Phil Hellmuth Eliminated
Limit Hold'em:
Phil Hellmuth might want to ring up his life coach and ask for a new mantra.
Hellmuth's bustout-in-two-acts began in a hand against Andy Bloch. Hellmuth held and Bloch two red sevens. There were two hearts on the flop, another on the turn and a fourth on the river, Bloch making a flush to claim the pot.
"Of course, it's Andy f**kin' Bloch. Of course he's going to beat me with sevens," Hellmuth exclaimed, his blood pressure rising.
On the next hand, Hellmuth and Chris Ferguson each put three bets in on the flop. When the hit the turn, Hellmuth check-called all-in, turning up for second pair. Ferguson, however, had turned top pair with and it held up on the river, which fell the , eliminating Hellmuth.
Ferguson is up to 470,000.