“No Gamble, No Future” is a popular poker game show from PokerGO that features a number of well-known professional poker players who compete for the game’s pot. Given that players tend to pop off when they manage to pull off unbelievable plays, tensions can reach a fever pitch, and some players’ emotions can boil over.
Such is the case of Phil Hellmuth during the recent episode. The “Poker Brat” lost his cool, tossed his mic on the poker table, then proceeded to storm off following Humboldt Mike’s celebration after landing a winning hand.
Hellmuth, seemingly fed up with all the unnecessary heckling, taunting, and shenanigans from his fellow poker players, confronted Humboldt Mike, proclaiming that he wouldn’t play with Mike anymore due to his incessant remarks and pop offs at Hellmuth’s expense,
“Buddy… I told you… alright, you want me to quit? Okay, I’m going to f*****g quit. I can’t play with you anymore. You’re such an a*****e. I don’t mind losing the flip; I really don’t, but I asked you not to do that s**t. You have been more out of line to me than any other f*****g person. I don’t know who you f*****g are but I’m never going to film with you again.”
Hellmuth’s Long Poker Night
Along with Hellmuth, the players who were on hand for some poker action in “No Gamble, No Future” were Nik Airball, Alan Keating, Jean-Robert Bellande, Ryan Feldman, Matt Hanks and Humboldt Mike.
The first hand saw Hellmuth come out of the gate strong, calling a $2,500 raise from Humboldt Mike with an Ace of Clubs and 10 of Spades hand and went four-way to the 9 of Diamonds, 8 of Clubs, and 7 of Spades flop. Keating had picked up top pair with his Jack of Spades and 9 of Spades, and the action checked around to the 4 of Hearts turn.
However, when Keating bet $6,000, Hellmuth called with his open-ended straight draw. He completed that with the Jack of Hearts appearing on the river, which also gave Keating a two-pair hand. Hellmuth raised Keating’s $3,000 bet to $12,000, and Keating relented, giving Hellmuth the win.
After that hand, Hellmuth’s luck started to run out. The second hand saw him holding pocket Kings, while Keating had an Ace of Diamonds and 7 of Clubs. As the river showed up a King of Diamonds before a board that had 4 of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, and 3 of Diamonds, Keating managed to eke out a winning hand – a nut flush.
Keating pressured Hellmuth to go all in with $54,400 already in play. Keating then asked the Poker Hall of Famer if he wanted to see a card.
“Yeah, show a card,” Hellmuth replied.
Keating would oblige and showed the 7 of Clubs, which led to Hellmuth surmising that he could only lose if the other card were a diamond – any diamond. Hellmuth mulled for a bit before folding his hand.
After this, Hellmuth was up against Ryan Feldman. Both players agreed to run it twice for the $109,400 pot. Hellmuth’s hand was Ace of Hearts and King of Hearts, while Feldman’s was Queen of Diamonds and Queen of Clubs.
Feldman won both instances, and he snidely remarked, “Guys, you’re five cards away from a Phil Hellmuth rant,” just before the second board was dealt. Hellmuth retorted,
“Give me 30… F*****g morons running like this against me; it’s unbelievable. I think you’ve won the last five times you won both boards when we had A-K vs. queens. I really thought today was the day you were going to give it to me.”
Hellmuth’s rant then ramped up. “F**k you, Ryan. It’s not even fun playing against you, Ryan. The weird s**t you get away playing with. ‘Let’s just call $52,000 hoping Phil has A-K… let’s hope we’re flipping’.”
The last straw that led to Hellmuth going full “Poker Brat” was the aforementioned pop off of Humboldt Mike. Hellmuth had an Ace of Diamonds and Queen of Clubs, while Humboldt Mike ran with a pair of Jacks.
With the flop resulting in an Ace of Clubs, 7 of Hearts, and 9 of Spades, Hellmuth’s face lit up. He was certain that he won the hand, with the 8 of Clubs turn, but the Jack of Diamonds river gave Humboldt Mike a winning triple Jack, and led to Humboldt Mike letting out a snide remark.
This led to Hellmuth going full “Poker Brat” mode, berating Homboldt Mike and dismissing the whole game unenjoyable.Hellmuth stood up from his seat, took his mic off and slammed it onto the table. He then let Humboldt Mike know that he enjoys playing in his private games in Palo Alto, California because he doesn’t have to deal with trash talking players.
Hellmuth didn’t return to the table, and the session ended without the 17-time WSOP bracelet winner.
