American poker pro Phil Hellmuth has shared his poker-related goals for 2019 Twitter on Sunday, March 3.
The 54-year-old poker player has an impressive portfolio: 15 WSOP gold bracelets, 136 career cashes and almost $23 million in total earnings. Despite letting his achievements do the talking at most times, he obviously loves doing self-promotion, and a lot at that.
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You've got to love his positivity and there is nothing wrong with setting yourself some goals. Most people would be happy with winning just one tournament but Phil wants to win at least 5!!
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Nice goals, with no clear explanation of how he intends to achieve them! They look fairly passive to me and more wishes than goals.
As for 4, does it say 'blow up music headphones'? I think it does, so that may be something he can actually achieve fairly easily! Maybe he will do a post of a recording of him doing this so that he can at least prove he achieved one of them!
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He sure has some high goals. Not easy hitting all these goals, but his is aiming high, to get at least something Besides the WSOP wins he would like to have, i see he has set a goal of selling a fixed amount of copies from the book that he has written. Also he is planning to write a second one
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Phil Hellmuth is a player who loves poker and some normal or stranger bets. When you hear about those bracelets won by him, you can only think of the fact that he is one of the biggest players in this industry. 1st place in the world in this top and he has time to win other bracelets. We will see what he will do in 2019 with his plans.
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well this goals are big,very big for every players and it would be very hard to make it all of them!but ofcourse every player have to have some goals and to see how far from it he is!dont say that he cant do it,but he will need lot of luck and ofcourse calmness,which he dont have when he lost few hands!
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Good many congratulations to the great Phil Hellmuth for these multiple awards that he has taken throughout his career and the truth is not bad the silver that was taken in his passage through the poker tables ... I do not keres adopt phil ??? LOL
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I personally think first two goals from phil hellmuth not have good chances, now 9 months go in this year and he want to win 3 wsop tournament and 2 wpt tournament. I think only can be if it is tournament where 10 people register
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Well I really do not know what to say because I do not follow the career of this player or many others less hahaha but I wish him the best and hopefully he will fulfill what he wants because he already has his years in the hole
Helmut is of course a wonderful player and his achievements are very cool .... the fact that he sets himself goals for 2019 is very happy ... very happy that he continues to play great and his behavior at the table I really like .... I hope this player achieve goals that set for yourself
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lot of tournaments are at WSOP and they give bracelet for every of them,so he have better chance on them!in time when he won his bracelets,there were small number of players and it was easier!now we will see what he can do this year!but 2 WPT tournament will be hard to win!
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yes to me it is hard to understand why so big goals to set for one year, this guy is legend and win many money tournament and have 15 bracelet in long career, and now want o win 5 bracelets in one year, why so almost stupid thing to want like goal. he can also say that his goal is to win 30 brecelets in this year.
The most impressive feat from this list IMO would be to sell the two million copies from his new book, since I am not sure if he could ever be a posterchild for something like 'positivity' but whatever. Nobody reads nowadays and those who do probably not liking Phil that much...
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Nowadays people interested in poker or amateur players they want to see a video on how to learn the strategy of this game. Reading is harder for most persons and this can be noticed with what's happening in the real world. If you do not read, then the chances are lower to understand something good, even if you have the opportunity to see a video. Reading is better than a video material.
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I missed this number of books that he want to sell bowie1984,didnt see that this number is so huge!in todays world and kids who only use computers,smartphones and this kind of things,he will not sell so many books and he can bring bracelet from WSOP,but this he cant do!
Posted by dule-vu: I missed this number of books that he want to sell bowie1984,didnt see that this number is so huge!in todays world and kids who only use computers,smartphones and this kind of things,he will not sell so many books and he can bring bracelet from WSOP,but this he cant do!
I mean it's just weird to me that this guy giving out 'life advices' about positive thinking when he acts the total opposite whenever he plays at a publicly televised tournament.
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All talking about his attitude while playing poker. But who can deny he is one of the top players out there. He is in the top of the list with the most WSOP bracelets. This alone says something. So despite his anger issues, not many want to play against him In other words he must have some good advises to give.
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Posted by bowie1984:
Posted by dule-vu: I missed this number of books that he want to sell bowie1984,didnt see that this number is so huge!in todays world and kids who only use computers,smartphones and this kind of things,he will not sell so many books and he can bring bracelet from WSOP,but this he cant do!
I mean it's just weird to me that this guy giving out 'life advices' about positive thinking when he acts the total opposite whenever he plays at a publicly televised tournament.
yeah,we have so many videos on you tube with his play,where he is mad,he swear a lot and he cant stand when somebod get lucky card on table!maybe he will change something in next years,but when he didnt do that when he was younger,then how he would change it in this years!
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He is not the only one though. There are more players out there with such attitude. For example tony g is one of them, isnt he? And my personal view is that he is worst than hellmuth, when it comes to attitude. Not to mention of course, that he is no close to as good as a player, as hellmuth is....
Posted by Mober: And my personal view is that he is worst than hellmuth, when it comes to attitude. Not to mention of course, that he is no close to as good as a player, as hellmuth is....
Still Tony G would never in a million years would give out life advices to others, unlike Phil does that now.
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tony g is some totally different player and he would share anything like phil hellmuth!but with players is same thing,you love them or you hate them,there is not middle!phil probably will never change his thinking and he will mad after every bad hand,when he lose!
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You can do a comparison also, on how many they know phil hellmuth and how many they know tony g. Not to mention that i havent heard anything at all for the second one lately. How many are criticizing hellmuth of his attitude, and yet most of them would like to be in his shoes...
