Hellmuth Looking For Inspiration in Seidel
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Phil Hellmuth just stepped away from his table to have a quick chat with Erik Seidel at the adjacent table. It was a quick back-and-forth, but it ended with Hellmuth making a tongue-in-cheek comment about what an inspiration Seidel was to him.
The quick-witted Seidel took the joke the rest of the way. "I am kind of an inspiration, you know?" Seidel began. "They're like, 'This guy's a donkey, and he's winning. I can do that.'" The table chuckled, and Seidel kept right on going. "That's inspiration. 'Look at all the guys that came from backgammon. They're donks and they're winning. Poker must be easy.'"