The Game Show network is set to unveil a new type of poker game this Saturday at 9PM when the $50,000 buy-in Doubles Poker Championship is set to air. The format of the game has two partners playing a hand of poker against another team of two: One teammate will play the hand both pre-flop and on the Turn, with the other teammate taking over for the Flop and River –we’ll see how this innovation plays out, and more importantlyRead Full Article

Phil Hellmuth’s entrance –typically a couple hours late– is turning out to be a cringe-worthy moment every year at the World Series of Poker, and it was no different in 2010 as the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner showed up wearing a long satin fighter’s robe with the UB logo prominently displayed, along with MMA gloves. His entourage this time around included the usual scantily clad women, but also the voice of the UFC Bruce Buffer, who contributed to the spectacleRead Full Article

Just days after Phil Ivey closed the gap on Phil Hellmuth by winning his 8th World Series of Poker bracelet; the Poker Brat is looking to once again push the margin back up to four. Hellmuth finds himself in 4th place amongst the remaining 14 players in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better tournament that will conclude later today at the Rio. Should Hellmuth capture bracelet #12 in the PLO8 tournament it would mark his first WSOP inRead Full Article

Event #8 –a lowly $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament– was shaping up to go down as a very significant tournament at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Unfortunately, the man trying to add to his record 11 WSOP bracelets, Phil Hellmuth, was unable to make it to the final table. With massive fields competing in every No Limit event –Hellmuth’s specialty—Phil’s chances at bracelets are getting fewer and farther between, but he always seems to be near his next win.Read Full Article

It took until event #8, the $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament, for the World Series of Poker to have it’s first Phil Hellmuth sighting. With 25 players remaining of the 2,341 who started the event, Hellmuth currently sits in 5th place on the leader-board with 567,000 chips. The chip-leader –and possible name of the year candidate– Saar Wilf is sitting on a whopping 1,207,000 chips, followed by Andrew Cohen and his 1,025,000 chips. Chen already has WSOP bracelet as theRead Full Article

The final 10 players in the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship came into day 6 of the poker tournament knowing four of them would fall just shy of the televised final table, not to mention the $1.5 million first-place prize-money. Heading into day 6 it was crystal-clear that the final table was shaping up to be one for the ages, with poker’s biggest names in contention: Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen,

The good natured ribbing began when Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth were seated at the same table on Day 2 of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. Negreanu, never one to hold back on a Phil Hellmuth needle, stated, “Hellmuth is probably 800-to-1 to win the Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker.” Keep in mind that Negreanu estimated only 150 entrants! Of course Phil did not take the comment sitting down, and what started out as needle,Read Full Article

Phil Hellmuth looked to be in good shape heading into the final table at the Bay 101 Shooting Star Poker Tournament; the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner was 2nd in chips, and by far the most experienced poker player left in the field. Unfortunately it was not meant to be for Hellmuth who was the first player eliminated at the final table. Hellmuth has yet to capture a WPT title, and is now 0-for-5 at final tables on the WPT. WithRead Full Article

Phil Hellmuth started day 3 of the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament as the chip-leader, and was not only able to survive, but to thrive. Hellmuth will enter the televised final table with 1.4 million chips, which is good enough for second place behind chip-leader Andy Seth’s 2.1 million chips. Also seated at the final table will be WSOP bracelet winner Hasan Habib, making his third World Poker Tour final table. Habib will begin the day with 455,000 chips. LookRead Full Article

At the end of Day 2 the Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament had just 27 players remaining, and leading the remaining pro-heavy field is none other than UB Poker pro Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth is sitting on a 550k chip-stack, about 54k more than his nearest competitor, poker pro Hasan Habib. The $10,000 buy-in tournament attracted a total of 333 participants, creating a first prize of $878,500. Other big names remaining are Chau Giang, Brian Rast, Scotty Nguyen, Jonathan Little, “Miami”Read Full Article