On July 2 Sunday, at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, Phil Hellmuth has done it again.
People who closely knew him said that he was initially frustrated in this year's WSOP, despite getting nine cashes already. However, all of that frustration melted away, when his 10th cash came with a record - his 17th WSOP bracelet! It happened in Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty NLHE. This triumph ad[...] Read more » Phil Hellmuth wins Record 17th WSOP Bracelet
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the amount of bracelets shows that he is a good competent player, of course we are not perfect, but at least it shows that he is a winning player and can compete at all levels, surely he has a solid winning strategy to get to win the amount of money.
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He is a great player, I always see him when he is in final tables, there is always action with that player, but there are also things that I don't like about him, I already mentioned it in a previous post, but surely he will know it, he will have to improve.
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he knows poker very well in live tournaments, this is really appreciated, but i have no idea if he also plays online poker. Probably not or maybe it doesn't have good enough results there. Anyway is a very good player.
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I don't know if he plays cash, but the vast majority of times I've seen him play has been in big tournaments, I think his specialization is tournaments, and of course he is doing very well.
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The competition nowadays is tougher at the wsop events , more capable players , more pros or wannabe pros , new advanced strategies and GTO gameplays, it's harder to get a bracelet , but Helmuth Still has it . He achieved in getting one more .
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Phil Hellmuth is number 1 in bracelets and this thing proves a game based on an enviable strategy. He also has a lot of intuition, that's why he is on the 1st place in the ranking of bracelets. He is a real winner.
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that shows that he is a winner, perseverance and study has made this player win 17 bracelets, almost no one has that record, this player is an example to know that with constant effort you can achieve your goals, in the coming years we will have more news of him.
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Posted by dule-vu: he just new how to play this tournaments, no matter that here he have over 600 players, he know to play them and to win it, even with big buy in! he still have lot of ages in front of him, he will play lot of them for sure, he live in america, so he play every of this wsop tournaments and we have lot of them, so who know where is end for him!
And the most important, that he knows, how to adapt his game style, against his opponents.
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he plays poker according to some rules, but he has obviously studied a lot of professional opponents and plays them the way he wants. This man is a phenomenon and is hard to stop when he is in shape.
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He has sponsorships , big bankroll , he can play many high buy in events with small number of participants , this gives him an edge on the long run I think in order to achieve his goal , to win a bracelet . Ofcourse he is very good , one of the best , but the big bankroll , the big sponsorships , the good pre selection of the tourneys , this is Aldi very important to win a bracelet . Only skill won't bring you do many bracelets for sure . Strategy is also needed . Very important indeed .
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And he has quite a long history of playing the WSOP. His first victory there was way back in the main event in 1989. That was 34 years ago. So on average he wins one bracelet for every two years of play.
