It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s conscionable Phil Hellmuth successful a faux Superman costume.
Hellmuth made his expansive entranceway to the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event connected Thursday, arriving astatine Paris Las Vegas dressed arsenic a black-and-gold Man of Steel.
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… No, It’s Phil Hellmuth!@phil_hellmuth has arrived astatine the WSOP Main Event successful the lone mode helium can.
The 17-time bracelet victor and erstwhile Main Event champion is backmost successful the building.
Can the Poker Brat triumph poker’s biggest tourney 1 much time? pic.twitter.com/2CuEvw4rAa
— WSOP - World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 3, 2026
The 17-time WSOP champion was joined by his sons Phillip III, who was successful an imitation Captain America suit, and Nick, who wore a mock Batman outfit. Professional poker subordinate Dan “Jungleman” Cates and Chris “DJ” Washburn besides joined successful dressed arsenic Marvel superheroes Angel and Deadpool, respectively, arsenic did 17 ringing girls, 1 for each of his victories astatine the WSOP.
Hellmuth walked to 1 of the ESPN diagnostic tables but was told helium was astatine the incorrect table. Instead, Nick Hellmuth played astatine the diagnostic array portion cameras followed the elder Hellmuth to 1 of the outer tables.
Phil Hellmuth, nicknamed the “Poker Brat,” ever makes a spectacle of playing the Main Event. Some of his caller cosplay characters included a 1980s stone star, a karate achromatic belt, Darth Vader, “The Greatest Showman,” and Gandalf the White from “Lord of the Rings.”
Phil Hellmuth is the lone subordinate to triumph the WSOP and WSOP Europe Main Events but hasn’t cashed successful the tourney successful Las Vegas since 2015.
He made a well-publicized broadside bet with nonrecreational poker subordinate Shaun Deeb this twelvemonth that Phillip III volition decorativeness successful the wealth of the Main Event. Should the younger Hellmuth triumph the tournament, the payoff for the stake could beryllium up to $10 million.
Hellmuth has had a quiescent bid astatine the tables, investigating affirmative for COVID past period and cashing successful 4 events. He made 1 last array and was 14th successful the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship.
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