Lamb Booms Side Pot and Hellmuth Three-Quarters Main
Phil Hellmuth stuck the last of his chips in again preflop and this time he had three players make the call.
On the flop of , Steve Jelinek was first up and checked. Ryan Karp was next and checked and then action skipped the all-in Hellmuth and jumped over to Ben Lamb. He fired the pot for 180,000. Jelinek folded and then Karp re-potted. Lamb called and was all in, creating a big side pot up for grabs.
Here's how the hands looked when the cards were turned up. Hellmuth held the , Karp the and Lamb the .
Lamb's cheering section, including Al Bari, Jason Mercier and even Sam Stein all were rooting for a deuce to peel off on the turn. Just as the asked, the dealer smacked the on the turn and Lamb's rail erupted in cheers as he went over to slap high fives with them. The river then completed the board with the .
Lamb's wheel on the turn locked him up the entire main pot and moved him over 700,000 in chips. Hellmuth also had a wheel and a six-high straight to three-quarter the main pot and get back to 120,000 in chips.