Phil Hellmuth may be one of the greatest tournament poker players of all-time, but the 17-time bracelet winner had a less-than-stellar performance in a private sit-and-go hosted by his All-In Podcast "besties" in Las Vegas.
The six-player sit-and-go, which took place over F1 weekend in the Venetian Poker Studio and recently premiered on YouTube, saw Hellmuth compete against podcast hosts and tech entrepreneurs Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg, all of whom are good friends of Hellmuth, as well as high-stakes pros Alan Keating and Jason Koon.
Despite his short-handed experience and record-setting first-place finishes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Hellmuth was the first to fall in what Calacanis dubbed the first "Bestie Invitational Tournament.