It's clear to anyone who has watched him play that Hellmuth marches to the beat of his own drum when it comes to the game he has had so much success in, and his play late in the WPT Legends was no exception. After he beat Polk and Cates to win the belt and the $200,000 top prize, many were questioning how he was able to do it, with more poker fans starting to believe in the power of Hellmuth's 'white magic.'įast forward to this week's WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino.

He told the World Poker Tour after Day 4 of the just completed WPT Legends of Poker that it was funny how much press that win got, even more than some of his big tournament wins.

In that epic match, Hellmuth got all the way down to 5,800 chips from the 100,000-chip starting stack and managed to come all the way back to win. In a best-of-three format, Hellmuth took the first match and Cates won the second, sending the battle to a third game. He beat Doug Polk in the single-match first round, only to face Daniel 'Jungleman' Cates in final round. In Poker Night in America's 'King of the Hill' Heads-Up challenge, Hellmuth defeated two players touted as two of the toughest heads-up competitors in all of poker. His most recent win, though it only had four runners, was significant. He has over $21 million in tournament earnings to his credit and 56 first-place finishes listed on Hendon Mob. He holds the record for most WSOP bracelets by four with 14.

And results, Phil Hellmuth has plenty of.

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