The funny thing is he could be the best and most talented tourney player in the world (I really have no idea), but that doesn't change the fact that his general outlook on the game is EXACTLY THE SAME as every sore loser prick who has read a couple poker books and thinks he should never get beat by anyone as a result. It's always the same shit with these guys - they want to lecture you on how you played (or misplayed) the hand that cost them chips; they go on & on about their hideous luck - like no one else has ever had a run of cold cards before; and they talk about how there's too much luck in poker. Too much luck! If there was less luck in poker, the bad players would never play - they'd all be broke already. It'd be like playing one-on-one hoops against Kobe for money; nobody would do it. You'd have to re-engineer the entire game and take money out of it completely.

I have to think that by now Phil has heard this stuff a hundred times and just KNOWS it, deep in his blood. But he still comes off like a conceited 20 year old in every interview. Depressing.