Hellmuth and Jeff Lisandro see a flop. Hellmuth bets, Lisandro raises and Hellmuth calls.
Lisandro bets out on the turn and Hellmuth passes. Lisandro flashes him pocket . "That's right," says Hellmuth, "You just keep getting away with that..."
Phil Hellmuth raised, and Erik Albinsson reraised. Everyone else got out of their way, and Hellmuth called.
Hellmuth checked even before the flop was dealt, and then called a bet from Albinsson. They both checked the turn and river, before turning over the same hand -- for Hellmuth and for Albinsson. Chop, chop.
On the Lederer, Ivey, Negreanu table things have become a little subdued. It might be that almost every pot is either being split or not getting to showdown. For those feeling card dead there isn't much to keep them entertained or any interesting hands to spark a conversation.
Back to good old hold'em, and it folds around to Hellmuth who makes up the small blind. Eric Albinsson in the big blind checks.
Hellmuth bets out on the flop, and Albinsson swiftly calls. Hellmuth check-calls the turn, and then bets out again on the river. Albinsson thinks about for a moment before tentatively calling, but just taps the table and mucks when Hellmuth turns over for top pair.
Jeff Duvall scooped a massive three-way pot against Mark Gregorich and Jeff Lisandro for his tournament life. Virtually all in by sixth street with just 300 chips behind, he threw that in too before seventh street was dealt, and enjoyed a full triple-up come showdown putting him up to around 60,000, although he lost a few chips back to Phil Hellmuth the very next hand. He's now on around 45,000, while Mark Gregorich is down to just 17,000.
Sherkhan Farnood has set Phill Hellmuth a-ranting. He won a monster stud pot from him, resulting in Farnood now shifting up to the heady heights of 120,000, while Hellmuth is down to around 70,000. "Split sevens against my rolled up eights?" cries Hellmuth. "You're the worst player I've ever seen. It doesn't matter though, I'm going to get all those chips back off you." Said a very jovial Farnood, "I would be glad to give these chips back to you."
Luckily Padraig Parkinson is on hand to shout some advice from the rail: "Don't get upset now, Phil, you're the man. Phil! Relax! You're my f***ing hero."