This amp goes to 11
Philip Hellmuth Jr. has won WSOP Bracelet number 11. After being the last of he, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan to get to 10, Hellmuth has become the first to 11. He won event 15, a $1500 No Limit Hold'em. I find Hellmuth extremely interesting. He is the ultimate person you love to hate. Constantly whining, berating other players, and generally being a jack ass while at the table, by all accounts away from the table he is a generally nice guy and is very well liked. The one thing no one can deny is his awesome talent at Texas Hold'em. While Chan and Brunson have each won their 10 bracelets in a number of games (actually more impressive than specializing in one) Hellmuth has won all 11 of his bracelets in Hold'em. There was a time when some of the newer players were saying these older guys couldn't adapt to the new style of play. Well, Hellmuth has won bracelets in 2 consecutive years and beat a field of 2628 players to capture this latest title.
Many of you may also know that I am a savage Magic the Gathering geek. This has become slightly less geeky in recent years as many top Magic pros have gone on to excel at Poker. I love lists and my top 5 Magic players of all time list consists of
1. Jon Finkel (You can read about Jon in "Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids" a book that details his rise from fat geeky kid, to best Magic player in the world, top player on the country's biggest Blackjack team taking casinos for mad $$$, and Justin Timberlake look alike).
2. Kai Budde
3. Bob Maher Jr.
4. Gabriel Nassif
5. Kenji Tsumura
Nassif has become the latest Magic star to make a final table at the WSOP. He is savagely short stacked and in 9th place going into today, but a final table is still a final table. I remember a few years ago when we were playing poker at my buddy's house. Mr. Gab Tsang who had just won a Magic team Pro Tour with Nassif was also in attendance. I was on one of the poker sites checking out the Aviation club tournaments going on in France. "Hey Gab" I said, your teammate just won a poker tournament. "Oh yeah?" It was a small win but obviously Nassif is pretty good and has gotten even better.
Song of the day- "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim
Many of you may also know that I am a savage Magic the Gathering geek. This has become slightly less geeky in recent years as many top Magic pros have gone on to excel at Poker. I love lists and my top 5 Magic players of all time list consists of
1. Jon Finkel (You can read about Jon in "Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids" a book that details his rise from fat geeky kid, to best Magic player in the world, top player on the country's biggest Blackjack team taking casinos for mad $$$, and Justin Timberlake look alike).
2. Kai Budde
3. Bob Maher Jr.
4. Gabriel Nassif
5. Kenji Tsumura
Nassif has become the latest Magic star to make a final table at the WSOP. He is savagely short stacked and in 9th place going into today, but a final table is still a final table. I remember a few years ago when we were playing poker at my buddy's house. Mr. Gab Tsang who had just won a Magic team Pro Tour with Nassif was also in attendance. I was on one of the poker sites checking out the Aviation club tournaments going on in France. "Hey Gab" I said, your teammate just won a poker tournament. "Oh yeah?" It was a small win but obviously Nassif is pretty good and has gotten even better.
Song of the day- "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim
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