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Hand of the Week #6: Play the Player

"You don’t even have to play the cards when you can play the player!”

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Phil Hellmuth
Oct 03, 2025
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On day two of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event in 2008, I found myself bluffed out of a huge hand by a fellow player from my home state of Wisconsin.

I was more than a little steamed because the young Wisconsinite – who I will call “Green Bay” because he had dressed the part in a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt, my favorite NFL team – just couldn’t re…

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