What did you make of Phil Hellmuth referring to you with derision as ‘internet boy’ on his blog?
SM: That was probably the best thing in my life. We were on the same table at the World Poker Tour Championship with 16 players left. I think the blinds were 10k/20k and he made it 55k preflop with A-6. I had 9-9 and just called on the small blind. The flop was A-9-2 rainbow. I led into it for 60k, and he called. The turn was an Ace, so I led again for about 100k and I knew if he called on the turn I could get all his money. All this time he’d been saying, ‘I need a Jack to beat you,’ so I was kind of scared when a Jack came on the river. I was pretty sure he had an Ace, but when I thought about it, if he did have the Jack then he was going to go all-in on the river anyway, so I thought I might as well go all-in and get maximum value just in case he didn’t. I went all-in for 300k or so, and he did that little thing that he does where he moves in instantly. It wasn’t as bad as he does it on High Stakes Poker, but he called pretty fast. PP: What’s your opinion on live pros? TD: I don’t w
