Perkins Cracks Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth opened to 35,000 from early position and when it folded over to Bill Perkins in the big blind, he pushed all in for 359,000.

Hellmuth snap-called with the and Perkins would need help with his tournament life riding on the .

The ace on the flop did the trick, and Perkins rode to the double up when the turn and river did not improve Hellmuth.