Hellmuth bracelet number 12?

MaundyD1

Currently down to 11 runners in the 50k players championship and hellmuth healthy stacked with just short of 2 million. Could this be his best win if he takes down this tournie? seen as though all his other bracelets are in nlh only. Think a win would also take him top of the player of the year standings to. Good few weeks for mr hellmuth.

MMegabyte

I'm watching the live updates and it looks entirely possible. He seems to be playing pretty well - lost quite a bit but is back over 2 million now.

(Anyone else get odds on him getting to a final table/getting another bracelet? LOL)

PiAnOpLaYa

down to 9 now

GaryQQQ

I know Hellmuth has his haters, but I for one hope he does it. After this years WSOP those who continue to claim that he's an just old-school spent force, awful at poker and only capable of beating bad NLHE players will only be making fools of themselves. Phil's abrasive personality may be obnoxious to many, but nobody can question the mans poker skills, the stats speak for themselves, he also stands a good chance of winning the 2011 player of the year award.

PiAnOpLaYa

when was the last time there was no double braclet winners at the WSOP , as it doesnt look there is going to be this year

GaryQQQ

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when was the last time there was no double braclet winners at the WSOP , as it doesnt look there is going to be this year
Posted by PiAnOpLaYa

Brian Rast or Ben Lamb could do it, they're both still in contention with Hellmuth in event #55.

SALT1R3

Yeah good to see Hellmuth letting his tourney poker do the talking rather than his gob. He would get a lot more respect from everyone if he kept it shut. He does get on my nerves occasionally with it, but I wish him well and hope he can take it down to shut up some of his critics.

MaundyD1

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when was the last time there was no double braclet winners at the WSOP , as it doesnt look there is going to be this year
Posted by PiAnOpLaYa

This year it could definatly happen, there are 56 players and maybe 57 depending on the result on this tournie that would want to win the main event and take 2 bracelets from this year.
Also I just been reminded that the final table of the 50k event is going to be nlh only which is going to benefit Hellmuth soo much, this is his bread and butter and would definatly be a favourite to take this down. Think would be very well deserved because 2 years ago calling hellmuth "past it" would probably be a fair comment to make. This year he has got the game to match the new players and has been very successful. Good Luck to Phil tonight.

Sky_Dave

I'd love to see Hellmuth win this one. Totally agree with MaundyD1 too - the fact it's NLHE is going to boost his confidence no end. Two closes misses so far this series means he is, irrespective of the result tonight, the player of the WSOP 2011.

Well, until one of our lot bink the Main Event of course

MMegabyte

Well, it's getting closer....

MMegabyte

Down to heads-up...this is exciting!!

MAXALLY

2nd in the end after him having a large chip lead but 3 flush draws that didnt hit, meant he had to settle with runner up.

TBF.....He took it rather well.

YOUNG_GUN

He was the better player hu imo but shame 1 of those flush draws didnt come in. POY locked up but i'd love him to get another bracelet still seems like he's playing well again last couple of WSOP

aiken2001

Brian Rast turned a chance encounter earlier this summer into nearly $2 million and one of the year’s most highly regarded titles at the World Series of Poker.

Upon returning home to his Las Vegas condominium building from a trip to Brazil in June, Rast ran into Antonio Esfandiari, a friend and fellow poker pro. Esfandiari insisted Rast play in a $1,500 WSOP pot-limit hold’em tournament that day and even staked him in the event.

Rast went on to win it for $227,232. Because of the cash, the 29-year old Rast felt he had a sufficient enough bankroll to buy into the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship.

Rast won the WSOP’s most expensive tournament after five days of play early Thursday morning at the Rio by beating Phil Hellmuth, 46, heads-up. He received $1.72 million and the heralded Chip Reese Memorial Trophy for the accomplishment.

“This bracelet means a lot,” Rast said. “It’s nice that I won a tournament where I can say I beat some of the best players in the world.”

The Poker Player’s Championship is considered second to only the Main Event, which begins Thursday at Noon, in terms of prestige in the poker world.

Rast, who is mainly known as a cash game player, recovered from a more than 5-to-1 chip disadvantage against Hellmuth in less than an hour to win his second bracelet of the summer.

The two were nearly even — Rast had 9.9 million chips to Hellmuth’s 9.3 million — heading into the fateful final hand. The dealer spread out a flop of Jack-10-9 with two diamonds.

Rast bet out and Hellmuth pushed all-in with 8-2 of diamonds, a combination flush and straight draw. Rast immediately called with King-Queen for the highest possible straight. His hand held up to win the pot.

“It was very surprising to me that that was the play he decided to make because I thought he played really well the whole tournament and I don’t like that play,” Rast said. “I just think that he’s risking 9 million to win a million that’s in the pot and every time he gets called, he’s in really bad shape.”

Hellmuth was unlucky considering he twice had Rast all-in before that hand with four-to-a-flush after the flop. The first time, Hellmuth was actually a favorite to win the hand.

“It’s not like I ever thought I was going to win the tournament,” Hellmuth said. “I just stayed focused and kept playing, but I felt pretty good when he had 3 million and I had 17 million.”

For Hellmuth, it was a disappointing end to a memorable run for his record 12th WSOP bracelet. The $1.06 million was the biggest single payday of Hellmuth’s life, but “The Poker Brat” cares more about championships than money at this point in his career.

It was the third time this summer that Hellmuth, who famously won the 1989 Main Event for $755,000, finished as the runner-up in a tournament. He’s currently at the top of the WSOP Player of the Year standings.

“Player of the Year is kind of nice, but I’m after bracelets,” Hellmuth said. “It’s nice to fall back on.”

“I hear critics all the time, but I think I’ve put on a pretty spectacular performance.”

Some of Hellmuth’s naysayers point to all of his bracelets being in hold’ em variations of poker. The Poker Player’s Championship would have put a silence to that.

Even though its final table was all no-limit hold’ em, the event was an eight-game mix for the four days leading up to Wednesday.

“I’m probably better than most people think at the mixed games,” Rast said. “But by no means do I consider myself to be one of the top mixed games players. But (the tournament) does have no-limit hold’ em and pot-limit Omaha and the final table being no-limit hold ‘em I thought was a definite advantage to me.”

Below is the full list of payouts from the Poker Player’s Championship final table.

1. Brian Rast, Las Vegas, $1,720,328

2. Phil Hellmuth, Palo Alto, Calif., $1,063,034

3. Minh Ly, Temple City, Calif., $665,763

4. Owais Ahmed, Anaheim, Calif., $482,085

5. Matt Glantz, Lafayette Hills, Pa., $376,750

6. George Lind, Gilbert, Ariz., $300,441

7. Scott Seiver, Las Vegas, $243,978

8. Ben Lamb, Las Vegas, $201,338

9. Jason Lester, Miami, $168,529

ACA

In Response to Re: Hellmuth bracelet number 12?:

I know Hellmuth has his haters, but I for one hope he does it. After this years WSOP those who continue to claim that he's just an old-school spent force, awful at poker and only capable of beating bad NLHE players will only be making fools of themselves. Phil's abrasive personality may be obnoxious to many, but nobody can question the mans poker skills, the stats speak for themselves, he also stands a good chance of winning the 2011 player of the year award.
Posted by GaryQQQ

you got any comment on your quote DOH