Daily Rewind: Hellmuth Talks Drugs, Timoshenko Wins Heat, Black Friday Book
Today in the Daly Rewind, we have a revealing interview from Phil Hellmuth, the latest from the Premier League, and the EPT has announced another Champion of Champions event.
The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:
Yevgeniy Timoshenko wins Group B, Heat 2, of PartyPoker Premier League
Ukranian tournament specalist Yevgeniy Timoshenko is the latest victor in the PartyPoker Premier League, winning heat number 2 of group B. He defeated 
Jungleman12 heads-up to win the match, and the all important 16 league points.
This puts him joint second with Jungleman, but leading the group is Patrik Antonius, the winner of heat number 1, and who came 4th in this heat to top the rankings.
Elsewhere, in group A, play ended for the night yesterday in heat 3 with Mathew Frankland, Sam Trickett, Tony G, Erik Seidel, and Andy Frankenberger all will come back today to play down to a winner.
Follow the action as it happens for both groups over at the PartyPoker Blog.
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| Yevgeniy Timoshenko tops heat 2 |
€100,000 EPT Champions Freeroll announced
The European Poker Tour has unveiled details of an exclusive €100,000 Champion of Champions freeroll to take place at the EPT Grand Final in Monaco. All former EPT champions are invited back for the event, which will be six max format, and televised on PokerStars.tv.
The top six finishers will be awarded the following prizes:
• 1st: Live Event EPT Passport worth €35,000
• 2nd: Live Event EPT Passport worth €25,000
• 3rd: Live Event EPT Passport worth €17,500
• 4th: Live Event EPT Passport worth €10,000
• 5th: Live Event EPT Passport worth €7,500
• 6th: Live Event EPT Passport worth €5,000
This is the second time the EPT has hosted a champion event, and it was PokerStars pro Jason Mercier who walked away with the top prize last time.
Daniel Tzvetkoff book commissioned
Publisher Simon & Schuster has commissioned a book to be written on Daniel Tzvetkoff and the rise and fall of online poker. Tzvetkoff is set to testify for the prosecution in the Black Friday indictment trial, and is currently one of the most vilified men in poker.
The book is set to be written by British author James Leighton, who is currently reaching out to the poker community for help with the book. In particular he is looking for professsional players who have suffered greatly following the events of Black Friday.
You can contact him here.
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| Daniel Tzvetkoff |
Hellmuth talks drugs
This week, mental game coach jaredtendler got a revealing interview with Phil Hellmuth to talk about his mental approach to poker. The Poker Brat revealed that he has been considering taking attention drug Adderall to help his concentration (Which Tendler talked him out of), admitted that he hasn't worked on his game much until recently, and shared his new approach to focussing at the table.
It really is a unusually frank interview from Hellmuth, and well worth a listen:
Daily Signoff
We can't mention Hellmuth and his mental approach, without reminding everyone of the time he probably lost his cool harder than any other time, in this unfortgetable blow up vs Cristian Dragomir:
