In this weeks confessions series Lee Davy talks about authenticity and how it has reared its beautiful head in poker this week.

Mukul Pahuja called Phil Hellmuth a cheeseburger salesman. The World Poker Tour Player of the Year knows he will one day sit opposite him. There will be an uncomfortable silence broken by a gesture of some kind. He doesn’t care. I love it. It was a glimpse of authenticity.

Mike Sexton called out the World Series of Poker. He believes they have devalued the prestige of winning a bracelet, have put their bottom line before their customers, and have spread their brand too thin. He will play at the event. He will mix and talk with the powers to be at the WSOP. I love it. I saw another glimpse of authenticity.

Jason Somerville attracted over 9,500 viewers during his Sunday Grind live stream on Twitch. Do PokerStars keep their sponsored pros on a leash? From the outside in, I can see how people may formulate the opinion that they do. I have never believed that. I believe the pro has put that leash on. They have chosen to be inauthentic. Somerville is proof of that. Stars have let him loose on the world. The man, who had to be inauthentic for so many years of his life, is currently flying on a cloud of Monkey Magic proportions.