Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!” pulls a cage with Daniel “Jungleman” Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth tips his hat as the “The Greatest Showman!" Before his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Daniel "Jungleman" Cates arrives to make a grand entrance with Phil Hellmuth during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. Models follow and hold numbers representing his 17 gold bracelets. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Models enter and hold numbers representing Phil Hellmuth’s 17 gold bracelets as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for the entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for his entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. Models follow and hold numbers representing his 17 gold bracelets. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Models enter and hold numbers representing Phil Hellmuth’s 17 gold bracelets as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for the entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" Looks to a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates during his entrance at the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. Models follow and hold numbers representing his 17 gold bracelets. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth as the “The Greatest Showman!" with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates during his entrance at the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. Models follow and hold numbers representing his 17 gold bracelets. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Models enter and hold numbers representing Phil Hellmuth’s 17 gold bracelets as the “The Greatest Showman!" pulls a cage with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates for the entrance during the final starting flight of World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the Horseshoe on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Phil Hellmuth turned the World Series of Poker Main Event into a circus Thursday.
The 17-time WSOP champion arrived at Horseshoe Las Vegas for Flight 1D of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship in cosplay as P.T. Barnum from the 2017 movie “The Greatest Showman.”
Hellmuth towed a cage behind him with professional poker player Daniel “Jungleman” Cates inside dressed as a lion. There were also 17 women with cat makeup in a single-file line, one for each of his wins at the WSOP.
Hellmuth’s grand entrance has become a tradition at the Main Event. Last year, he arrived dressed as Darth Vader and was eliminated less than two hours later.
It has been a successful summer for Hellmuth with 11 cashes and the bracelet. He is looking to make the money in the Main Event for the first time since 2015.
