Hellmuth's results from day 1B?

[Aceshigh7]

Sorry if it's been posted somewhere. According to Phil's website he was playing on saturday in day 1B. I haven't seen him referenced on any of the chip counts or updates. Does anyone know if he did indeed play and if he got knocked out or if he's still in? Thanks.

[vassk1]

He is playing today although he hasn't shown up yet

[Jourdain]

I don't think he has played so far, no references during day 1a and 1b.

They highlighted the champions so far like McEvoy, Brunson, Chan, Johnston etc. So Phil still has to play.

[vassk1]

http://www.thehendonmob.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16045

I may be wrong since I didn't see him on this list. Maybe playing tomorrow

[Aceshigh7]

Thanks guys. I guess he changed his original starting day or his website was just wrong. I'm hoping to see him go far in the main event.

[mastr]

why? he has enough money and bracelets. i bet you root for the yankees and team russia in 1980's hockey too

[Aceshigh7]

Yea. Everyone knows that us Astros fans just love the Yankees.

I root for Hellmuth because for the last several years Hellmuth bashing has become quite popular, and it's fun to watch him silence the critics.

Besides, poker needs stars. Hellmuth is entertaining and his continued success is great for the game.

I guess you'd rather see a final table of anonymous nobodies simply because they need the bracelets and the money more?

[m_reed05]

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Yea. Everyone knows that us Astros fans just love the Yankees.

I root for Hellmuth because for the last several years Hellmuth bashing has become quite popular, and it's fun to watch him silence the critics.

Besides, poker needs stars. Hellmuth is entertaining and his continued success is great for the game.

I guess you'd rather see a final table of anonymous nobodies simply because they need the bracelets and the money more?

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I guess I can agree here. See earlier Poker After Dark explosion for reference. Him screaming in the background "See I called her [censored] cards" is one of the funniest tv poker moments I've ever seen.

[tme03]

Says in his blog that he has changed his starting day from Saturday to Monday.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/blogs/article/1528

[Bonified]

I was told that once you registered you couldn't change your day. Guess I'm not Phil Hellmuth. Never mind, I'm used to this by now.

Anyway, it could be that Phil has realised that Monday is likely to be almost a pro-free zone, and so he will have all the attention to himself. I can't think of any other "names" who haven't played yet. Anyone ? With the exception of Brandi, who maybe needed an extra night to raise the buyin ;-)

[gobbomom]

Rizen (Eric Lynch) is playing Monday.

edit: pretty sure Gus hasn't played yet. Neither has DN.

[Bonified]

I was bored so I checked this up, and it looks like I didn't think very hard before. Negreanu is definitely playing 1D. I can't find any mention of Gold, Lindgren, Deeb, Humberto, Benyamine, Sheiky or Matusow in the three days to date.

Perhaps they all thought they'd have day 1D to themselves :-)

[vassk1]

Humberto and Matusow are playing now

[pismeyer]

I'm with yah man, I'm a fan too. I hope he does well.

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[ACG2x]

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Humberto and Matusow are playing now

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Has the bounty on his shark been collected yet? I would assume if someone actually grabbed it from him, PokerNews would report it.

[Crane]

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Besides, poker needs stars. Hellmuth is entertaining and his continued success is great for the game.

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In what way?

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I guess you'd rather see a final table of anonymous nobodies simply because they need the bracelets and the money more?

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Absolutely. Besides, how is it you're a nobody if you make the final table of a WSOP event?

I guarantee you a lot of these so-called "nobodys" are a lot more interesting to watch than cry-baby Hellmutt.

It's poker--not Entertainment Tonight. But that's how ESPN market's the game. They want it to be the reincarnation of the World Wrestling Federation.

Sometimes I don't think anybody gets it.

[Jeremy517]

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Says in his blog that he has changed his starting day from Saturday to Monday.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/blogs/article/1528

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It is possible that he just hadn't paid his way in yet, and thus hadn't officially committed to Saturday yet.

[kerze]

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I was bored so I checked this up, and it looks like I didn't think very hard before. Negreanu is definitely playing 1D. I can't find any mention of Gold, Lindgren, Deeb, Humberto, Benyamine, Sheiky or Matusow in the three days to date.

Perhaps they all thought they'd have day 1D to themselves :-)

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Has Prahlad played yet?

[Azizal]

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Besides, poker needs stars. Hellmuth is entertaining and his continued success is great for the game.

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In what way?

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I guess you'd rather see a final table of anonymous nobodies simply because they need the bracelets and the money more?

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Absolutely. Besides, how is it you're a nobody if you make the final table of a WSOP event?

I guarantee you a lot of these so-called "nobodys" are a lot more interesting to watch than cry-baby Hellmutt.

It's poker--not Entertainment Tonight. But that's how ESPN market's the game. They want it to be the reincarnation of the World Wrestling Federation.

Sometimes I don't think anybody gets it.

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You might not get it either. Hellmuth is a poker icon who attracts new players to the game and encourages novices to play more. New people are bad at poker. I'd say that makes him very very good for poker.

ESPN's relentless broadcasting of poker is causing money to flow into the poker economy. I don't agree that they want it to be like WWF.. what do you mean?

[Crane]

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ESPN's relentless broadcasting of poker is causing money to flow into the poker economy. I don't agree that they want it to be like WWF.. what do you mean?

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It already is the WWF. Look at the idiot announcers they have. Norman Chad trying to tell insulting jokes that make you want to cringe. This guy isn't a wit, like Gabe Kaplan--who has also played the game at very high levels--he's a twit with a twit for a partner.

The nuts. Rock, Paper, scissors. Stupid profiles, and anything but poker. Hype, hype and more hype and everything's a joke.

They want controversy. They want bad behavior. They want villains and heroes.

It's a horrible broadcast. Completely unwatchable in my opinion. They wanted to turn poker telecasts into the WWF, and they succeeded.

They focus on Umberto's shark and Hellmutts hissy-fits. These people are just purposely hamming it up for the cameras.

They're trying to turn it into a personality game instead of a poker game.

High Stakes Poker does it right--and they're the only ones.