I caught the action on the turn. The board read . Hellmuth bet 13,000 and Bonyadi announced, "All in."
Hellmuth tanked for a few minutes, and carefully studied Bonyadi. He was doing his ensconced Hellmuthian mind meld as he peeked into Bonyadi's soul. Hellmuth didn't like what he saw and folded.
"I think I folded the best hand there," Hellmuth barked across the table.
"Of course, Phil," answered Bonyadi. "You always fold the best hand."
"Today, I'll bust you," continued Hellmuth. "I won't even have to try. You'll just give me your chips. I'll make you a promise, buddy, that I'll get you."
Antoon Kleijner, down to a desperate 8,500, moved in on the big blind with , called with a shrug by preflop raiser Simon Wing, who held . Someone asked, "Which hand do you like," and Devilfish answered, "The winning one."
The flop came: "I like the Sixes," said Devilfish.
Turn: "Sick," said Devilfish.
River: And Kleijner calmly left the tournament area, the final wise words of Ulliott ringing in his ears: "This No Limit Hold'em is a good game for monkeys."
On a flop of , Jan Heitmann was all in with vs. Greg Raymer's . The turn was the , prompting Raymer to say "well NOW I'm afraid of the backdoor flush draw!" The river, though was a safe card for the Fossilman, the , and Heitmann was eliminated.
After tangling with Humberto Brenes in a pot that saw the Costa Rican "Chark" pushing all in over Priyan De Mel's raise, De Mel offered Brenes £5 to see his hand. Brenes got excited and flashed his 6-6.
"All right! Now you give me five pounds!" cheered Brenes.
De Mel chuckled and offered, "Nice hand, sir," as he turned over the five quid.