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Winner of eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, Phil Hellmuth wore our poker sunglasses at the WSOP 2008 in Vegas recently. He tried them on the 1st day of the Main Event, and loved them so much, he continued to wear our poker sunglasses for the remaining 4 days he was in the competition.

You can see Phil wearing our poker sunglasses on our YouTube Channel which we have a link to on our testimonials page (poker sunglasses). Theres also a photo in our gallery of Phil Hellmuth wearing our poker sunglasses for his WSOP Main Event big entrance where he came into the Rio hotel in military uniform accompanied by 11 beautiful women each representing one of his 11 bracelets. (poker sunglasses)

Phil Hellmuth is an extremely successful poker player who, to date, has amassed over $6 million with his 69 money finishes at the World Series Of Poker (WSOP). He is currently ranked 8th on the WSOP All Time Money List, and up until a few months ago he has held the record for being the youngest winner of the WSOP main event, which he won in 1989. 22 year-old Peter Eastgate now holds this record. Other tournaments Hellmuth has dominated include the World Poker Tour, Late Night Poker as well as High Stakes Poker.

Hellmuth is now trying his hand at clothing. There are various styles of the shirts available in multiple colours, with the “Poker Tree” style being one of the favourites. The shirt features a black giant oak tree on a white background, with the four different card suits comprising the leaves. It is available in Medium, Large, XL, and XXL sizes, and sells for $34.95. Other designs include shirts sporting the Poker Brat logo, poker skaters as well as the “PH” logo. One design sure to win poker fans over is a light blue shirt displaying “If it weren’t for luck, I’d win every hand,” which is one of Hellmuth’s best known quotes.

His love for our poker sunglasses has proven just how good our lens is, and why the big pros like Devilfish and Hellmuth continue to wear our poker sunglasses.

Other Phil Hellmuth items available include his books “Play Poker Like the Pros,” “Phil Hellmuth’s Texas Hold’em,” “Bad Beats and Lucky Draws,” and “Read ‘Em and Reap.” You can also purchase his instructional poker videos, which includes “Ultimate White To Black Belt Course” and “Phil Hellmuth’s Million Dollar Poker Secrets.”

The next time you have trouble deciding what to wear to your poker games, leave it to Phil Hellmuth, and you just concentrate on winning big….if you want that killer edge like Phil and Devilfish, you really need a pair of our poker sunglasses.

This is often the start of a debate between different types of players. Some feel poker tournaments are the best while others prefer cash games. There can be no winner in a debate regarding this issue, because people are different and some will flourish in the tournaments while others know they should rather stick to cash games.

A few famous poker players such as, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey are able to have great success with tournaments and cash games. They are lucky to have strength in both, but most players specialize in one of the options.

Playing a cash game means that you take home the chips you have by the time you stand up and leave the table. If you avoid the common mistakes of playing too many hands and coping with your losses – then you are bound to be on your way to developing great poker skills. You can sit down at the cash game, play for a while and leave whenever you are ready, with your chips. (In both types of events, Royal’s poker sunglasses have proven to give players an edge.)

At a tournament everyone also pays their buy-in and received a certain amount of chips. The buy-ins is then divided and make up the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes. Everyone will start to play and as soon as you run out of chips, you are out of the game. You cannot stand up and leave with the chips you have left, you must play until you either win or lose. You must either win or get close to winning quite a few pots to ensure you stay in front and make it to the end, or you will go home with nothing. Wearing Royal poker sunglasses, enables you to sit, wait, watch and pounce when you get a read on an opponent.

The moment you figure out which of those two playing options suit you best, stick with it and develop your skills in that area. If you are a cash game player and want to play tournaments, you will need to change your style a bit, especially if you are used to playing cash games tight. Tournament players will also need to adapt their ways when switching to cash games. The pros and cons of cash games vs tournaments will be different for each player, depending on their personal strengths.

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Poker great, David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, born 4 April 1954, hails from Hull in the United Kingdom. He is a world-renowned professional gambler and poker player who is undoubtedly one of the best British players ever. Ulliott was always well known but when he became a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, he became somewhat of a permanent fixture of televised poker. At the poker table, his standard attire comprises a suit or leather jacket, Royal poker sunglasses, and gold rings, which he made himself. They read “Devil” and “Fish”.

Ulliot is one of the most recognisable and feared faces in poker, and is also one of the most victorious. He began his career by playing cards with his friends in grade school and continued playing games for cash. He got a job making shields and eventually defeated all of his colleagues at Five Card draw. His frequent wins made it difficult for him to find willing opponents in England, so he eventually moved to Las Vegas in 1996, and started playing in tournaments.

Ulliot has won a staggering number of major tournaments and has become a poker legend. His strength lies in the game Texas hold ‘em, but he is also regarded as one of the best Pot Limit Omaha players ever, with over 40 finishes in the money in that type of tournament. While Ulliot has been banned from most betting parlours in England, he is still a regular player in tournaments and he can also be found playing online at Devilfish Poker.

Ulliot is married with seven children and owns a jewellery business in England. With his calm, yet threatening presence, and his poker sunglasses hiding his eyes, Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott will continue to grace the poker tables and live up to his nickname by eliminating his opponents with his unpredictable style of play.

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New Line of Luxury Poker Sunglasses Leaves Opponents in the Dark

Buckinghamshire, England (September 2008) – The golden rule of poker: never let your eyes give away your cards. Royal Poker Eyewear just raised the stakes with the launch of a new line of revolutionary state-of-the-art poker glasses, giving poker players a superior way to shield their eyes from opponents, without sacrificing vision and style.

Wearing mirrored poker sunglasses puts opponents at a disadvantage, making it difficult for them to read your eyes and pick-up any give away “tells.” Until now, many so-called poker glasses were nothing more than re-packaged sunglasses with dark lenses that are not conducive to clubs, casinos, and dimly lit card rooms. Designed for both high rollers and amateur poker players, Royal Poker Eyewear’s new premium lenses are clear and maximize light enabling players to see their cards clearly.

BEHIND OUR POKER SUNGLASSES LENS

The secret behind Royal Poker Eyewear’s premium lenses is the dual dielectric anti-reflective film coating which shields up to 98% of vision in and enhances vision out by allowing maximum light transmission in low light conditions. This special mirrored coating provides a distinct advantage, allowing you to read other players and gather information secretly without giving away anything in return.

The modern frames are a light weight composite design, perfect for long tournaments and all-night battles, and come accompanied with a draw bag and soft cleaning cloth for protection. The poker glasses retail for £39.99/$74.99 a pair and can be ordered online at www.royal-eyewear.com.

GET YOUR GAME ON:

• MAXIMISE LIGHT TRANSMISSION - Unique lenses maximise light enabling you to see your cards clearly. The special inner lens coating ‘Retina Enhancing Technology’ actually increases the brightness of your surroundings.

• SHIELD YOUR EYES - 98% shielding with the anti-reflective outer coating. The frame design means you have 360◦ angle protection from other players

• “PSYCH OUT” YOUR OPPONENTS – Boost your “Scare Factor” – Look like you mean business, even when you’re bluffing!

• LIGHT WEIGHT DESIGN - Light weight comfortable composite design, perfect for long tournaments and all-night sessions

• UNIVERSAL STYLE – Modern wrap-round frame suits a wide range of face types

THE PLAYER:

Russell Morgan is the energetic “visionary” behind Royal Poker Eyewear. A keen poker player, Russell found that too many days and nights in dimly lit casinos were taking their toll on his vision and his winnings. “My old dark glasses were making it tough for me to observe other players discreetly and I was giving myself away by having to check and re-check cards in the low light” said Russell Morgan, title, Royal Poker Eyewear. Russell decided to take a real gamble…on himself. He set to work to design a solution: poker sunglasses that would maximize vision out and not allow people to see in. What started as a personal project became an exciting business venture when he realised that his poker sunglasses were exactly what all poker players were looking for.