2006 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Captures Tenth WSOP Bracelet
It was a long time coming for the man affectionatly known as the Poker Brat, but finally Palo Alto, CA poker player and World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth won his tenth WSOP bracelet, tying up the record for the most bracelets currently held by Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan.
Last year the three way race was between Chan, the first to win to a tenth bracelet, and Brunson, the second, and Hellmuth, who had to wait till this year to do it. Hellmuth’s recent role as co-host on Celebrity Poker Showdown has caused many to criticize him as a serious poker pro, but those arguments should be laid to rest now.. …
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Useful poker information:
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
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