“It’s actually why I think I’ll win this first one.” “I know I’m not the better player,” he continued. “And that in a weird way, an amateur player who absolutely knows what they’re doing but isn’t a pro player … is going to come at it from a different angle (and) might actually have a better chance?” “Is it possible the pros are playing him wrong?” Wright said. Wright, 36, the co-host of “First Things First” weekdays on FS1, said he thinks that mindset worked against them. Hellmuth, 57, the all-time leader with 15 World Series of Poker tournament victories, is undefeated on “High Stakes Duel,” having won three matches each against poker pros Antonio Esfandiari and Daniel Negreanu.Įsfandiari and Negreanu made it clear before their matches that they believed they are superior players to Hellmuth. Wednesday on the subscription video service PokerGO. The $50,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em match will be broadcast at 5 p.m. Wright is the latest opponent for Hellmuth on PokerGO’s “High Stakes Duel” series. Sports personality Nick Wright said he knows he’s not a better poker player than Phil Hellmuth, not even close.īut that’s also why he’s going to beat him. Nick Wright at the taping of an upcoming episode of 'Poker After Dark' at the PokerGO studio by the Aria.
