Hellmuth Can't Find a Fold
After pulling off a bluff with jack-high against Arthur Morris on the PokerGO livestream, Phil Hellmuth tangled with the same player in one of the biggest Day 1c feature table pots.
The hand began with Damien Gayer raising from an early position to 1,200 with A♠3♠, and then Morris called with 8♦8♣. Hellmuth, in position against those two players, opted for a call with J♠J♥, as did James Minghini, holding A♥3♥ on the button.
Michael Cervantes, in the big blind with K♣6♣, also came along for the ride to see a flop of 6♦10♣4♠, not much of an improvement for any of the five players. Action checked to Hellmuth, and he bet 4,000 with an over pair, receiving a call only from Morris, who was drawing to a two-outer that would come on the 8♠ turn.
Morris would check his set, and Hellmuth would bet 8,000 this time before being check-raised to 22,000. The "Poker Brat" begrudgingly called.
When the K♥ appeared on the turn, it gave Hellmuth an over card to his pair, but he could not find a fold facing a 35,000-chip bet and he lost approximately half his stack in the pot. Hellmuth was still steaming about the turn card five minutes after the hand concluded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
173,900
173,900
|
173,900 |
|
138,800
138,800
|
138,800 |
|
57,200
57,200
|
57,200 |
|
||
|
47,100
47,100
|
47,100 |
|
26,300
26,300
|
26,300 |