After having what he admitted was his worst year in poker last year, Phil Hellmuth decided some changes were in order. In his blog from February, Hellmuth hired mindset coach Sam Chauhan and had a battery of tests among other changes to get his poker game back to the when he was considered by more than himself as the best player in the world. It appears to be paying off this week, as Hellmuth has made the final table of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars Main Event Friday afternoon. Here\’s how the rest of the final table will be seated when play resumes around 4pm PT (results come from the Hendon Mob Database):
Seat 1: Hasan Habib 455,000
Seat 2: Phil Hellmuth 1,433,000
Seat 3: Andy BKiCe Seth 2,164,000
Seat 4: Matt Keikoan 371,000
Seat 5: Mclean Karr 1,112,000
Seat 6: Dan OBrien 1,129,000
Other big names who missed the final table: Scotty Nguyen (8th), \”Miami John\” Cernuto (11th), Nick Schulman (13th), Chau Giang (14th), and current WPT Player of the Year leader Faraz Jaka (18th). Live updates will be available from BJ Nemeth and the other good people over at the WorldPokerTour.com site.
In other news related to Hellmuth, Ultimate Bet has decided to cancel the 2010 Aruba Classic as they decided to expand their offerings online, including having a second Ultimate Bet Online Championship series each year.
