Poker legend Phil Hellmuth has additional cemented his place within the sport’s historical past by profitable his document sixteenth World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.
Phil Hellmuth poses together with his document sixteenth World Sequence of Poker bracelet. The poker famous person has now reached 70 closing WSOP tables. (Picture: World Sequence of Poker)
Hellmuth late final night time received the thirty first occasion of the 2021 WSOP. The $1,500 buy-in No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw attracted 272 entries, however the 57-year-old Wisconsin native was the final participant standing.
The occasion is much like a no-limit five-card draw, however differs in that the worst hand wins. A royal flush is the worst hand within the format, whereas a 2, 3, 4, 5, and seven of various fits is one of the best.
Hellmuth received by shoving on the button whereas one-on-one towards Jake Schwartz. After calling and going all-in, Schwartz was eradicated when he paired 4s. Helmuth’s nine-high hand received the match and its $84,951 first-place prize.
I’ve wished a deuce to seven bracelet ever for the reason that Nineteen Eighties as a result of it was the good bracelet to win. It’s the one match that Chip [Reese], Doyle [Brunson], and all the large poker gamers confirmed up for,” Hellmuth mentioned afterwards.
With 16 WSOP bracelets now to his identify, Hellmuth’s lead extends to 6. Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Phil Ivey every have 10 WSOP bracelets. The WSOP awards a bracelet to every match victor.
WSOP Expands Foremost Occasion
The World Sequence of Poker fails to reside as much as its identify with out international gamers. The WSOP’s preeminent match — the $10,000 buy-in Foremost Occasion — modified the competitors in 2020 due to the pandemic, and held European and US finales.
WSOP officers have hoped that the 2021 Foremost Occasion can be a return to normalcy, with one closing desk being performed in Las Vegas on the Rio. Event organizers final week lastly acquired the information they lengthy wanted from the US authorities — vaccinated foreigners can leisure journey into the nation starting November 8.
With worldwide gamers quickly capable of fly to Las Vegas for the WSOP Foremost Occasion, which is about to get playing cards within the air on November 4, match officers have added two flights.
ATTN INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS!
In response to current information of the easing of journey restrictions into the US, we’re happy to announce the addition of two extra Day 1 Foremost Occasion flights:
Nov 8 Day 1E 11a
Nov 9 Day 1F 12p
Registration now closes @ 3:40pm on Nov 10 (Day 2CEF)
— WSOP (@WSOP) October 16, 2021
Essentially the most entries a WSOP Foremost Occasion has ever garnered got here in 2006 with 8,773 $10,000 buy-ins. The 2019 Foremost Occasion tallied 8,569 entries. Just one,379 entries have been acquired throughout final 12 months’s reformatted competitors.
Poker Brat Relishes Victory
Affectionately often called the “Poker Brat” for his desk antics, Hellmuth conceded that he took a softer strategy throughout the 2-7 Lowball closing desk.
I informed myself no swearing tirades and no threats,” Hellmuth mentioned. “I swore a bit of bit. I’m certain the cameras caught it, however I used to be much more mellow, in all probability as a result of I went too far the opposite day.”
Hellmuth’s profession reside money earnings now stand at greater than $25.2 million. As for the World Sequence of Poker, along with his 16 bracelets, the WSOP Corridor of Fame member has sat at 70 closing tables, and has 156 cashes to his resume. All three stats are WSOP data.
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