Phil Hellmuth

Here I am getting $50,000 for personal appearances. Everyone wants a piece of me. But my kids think no one could possibly…

— Phil Hellmuth

Here's a news flash: I hate to lose! Just watch any televised poker broadcast and you can see that's the case.

— Phil Hellmuth

My primary game is to put my chips into the pot only when I'm super-strong. I tend to fold a lot of…

— Phil Hellmuth

Exercise clears my brain of the stresses of poker's ups and downs, and allows me to re-focus my mind on the next…

— Phil Hellmuth

Consistently playing suited connectors like 8c-7c for raises and reraises will cause big chip swings. If that's what you want, well, strap…

— Phil Hellmuth

I used to make it deep in poker tournaments without ever moving all-in because other players knew that when I raised it…

— Phil Hellmuth

I guess I'm the happiest when I'm picking up my kids from school. The most important things on my list are my…

— Phil Hellmuth

I bought a midnight blue Porsch with a whale tail when I was winning big one time in L.A. That car was…

— Phil Hellmuth

There are times when success doesn't make sense on a purely mathematical basis. I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful…

— Phil Hellmuth

Players talk about pot odds all the time, especially when they try to justify a call that they made. Whenever I hear…

— Phil Hellmuth

Sometimes when you look back, you think I wish I would have played this hand differently or that hand differently. But then…

— Phil Hellmuth

I wanted to become good at golf because I saw a lot of really successful people being good at it - and…

— Phil Hellmuth

When my reading ability is sharp, I can dodge bullets, baby! I have no problem folding super-strong hands and that saves me…

— Phil Hellmuth

Every poker player has ups and downs because luck is also involved. When a great poker player smashes, he's making the right…

— Phil Hellmuth

Look, most players can't stand to be outplayed by an opponent's bluff. Quite honestly, though, it doesn't bother me that much.

— Phil Hellmuth

Everybody knows the World Series of Poker is the biggest stage in the world. This is where you make your name.

— Phil Hellmuth

One or two great lay downs per tournament will give you a few extra lives while a few well-timed bluffs will give…

— Phil Hellmuth

By folding often, I give other players the false impression that I'm a weak player - a player who can be easily…

— Phil Hellmuth

Just because you're sitting at a poker table with some guy doesn't give him the right to say whatever the hell he…

— Phil Hellmuth

We have hillbillies with third grade educations and 8th grade educations who have conquered the poker world. There is no telling why…

— Phil Hellmuth

If you are too into the fans and adoration and the world thinking you are the greatest, then you do not perform…

— Phil Hellmuth

For five or six years, I didn't play in some of the good games leading up to the World Series of Poker,…

— Phil Hellmuth

Through all the craziness, what I know is that I'm a good husband and a good father and I do a great…

— Phil Hellmuth

Poker is really about reading people. What happens when you bluff? What does it look like when the other guy bluffs? Does…

— Phil Hellmuth

Look, I never enjoy risking my tournament life with a marginal hand, but if you want to be a poker champion, that's…

— Phil Hellmuth

By taking the lead on the flop, I can give myself opportunities to win more money when I am strong and pick…

— Phil Hellmuth

I typically don't bet out on the flop because I've been in the business of trapping my ultra-aggressive opponents so much that…

— Phil Hellmuth

It's always pretty cool to hit a card on the river, especially when you're lucky enough to do it two days in…

— Phil Hellmuth