Phil Hellmuth tries to keep it positive on social media. But a bad beat elimination from a recent 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) event caused the "Poker Brat" to rant.
The 17-time bracelet winner posted a three-minute video shortly after busting on Day 2 from Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. In that clip, he expressed frustration two weeks into a long WSOP.
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With roughly 15,000 in the pot on a 5♥2♦Q♠ flop, Joni Jouhkimainen checked from the cutoff over to Tom Vogelsang on the button. Vogelsang bet 8,000, and Jouhkimainen check-raised to 39,700, which Vogelsang called.
Jouhkimainen then moved all in for 74,000 on the 4♠ turn, which Vogelsang called.
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♥Q♥6♣3♠ 
Tom Vogelsang: Q♦J♠10♦9♠
Jouhkimainen had made a straight on the turn, and when the 8♣ river didn't help Vogelsang, he shipped a stack of chips over to Jouhkimainen.
After a series of bets, Dylan Weisman had maneuvered his stack of roughly 150,000 into the middle preflop and was at risk versus Samuel Stein.
Dylan Weisman: A♠A♥Q♦8♥
Samuel Stein: A♣A♦K♣2♦
Weisman was drawing dead on the 7♥8♣5♣J♣ turn, which gave Stein the nut flush, and Weisman was up and out of his seat before the K♦ had even completed the board.
Billy Tarango raised to 20,000 in the hijack, and Tong Li in the cutoff and Dylan Weisman on the button both called. Youness Barakat then three-bet to 10,600 from the small blind, which only Tarango and Weisman called.
The action checked to Weisman on the Q♠10♣10♠ flop, who bet 9,000. Barakat called, and Tarango folded before the action checked through on the 5♠ turn.
Barakat then led for pot on the 8♣ river, betting 53,600. Weisman considered the situation, but ultimately folded.
Anatoly Zlotnikov raised to 2,000 from under the gun, and Ka Kwan Lau three-bet to 6,900 in the cutoff. Tom Vogelsang called in the big blind, and Zlotnikov called too.
Vogelsang checked on the 4♥9♣7♠ flop, but Zlotnikov opted to bet pot, putting 21,500 into the middle. Lau potted it again, Vogelsang folded, and Zlotnikov called, putting him all in for roughly 90,000.
Anatoly Zlotnikov: 10♣8♦6♥5♥
Ka Kwan Lau: A♥J♦10♠9♠
Zlotnikov had a huge wrap against Lau's pair of nines and gutshot. The board was completed by the Q♠ turn and the Q♦ river, missing all of his outs and eliminating Zlotnikov.
Arthur Morris raised in early position, and after Ze Yu Li called in the hijack, Sean Rafael and Ricardo Alvarado came along in the blinds.
The action checked through on a 3♣4♦Q♣ flop, prompting Rafael to lead out for pot on the 10♦ turn, putting 8,600 into the middle. Morris called, but the other two players folded.
The J♥ river saw the action check through once again. Rafael tabled K♦J♠10♠10♣ for a turned set, and Morris mucked his hand.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Samuel Stein raised in early position, which was called by Jose Scarano, one seat to his left and Roussos Koliakoudakis in the small blind. Lautaro Guerra then three-bet to 9,000 from the big blind, which all three of his opponents called.
The action checked to Scarano on the 6♦9♣3♥ flop, who bet 12,000. Koliakoudakis folded, but Guerra check-raised to 72,000. Stein then three-bet all in, putting his 144,800 into the pot. Scarano also moved all in, for 140,000, before Guerra moved his 144,600 in as well.
Jose Scarano: 6♠6♣5♦4♣
Lautaro Guerra: A♥A♦10♦9♦
Samuel Stein: 8♣7♦5♣4♦
Stein took the lead on the 7♣ turn, hitting a straight, and stayed out in front on the 10♣ river, improving to a flush and eliminating two in the process.
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