Hellmuth Haranguing All Who Will Hear Him
With a swarm of Brazilian media members assembled to watch their countryman Thiago Nishijima play his Round of 32 matchup, Phil Hellmuth has grown quite agitated by repeated intrusions into his personal bubble.
After asking the floor to direct the press to stand behind Nishijima, rather than hovering over his own shoulder, Hellmuth recently made his opinion clear in the only way he knows how.
"This is ridiculous!" he thundered to a tournament director, "We're playing a heads-up match here. Nothing against Brazil, but start taking press passes away and I bet they'll listen."
After "Red Bull" Robbie Thompson assembled a phalanx of chairs to protect him from the press, Hellmuth has returned his focus to the task at hand, taking a small pot recently after showing down the winner.