Phil Hellmuth Wins Pittsburgh Poker Open Main EventPoker Hall Of Famer Captures 45th Tournament Title |
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The 2014 Pittsburgh Poker Open $1,100 main event at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, PA has been won by one of the living legends of Poker, Phil Hellmuth. The 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 1989 World Champion earned $54,000 for winning the 45th tournament title of his career.
The “Poker Brat” defeated David Baker heads-up for the win. The final table was an incredibly star-studded affair, with Matt Glantz joining Hellmuth and Baker in the top four.
Earlier last week Hellmuth joined fellow Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu in doing commentary on ESPN’s coverage of the 2014 WSOP main event final table,
According to a post Hellmuth made on Twitter following the event this tournament wasn’t the only thing he won lat week.
Surreal week: won a 2015 Corvette Stingray, filmed ESPN</a> live coverage of <a href="https://twitter.com/WSOP">WSOP, filmed @PokerNightTV and won Pittsburgh Open Main Event!
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) November 17, 2014
With this latest win Hellmuth’s career tournament earnings grew to $17,778,251. He remains the seventh-highest earning player in live poker tournament history.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Phil Hellmuth | $54,414 | 408 |
| 2 | David Baker | $40,813 | 340 |
| 3 | Joseph Couden | $19,788 | 272 |
| 4 | Matt Glantz | $17,315 | 204 |
| 5 | Derek Dempsey | $14,841 | 170 |
| 6 | Mike Marzano | $12,368 | 136 |
| 7 | Bob Steinstraw | $9,894 | 102 |
| 8 | Matt Bochkoris | $8,657 | 68 |
| 9 | Dave Sercoch | $7,421 | 34 |
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