Phil Hellmuth has taken exception to Bryn Kenney after receiving some shade from the chief on poker’s all-time cash listing. Kenney just lately appeared on the Digital Social Hour Podcast and mentioned his life in poker, however some feedback in regards to the 17-time World Collection of Poker winner drew loads of curiosity.
Kenney described Hellmuth because the “largest successful WSOP participant,” but additionally went on to notice a few of his shortcomings.
“He’s performed some excessive rollers and hasn’t actually fared very nicely in them,” Kenney identified. “And you understand, once I take into consideration who’re the most effective gamers in poker, if you happen to’re not competing on the highest degree, you possibly can’t actually be in competition for it.”
“If you happen to’re enjoying towards principally newbie gamers on the World Collection, you’re nice at beating the newbie gamers. It’s like you might be the king of triple A (referring to skilled baseball’s highest minor league degree).”
Hellmuth Responds
After a clip of the present was launched on Twitter, Hellmuth was fast to reply. He famous that the WSOP is the most important collection in poker annually and defended his excessive curler report.
“To me the WSOP is the ‘large leagues,” he wrote on Twitter. “All the time has been, at all times shall be. It’s aggravating to me when individuals lie about me and my legacy. For the report, I’m successful over $1.5 million in excessive rollers.”
Hellmuth certainly has some spectacular scores in excessive curler occasions, banking $2.6 million within the $1 million buy-in Huge One For One Drop and cashing twice for an additional $1 million within the $111,111 buy-in Excessive Curler For One Drop. He additionally completed fourth within the $300,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl for $1.6 million, runner-up within the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship for $1.1 million, and runner-up within the $50,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion for an additional $700,000.
In whole, he has 20 cashes in tournaments with buy-ins of $25,000 or extra, however to Kenney’s level, some excessive rollers can obtain that in a single yr. Hellmuth has as an alternative stored his deal with the WSOP and accumulating bracelets. He at the moment has a six-bracelet lead over second place Phil Ivey.
He additionally serves as an adviser for a number of corporations and works as section host for the World Poker Tour. Which will have restricted his time for these excessive curler occasions at instances.
Kenney has earned the overwhelming majority of his $67 million in profession cashes in excessive curler occasions, together with a $20.6 million payday for taking down the £1 million Triton London tremendous excessive curler. He has 84 cashes in tournaments with a $25,000 buy-in or extra.
Regardless of Hellmuth’s summer time accolades, Kenney even appeared assured he might beat him on the WSOP.
“If he’s trying to ever make like an enormous guess within the World Collection… I’ll contemplate enjoying an entire WSOP and present him that he’s not even the most effective of these both.”
Hellmuth additionally responded to that, noting that there had been openings previously for Kenney to play the Poker Corridor of Famer heads-up on PokerGO.
“You stated I wouldn’t play you heads up? The place have been you (when) I challenged your complete world to a $1.6 million heads up problem on Excessive Stakes Duel?”
Problem Supplied
On PokerGO’s Excessive Stakes Duel, Hellmuth has defeated gamers like Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Tom Dwan, and Scott Seiver earlier than shedding to Jason Koon. Kenney later responded on Twitter that he’s keen to play Hellmuth heads-up.
“I’ve advised PokerGO I’m able to play from the start. We all know you get to cherry choose who you have been enjoying,” Kenney stated. “Let me know when the provide is there to play me for $1 million, I’ll be there. Additionally, if you happen to [want to] showcase how good you aren’t, I’m glad to crossbook 100% in any Triton collection.”
The feedback and problem come even though Kenney hasn’t but been in a position to shake allegations of dishonest. In 2022, poker professional Martin Zamani and others in his poker secure accused him of collusion, utilizing RTA (actual time help, which is banned by most on-line poker websites), and multi-accounting. He additionally alleged Kenney additionally made some members go to a shaman, who lower them and injected frog poison within the wound as a part of a cleaning ritual.
