Phil Hellmuth put in his last 2,000 chips, calling all in against a Brandon Shack-Harris pot sized bet with the board reading .
Hellmuth held and his aces held against Shack-Harris' on a runout.
Limit Hold'em
Hellmuth dropped a few chips in the final PLO hand, then folded the blinds of the first few hands at Limit Hold'em.
He managed to get them back with on the button, getting some action from Melissa Burr, who actually took the lead from the small blind as the board was revealed. She did check the river, but called and mucked when Hellmuth bet and rolled over the rockets.
From the hijack Jesse Martin raised and James Obst three-bet from his immediate left. The other players folded and Martin made the call. On the first draw Martin took two cards; Obst needed just one.
Martin check-called a bet after which he took two cards again on the second draw. Obst needed one card and bet again after Martin had checked. Martin called and took one, while Obst stood pat on the last draw.
Martin, who looked back down at his cards, led out and Obst decided to raise it up. Martin tanked for quite a bit, but eventually he decided to let his hand go.
Melissa Burr raised to 2,200 and Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard called from the button. Phil Hellmuth came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . Hellmuth checked, Burr bet 5,000, and both of her opponents called, which brought about the on the turn.
All three players checked, and then both Hellmuth and Burr checked the river. Amundsgard took the opportunity to bet 15,000 and Hellmuth wasted little time in calling. Burr folded.
"Tens and sevens," Amundsgard said before tabling the .
Hellmuth stood up, eyed up his opponent's cards, and looked back at his own hand. "I think I have four pair," he said. Hellmuth never showed his hand, but if he had four pair, obviously one of his cards wasn't a ten.
When we arrived on the scene the damage had already been done. Phil Ivey had his entire stack all in on the flop against Matthew Ashton, and the chips were being counted down as we scribbled to write down the shown cards.
The board showed while Ivey had out in front of him and Ashton's hand was already in the muck. Ivey was all in on the flop for a total of 94,700 and is sitting on a big stack while Ashton's back down to below the starting stack.
2010 World Series of Poker runner-up John Racener completed, showing the and Doyle Brunson opted to call with his . The rest of the players folded and it was heads-up action to fourth street. Brunson took the lead and promptly bet 2,000, which Racener called.
Racener paired his eight on fifth, but decided to check. Brunson, who picked up the , tossed out a bet of 4,000, and it did the trick as Racener released his hand.
Phil Hellmuth wouldn't stop talking about how Michael Mizrachi seems to be beating him in every hand he plays.
However, he suddenly got quiet when he opened up with a raise to 2,500 in PLO. Mizrachi didn't say much either after throwing in two 5,000 chips. In fact, it was the dealer who spoke first, announcing Mizrachi had potted it to 8,500.
Hellmuth quickly folded showing and the chatter continued.
"You're not going to take me down with a hand like that," Hellmeth said. "Now will you just admit you were a 3-1 dog in that Razz hand?"
When it comes to razz, 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has proven he knows what he is doing. He won his 12th bracelet in the variant, and earlier this summer he finished runner-up to Ted Forrest in Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz. Hellmuth recently mixed it up in a hand of razz against two-time $50,000 Poker Players' Championship winner Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.
It began when Hellmuth completed with a and Melissa Burr called with her . Mizrachi came along with an , and it was three-way action to fourth street. Mizrachi led out for 2,000, and Hellmuth opted to bump it up.
"Let me raise that man up," he said before tossing in four orange T1,000 chips. Burr got out of the way, Mizrachi called, and it was heads-up action to fifth street. Mizrachi bet, Hellmuth called, and then both players checked sixth. Hellmuth then check-called a bet on seventh and discovered the bad news.
Hellmuth: / /
Mizrachi: /
Mizrachi tabled a 9-7-3-2-A low, and it was good as Hellmuth launched into a mini rant. "Are you f***ing kidding me?" he asked before mucking his hand and mumbling to himself.
Hellmuth seems to be stuck in reverse here in Level 6 while Mizrachi is chipping up nicely.
Phil Ivey started the day with one of the smallest stacks in the room, but he's started the upward trend after winning back-to-back pots versus defending champion Matthew Ashton.
On the first hand the flop had come when Phil Ivey bet from the small blind and Matthew Ashton called. The turn was the , Ivey bet again, and Ashton called once more. The river was the and Ivey fired again, but this time he received no call.
The next hand was raised by Ashton before the flop and Ivey three-bet from the button. Ashton called and the flop brought out . Ashton check-called a bet, after which the turn brought the . Ashton check-folded this time, and Ivey picked up two nice pots.