Doug Polk Teaches What it Takes to be the Best

MrCleverFox

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Doug Polk opened with a raise to 1,300 from early position. He was called by one player in the cutoff.

"Oh, you're in the Phil Hellmuth position over there," Polk remarked about his opponent who was sitting with two fists in front of his face, Hellmuth style.

"I'm learning," the player said.

On the flop, Poker bet 1,800 and his opponent folded.

"I'm folding like Hellmuth too," he said.

"You know what's great about Phil Hellmuth?" Doug Polk asked as he raked in the little pot. "In his heart he really truly believes that he is the best. So whenever something goes wrong, it's never his fault, it's always because his opponent made a mistake."

"You know when I was first starting out and my friends figured out that I was a profession poker player, the first thing they asked me was, 'So have you played with Phil Hellmuth then?'" Sam Grafton said, who was also sitting at the table. "And I told them no. So they were like, 'But you've played with Ivey right?' And I said no. 'So you're like dust then?'"

The table had a laugh and play continued on with banter flying back and forth between Polk and Grafton.