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Defending champ eliminated at World Series of Poker
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Defending World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel, right, greets poker player Andrew Robl before play in the $25,000-buy-in Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship event May 31. Duhamel was eliminated Monday from the Main Event. » Buy this photo
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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Jul. 13, 2011 | 9:37 a.m.
Defending World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel of Canada was eliminated Monday, assuring the poker world there will be new title holder in 2011.
Former champions Johnny Chan, Scotty Nguyen, and Dan Harrington were also eliminated.
Phil Hellmuth Jr., an 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the 1989 champion, provided the most entertaining entrance Monday.
He overslept, thinking he was playing on Tuesday.
Hellmuth rushed over to the Rio after being awakened by hotel security at Aria. He made it to his seat, but not before his chip stack had been blinded down to about 7,000.
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Other than the cash games where he plays with his own money and walks away with huge piles of other people's money.
Dude, nobody said he "used the RJ as a guide." He MAY have read the article, with its factual error about the scheduling, and that planted the thought. Hellmuth plays more poker in a week than you'll play in a year, and he's always on the go. It's totally conceivable that a top pro could space out on the date. Heck, a few days ago one player came back from dinner break and couldn't find his table. The Floor manager had to call out, "Dealers, does anybody have a black sweater hanging over an empty chair at your table". Vegasdude, you need to get over your unhealthy obsession with Hellmuth and get a real life.
I seriously doubt Hellmuth used the RJ as a guide to when he was supposed to play. Anyone that pays $10,000 to play in a tournament knows damnnn well when his day to play is. Problem is, Hellmuth always plays with someone else's money, so he doesn't give a crapola.
The original story by Howard "What's that mean, 'Fact Checking'?" Stutz which got the days wrong was published on 7/10. They finally corrected it on Tuesday, 7/12, after the fact. PS: It's funny that his name is spelled wrong (Stutx) in the byline above this story. Let's see how long it takes to correct that.
Maybe he read it in the RJ. They published a story which got the starting days wrong. Days 1A and 1C combined to 2A, and days 1B and 1D combined to 2B. However an RJ story last weekend said that 1A and 1B would combine to 2A and 1C and 1D would combine to 2B. Hellmuth had the same mistaken belief.
Ha! Ha! Hellmuth is such a putz. Couldn't have happened to a better person.