Better Late Than Never

Upholding his tradition of arriving to WSOP events at the last possible moment, Phil Hellmuth has just taken his seat to begin Day 1 with four levels of play already in the books.

While other players have already moved their stacks into the five-figure realm, Hellmuth has the original 4,500 starting stack to work with, which is good for 22.5 big blinds at the moment.

Although this strategy of forgoing a tournament's early stages is debatable, what is beyond dispute is Hellmuth's dominance over WSOP competition, and with a record-setting 13 gold bracelets to his credit already, nobody can question the "Poker Brat" and his remarkable ability to run a stack up in a hurry.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Phil Hellmuth	4,500 4,500	4,500