“It was the one tournament that Chip and Doyle showed up for. “I’ve wanted a deuce-to-seven bracelet ever since the 1980s because it was the coolest bracelet to win,” Hellmuth told PokerGO. Hellmuth said he was excited to win a bracelet in No-limit 2-7, a favorite of high-stakes cash game players such as Brunson and Chip Reese when Hellmuth entered the poker world. (The WSOP awards trophy bracelets for tournament victories.) Hellmuth, the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion, now has six more bracelets than his next closest rivals - Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey. Hellmuth extended his record by winning his 16th WSOP bracelet late Sunday at the Rio, defeating a field of 272 entries in Event 31, the $1,500 buy-in No-limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, to take home $84,951.
Phil Hellmuth has put even more distance between himself and his peers at the World Series of Poker. Phil Hellmuth after winning his 16th World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in No-limit 2-7 Lowball Draw on Sunday, Oct.
