US Poker Open: event #5 won by Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth returns to win and does so in event #5 of the US Poker Open, the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em which saw the participation of 88 players with a prize pool of $880,000 and a first coin of $211,200.

Poker Brat authentic star performer on the final day which resumed with 7 players still in the running. Hellmuth first eliminated Darren Elias and Allan Le, then made it with A-K against A-Q Aram Oganyan. George Wolff stops at the foot of the podium while Jesse Lonis exits in 3rd place, always eliminated by the hand of Hellmuth who then leaves no way out even to Jeremy Ausmus in the final head-to-head, concluded in a great way by Poker Brat who hits even a color scale to complete the job.

FINAL TABLE US POKER OPEN #5

1st Phil Hellmuth United States $211,200

2nd Jeremy Ausmus United States $149,600

3rd Jesse Lonis United States $105,600

4th George Wolff United States $88,000

5th Aram Oganyan United States $70,400

6th Allan Le United States $52,800

7th Darren Elias United States $44,000

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Meet poker champ Phil Hellmuth at Rivers Casino Schenectady

Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady is hosting world-renowned poker champion Phil Hellmuth on Monday, 21 August, in advance of the nationally televised Poker Night in America's visit to the casino.

Hellmuth will be signing copies of his newly-released book, "Poker Brat," in the Rivers Casino Poker Room from 5 to 6 p.m. The public is welcome to attend; copies of "Poker Brat" will be available for purchase.

Hellmuth will be joined on Tuesday, 22 August by poker legends Doug Polk, Daniel Cates and Frank Kassela. The four greats of poker will star in the first ever Poker Night in America $200K heads-up, winner-take-all King of the Hill competition in front of a live audience in Van Slyck's entertainment lounge, just off the Rivers gaming floor, on 22-23 August.

Each player has put up $50,000 of his own money for the King of the Hill, bracket-style competition. Poker fans are encouraged to attend, or tune in via live stream at Twitch.

Poker Night in America will follow up the King of the Hill action with filming of its flagship $25/$50 No-Limit Cash Game at Van Slyck's entertainment lounge on 24 and 25 August. Local players will be competing with some of the biggest pros in the game on a live streamed and televised table.

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Phil Hellmuth aiming to 'change humanity'

LAS VEGAS -- Whether it's sitting at the ESPN featured table under the hot lights, or bumping into a reporter in the hallways of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and taking part in an impromptu interview, Hellmuth's bravado gauge is always on full.

You want salacious statements and audacious assertions? President Trump has got nothing on the Poker Brat.

Hellmuth busted in the World Series of Poker Main Event on Day 2C, but was back at the Rio on Thursday for a book signing. He says he is being told by friends that his new autobiography — titled, simply, Poker Brat, The Story of the World's Greatest Poker Player, — is "way too personal" and that people "can't put it down."

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Poker pro Phil Hellmuth wins Pittsburgh Poker Open at Rivers Casino

In the wee hours of Monday morning, at approximately 4 a.m., poker pro Phil Hellmuth added another award to his expansive trophy shelf. The world-renowned player beat 254 entrants to win the Main Event of the Pittsburgh Poker Open at Rivers Casino.

This was Hellmuth’s first tournament win since 2012. He is arguably the most widely recognized face in poker and is known around the world as the “Poker Brat.” With 13 World Series of Poker (WSOP) wins, Hellmuth holds the record for most WSOP bracelets.

The prize pool for the 19-day series of games totaled more than $247,350. For his victory, Hellmuth collected more than $54,000, plus a crystal trophy presented by Rivers Casino.

In the final table, Hellmuth defeated the 2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Baker. As the runner-up, Baker’s consolation prize was $40,000.

Portions of the Pittsburgh Poker Open Main Event were filmed for future episodes of “Poker Night in America.” Prior to the Main Event, Hellmuth and other pros — including Jennifer Tilly, Greg Mueller and more — played in a high-stakes cash game that will be featured on “Poker Night in America.” Season two of the nationally televised cable and web series will begin on Jan. 1, 2015, with the Pittsburgh episodes anticipated to air at the end of March.

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The Phil Hellmuth cold shower for ALS

It all started on the web and, as is increasingly the case, the initiative has become a worldwide scale. They keep the cold showers on social networks, where ordinary characters and Vip keep alive the chain of Ice Bucket Challenge video where users pour a bucket of water on him, giving and inviting them to donate funds for research on ALS.

A reminder that the poker world has not remained unaffected. Among the first to accept the invitation there was Phil Hellmuth, record-won tournaments at the World Series and one of the most popular players in the world, which has so many urged his colleagues to do likewise.

He followed Ty Stewart, director of the WSOP, which has "appointed" i "november nine", the nine players who will play in two months the world title in Las Vegas.

Antonio Esfandiari also responded to the call, one of the most successful players on the planet (it has grossed about 26 million dollars playing poker) and also follow many other professional players. We do not know yet the extent of their donations, but given their bank accounts will hopefully have been up to the task.

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