so it's quite strange watching you on TH-cam now talking about hands. Great stuff. Just had quick question:
You were talking about How we want our opponent to have missed fds on the river. Then you said, "If we make missed Fds available for our opponents that means we increase the amount of folds they have."
I was a bit confused by this. Did you mean to say "we increase the amount of bluffs they have?"
Dude Phil Hellmuth is not a professional poker player, he is just a brand ambassador at this point. Just no point commenting on him, he doesn’t care about the game.
Love the kmart needle
Dang, think I learned some good stuff ❤ awesome vid, Phil is the gaoat
100% Fantastic watch!
Yo Lex, gg lastnight!
It's good. Make more like this. Thank you.
Excellent Lex!
Lex 'the spot' Veldhuis :)
If you know you know
Love the new format
4:25 is the ultimate display of why Phil gets made fun of so much. It's really not just the blow-ups, that does not help, it the excessive pridefulness and I am smart than you mentality when really, no he isn't.
He just folded the AK he could have got off with being told it was a bad move, but the point fuck all the way off. When you have years of similar or worst mistakes, it makes some people question the value of WSOP bracelets, which is not fair. Probably the greatest moment for anyone to watch is during the Hustler the Casino Streamer live stream with Ludwig and Mr. Beast. Towards the end, Phil has to call a All-in Pre-Flop AJs against a short stack, and Mr.Beast and a bunch of the streamers are chanting at him to not be a pussy and Call. He folds the best hand preflop and 5 bricks run out.
Great video
The “I quit” at the end is the most immature thing I’ve seen from a poker professional 😂😂😂😂
It's actually one of the most mature things they can say to be honest :)
Oh sir, search "Hellmuth" and watch some of his classics
@@LexVeldhuisTV💯💯
@@LexVeldhuisTV thats true but you can’t be the first to leave your homegame 😂
knowing when to quit is a crucial skill for successful poker players. You could be on tilt, outclassed, or sometimes it just isn't your night. There is always another game tomorrow.
The KT vs QQ might be the worst I’ve ever seen someone play a hand at any stakes. Jesus what even was that
You were bound to run out of your own hands at some point. I love this series, and the new format is fine too. Find some other maniacs (like your past self) to reflect on like Tom Dwan and Fedor Holz.
Yeah there will be a lot to choose from!
I object to the title. Phil told me that the hand he played against me was the worst hand he ever played. It was a 2/5/10/20/40/80 pot limit hold'em game at Binions. Phil was the 20 blind and raised. I woke up with AA in the 80 seat and re-raised. He was all in on fourth street. Never did show his hand.
Lex you gotta make it to Hustler, that would be absolute insanity 😂 Lex v Keating 500bb deep. Thanks for the content my man
Love this!
excellent analysis. Helmuth should seek you out for coaching.
I would love to know what the board was in the hand, where Hellmuth folded AK preflop!
😂 I'm only 5min in, this is so good
awesome video but i would've liked to hear you talk more about the exploitative side in these hands.
Regarding the KTo hand in particular - obviously the turn lead is bad from a logical and theoretical standpoint. But JR and Keating aren't pros, I don't think they're good enough to be thinking on a high level about Phil's range and how it doesn't contain strong hands. So I think that discussing theory and range construction isn't very relevant. Is there any merit to leading turn here just to set your own price to draw (or for other exploitative reasons)? I still think it's a bad play exploitatively, but would like to hear your thoughts
"own echo tilt chamber" classic 😅
10:25 “echo-tilt chamber” 😂
Great content! I believe the K10 hand, going by what the commentator said and what He said, He might have misread His hand. He might've thought He had an Ace.
I'm not sure tbh
Gotta love the variance rollercoaster
I think its interesting that even if Hellmuth had A10 instead of K10 in that hand, it doesn't change that much. Turn hes either way ahead or way behind instead of drawing to nuts, and river, he's only beating the same bluffs (missed clubs) and losing to every value bet. Maybe he's beating some random 89 or QJ that villain decides to turn into a bluff but generally unlikely given play on earlier streets.
I mean AT is a lot better. I'm not really buying into the misread my hand thing for sure, but it's not something I've heavily researched.
when will we see you in the hustler Lex ? Brazil love you broo
That felt goooood!
Great video again! Do I sense that you like that he lost so much :P
Nahhh I actually think he played some of these spots quite well also. I mean I'd rather see someone else at the table win than him, if I had to choose..
He got away from a set of Queens. A lot of people would go broke with overpairs.
@@MrAgmoore true!
Love the Lex Reflects videos! I do think it's important to note that Hellmuth did make Kmart whole after this. He apologized, paid Kevin for his lost travel funds and said they would meet up some time soon. Classy move by Phil after having a(n understandable) meltdown in the game. Keep it up with these awesome Reflects vids, Lex!
echo tilt chamber is a perfect way to describe it!
good stuff
I think somebody on stream said he has A10 instead of K10
They just thought the call was so bad there had to be another reason
Would be hilarious to do a "get hellmut money" teamup and Showcase it
Hellmuth is probably the player with the highest disparity in quality between tournaments and cash games. In the history of the game.
that's because in tournaments you rarely have a stack more than 20-30 BBs
Wow the second hand i would never have guessed that hes going to fold thats ludicrous
6:03 Keating has a set of Queens in an alternative Universe...
On the AK hand Helmuth was 750BB deep vs the guy with TT and 1400BB deep vs Keating. Genuinely hard to play well at these stack depths. That's why Keating can VPIP a lot as well.
It isn’t that hard to play tbh. Much harder but the basic summary is play more speculative hands pre and probable call a lot more than raising without the nuts
@@rossa7226 Harder to play? Yes and no. It harder to play if you can't take a wide variance. This deep stacked you are going to be up and down huge amounts. It's still the same game, make reads and play smart. Phil tilts way too easily with big losses, that is why he struggles in cash games so much. Eric Hicks is a good deep stack cash player, Phil was not.
@@jppagetoo yeah I agree, it’s harder to play if you aren’t good at cash games and don’t understand how the amount of bbs effective affects relative hand strength etc. but it’s also why garrett etc crush them because it’s easier to leverage people who cap their ranges pre flop.
Phil Hellmuth in every cash game poker TV show
"I quit"
You’d think Phil’s family or financial advisor would’ve forced him to stop playing these stakes at this point. He’s been bad at them for the entire time I’ve been watching poker, which is close to 15 years
Don't think it's his own money to be honest,he has a lot of sponsorships who get advertising from his blow ups on TV because millions of people watch them.if you notice hes always covered in names of casinos or tournaments.its not a coincidence and I'd say he gets put into these games just for publicity when he tilts
Yes sir you got the gift for doing that..👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
"Echo-tilt-chamber" needs to enter into common parlance.
Arent they 750bb deep in the hellmuth ak fold hand or is there straddle?
Thats my man Lex Val This
Phil is all about small ball short stack poker. Folding AK vs JR and Keating is insane. It feels like he is waiting for the nuts to cooler these recreational players but that is a bad way of thinking. You have to get involved in pots..not play scared money.
He is not the player he once was. He is now a borderline fish. And yes I am not a pro myself bla bla but i'm talking about what he perceives himself to be and the reality. He is absolutely atrocious at these levels nowadays. I dont think anybody is in anyway afraid to play him.
He NEVER was good in cash games, only good in defeating noobs at poker tournaments. He gets invited to cash games for that very reason!
@@oldnew7478 exactly that. He knows exactly how to do well in $500-$5k buy in tournaments which make up the majority of the WSOP schedule. He does very well in those and has made a living from it. He just doesn't play cash games well.
@@oldnew7478 yes, he only got invited to feed the real players
"He closes down the walls in his sort of like own echo-tilt-chamber" 🤣😃👌says it all.