Fri, 01/14/2011 – 01:12 – PokerPages Staff

Eleven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Phil Hellmuth, met with officials from Full Tilt Poker at the Wynn in Las Vegas earlier this week as the speculation surrounding his future gathers pace.

Hellmuth departed UB.com at the start of the new year after nine years with the US friendly CEREUS Network poker room.

The 46 year-old announced on social networking site, Twitter, that he was meeting key figures from second largest online poker site though the nature of their business is not yet known.

Hellmuth is thought to be interested in signing for another poker room following his high profile departure. Fellow UB departee Annie Duke revealed last week that she would not be signing for another site.

The news of Phil Hellmuth’s meeting was met with a mixed reaction on TwoPlusTwo forum with some suggesting he would not be a big catch for Full Tilt considering their hugely impress roster of professionals, which includes the likes of Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan.

However, another poster thought the arrival of Hellmuth at Full Tilt would be a measured response to PokerStars signing high stakes cash game sensation, Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom.

Hellmuth revealed in an interview last week that there were several viable poker rooms he could endorse.

“Certainly I will be talking a lot to sites, whether it is PokerStars, Full Tilt, Bodog, whatever, and there is going to be a deal out there that makes the most sense to me.”

“I am not just speaking financially because is really important that I also have a good fit with the brand as well.”

Phil Hellmuth first made his mark on the poker scene in 1989 when he took down the World Series of Poker Main Event at the age of 24.

He has amassed over $9 million during his career and currently ranks in 13thth place on the PokerPages All Time Money List.

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