We're not sure of when the chips went in (we think it was on the flop), but we do know that Michael Shklover was eliminated by Attilio Donato — on the river nonetheless.
Shklover held the on a board reading , but it was no good as Donato had rivered a straight with the .
"River, river," Donato said in his heavy Italian accent.
David "Bakes" Baker opened to 3,500 and Andrey Zaichenko, Phil Laak and Benjamin Zamini all called.
The dealer spread a flop and Laak checked before Zamani bet out 6,000. Baker folded but Zaichenko cut out a raise to 20,000 as Laak folded and Zamani called all-in for 13,000.
Zamani:
Zaichenko:
With Zaichenko flopping a straight and holding an inferior flush draw, the turn of the gave Zamani the check-mark as the completed the board on the river and Zamani doubled through to 40,000 as Zaichenko slipped to 12,000 in chips.
Khiem Nguyen opened the action with a raise to 3,200 from the cutoff and Scott Nguyen called him from the big blind. Michael Zuniga then called from the small blind, Sandeep Pulusani came along from the big, and four players saw a flop of , which they all checked.
When the appeared on the turn, Zuniga led out for 6,000, Pulusani called, and both Nguyens folded. The completed the board on the river and both players reverted to checking.
Zuniga didn't seem confident and flashed the , and then he mucked when Pulusani tabled the for trip sevens.
"Mother f***er," we heard 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth shout as he shot out of his chair. We immediately made our way over to find out what happened.
From what we pieced together, Phil Laak had opened the action with a raise to 2,400 from the cutoff. Hellmuth then called from the small blind, and David "Bakes" Baker three-bet it to 9,600 from the big. Laak got out of the way and Hellmuth made the call to see a flop of .
Hellmuth checked, Baker continued for 20,000, and Hellmuth shoved all in for roughly 60,000. Baker made the call and Hellmuth was in a dominating spot.
Hellmuth:
Baker:
Hellmuth had flopped top set, which was well out in front of Baker's aces. The turn gave Hellmuth a full house, and that meant all he needed to do was dodge an ace on the river to stay alive. Well, you already know about his outburst, so you can probably guess what came next. The dealer burned and put out the !
"How do you put 60K in there?" a stunned Hellmuth asked before making a beeline for the exit.
"Phil talks s**t to me every time we play together," Baker told the table afterwards. "I've been waiting for that for awhile."
Hellmuth then took to Twitter to vent his frustrations:
We missed the action unfold, but we do know Alexander Condon got the last of his chips in on a flop and was up against Matthew Mendez.
Condon:
Mendez:
Condon had a pair of eights with a gutshot straight draw, while Mendez held an open-ended straight draw. The turn gave Condon some more outs, but the river gave Mendez a straight and the win.
On a flop of we found Khiem Nguyen betting out 3,500 only to have Sandeep Pulusani check-raise pot. Nguyen announced raised and Pulusani called for his 20,400 total.
Pulusani:
Nguyen:
The turn landed the to give Pulusani his flush as the completed the board on the river.