Hellmuth Gonna Hellmuth

We saw Phil Hellmuth shoot out of his seat and begin a display on par with many of his best performances, as he hectored the table and defended the merit of his smallball style.

"This is just so tilting!," he began, directing his frustration at Maurice Hawkins and George Kelly, with the former's crime being criticism, and the latter's a curious choice to call. "I just hate it when I make a brilliant play and they call it stupid."

Hawkins piped up with a little needle, asking "Brilliant? Brilliant! Limping in with 10 bigs, folding your stack away? The Living Legend..."

"They don't even understand it..." Hellmuth continued aloud, more to himself than to Hawkins. "I mean, these players are so behind the curve it's unbelievable! But of course, three years later they'll all be making the same plays."

Hawkins continued to give it right back to Hellmuth, making mention of a hand in which the "Poker Brat" limped in to the pot with , only to let loose with an outburst after Kelly check-called through the river with on the board. According to Kelly, he was forced to "endure a 20-minute lecture on how bad I play," after that showdown.