The original airing of Poker After Dark would see six players come together to play a sit-n-go with that night of filming aired over five nights plus an additional director’s cut episode. It was like a talk show and it picked up a lot of people that didn’t know how to play poker because they would tune in and hear us talking about interesting things, interesting side bets, interesting issues.” More than that, they weren’t after huge pots. “People glorify High Stakes Poker and they should, but with Poker After Dark we would film one day and it would be shown over six days. “I love Poker After Dark, it probably became the biggest hit show we had in poker,” Hellmuth said. The one category that Hellmuth falls short in is total Poker After Dark winnings where he ranks second behind Huck Seed by just $7,000.

When it comes to sit-n-goes, Hellmuth is tied with Howard Lederer and Johnny Chan for most wins with four, while he has reached heads-up an additional eight times. The Poker After Dark format has had both cash game and sit-n-go formats, and Hellmuth leads both those categories with 24 and 21 appearances respectively. This week marks his 45th appearance on Poker After Dark with his nearest rivals being Antonio Esfandiari and Mike Matusow who are tied on 29, while Tom Dwan sits on 23, and both Eli Elezra and Randall Emmett share 22 appearances each. With Poker After Dark entering its 12th season on television, Hellmuth has dominated the show since it first aired on NBC in January of 2007. Watch Poker After Dark | Season 12 (2020) | The Bratty Bunch now on PokerGO! Poker After Dark | The Bratty Bunch David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Alan Keating. Once the business discussions are put aside, and the cards are in the air, it is Hellmuth that will be adding to the record books as the most influential player in Poker After Dark history. However, they are mostly known for their business ventures that include being involved with companies such as Facebook, Google, Slack, PayPal, Uber, SpaceX, Airbnb, Calm, GrubHub, Zillow, and many more.

Hellmuth and Keating may be regarded as the two poker players of the group, but Palihapitiya, Sacks, Calacanis, and Gurley all regularly play poker. Named in reference to Phil Hellmuth, “The Poker Brat” is joined by Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Bill Gurley, and Alan Keating to play $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em. The new season of Poker After Dark continues tonight with The Bratty Bunch week on PokerGO.

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