Phil Hellmuth has made some huge photographs all through his profession – on the poker felt and the basketball court docket.
In 2017, the Poker Hall of Famer guess a number of gamers $1,500 at 10 to 1 that he may make a three-pointer with none warm-up. He made the shot and picked up $15,000.
On Tuesday, The Poker Brat took one other three-point try, however with fairly a distinct consequence.
He posted a video on twitter of him touring the previous residence of Michael Jordan with Rush Street Interactive and BetRivers CEO Richard Schwartz. While in the home’s gymnasium, Hellmuth determined to run it again and try one other “cold” three-pointer.
After grabbing a ball, Hellmuth took off his earphones and jacket to arrange for the shot. He then turned his hat round backwards after discovering a pleasant spot on the high of the faculty three-point arc.
“One shot for all the glory,” Schwartz stated as Hellmuth ready.
After bouncing the ball a number of instances, the 17-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner let it fly. The outcomes have been fairly completely different than in 2017. The shot was a whole airball and flew under the web. Sticking to the unique plan, Hellmuth didn’t strive the shot once more.
“Use it,” he stated, pointing at Schwartz behind the digicam. “I don’t care. It was ugly.”
The end result introduced loads of laughs and needling from followers. One famous that Hellmuth’s “shooting form is the basketball equivalent of limping with aces.”
Another follower added: “Phil, that may have been a worse shot than 90% of all seventh graders in the U.S. – male and female.” Watch the shot under.
At the outdated home of quantity 23, I hearth a COLD 3-point shot: no heat up shot.
W Richard Schwartz, CEO/Founder of @BetRivers #POSITIVITY pic.twitter.com/lDCeTmaDI5
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) February 26, 2025
Basketball has been an enormous a part of Hellmuth’s life over the previous few years, not less than as a fan. The Palo Alto resident recurrently attends Golden State Warriors video games and has develop into shut with the possession and gamers.
He performs in a house sport with Warriors proprietor Chamath Palihapitiya and gave energy ahead Draymond Green some poker assist in 2018.
In January, Hellmuth turned an envoy for BetRivers, Rush Street Interactive’s new on-line poker website. Additionally, he not too long ago introduced that he received’t play the WSOP Main Event anymore, noting that enjoying “12 hour days, or longer, for six to seven days in a row is brutal and disproportionately affects older players.”
