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NASCAR Driver Taunts Phil Hellmuth: "I Thought You Were the Best in the World?"

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Phil Hellmuth can't even avoid trash-talkers in a poker room he co-owns. The "Poker Brat" lost a big pot to NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Jason White (aka "J-White") who then playfully taunted the Poker Hall of Famer during a live-stream at Champions Club in Houston, Texas.

PokerGO handled the live-streaming duties on YouTube for the relatively low-stakes cash games Wednesday and Thursday evenings — low-stakes by Hellmuth's standards, at least.

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White, a Canadian recreational poker player who is currently under a NASCAR suspension over a DUI arrest last month, bought in for $5,000 on Thursday.