In a podcast interview with Gary Wise on Rounders Radio last week, Hevad Khan spoke about his online poker accomplishments, his sixth place finish at the 2007 WSOP, and his antics during the WSOP main event.
Gary put him on the spot about the controversy that Hevad’s monkey noises and other antics caused after the ESPN airing of the WSOP.
Some of Hevad’s comments:
There was one thing that I did regret, and that was when Ed de Haas told me to act normal. ESPN didn’t show it, but after I called his bluff and sang a song for awhile, I realized how much of a dumb ass I was being I was so regretful I was like, I’m really sorry about that, man.
In reference to tournaments he’s played since the WSOP: In my defense, I went to London and Austria, and I was drinking a lot of Red Bull but I wasn’t really crazy It didn’t match up to the World Series, so I didn’t care.
To answer Gary’s hypothetical about being faced with Humberto rivering a big pot against Hevad: I would not have been happy with it. That’s rubbing it in someone’s face. To some people, the way I came across on ESPN, it kinda looked like I was going a little bit over the top¦ It looked childish and goofy as opposed to offensive
I had a lot of time to reflect after the World Series, and there were times when I was over the top I look at it different now I’ve made it, so I can take the game competitively now and be more professional about it.
While certain parts of the interview certainly show that Hevad is still very young and has a lot to learn about sportsmanship and a career in poker, others demonstrate that he may have learned something about human behavior after watching his performance.
