Phil Hellmuth has just moved his experienced bottom onto the same table as Team PokerStars Pro Chad Brown. He is looking serious. The shades are off and the spectacles are on. He is sat on a stack of around 11,000 and here are a few hands from his table.
There was a limp from first position, Brown called in the small blind and the big blind checked his option. The flop was and both blinds checked to the under the gun limper, who bet 700. Brown made the call, the big blind folded and the dealer handed the pair the on the turn. Both players checked the turn and the river card was the . Brown bet 1,500 and the under the gun limper folded handing Brown the pot.
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Phil Hellmuth raised to 900 in the cutoff and the big blind called. The flop was and a 1,200 Hellmuth c-bet took down the pot.
Tom Marchese has just fired three of his best barrels into the welcoming arms of Mike Lee, and he is no longer ranked amongst the remaining 750 players in this tournament.
We have been told that Lee opened up the action before calling a Marchese three-bet. The board ran out and Marchese fired three-barrels including a 5,000 river shove, and Lee called all the way with 3rd pair - . Marchese was holding for the missed draw.
Kevin MacPhee is inconspicuous by his absence. A brief chat with Kenny Hallaert reveals that MacPhee turned top set on a board but his opponent had struck Broadway with . All the money went in and MacPhee was shown the door.
Garry Gates just informed us he knocked out Hafiz Khan. Khan shoved all-in from the under the gun position for 4,300 and Gates opted to re-shove from the cut-off. The other players got out of the way and Khan saw his lose against when the board ran out .
Eli Elezra limped in first position and three people joined him (including the two blinds). The flop was and the action checked to the player sat in last position and he bet 650. The two blinds folded and Elezra check-raised to 2,200, leaving himself 3,500 behind and it was enough to win the pot.