Hellmuth the American Football coach?
We round-up some stories you may have missed including how much the pros really make and the newest power couple in poker.
Hellmuth coaches Jim Harbaugh
As always the Poker Brat is not shy about his ever growing circle of famous friends, as ESPN has been reporting he has been giving College Football coach Jim Harbaugh advice on press conferences and body language.
The coach of the University of Michigan has for quite some time been discussing physical tells with Hellmuth and using that advice to guide his players:
They dissected a few poker hands and talked about the incredibly subtle details of body language that Hellmuth studies to try to read his opponents. Harbaugh would later tell his offensive linemen to focus on a defender's knuckles before the snap. When they turned white, the player was tense.
Hellmuth has also got Harbaugh to slip in poker references into his press conferences with previous teams he has coached, for example:
Harbaugh told reporters that San Francisco "may be ahead in the chip count, but we don't have a seat at the final table."
Poker's newest power couple cash together
Newlyweds Jason and Natasha Mercier naturally have made their honeymoon period as poker themed as it gets.
It seems the couple that play together, cash together, as they recently came 36th and 35th respectively in the $3,500 Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event. Good for $11,430 each (Tiny bragging rights to Jason for being the one to come 35th):
Busted 35th right after tashina went out 36th. Not quite @Doc_Sands and @EMoutinho style... But we're working on it. 5 diamond next trny
— Jason Mercier (@JasonMercier) November 28, 2016
Schemion wins....again
It's been a good month for German high stakes pro Ole Schemion as he has followed up a big win live with a big online win.
Last week he won the high roller event at the Amsterdam Masters Classics of Poker for €160,875 and then on Sunday he won the $700 Super Sized Sunday on PokerStars.
Under the screen name 'wizowizo' he topped a field of 638 for the first prize of $36,823.89.
How much do the pros really make?
Finally, Doug Polk is back with a fascinating new video where he dissects how much he thinks high stakes pros actually make after all the hidden costs nobody talks about:
Do you agree with Polk's analysis? Are the Merciers the biggest power couple in poker? Does Hellmuth's advice translate to other games? Let us know in the comments:
