Hellmuth Arrives Late, Leaves Early

Prior to the break, Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun for 150. The player to his immediate left, a young 20-something, made it 500 to go. It was folded around to Hellmuth who four-bet to 1,000. His opponent raised enough to set Hellmuth all in and the all-time leader in WSOP cashes made the call. The hands:

Hellmuth
Kid

Hellmuth had his opponent dominated and was looking good to double up to nearly 6,500 in chips, but the dealer would put out a flop that would change that as it came to give his foe top set.

The turn was the and the river was the , and Hellmuth's day was done almost as quickly as it started.