November Niner to be coached by Phil Hellmuth

CardPlayer editor Jeff Shulman is one of the nine players who will be returning to the final table for the WSOP Main event this November. To ready himself for the event, Shulman has hired Phil Hellmuth to be his poker coach.

Hellmuth is a great choice for coaching Shulman as he has won eleven WSOP bracelets and has vast experience at the Main Event final table. Both have been friends for some time and have worked together on the business side of poker.

Shulman commented on working with Hellmuth, stating: “Phil just has such a way of thinking about winning that I knew he would be a great resource. We’re going to talk about final-table strategy, analyze the tapes, and work on my play.”

When final table play begins, Shulman will come back sitting fourth in chips. He has 19,580,000 and the felt blinds will begin at 120k/240k. as he is pretty close to the top in chips counts, Shulman may make it pretty far, possibly win, with the help of poker pro Phil Hellmuth.

Below is a list of the final table players and the chips counts for when the Main Event continues this November:

Darvin Moon 58,930,000
Eric Buchman 34,800,000
Steven Begleiter 29,885,000
Jeff Shulman 19,580,000
Joseph Cada 13,215,000
Kevin Schaffel 12,390,000
Phil Ivey 9,765,000
Antoine Saout 9,500,000
James Akenhead 6,800,000