Hellmuth Down, Out
No-Limit Hold'em
Three players each paid 400 to see the flop, and they all checked as it came 
. On the 
turn, Phil Hellmuth took the lead with a small bet of 300, and the player behind him quickly raised to 600. We double-checked the plaque on the table, and indeed we were playing no-limit. The third player folded, and Hellmuth open-mucked his 
, too. He's had just 1,050 chips left.
Razz
As we were writing that, Hellmuth got the rest of his chips in during razz. With a seven up, Hellmuth completed, and he got the rest of his chips in right there against Owais Ahmed.
Hellmuth had started with an unimpressive (
) , and he sounded surprised as he announced, "Ooh, I paired!" Perhaps he hadn't looked yet. In any event, his board ran out ( ) 
/ (
), and he made a nine somehow. He was live on sixth street, but Ahmed ended up with 
to take care of Hellmuth.
Ahmed is right around 10,000 with that knockout.