{"id":9999,"date":"2018-07-12T14:45:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2018-07-12T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T15:44:48","slug":"phil-hellmuth-extends-bracelet-lead-with-record-15th-wsop-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/phil-hellmuth-extends-bracelet-lead-with-record-15th-wsop-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Hellmuth Extends Bracelet Lead With Record 15th WSOP Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Hellmuth<\/strong> collected his record 15th World Series of Poker<\/strong> bracelet on July 11, 2018. He did so in Event #71<\/strong>, a $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold\u2019em turbo tournament with 30-minute blind levels.<\/p>\n

For his efforts, he collected $485,082. The win pushed his lifetime tournament earnings<\/a> to just shy of $23 million. He is 12th on the all-time list of tournament cashes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been three years since I won a bracelet,\u201d Hellmuth told ESPN<\/strong>. \u201cRight now, I\u2019m just in an amazing moment. I\u2019m on cloud nine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, Phil Hellmuth is one of the best players of all time<\/span><\/h2>\n

Hellmuth is best known for his antics at the table. His profane explosions of anger compose numerous compilations on YouTube.<\/p>\n

He also has a penchant for berating or lecturing players at the table for their poor play. He does so particularly when their decisions put him on the wrong side of variance.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, these activities overshadow the fact that Hellmuth is easily one of the best poker players of all time. It\u2019s not simply that he\u2019s won more WSOP bracelets than anyone else \u2013 he\u2019s won FIVE more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

There is a decent argument that he is the greatest no-limit hold\u2019em tournament player ever. Thirteen of his WSOP bracelets have come by way of NLHE tournaments.<\/p>\n

The first of these came with his capture of the 1989 WSOP World Championship. At the time, he became the youngest player ever to win the event, and did so by defeating the two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Poker Hall of Fame<\/strong> inducted Hellmuth in 2007. Hellmuth remains one of the only old-school players \u2013 that is, those with pre-Moneymaker ties \u2013 who is still competing and excelling at poker.<\/p>\n

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