Like the British show, the TV network likes to keep the line up a closely guarded secret so Hellmuth's tweets about possibly appearing on the show probably didn't boost his chances.

Looks like we'll have to wait another year for the 6ft 7in Hellmuth to get his lycra slacks and sequinned shirt on. Unless of course, he's got another spectacular WSOP entrance in the works.

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