Bluffing Hellmuth (Hilarity Ensues)
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
The board showed . There was 18,000 in the middle. A short-stacked player in the big blind shoved all in for 9,975, prompting a fold from his neighbor sitting to his left. That just left Phil Hellmuth on the button, who brooded a bit before folding his face up.
The player in the big blind couldn't resist the opportunity, turning over his . Hellmuth looked over at his opponent's hand, smiled graciously, and complimented him for an inspired and well-timed bit of trickery.
Okay, perhaps it went a little differently there at the end. We'll let you elaborate on the theme yourself, delivered to us here by our intrepid reporter thusly: "Phil gives him crap for the bluff."
Hellmuth now has about 45,000.