Phil Hellmuth's Son Wins Set Over Set Over Set in WSOP Circuit Event
Phillip Hellmuth III, the son of 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, won a wild hand with pocket aces during a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas.
On Sunday, Hellmuth wrote on social media that he was headed to Las Vegas with his two sons, Hellmuth III and Nicholas, to play poker tournaments. Philip III had a hot start during Day 1b of the $600 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em event as he found himself in a three-way all-in with the best starting hand in poker.
"Online Hand in Real Life"
According to Hellmuth III, who relayed the action to PokerNews via text, he was all in preflop for 55,000 against a shorter stack and a player who had both of them covered. That player turned over pocket kings to crush the pocket tens of the shorter stack, but both were drawing thin to the pocket aces of Hellmuth III.
A ten on the flop of 10♠3♦J♠ was great news for the short stack, but the K♣ turn gave the big stack the lead with a bigger set as a double knockout seems imminent. Instead, the dealer put down the A♦ river to give Hellmuth III a near triple up in what he described as an "online hand in real life."
The Poker Brat's son's good fortune wasn't over. He told PokerNews he won another set over set cooler later on to bring his stack to 302,000. Should he win the event, he'll be the first Hellmuth with a Circuit ring.
As of publishing, the Day 1b flight of the $600 Monster Stack had 54 players remaining out of 260 runners, according to the WSOP+ app.
Meanwhile, Hellmuth is across the street in the PokerGO Studio playing in a $10,100 event at the PokerGO Tour (PGT) Last Chance series running Jan. 5-10.
