Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore himPhil Hellmuth has been a polarizing figure in the poker world for decades. But what some argue is that his cash game skills are lacking. Marc Goone, founder of the poker coaching site Hungry Horse Poker, posted a half-hour video on YouTube last week titled, “I watched 100+ hours of Phil Hellmuth. Is he ACTUALLY good at poker?”Poker pro analyzes Hellmuth’s gameIn the video, Goone says that Hellmuth’s major cash game leak is fear, the same leak that many low-stakes players have. My critic and I will post $500,000 each, and that critic can… — phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) September 13, 2025He continued to lay out the challenge: $500,000 buy-in a piece in “televised cash games,” which one might assume to simply be cash games or No-Limit Hold’em cash games.