Hellmuth Pressing on Rast's Neck
Hand #200
Phil Hellmuth started the hand with the button. He gave Brian Rast a walk in the big blind.
Hand #201
Rast held the button and raised to 240,000. Hellmuth folded and Rast won the pot.
Hand #202
Hellmuth had the button and called. Rast raised from the big blind to 360,000 and Hellmuth folded.
Hand #203
Rast had the button and raised to 240,000. Hellmuth called and the flop came down . Hellmuth checked and Rast bet 225,000. Hellmuth called.
The turn brought the and Hellmuth checked. Rast also checked to see the fall on the river. Both players checked and Hellmuth's won the pot. Rast mucked.
Hand #204
Hellmuth started the hand with the button and limped in. Rast checked in the big blind and the flop came down . Rast led out for 175,000. Hellmuth took a moment, announced a raise and made it 1.975 million -- a big, big raise. Rast studied, but eventually folded and Hellmuth won the pot.
Rast dropped back to 3.23 million in chips.