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While Hellmuth holds his head up for holding the most WSOP bracelets of anyone in the history of poker, he would still love to win the Tournament of Champions, even though it would not technically count as his 12th bracelet, UB Referral Code.

Hellmuth has had a frustrating run at the WSOP so far, with just three cashes for $70,622.  He does have two top-15 finishes, counting a final table, but for Hellmuth, also the all-time leader in number of cashes at the WSOP.  Recently, he Tweeted, “Feeling so TORTURED right now!! Busted on level 15, in 59th place… 45 get paid. Four times I played until level 14 or later, and didn’t cash.”

Hellmuth made his UB Review seat in the Tournament of Champions through the online fan vote.  He was ranked fourth among the 20 players who qualified via balloting, garnering 12,673 votes.  Before him were Phil Ivey (16,267), Daniel Negreanu (16,239), and Doyle Brunson (13,796).