Phil Hellmuth vs Chris Moneymaker historic Sumo Match

Professional Poker Players are known for being fierce at the tables, with the ability to turn off their emotions and bet millions of dollars with a wisp of the hand throwing chips into the pot. The ability to keep a poker face under pressure and throw their weight around in big tournaments. Many of these well know poker players have become house hold names and celebrities with the recent explosion of poker on tv.

So if they are so feared at the tables how about if those same poker players where also sumo wrestlers. Who would be your favorite and better yet who would win the WSSOP “World Sumo Series of Poker”.

Lets take a look at a recent match up of two poker and sumo celebrities.

Phil Hellmuth Vs Chris Moneymaker

For the first time ever, two undefeated winners of World Sumo Series of Poker show face off in a Pay-Per-View main event. Live on pay per view.

Dangerous striker Phil “The Brat” Hellmuth (11-0) – steps into the Ring to face The 2006 winner– powerhouse pro Chris “Money” Moneymaker (1-0). Both men are fighting for validation after their previous actions in the industry– Phils controversial behavior at the table and ego are off the charts, and Chris is just fighting purely to put his name back on the map.

Lets take a closer look as some of the blow by blow critical moves in this heads up match. This historic match will for sure go down in history as one of the greatest heads up match’s of all time.

Moneymaker getting smacked down when he tried to go all in with his specialty move and trying to push with only rags. 11 Time winner is over dominating him in this close up shot above in the this crazed and violent bought.

At the showdown of the match we see Hellmuth straddling Chris Moneymaker and just plainly crushing his enemy and seeing him driven before him right into a spectator non other than Mike “the mouth” Matusow. Who is just awaiting his shot at the champ. Shaking his head wondering if he will ever get into the big show and take down a WSSOP “World Sumo Series of Poker” title.

Special Note: This years World Sumo Series of Poker trophy a Mawashi. Designed by Armoni “fashion designer to poker and sumo stars”.

Stay tuned for more Sumo tournament events. Live on pay per view.