WSOP Day 11 & 12

The poker world has been spared what would have been an intolerable 10 or 15 years of bragging rights Phil Helmuth would have earned by winning Event #16: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship. He came alarmingly close, going into heads up with a 3-1 chip lead against eventual champion John Juanda. Fortunately the legendary Juanda was there to stop him in his tracks and win his fifth WSOP bracelet.


Junda and Helmuth Heads-Up - Photo from Pokernews

Helmuth earned the majority of his bracelet haul in the earlier days of the WSOP, when field sizes were not much different from the 126 who turned out for the 2-7 Lowball event. If he's going to start playing these types of events each year then may he does have a chance at another bracelet - lets hope there is always a John Juanda standing in his way.

There are some great write ups from the event, including the one and only Tao of Poker and the Pokernews writeup.

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