Biggest Pot of the Tournament Goes to Hellmuth
Action opened when Phil Hellmuth made it 55,000 to go from middle position. Richard Ashby three-bet Hellmuth to 150,000. Hellmuth asked how much Ashby had behind before announcing a reraise, four-betting to 400,000. Ashby quickly made the call.
Both players decided to stand pat leaving action up to Hellmuth first. Hellmuth arranged stacks of pink 5,000's with a couple of green 25,000's on top for a bet totaling 550,000. Ashby went into the tank for quite some time. Schulman and Juanda got up from the table during this time and exchanged some chatter about the hand in progress.
Eventually a dejected Ashby dropped his cards in front of the dealer, and Phil Hellmuth was able to scoop the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, boosting his stack up to 1,900,000.
When asked about what he and Schulman were talking about, Juanda replied "One of us thought you had it and one us didn't." Regardless of whether he had it or not, Hellmuth now holds a commanding chip lead over the table.