Hellmuth Makes a Gaga Entrance
Sometime back Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth has resolved to give up his overbearing ways and turn a new leaf. When he did not appear at this year’s Las Vegas WSOP Main Event in a fancy dress we thought he had taken his resolution seriously. However this reassessment proved to be short lived. Just before the London WSOPE Main Event Hellmuth Tweeted, “Today maybe my best entrance ever! Video soon: Red double decker bus, 16 membr big band, 11 models dressd like Lady Gaga singing Poker face!”
True to his word Leicester Square was given the full treatment of 11 scantily clad Lady Gaga look-alikes gyrating suggestively to the suggestive lyrics of Poker Face. Of all the double entendres in that hit number the best was “Cause I’m bluffin’ with my muffin”. After finishing their song and dance routine they dutifully lined up when a smug looking Hellmuth joined them and posed for photographs. Then all of them entered the Casino at the Empire.
The number 11 refers to the number of WSOP bracelets that Hellmuth has won. And he has been stuck at that number for a while. At the WSOPE 2007 Main Event he entered with 12 girls dressed up as London policewomen in anticipation of his winning the twelfth bracelet. This time it is a good thing he stuck to what he has because his exit from the Empire was as ignominious as his entry had been grand. He bust on Day 1A itself, being beaten by last woman standing at the 2008 WSOP Main Event, Leo Margets. The Poker Brat knows how to take it on the chin. He Tweeted, “WSOPE: good entrance, bad exit! People went GaGa for my entrance, but sadly I was eliminated Day 1. Made 2 costly mistakes. Now flying home”.
Meanwhile at the time of writing, the Main Event is heading to an exciting close. 22 players are still in the fray. The chip leader is Ronald Lee from the United States. Notable names include Viktor Bloom, Phil Ivey and Hoyt Corkins, all huddled at places 5, 6 and 7. This is Ivey’s great chance to wrap up his prop bet. Incidentally Gus Hansen won the Heads Up and his first bracelet earlier at WSOPE.
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