02-22-2009 16:17 UTC-8

General Hellmuth Soldiers On

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Phil Hellmuth during Day 1

There's only one eleven-star general in the room (though really, aren't we all eleven-star generals at some level?). Phil Hellmuth is his name, and he now has 42,000 chips after doubling through David Chiu. On a flop of {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

, Chiu bet 2,200. Hellmuth check-raised to 5,500, then called all in for roughly 20,000 after Chiu moved in. Hellmuth had the best hand with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{10-Diamonds}

, but he had to dodge Chiu's ace-high flush draw, {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

. The turn and river were both clubs, the {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

and the

{4-Clubs}

.

As you were, General Hellmuth.

Tags: David Chiu Phil Hellmuth