Hellmuth Out, Still Betting
We've been listening to a conversation between Shaun Deeb and Phil Hellmuth for a long while now. It was partly because we were waiting for Hellmuth to make a move with his short stack. But we were enjoying the banter, besides.
The two were trying to negotiate a fair price to bet on Hellmuth to win this thing. He had about 9,000 chips when the conversation began, and Deeb offered to lay 110:1 odds.
"One-ten?!" Hellmuth was indignant. The two offered their arguments for each side of the bet, and Hellmuth tried to move the line. He considered for a moment, then suggested, "I'll do it for one-forty."
Deeb just laughed. "I don't set lines to negotiate. I set the line, and then that's the line if you want it."
"Come on," Hellmuth was working it out. "You gotta go a little higher, kid."
"All right," Deeb conceded quickly. "One-twelve." The table chuckled.
No-Limit Hold'em
As the two were talking, they mixed it up in a decisive pot. Hellmuth opened to 2,200 from late position, and Deeb three-bet to 5,500 on the button. The rest of Hellmuth's short stack went in, and his 
was trailing Deeb's 
.
The board ran 
, and Hellmuth saved himself a little money by delaying that bet. He's out, and Deeb climbs to about 75,000 with that knockout. Deeb offered to carry the bet forward to the next event, and Hellmuth said he was on the way over to play the $1,500 Stud event next door. Deeb laid him 112:1 on winning, and Hellmuth promptly pulled $500 out and shipped it to Deeb.
How do we get people to throw money at us like that?