Layne Style!

Date: 2004.02.01 | Category: Hand Of The Week | By: Phil Hellmuth   

This is the first Hand of the Week” that Mr. Hellmuth has allowed me to write 100% on my own. How fitting that it has pocket nines involved as we all know; and I mean, we all know who this hand really belongs to; right Phil’

It was the 2002 WSOP (World Series of Poker). I had won the first no limit tournament which had 628 or so players in it. The talk was, “Oh Layne won another no limit, yada, yada, so what right.” Now comes the second no limit tournament with 549 players and I find myself in contention to win another bracelet.

We come to a close on the first day and after a hard day of playing and drinking–these tournaments require solid focus, hence the drinking–I look up, after paying little attention to the other tables to see how tough the road to victory is about to be. I mean, how much worse could it be! I already had Johnny Chan to my right and Eric Siedel to my left! (This tournament really showed me again, that no limit does bring out the best at the WSOP and they do rise to the occasion.)