What Happened to Phil Hellmuth at the WSOPE?

Written by:
Ace King
Published on:
Sep/24/2008

He was looking to make quite the splash in Europe. UltimateBet.com - the online poker room Phil Hellmuth represents - was holding a "Phil Hellmuth Look-A-Like" contest at the World Series of Poker Europe in London.

Could it be that one of those replacements filled in for the "real" Phil at Event #3 of the WSOPE?

Phil Hellmuth was knocked out early in that Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

Day 2 of of the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe saw 56 players reduced down to 11.

The final 11 players of the 2008 WSOPE Event #2 were as follows:

Howard Lederer 208,500

Sherkhan Farnood 141,500

Yuval Bronshtein 133,500

Phil Ivey 114,000

Jeff Duvall 112,100

Spencer Lawrence 88,500

Jeff Lisandro 84,000

Mark Gregorich 82,500

Ivo Donev 79,500

Kristian Eriksson 43,000

Raul Paez 17,500


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Ace King, Gambling911.com

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