Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Tony G's sickest poker moments

To celebrate Tony G's return to playing poker this week, we look back at some of his most epic moments at the tables.

Get out Russian

Arguably the moment which made the poker world say 'who the hell is this guy?' was this very bad natured hand with Ralph Perry:

Trolling Phil Hellmuth

There are too many examples of Tony needling Phil Hellmuth but this one sums up what they are like:

Getting tilted by Phil Hellmuth

To be fair to Phil, he also has managed to get under Tony's skin plenty of times too:

"I played it like a set"

Tony G has many classic catchphrases and this was the genesis of one of them:

Losing it with Andrew Robl

When he isn't putting his opponents on tilt he is going on tilt himself, like this famous example from the PokerStars Big Game:

Winning big with Aces

When Tony is winning he is happy, here he is about to leave a big cash game until he wakes up with Aces and decides to stay much longer:

Almost winning a World Poker Tour title

Perhaps the most brutal display of Tony's trash talking came in this infamous final table where he relentlessly taunted his opponents and almost won a WPT title. You can see eventual champion Surinder Sunar physically shaking at times it was so intense:

What classic Tony moments did we miss? Let us know in the comments:

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.