While he’s won a record 16 World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets, Poker Hall of Famer Phil Hellmuth has never won WSOP Player of the Year, though he’s come close on several occasions.
Just last year he set a 52-year WSOP record with seven final table appearances, but his stellar performance wasn’t enough to win POY as Josh Arieh claimed it with 4,194.59 points. Hellmuth took second place with 3,720.01 while Daniel Negreanu ended up in third place at 3,531.03 points. In total, Hellmuth entered 34 events, bought in for $448,379, and cashed out for $1,248,860, for a net profit of $800,481.