On October 17 Sunday, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Phil Hellmuth has done it again.
Together with his wife, friends and dozens of fans watching at the PokerGO WSOP main stage, Phil Hellmuth finally captured his 16th WSOP gold bracelet.
Having won Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, Hellmuth snagged a gold bracelet for this one, saying he had been chasing it since the 1980s[...] Read more » Phil Hellmuth wins Record 16th WSOP Bracelet
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It is difficult for anyone to beat him in bracelets, he will remain in the history of poker, this player has well deserved everything he has achieved in his career as a poker player, a clear example of perseverance and discipline.
Phil Hellmuth wins another gold bracelet If his first WSOP was in 1988, he played most events. Now lets say in the 30 years he has been playing, he would playing an averaged 40 WSOP events per year. In Total That would be 1,200 tourney's he has played. Out of these he cashed in 134 of the tourneys. That's like 1 out of 10. Not bad at all but.. Nice career
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The bad thing when the industry promotes a man as the best on the game is that it might create some problems sometimes . Younger fellows might think this can be done , to become one of the best , maybe not a Hellmuth #2 , but at least a very good top pro , which actually is 1M times harder than in the past , live or online , hopes might be crashed very easily .
That means nothing about Hellmuth , he is very good , one of the best , but on the other hand it's showtime , WSOP organised a ceremony to reward and congratulate him , but on the other hand there are countless players who lost bankrolls and money savings because they wanted to become like Hellmuth , win a tone of money , make their wishes come true , become pros , or the best in the field/market . A coin has two sides ....
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This is also true . I deeply respect him , I have to admit that many of his outbursts are funny to watch on youtube , but on the other hand I don't know how funny it seems to other players at the table , or what I would do if he would call me '' an idiot '' , stupid etc . The greatest majority don't say anything cause he's Hellmuth , poker brat .
But if a stranger offended you at the table , calling you names , stupid , idiot , R , if your friends or family were nearby , what would you do .....
He has to know that he is an idol for many nowadays , so now that he's 60 years old he has to be more carefull .
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there are things that should be improved, it is difficult to control emotions in poker, it is not easy, sometimes you get angry when you lose pots in a row, you get to brand yourself, but that is no excuse to throw tantrums at a table, we must learn from these cases we see.
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we all know that he could earn much more money and to have more titles or braceletes if he dont behave like this on tables and that he isnt mad in lot of situations,but lot of people love this about him and that he bring something different on tables then other players!
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I read that this year's Main Event for WSOP , it has less nmber of players per flight, half to be exact , but we have three more flight to go , we''ll see how many will have entered by the end of registration , and how much will be the total prizepool . I do not know when Hellmuth is going to play , on which flight , wishing him good luck for this year's Main event , stay out of trouble
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It is true, we must know how to control ourselves in the game, even when things don't go well, that helps a lot to achieve our goals. This player is good, but there are things he should improve, if I have noticed, we must learn from our mistakes.
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that's poker my friend, if you are a good player the results will come but in the long term, we can't expect results in the short term, that's why we must be perseverant and not get tired when we have bad sessions.
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more than being a good poker player, you should be very disciplined in this sport, because otherwise you ruin yourself, I have seen few players who won a lot and ended up ruined, most are very disciplined in what they do.