Hellmuth Mixing It Up Early

James McManus raised to 77,000 from late position and Phil Hellmuth called from the button. The blinds passed and it was heads up to the flop.

The flop fell {Q-Diamonds}

and McManus led out for 115,000. Hellmuth called and the {5-Clubs}

hit the turn. McManus fired again, this time 190,000 and Hellmuth made the call.

When the river fell the {K-Diamonds}

both players checked. McManus checked quickly but Hellmuth thought for close to a minute before checking behind. He showed {K-?}

and McManus mucked. Hellmuth stacked the pot and is now just over 1,400,000 chips.

2008 World Series of Poker

2008 World Series of Poker

Hellmuth Mixing It Up Early