Still no 12th bracelet for Hellmuth

Event #51 of World Series of Poker 2008 was yet another chance for Phil Hellmuth to break his ownworld record and getting even further away from other players competing for owning the most WSOP gold bracelets. The $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. format, with 803 entrants was on the menu, Hellmuth starting with the 2nd biggest stack:

Final table:

Seat Name
Chip Count
1. James Schaaf $392,000
2. Matt Grapenthien $46,000
3. Sam Silverman $310,000
4. Phil Hellmuth $400,000
5. Jason Dollinger $346,000
6. Tommy Hang $680,000
7. Victor Ramdin $78,000
8. Esther Rossi $166,000

With 4 players left it looked quite promising for Hellmuth, especially after he eliminated Rossi in 4th: Hellmuth raised and shortstacked Rossi announced an all-in! Hellmuth's 'reading abilities' were correct this time and his was marginally ahead ( but still ahead ) against from Rossi! Hellmuth holds and we are left with final 3!
Hellmuth was feeling more comfortable than ever, but... not today Phil! Omaha/8, Phil calls a preflop all-in while being covered with against .
Board rolls out -- and Hellmuth makes quite a silent exit, taking home $93,168.
Tommy Hang and James Schaaf both had around 1,200,000 chips when heads-up started, but it was James Schaaf who's taking home a gold bracelet! Final blow came in a Stud/8 format, when Hang's trip 7s were dominated against trip 8's from Schaaf, which meant James Schaaf wins his first bracelet!

Final results:

1. James Schaaf $256,412
2. Tommy Hang $158,933
3. Phil Hellmuth $93,168
4. Esther Rossi $68,505
5. Jason Dollinger $54,804
6. Sam Silverman $42,966
7. Annand "Victor" Ramdin $32,992
8. Matt Grapenthien $27,511
9. Edward Brogdon $22,031