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Phil Hellmuth Makes Quads in WPT Venetian Fall Championship Update

The World Poker Tour’s Day 1B post linked the four-of-a-kind moment to food and the poker table.

Key points
  1. A World Poker Tour update said Phil Hellmuth made quads during Day 1B of the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship.
  2. The post was dated Nov. 7, although the official schedule listed Day 1B for Nov. 6.
  3. The $5,000 championship carried a $2 million guarantee and formed part of the WPT Fall Festival.
  4. Hellmuth said he and his son Nick were both playing the Day 1C flight on Nov. 7.

Phil Hellmuth made four of a kind during Day 1B of the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship, according to a World Poker Tour live update. The post was titled “From Day 1B: Phil Hellmuth Fuels Up and Makes Quads” and paired the hand with the line: “food really does make you lucky at the poker table.”

The update was dated Nov. 7, one day after the event’s official schedule listed the Day 1B starting flight.

The $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em WPT Fall Championship was Event 19 of the WPT Fall Festival at The Venetian Resort. It carried a $2 million guaranteed prize pool, with players receiving 50,000 starting chips and playing 60-minute levels in the opening flights.

The official festival schedule listed starting flights on Nov. 5, Nov. 6 and Nov. 7. Day 2 was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Nov. 8, followed by Day 3 on Nov. 9, when the field was to play down to six players for a PokerGO-streamed final table, and the finale on Nov. 10.

Hellmuth also posted that he was playing Day 1C on Nov. 7, with his son Nick Hellmuth in the event as well. He said he expected to begin at 6:30 p.m., while Nick would start earlier.

The championship was part of the WPT Fall Festival, which ran from Oct. 28 through Nov. 15 and advertised nearly $4 million in guaranteed prize pools across its schedule.

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