PokerNews Podcast: Hellmuth Sweeps Negreanu, Deeb/Miles Drama, & Guest Alec Torelli

<p>On the latest special episode of the <em>PokerNews</em> Podcast, <strong>Jeff Platt</strong> and <strong>Chad Holloway</strong> break down the latest stories from the poker world including <strong>Phil Hellmuth</strong> sweeping <strong>Daniel Negreanu</strong> in <em>High Stakes Duel Round 2</em>, <strong>Phil Ivey</strong> winning the $25K WPT Heads-Up Championship, and <strong>Brian Altman</strong> claiming his third WPT title.</p> <p>Other stories covered include what the Wire Act ruling not getting appealed means for the future of online poker, a chess grandmaster winning the first event of the GGPoker Super Million$ Season 2, and how the <em>American Ninja Warrior</em> prop bet between <strong>Tony Miles</strong> and <strong>Shaun Deeb</strong> turned ugly and personal.</p> <p>Finally, they welcome guest <strong>Alec Torelli</strong>, who talks about being stuck in Italy during the pandemic, his booming <strong>ConciousPoker.com</strong> training site, and the big hand he played against Chad in an episode of <em>Poker Night in America</em> in which he snap-folded a flopped set.</p> <p>Big thanks to the special sponsor this week in <strong>Elite Chip Care</strong>.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Time Stamps</strong></span><br /> *Time|Topic*<br /> 00:24 | Welcome to the show<br /> 01:31 | Teasing guest Alec Torelli of consciouspoker.com<br /> 02:44 | Phil Hellmuth sweeps Daniel Negreanu in High Stakes Duel<br /> 08:27 | Who should be Hellmuth’s next opponent?<br /> 11:25 | Phil Ivey wins $25K WPT Heads-Up Championship<br /> 15:22 | Sponsor: Elite Chip Care<br /> 16:00 | No Wire Act appeal; road wide open to interstate poker<br /> 20:03 | Sponsor: partypoker’s Cashback Boost & Magic Cards Promotions<br /> 21:00 | Brian Altman wins WPT Tampa $3,500 Main Event<br /> 25:20 | Guest Alec Torelli joins the show<br /> 27:41 | Training business consciouspoker.com booming<br /> 32:33 | Chad & Alec discuss big hand from Poker Night in America<br /> 39:33 | People lament about the hands that