Phil Hellmuth is known to engage in various prop bets not concerning poker. Yesterday, the Poker Brat agreed on a tennis prop bet that specifies he must at least return one out of 20 serves versus a pro tennis player. He went through the challenge and was successful not only in returning a serve but made some extra cash along the way.
The rules:
Return one serve = win $7,000
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Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 43 (M)
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Yes, a lucky man this Phil Hellmuth. He had many attempts to succeed, but in the final he managed to win the bet. The money pulls into his pockets when he make betting. Unfortunately he does not say who the professional tennis player who bet with him. Maybe his wife beats him for betting.
Welp, I guess these kinda prop bets the only things he could win (on) nowadays to be honest. At least I did not see him putting up big tourney finishes so he only makes the news with his usual celebrity antics and these casual gambling stories which almost everyone has in his circles...
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
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I think we can say, that this was an easy bet to win. With twenty chances to get back to it, even against a professional player, you will hit one back. All you need is to be a bit physical fit, in order to chase the ball 23k USD out of nowhere
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
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These guys really do love to gamble and i enjoy reading about these prop bets. Phil Hellmuth does seem to be great fun away from the tables and i hope to see a few more of these emerging soon
Joined: Jan '17
Location: Lithuania
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Posts: 1756
yes it is always thinking about how to make a new prop bet for people like phil Hellmuth, I personally think they have something inside which makes them want more adrenaline and also it is need for marketing and for simple people or fans of Hellmuth it is more fun all time I think
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 16180
when you have such amount in bank,you can let yourself such a bets,where even if you lost money,you wont regret much and if you win,great!dont know was he sure that he can do it or opponent when he made such a bet,to return 1 of 20 serves!nice for phil!
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 12176
Phil Hellmuth is very lucky in his life for more things of course. A very good poker player with 15 winning bracelets and other prizes. In this bet he could not win anything, but he has proven that he is a authentic player, without talking about his favorite game, because he played tennis in this bet.
Joined: Jul '10
Location: Brazil
Age: 42 (M)
Posts: 480
this fill helmut and f**k the beast is an excellent poker player winner and still is a train of kkkkk and also a little crazy in high value bets kkk more than good who has money so to do these crazy kkkkk
