2022 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
12345
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j4
Prize
$1,449,103
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,362,000
Total Entries
112
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
101
Players Left
41
Players Left 1 / 112

Hellmuth Gets Short Within Two Hands; Jibes With Friedman

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Seven Card Stud

Phil Hellmuth had already mucked his board while Dave Rogers meshed his cards together, exposing {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{j-Spades}{j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for a full house. Both engaged in some table chat and Rogers admitted he already had too many chips of his short stack invested and put Hellmuth on "maybe a pair of tens".

Dave Rogers: {x-}{x-} / {j-Spades}{9-Spades} folded on fourth
Phil Hellmuth: {x-}{x-} / {6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{j-} folded on sixth
Brian Yoon: {x-}{x-} / {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

The next stud hand followed shortly thereafter in which Brian Yoon completed and received two callers. Yoon paired his king right away on fourth to bet and Hellmuth was the only caller. Another bet by Yoon and call by Hellmuth followed on fifth before Yoon bet sixth to force out Hellmuth.

More bad news for Hellmuth came shortly after when an animated discussion with Adam Friedman from one table over unfolded.

Apparently, both had a discussion about the mark-up charged by Hellmuth for this very event in which the 16-time WSOP gold bracelet winner entered in the last level of the registration period.

Hellmuth was heard remarking "Why would you try to tilt me in the $50k you motherf*****" to Friedman.

The spat was still going on a few minutes later.

"Don't ever come up to me in a tournament again. Even the guys at my table are saying you're out of line," he said. "Just know you'll never win as much as me so there's probably some jealousy going on."

"Come on bud," Matthew Gonzales said to Hellmuth in an attempt to defuse the situation.

Tags: Adam FriedmanBrian YoonDave RogersPhil Hellmuth