‘Whiny’ Phil Hellmuth Vows to ‘Play Great Poker’ After Slow Start to 2025 WSOP

Phil Hellmuth has had an underwhelming begin to the 2025 World Collection of Poker (WSOP), however the all-time bracelet chief is not making any excuses.

Hellmuth has logged simply 4 small cashes and made no closing tables greater than a 3rd of the best way by the sequence. The 17-time bracelet winner’s finest consequence up to now is a Fifteenth-place end in Occasion #18: $10,000 Sellers Alternative 6-Handed Championship that earned him $22,088, simply over two buy-ins.

On Saturday, Hellmuth took to X to say that “whiny PH must take the again seat” and that ’17-Time Champion PH’ must drive the automotive by July 17.”

New Mantra for Hellmuth

In a video, Hellmuth walked his followers by his inside monologue after a tough 19 days on the WSOP.

“‘However two days in the past they blah blah blah they usually have been drawing to blah blah blah. Phil, does your loved ones have nice well being? Sure,” Hellmuth stated. “‘However every week in the past they blah blah blah and I can not consider they blah blah blah after which I performed so nice’ … Phil, are you wealthy? Sure.”

Hellmuth then obtained robust with himself, verbally noting that he has “all of the luck” and even has his son, Philip Hellmuth III, grinding a full WSOP schedule this summer time. The youthful Hellmuth booked a $7,149 money for 51st place within the $800 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack event.

“Phil, shut the f*** up. You performed nice poker. You’ve gotten all of the luck. You’ve gotten all of the luck. You’ve gotten 17 bracelets. You’ve gotten nice well being for you. You’ve gotten your son taking part in right here. Benefit from the trip a little bit bit extra. Play nice poker on daily basis. That is your mantra.”

Hellmuth’s outdated pal Daniel Negreanu has had the alternative summer time up to now. The seven-time bracelet winner has already made two closing tables, beginning off with a runner-up end in Occasion #9: $10,000 Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship 8-Handed for $313,615.

There’s nonetheless time for Hellmuth to meet up with Negreanu, particularly since he’s now not boycotting the $10,000 Major Occasion. He has greater than 50 occasions left that he can enter, loads of alternatives to show it round. The “Poker Brat” has began off slowly on the WSOP and completed robust previously. In 2018, he had a tough summer time proper till the tip when he took down the $5,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion for his Fifteenth bracelet.

On Saturday, Hellmuth performed Day 2 of Occasion #43: $1,500 Razz and was eradicated out of the cash.

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Connor Richards is an Editor & Dwell Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Exterior Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 2 World Poker Awards for his writing.