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  It was about two in the afternoon (British Time) when the evil was exorcised from the gaming floor at the World Series of Poker Europe. It was at this time that Phil Hellmuth was eliminated from competition. Usually when really bad things are killed off it takes an exploding death star or a farm house from Kansas falling on malevolent character to keep them down. In this case all it took was a short stacked Phil Hellmuth running into a very determined player from team Bodog.



  33 year old Matthew McCullough is the one who can proudly display Hellmuth's scalp as a trophy. Beating the 11 time bracelet winner, and depriving him of the opportunity to win a 12th, is the sort of thing that can really raise a player's profile. Not enough to have a chance with London's own Vicky Coren, who was eliminated today as well, but it's a start. The road from victorious bluster to deluded wishful thinking isn't that long of a trip.



  In the post Hellmuth euphoria, when everyone in the room was singing a chorus of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" what nobody noticed was that this whole day was all about the little guy. Not only did Phil find himself stuffed and mounted on the mantle of a relatively unknown player, but Jennifer Harman was even victimized by somebody who was eyeing her rack (in the hunting sense, not the singles bar context). A player known only as Annette_15 eliminated the pesky blonde from the competition.



  Harman and Hellmuth were not the only former champions who were having problems. Jamie Gold was victimized by Marco Traniello and his pair of Queens while Janne Lamsa took out Daniel Negreanu with a last minute King on the river that could only be considered an act of God.



  Today the Kings and Queens are dead... long live the Kings and Queens.