Hellmuth Getting His Phil
Hand #68
Phil Hellmuth had the button. He raised to 225,000, Owais Ahmed called from the small blind, and Minh Ly defended his big blind. The flop came down . Ahmed checked, Ly fired 250,000, and Hellmuth raised to 600,000. Ahmed released, and Ly went into the tank before folding.
Hand #69
Owais Ahmed had the button. Phil Hellmuth opened to 225,000 from the cutoff, and Brian Rast defended his big blind. The flop fell , Rast checked, and Hellmuth immediately continued for 400,000. Rast called.
The turn was the , and Rast checked again. Hellmuth fired 650,000, and Rast released.
"Show that one, Phil," Ahmed asked.
Hellmuth did not, rather he quietly raked in the pot.