Phil Hellmuth Parties Hard in Montreal

World Series of Poker record bracelet holder and spokesperson for UltimateBet.com has taken Gambling911.com reporter Thomas Somach's advise and is laying off the Jim Beam, Jack Daniel and Johnny Walker.

Instead it's diet coke and......Belvedere Vodka. 

Hellmuth was in Montreal for a poker charity this week to raise money for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Division of Neurosurgery.  A great cause indeed.  We just hope Phil doesn't get the idea to donate his organs upon his death, especially not his liver. 

Hellmuth alluded to his excessive drinking on his blog a few weeks back.

"Since the WSOP ended I have been drinking more than usual.

"Now, do not get the wrong impression. Twice I had six drinks in one night and that is the most, but generally I have two to three drinks a night.

"So I haven't been abusing alcohol. I haven't even had a hangover, but still the trend to want to drink most nights is disturbing to me.

"The cause of this drinking trend is the fact that I had a sub-par WSOP.

"For 10 straight years, at least, I made a final table at the WSOP, most years making two of them, but this year I didn't make one.

"I had the record of most years in a row at a final table and I lost that record this year. On the plus side, I did have a 14th-place finish, a 17th, a 25th and a 30th, and six cashes in total, including one in the Main Event.

"Meanwhile, I watched Ivey win two bracelets and make the November Nine. I watched Jeff Lisandro win three bracelets and a few other guys win two bracelets and then there were a few guys that had both a first and a second.

"So that makes me feel like a failure. I know that I own all of the big records at the WSOP: 11 bracelets, 41 final tables and 75 cashes, but that was then and this is now."