Phil Hellmuth

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2017

1W·0L·0P·1 open

1.000

AVG

2.000

SLG

5.7K

SHU

+0.12

TVOA

—

SHRP

—

BNKRL

STRK

0.9

ENTR

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017

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Phil Hellmuth

I will win the World Series of Poker Main Event again

I still think I'm going to win [the World Series of Poker Main Event] sometime, and I'll tell you why. It has the best structure of any poker tournament we have... you have a lot of time to work your chips up.

Prediction Life Medium

Since this interview in 2017, Phil Hellmuth has not won the WSOP Main Event again (though he has won additional bracelets).

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017

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Phil Hellmuth

Tobey Maguire is the greatest celebrity poker player in the world

The biggest celebrity winner probably in the world is Tobey Maguire... He's really good. Ben Affleck is an excellent poker player as well, and these guys play in some high-stakes games.

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While exact earnings are private, numerous sources in the high-stakes poker world have corroborated that Maguire was the biggest winner in the legendary private games.

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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017

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Phil Hellmuth

Charles Barkley is a good gambler who just gets unlucky

I played blackjack with [Charles Barkley]. We played high stakes blackjack together recently, and he was playing really good. He was unlucky, I've got to say. He was playing perfectly. And I was playing perfectly, and I think I won $30,000, and he went the other way... but I mean, he was just unlucky.

Opinion Pop Culture Hot Subjective

Whether someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' in gambling is subjective and impossible to prove, though Barkley's massive losses are well-documented.