2011 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,720,328
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,144,000
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
30,000

Hellmuth Doubles Through Rast

Level 23
Phil Hellmuth hugs his wife after his huge double up.
Phil Hellmuth hugs his wife after his huge double up.

Hand #8

Phil Hellmuth had the button. Minh Ly limped in and Scott Seiver checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Seiver checked. Ly bet 100,000 and Seiver made the call.

The turn was the {9-Clubs} and Seiver checked. Ly checked behind.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and both players checked again. Seiver tabled the {J-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Ly mucked his hand.

Hand #9

Owais Ahmed had the button and action folded to Brian Rast. He raised to 125,000. Phil Hellmuth reraised to 250,000 saying, "You reraise weak, I'll reraise weak." Rast called to see the flop.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Rast was first up. He led for two million. And yes, that's not a typo. Hellmuth splash-jammed his chips into the middle for an all-in bet of 2.03 million. Rast called the extra little bit.

Hellmuth: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}
Rast: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Hellmuth walked over and draped himself over the rail in front of his wife. The turn was dealt the {7-Hearts} to give Rast two pair, but it didn't matter as Hellmuth still had a set. The river completed the board with the {7-Clubs} and even though Rast filed up, Hellmuth made a higher full house.

He gave his wife a high five, a kiss and a big hug. He then came back to the table to collect his chips and said, "I've never been so afraid."

Hellmuth now has 4.755 million in chips.

Tags: Brian RastMinh LyPhil HellmuthScott Seiver