Saturday, 24 September 2011
It's been a thoroughly depressing week in the poker world in view of the latest allegations levelled at Full Tilt and light relief has been in short supply.
The NVG forum at TwoPlusTwo isn't always for the faint hearted but they've come up trumps with an amazing thread featuring what appears to be Phil Hellmuth riding a giant hot dog. We know that TwoPlusTwoers are pretty handy with Photoshop so it could be an elaborate wheeze. Even if it isn't Hellmuth (and if it isn't the person on the photo could easily pass as his double) then it's still pretty funny.See for yourself here.
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