Phil Hellmuth — Michele Lewis

WSOPE Proves Strange Poker Events

February 1, 2009 By Michele Lewis Leave a Comment

For those of you who were too drunk to watch the WSOPE after the Super Bowl last night, you missed some crazy, wild poker playing. Here are a few things worth mentioning:

Scotty Nguyen playing quietly without a beer or a “hey baby.”

Phil Hellmuth acting like a gentleman.

Phil Laak playing the best hand post flop. Twice .

Dealers burning and turning without a twenty minute delay.

But special thanks to Gary Loveland and his responsible gaming commercial to provide some familiarity to our weekly dose of poker.

Too bad for any typos, I’m tired.

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It’s Official… Tiffany Michelle is a Ho

July 13, 2008 By Michele Lewis Leave a Comment

Tiffany Michelle wanted to match Maria Ho’s 2007 WSOP 38th place so that she could also be a Ho. Another mission complete as they are now down to 36 players in the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Michelle is currently 7th in chips trailing the leader Brandon Cantu. Oooo, Oooo, Oooo.

In related news, Gert Anderson is hot on Cantu’s heels looking to win millions and millions of dollars. I just hope if Andersen wins… he doesn’t burn through the bills as fast as Arthur Andersen (circa 2000 something).

And in totally related news… like him or not, Phil Hellmuth is outta of the race.

And in kind of related news that isn’t Gary Gnews… check out my latest Girl on Girl Interview. Or you can watch the Gary Gnu Show after the jump. Because we all know… no gnews is good gnews…

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Phil Hellmuth: Last Champion Standing in 2008 WSOP Main Event

July 13, 2008 By Michele Lewis 3 Comments

Phil Hellmuth is the last former champ standing in the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Hellmuth will start Day 6 in the penalty box for ~~being kind enough to teach another player not to risk losing the World Series of Poker playing crappy cards~~ berating another player.

Other notables are Brandon Cantu, Tiffany Michelle, Mike Matusow and Alex Outhred.

According to Nolan Dalla the top ten in chips are copied and pasted as follows:

Mark	Ketteringham	Los Angeles	California	5,800,000
Nikolay	Losev	Moscow	Russia	4,058,000
Albert	Kim	Staten Island	New York	3,734,000
Tiffany	Michelle	Los Angeles	California	3,438,000
Dennis	Phillips	St. Louis	Missouri	3,436,000
Aaron	Gordon	Brighton	England	3,369,000
Jamal	Kunbuz		Venezuela	3,327,000
Terry	Lade	Ormond Beach	Florida	3,225,000
Jeremy	Joseph	Buffalo	New York	3,100,000
Alfredo	Fernandez	Miami	Florida	3,053,000

See the rest after the jump

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WSOP: Hellmuth Marches On, Cunningham is Lucky & Tiffany Michelle Calls in Sick

July 12, 2008 By Michele Lewis 1 Comment

2008 WSOP Main Event Day Five: Phil Hellmuth is still playing because wearing militia gear is lucky. And we all know Hellmuth says you have to be lucky to win these tournaments or he would own enough gold bracelets to equate his weight. It’s been a while since I worked at the circus but I’m guessing Hellmuth weighs about 216.

I asked Tiffany Michelle if she called in sick at Pokernews which wouldn’t be very smart because her boss might see that on ESPN. She said "I told them I would do interviews on break but they won’t let me!" Well, it’s good to hear a boss or two (Tony G and John Caldwell) know a bit about poker. Dear Mr. Caldwell and Mr. G, now that you know your employee is skipping out on work to play poker… you can get her updates here.

Michelle also said… "I want to be the last Ho standing, you know because "Ho" was the last woman standing last year. I want to be like her." Well, Maria Ho would be flattered to hear that statement and I think I could introduce you to her… wait… aren’t you two dating? Oh great, I just read WCP. Why am I sharing a brain with those guys. OK, so go here to read a bit more of the MicHo* relationship and here to read Girl on Girl with Michelle and Ho. Note to WCP… MicHo is my Trademark (TM).

Finally, Allen Cunningham (photo right) may be proving his 2007 WSOP Main Event final table appearance was not a fluke. Even though this will make Cunningham’s fifth cash at the 2008 WSOP and he has five WSOP bracelets… everybody knows you have to get lucky to win because Phil Hellmuth said so.

*MicHo – the relationship between Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho which is a spoof on Benifer and all of those other stupid combo relationship names that make for lazy typing.

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Alex Outhred “Got Lucky” & Day 4 WSOP

July 11, 2008 By Michele Lewis Leave a Comment

It’s Day 4 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event and Alex Outhred is doing well with 326K in chips. I ran into Outhred at the Ante Up for Africa party at Pure Nightclub last week where we discussed his last minute entry into the WSOP Main Event. Outhred said “I wanted to play Day 1D and I got lucky in that I bought the last seat.” Or at least the last seat they were selling that day as they opened more seats late in Day 1C. Outhred was backed by someone who was really impressed after watching him play.

Poker media peeps: Tiffany Michelle. Read about Jeremiah Smith here.

Also eyeing the bracelet… Phil Hellmuth, Evelyn Ng with over 400k, Chip Jett, Robert Mizrachi, and Stephane Hornet (with the great last name).

Speaking of backers… my Main Event backer, Jolyne Thompson, will be grinding out Day 4. Thompson and I met in Houston a few years back while playing poker. She’s one of the few in Las Vegas that knows how I play so it was very flattering when she offered to back me. Especially since she was originally a dealer.

And it was no surprise to Gary Friedlander and David Angel making Day 4 either as they’ve been playing Texas Holdem in Texas forever.

Filed Under: WSOP Tagged With: 2008 WSOP Main Event, Evelyn Ng, Phil Hellmuth, tiffany michelle

Main Event Day 3 Gets to the Money

July 10, 2008 By Michele Lewis Leave a Comment

Shuffle up and deal will be announced shortly and the remaining 855 players of the 2008 WSOP Main Event will duke it out for money. The 2008 WSOP Main Event will pay 666 players and I would imagine most are looking to “just get in the money.” But there are players with bigger goals than a 100% (and change) return on their investment.

David Angel, who my father-in-law says is one the best poker players he has ever played, is still in and I can promise you… he’s not looking to win 20k. And neither should Day 2B chip leaders Peter Biebel, Alex Outhred, Baja Kattamuri and Steven Goosen. Hopefully, players with an M over 100 are feeling confident enough to play their “A” game while staying humble. Outhred, who teaches at the WSOP Academy, knows this and should be the one to watch. One thing is for sure… Phil Hellmuth is sitting on 196K and we all know the money is nice but he has his eye on winning some WSOP jewelry.