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Online Poker News :Phil Hellmuth Does Not Win 12th WSOP Bracelet

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:04:01 +0000

Put those 12 bottles of Dom on ice a little longer…

Another close call, but Phil Hellmuth will not win his 12th WSOP bracelet today.

Hellmuth was eliminated in seventh place in Event #41 (,500 PLO 8oB). Had he won, this would’ve been Hellmuth’s first non-hold’em WSOP bracelet. For the…seventh…Hellmuth banks ,633.

When he was introduced and on many hands, we heard boos and even taunts against Hellmuth. The tournament announcer warned the crowd against taunting at one point. While Hellmuth’s TV antics are way over-the-top and probably getting worse, dude has many, many more haters than he did a couple of years ago. Crazy.

In related news, John Gottlieb is currently leading Event #41. If he were to close it out, this would not be his 12th bracelet. However, he may get some coffee, because coffee is for closers.

Follow the final table here.

UPDATE: Another Brit, Steve Jelinek, takes this one down. Jelinek defeated John Gottlieb heads-up for the title, banking 5,871.

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Poker Tips :Phil Hellmuth Does Not Win WSOP Bracelet #12

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:47:42 +0000

Another impressive deep run in a hold’em tournament, but it wasn’t meant to be this time, as Phil Hellmuth will not with his 12th WSOP bracelet.
The Poker Brat was eliminated from Event #8 (,500 NLH) in 15th place (,472).
In completely unrelated news, this is (old

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Phil Hellmuth (not pictured) will not capture his record-breaking 12th bracelet.

Another impressive deep run in a hold’em tournament, but it wasn’t meant to be this time, as Phil Hellmuth will not with his 12th WSOP bracelet.

The Poker Brat was eliminated from Event #8 (,500 NLH) in 15th place (,472).

In completely unrelated news, this is (old but we just saw it today for the first time so it’s not old to us) funny.

Thanks to reader Dan for emailing us this one.

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Poker Tips :Phil Hellmuth Final Tables WPT Bay 101

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:02:23 +0000

Phil Hellmuth continued his good run at the WPT Bay 101, making the final table second in chips, stacked at 1,433,000. Hellmuth has never won a WPT title…until…dare we predict…today?
Hellmuth only trails the doubley-first-named Andy Seth with 2,164,000. In fifth

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We expect Phil Hellmuth to be very humble if he wins his first WPT title.
Phil Hellmuth continued his good run at the WPT Bay 101, making the final table second in chips, stacked at 1,433,000. Hellmuth has never won a WPT title…until…dare we predict…today?
Hellmuth only trails the doubley-first-named Andy Seth with 2,164,000. In fifth overall is Hasan Habib, who is actually still alive, with 455,000.
Special mention of Scotty Nguyen, who finished 8th and cashed for ,600. Take a quick look at his track record…it’s pretty sick and remarkably consistent.
Get full final table chip counts here.
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Online Poker News :Phil Hellmuth Gunning for First WPT Title

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:02:23 +0000

While Phil Hellmuth may have 11 WSOP bracelets and a NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship title to his credit, he’s still never one a World Poker Tour event.
Maybe that changes this week. Could the re-evaluation of his game that Daniel Negreanu tweeted about last week be

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Phil Hellmuth is in contention for that ever-elusive(TM) first WPT title.
While Phil Hellmuth may have 11 WSOP bracelets and a NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship title to his credit, he’s still never one a World Poker Tour event.
Maybe that changes this week. Could the re-evaluation of his game that Daniel Negreanu tweeted about last week be working this quickly?
With 27 players remaining, Hellmuth is the chip leader at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, stacked at 550,000. He’s followed by Hasan Habib, who is still alive, with 496,000.
Other notables remaining include Nick Schulman (381,500), a near shoe-in for WPT Player of the Year now Faraz Jaka (332,500), Chau Giang (307,500), and NAPT Venetian winner Thomas Marchese (117,500).
Get full chip counts here.
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Online Poker News :Phil Ivey: Player of the Decade

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:41:50 +0000

(Editor’s Note: Portions of the following post appear in our January column in Bluff Magazine)
In the January issue of Bluff Magazine, we named our Player of the Decade for each 10 year span of the modern poker era (so starting in the 1970’s). The criteria was simple:

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(Editor’s Note: Portions of the following post appear in our January column in Bluff Magazine)
In the January issue of Bluff Magazine, we named our Player of the Decade for each 10 year span of the modern poker era (so starting in the 1970’s). The criteria was simple: what player had the greatest success and most impact on the game in each decade of the modern poker era?
While some decades, like the 80’s, were tight, it was pretty clear for the aughts/zeros/Ohs who the best player was. Below is an excerpt from our column. Go below the fold for excerpts from our 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s Player of the Decades.
Player of the Decade – 2000’s: Phil Ivey Honorable Mentions: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker
Phil Ivey first really came onto the scene in 2000, winning a Jack Binion World Poker Open event. Since then, he’s amassed over million in tournament earnings and established himself as the best live and online cash game player in the world.
A WSOP Main Event final table appearance in 2009 cemented his status. And even Honorable Mentions for this decade, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, openly admit that Ivey is the best player in the world. Well, Negreanu does at least.
2009’s final table appearance also provided a push for Ivey in the publicity department, something almost solely dominated by the likes of Negranu and Hellmuth until then. He appeared on an ESPN The Magazine cover and countless major media features.
We expect Ivey (and Negreanu and Hellmuth) to be contenders for this title in 10 years as well.
(Buy the January issue in stores for the full column version…)

Player of the Decade – 1970’s: Doyle Brunson
Honorable Mentions: Johnny Moss, Amarillo Slim
While not really a shocker here, the Godfather of Poker definitely had some competition.
Brunson captured six of his 10 bracelets from 1976-1979, which ties him with Moss for the most during the decade. They both also captured two WSOP Main Event titles during that time.
But ultimately, it was Brunson’s publishing of Super/System that really locked him in as the choice.
Player of the Decade – 1980’s: Johnny Chan
Honorable Mentions: Stu Ungar, Chip Reese
This was probably the closest of all the decades to call. But ultimately, Chan’s two consecutive WSOP Main Event titles (and second place finish the next year) put him over the top.
Player of the Decade – 1990’s: Phil Hellmuth
Honorable Mentions: How about Huck Seed? Mike McD?
At first we thought this was going to be the most difficult decade to decide. But after looking at the numbers, Phil Hellmuth really owned the 90’s.
He claimed five of his bracelets during the decade. He wrote a popular book. He began the marketing machine around his name. He was really a force during a time that we kind of consider poker’s Dark Ages.
Phil so dominated the 90’s that we can’t even think of someone worthy of an honorable mention.
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