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Phil Hellmuth went out in 20th place on Monday at the $5,000 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship and collected $22,200. He lost a coin flip with ace-queen against the pocket jacks of Nick Pupillo, with three tables left.
The event drew 510 entries and built a $2,346,000 prize pool. Hellmuth began Day 3 with 18 big blinds, 22nd among the 29 returning players. By the time Shannon Shorr left in 21st for $19,500, he held the smallest stack.
On X, Hellmuth called the result very disappointing but said he has no regrets about how he played this event. A few weeks ago he took 42nd for $11,400 at the WPT Bay 101 stop in San Jose, which PokerNews describes as his first WPT Championship cash since 2019. He ended his video by saying, "See you in Canada next."
With nine players left, Pupillo leads with 6,400,000 chips, ahead of Nick Yunis with 4,155,000 and Daniyal Gheba with 3,270,000. Only six will reach the final table, which starts at noon Las Vegas time on Tuesday, November 10. The champion receives $446,800, including a $10,400 entry to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
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