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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2011 January 11, Chad Holloway

The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continued today with 173 players and the intention of playing down to six levels or to the final 48 players, whichever came first. As fate would have it, the field reduced itself before the clock ran out and ended in the latter stage of Level 22.

Adam Geyer began the day as the chip leader and put his big stack to good use. He was one of the final 48 players, although he ended the day with just 435,000. A few others who will be joining him on Day 4 include PokerStars Team Pro (USA) member and 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker (1.636 million), Max Lehmanski (2.32 million), Mike Sowers (1.36 million), Dmitriy Stelmak (1.303 million), Ilan Rouah (1.343 million), Sam Stein (970,000), Eddy Sabat (918,000) and the Day 3 chipleader, Chris Oliver (3.675 million).

While some players thrived, many failed to survive. Among those who fell during Day 3 action were former November Niner Eric Buchman, David “Doc” Sands, Dwyte Pilgrim, Faraz Jaka, and Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Victor Ramdin, JP Kelly, Pieter de Korver, and perhaps the biggest heartbreak of the day, Greg Debora of Team PokerStars (Canada).

With 49 players remaining, Debora moved all in for his last 214,000 from under the gun and the action folded all the way to Wesley Wiemes in the big blind, who tank-called for nearly half his stack.

Debora:
Wiemes:

The flop didn’t hit Wiemes directly, but he added three more outs to a seven which would counterfeit Debora’s small pair. The dealer wrapped the table, burned a card and delivered a harmless on the turn. With all eyes on the table and everyone standing, the dealer wrapped the table one more time, burned the last card and spiked the on the river giving Wiemes a winning pair of eights and eliminating Debora from the tournament. Debora’s elimination signaled the end of the evening and brought the field down to the final 48 players.

The remaining players will return on Wednesday to reduce their number by half and determine the top 24. Action is set to resume at 12 P.M. EST here at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team then for all the latest action and eliminations.

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