How does Phil Hellmuth win tournaments?

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Serious question.

Only after watching High Stakes Poker extensively I got a rough idea what the best players' strengths are - and in the end it always comes down to them knowing pretty accurately where they are at in a hand, and against specific opponents. Now I couldn't tell you exactly how Negreanu wins tournaments, but I know that his awesome ability at reading opponents' hands has got something to do with it. Similar for other players.

Phil, however, played very badly on the show. He had no clue where he was at. The tournament excerpts I have seen with him showed him making some great laydowns but not much more. I don't know what parts of his game make him "great".

Also, with his style of small bets (again, I don't know exactly how it works) I can't see how he's able to amass a mountain of chips. And his great laydowns are impressive, but avoiding big confrontations at all costs doesn't seem to be a tourney-winning strategy.

So anyone with insight on how he got past 3000 players at this year's WSOP for example? Thanks.