Hellmuth celebrated his first big poker tournament win since 2003 last month - The National Heads-Up Poker Championship. A great player and a great character im sure some of you know.
At the bottom is a link to his articles on the tournament and each of the 6 rounds he had to play and battle through, a fun read
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Just a snippet from one article (he drew Men 'the master' Nguyen in the first round, talk about a tough draw!
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Quote:
One interesting hand came up when I called before the flop with the 7♥ 6 , and Men checked with the 5♣ 5♥. The flop was 9-8-4 rainbow, and we both checked. The turn was my dream card, the 5♠. Men checked his set of fives, and I bet $800 into the $1,600 pot with my straight. Now, unbelievably, Men just called me! The last card was a deuce, and Men checked yet again. I bet $2,500 into the $3,200 pot, and Men studied awhile and just called again. My hat is off to him for losing the absolute minimum on this hand. Anyone else in the world would have raised with their set of fives at some point, so all I can say is, “Well played, Men.”
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How he didnt lose more money there with the set is amazing imo. A set heads up is a big hand 
There loads of great articles from Hellmuth to read as well as the Heads Up ones as well.
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_maga.../Phil_Hellmuth