Lee Davy brings you the news, and some of his views, on the 12th day of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker, including Phil Hellmuth’s march towards his 14th gold bracelet, Olivier Busquet leading a pro heavy field in the Millionaire Maker, and Daniel Negreanu makes it through to Day 2 of the Limit Hold’em Six-Max event.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. loves proving people wrong. There was a time when he walked around the Rio with the words ‘one trick pony’ sewn into the inside of his baseball cap. He’s going to have unstitch that label. The most successful player in World Series of Poker (WSOP) history, is becoming a two trick pony.

Razz is his new thing. In 2012, he won the $2,500 version of the event, last year he lost a dominating chip lead position to finish runner-up to Ted Forrest in the $1,500 version of the game, and this year the $10,000 Razz Championship is the event we start talking about his 14th gold bracelet attempt.

There are 12-players remaining from a starting field of 103 (a 9% drop in field size year-on-year). Hellmuth poised nicely in third spot. His skills aside, he is by far the most experienced player in the world when it comes to the deeper end of a WSOP event. He knows how to close these things out better than anyone.