Hellmuth Wins Tenth WSOP Bracelet

“Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth. Congratulations, again you have made World Series of Poker history.” And with that, Jeffrey Pollack, the commissioner of the World Series of Poker handed Hellmuth his …

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Wed, July 26th, 2006

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