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Phil Hellmuth Changing Game
 
July 10, 2009

Phil Hellmuth is easily one of the best poker players out there today. He has more World Series of Poker tournament wins than any other player out there and people say playing against him is an exercise in cunning and patience because he can be very skillful and very abusive as well.
 
Hellmuth has been known by less complementary terms at times because of some of the things that he says to his opponents if they make what he calls a bad move. This year the WSOP has stated that they are really going to be penalizing and removing players for “unsportsmanlike” conduct. But Hellmuth doesn’t care for he has a new strategy this year.

He says that in the past he has been known to fold much more often because he was not willing to go all in, but this year he is changing the way he plays poker. He is not looking to sit out anything and is seeking a way to bring in those players and take their money quickly. In his first hand he went all in, and took one guy out of the poker tournament.
 
By the end of the first day he had well over 120,000 chips, having started the day with 30,000. Some watching the poker game this year say that he is simply fearless and is willing to do whatever it takes to get that big win. He says that he is not worried about failing as he has “come to play” and in that process he has come to win.
 
The top prize for the World Series of Poker is $8.55 million and Hellmuth says that he thinks he has a pretty good chance of winning it this year. Those observing say that he might be right.