Hands #25-26: "Of Course I Have a King, I'm Phil Hellmuth"
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Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
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Hand #25: Alex Antonios raised to 8,500 from the cutoff and won the pot.
Hand #26: Michael Tran raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind. When the flop came down , Hellmuth checked and Tran bet 13,500. Hellmuth woke up with a check-raise to 28,000, and Tran pushed back with a four-bet to 60,000. Hellmuth snap-shoved for 73,500 more, and Tran hit the tank.
"You're ahead. There's just so much money in there," Tran said.
"What do you have, jack-ten?" Hellmuth asked. "Hurry up and fold."
"You have the best hand, why do you want me to fold?" Tran asked. Eventually Tran did fold.
"Of course I have a king, I'm Phil Hellmuth. What do you think," Hellmuth said before flashing the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
-65,000
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-65,000 |
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220,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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