The epic blowups. The 12 bracelets. The passionate fan base. The emo interviews. The celebrity name-dropping. His childlike exuberance. The odd-length leather jackets.
So, so many reasons.
Hard to top the tweets about crying in the parking lot, though.
You also have to love a guy who can push through the pain and thumb out a promo for his poker app.
God bless Phil Hellmuth, everyone:
I played like the 12-time World Champion that I am today.The deck brutalized me, BUT I NEVER lost focus!26 left, I have 28K, ave 633K
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) June 27, 2012I'm in my car in the Rio parking lot crying.Blessings all around me, BUT all I can see right now is that "I deserved better today..."
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) June 27, 2012My poker calculator app bit.ly/OneSEg is free during the #WSOP, so download it on your iPhone now!
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) June 27, 2012Gotta love that tweet“@phil_hellmuth:I played like the 12-time World Champion that I am today.The deck brutalize me,BUT I NEVER lost focus!”
— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) June 27, 2012"@phil_hellmuth: I'm in my car in the Rio parking lot crying. Blessings all around me, BUT all I can see right now is that "-- LMAO #13Not
— Mike Berkman (@MikeBerkman) June 27, 2012Reading that Hellmuth tweet about him crying that he's virtually out of the $50k event has to be the most tilting tweet ever.
— DJ MacKinnon (@djmacjr) June 27, 2012@phil_hellmuth Hang in there man, take those 28k chips and turn them into a million!You have tons of people who believe in you! Good luck!
— Zach Johnson (@zjmegatron) June 27, 2012The only way @Phil_Hellmuth could be less self-aware would be if he had been born a cheese sandwich.
— Chris Hall (@ChrisKPHall) June 27, 2012@phil_hellmuth Are you fucking real?
— Not Phil Ivey (@WhatAboutIvey) June 27, 2012#JBL RT @phil_hellmuth: I'm in my car in the Rio parking lot crying..... BUT all I can see right now is that "I deserved better today"
— Christian Harder (@realcharder30) June 27, 2012@2p2Pokercast, don’t you realize you’re talking to @phil_hellmuth, the 2006 World Champion in $1,000 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys?
— Eponymous (@EponymousPoker) June 27, 2012Quick let's go round America's depressed cities, roll out the poor and homeless to perform a morale-boosting show to cheer up @phil_hellmuth
— Chris Hall (@ChrisKPHall) June 27, 2012Get fucked! RT @phil_hellmuth I played like the 12-time World Champion that I am today.The deck brutalized me, BUT I NEVER lost focus!
— Scott.0 (@ThusSpokeScott) June 27, 2012@phil_hellmuth luv how you can be in car crying but still selling! You are a constant marketer Phil! Turn that 26k into a memorable victory!
— Scott Fitzhugh (@fitzpetrep) June 27, 2012There is noone within the poker community or outside of it even that I hate more than @phil_hellmuth He does not deserve those bracelets
— Rawbiz (@Rawbizz) June 27, 2012@padraig888 poor @phil_hellmuth is in the Rio parking lot crying, he's looking for a loan...of a hankerchief!
— Ken Powell (@kpnuts134) June 27, 2012Visit www.pokerlistings.com