Phil Hellmuth goes for Record Tying 10th Bracelet in $5000 NL

Filed in archive Tournament News on July 6, 2006

Phil Hellmuth will go for his record tying 10th WSOP bracelet at the final table of the $5000 no limit holdem tournament. According to Poker Wire, the final table chip counts are as follows:

Chip Leaders - [Event 9] $5000 No Limit Hold'em (Day 2)
Place Name Chip Count
1 Quoc Al 'Vinnie' Vinh 784,000
2 Phil Hellmuth Jr. 461,000
3 Marcel Luske 458,000
4 Isabelle Mercier 301,000
5 Jeff Cabanillas 275,000
6 Douglas Carli 273,000
7 Eugene Todd 240,000
8 Thomas Schreiber 200,000
9 Dan Smith 117,000

The winner will take home $818,546, the largest prize of this years WSOP so far.