Dramatic Final Hand Before Dinner

Hand-for-hand play will resume after players return from their one-hour dinner break. However, the last couple of hands at Phil Hellmuth's table were filled with drama.

Phil Hellmuth open limped from under the gun and Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved his short stack all in. Action was on Joe Kuether who is also sporting a short stack. Kuether went into the tank for about two minutes before Troyanovskiy attempted to call the clock. Hellmuth objected and called the TD over explaining that Kuether needs more than just three minutes to make a decision for his tournament life on the bubble. The TD obliged but eventually Kuether relented and folded his hand.

The next hand was the final hand before the break and Troyanovskiy opened to 6,000. Kuether once again thought for a solid minute before folding his cards. Cantu called and Hellmuth made it 45,000 to go. Troyanovskiy called all in for 32,800 and Cantu folded.

Hellmuth tabled {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} but Troyanovskiy kept his cards face down while waiting for tournament staff to come over to the table. The other two tables had wrapped up their action at this point and were waiting to see the results of this hand before adjourning to their dinner break.

As Hellmuth showed Troyanovskiy his hand he inquired as to what Troyanovskiy was holding.

"Only one hand I can have" replied Troyanovskiy without showing his cards.

Another roughly fifteen seconds passed before Troyanovskiy triumphantly threw {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} on the felt.

Hellmuth jumped up from the table.

"He f*ckin' slow rolled me!" Hellmuth yelled. "Only one hand you can have...you just moved in with f*cking fours! That's horrible Vladimir. You are in the wrong. You tried to call the clock on him and then you go and slow roll me."

The dealer dealt out {8-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} and Hellmuth was forced to ship over 32,800 to Troyanovskiy.