Champion of the Year Chinese Pokerby Phil Hellmuth | Published: Jul 19, '08 |
 
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Posted: July 20, 2008 01:38 AM
At home, chilling out, "Champion of the Year," Chinese Poker
I am trying to chill out as much as possible, help supervise some of the clothing company stuff, and help out with our first book from "Phil's House Publishing" company-called "Deal me In" about how ten great players got their start in poker. Also, I have really been enjoying watching Greg Norman in the British Open over the first three rounds: win it Greg! Watching golf on TV helps me chill out, and recharge from a long and grueling WSOP. I plan on watching another 5 hours of golf on Sunday!
On Friday night I lost $17,000 playing Chinese poker online with Peter Nordberg, then I was losing another $20,000 plus to Rolande De Wolfe, but I got all the way to even vs. Rolande. Tonight my wife and I are heading over to our friend's house for some dinner and wine.
FYI - here is the Phil Hellmuth "Champion of the Year" standings (the top 30), as calculated by Kenneth Popkin:
Rank Name Score # of Finishes
1 David Benyamine 605 5
2 John Phan 550 4
3 Chris Ferguson 480 3
4 Erick Lindgren 420 3
5 J.C. Tran 400 4
6 Barry Greenstein 390 3
7 Andy Block 380 3
7 Erik Seidel 380 3
7 Jacobo Fernandaz 380 3
Ted Forrest 310 3
Phil Ivey 310 2
Vanessa Salbst 310 2
Farzad Rouhani 300 2
David Singer 280 2
Mike Matusow 280 2
Tommy Hang 280 2
David Kitai 270 2
Gavin Griffin 265 2
Daniel Negreanu 260 2
Hoyt Corkins 260 2
Michael DeMichele 260 2
Scotty Nguyen 260 2
Theo Tran 250 2
David Chiu 250 2
Phil Hellmuth 240 3
Brandon Cantu 240 2
Look at the names on this list! This is why I have kept doing the "Champion of the Year" award. The great players populate this list, because there are fewer tournaments in the mix that matter.
At home, chilling out, "Champion of the Year," Chinese Poker
I am trying to chill out as much as possible, help supervise some of the clothing company stuff, and help out with our first book from "Phil's House Publishing" company-called "Deal me In" about how ten great players got their start in poker. Also, I have really been enjoying watching Greg Norman in the British Open over the first three rounds: win it Greg! Watching golf on TV helps me chill out, and recharge from a long and grueling WSOP. I plan on watching another 5 hours of golf on Sunday!
On Friday night I lost $17,000 playing Chinese poker online with Peter Nordberg, then I was losing another $20,000 plus to Rolande De Wolfe, but I got all the way to even vs. Rolande. Tonight my wife and I are heading over to our friend's house for some dinner and wine.
FYI - here is the Phil Hellmuth "Champion of the Year" standings (the top 30), as calculated by Kenneth Popkin:
Rank Name Score # of Finishes
1 David Benyamine 605 5
2 John Phan 550 4
3 Chris Ferguson 480 3
4 Erick Lindgren 420 3
5 J.C. Tran 400 4
6 Barry Greenstein 390 3
7 Andy Block 380 3
7 Erik Seidel 380 3
7 Jacobo Fernandaz 380 3
Ted Forrest 310 3
Phil Ivey 310 2
Vanessa Salbst 310 2
Farzad Rouhani 300 2
David Singer 280 2
Mike Matusow 280 2
Tommy Hang 280 2
David Kitai 270 2
Gavin Griffin 265 2
Daniel Negreanu 260 2
Hoyt Corkins 260 2
Michael DeMichele 260 2
Scotty Nguyen 260 2
Theo Tran 250 2
David Chiu 250 2
Phil Hellmuth 240 3
Brandon Cantu 240 2
Look at the names on this list! This is why I have kept doing the "Champion of the Year" award. The great players populate this list, because there are fewer tournaments in the mix that matter.