Poker Intimidation? Hellmuth vs. Tony D

Have you ever been intimated by another player at the poker table? In this clip – although we can’t be sure – it appears as if a player named Tony D in this hand may have been pushed off a hand because of Phil Hellmuth’s two tactics along with his reputation.

Tony D has the hand locked with Hellmuth needing 1 of 2 7’s left in the deck to win. He correctly raises, but after Phil Hellmuth stands, sits down, asks for a chip count, and then reraises he mucks the cards. Now you can’t feel the table atmosphere or what had been transpiring beforehand, but from what the clip reveals I don’t see how I lay down trip jacks with a jack kicker here. Hellmuth must have the case jack with either one of the two cards on the board or an ace, jack, or queen. Highly unlikely.

These types of hands either fall under the guise of disciplined play or bad lay downs. I think this is the latter.