Hellmuth Advances; Owes Ladouceur a Case of Dom

Phil Hellmuth limped in on the button, Marc-Andre Ladouceur raised to 25,000, and Hellmuth made the call. Ladouceur led out for 22,000 on a flop of , the 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner called, and the turn brought the .

Ladouceur moved all in for 153,000, sending Hellmuth deep into the tank.

"You have nines? Tens?" Hellmuth asked. "I've lost a lot of money making these calls. Hero calls."

Hellmuth then called, and as he suspected, he was behind.

Ladouceur:
Hellmuth:

Ladouceur was in great shape to double and get back into the match, but the spiked on the river to give Hellmuth a straight. Hellmuth shot out of his chair.

"Wow, what a suck out," he said apologetically. "Buddy you outplayed me today. I owe you a case of Dom [Pérignon]."

Hellmuth then went onto to explain to Ladouceur that he will be buying 30-40 bottles soon, and will certainly gift one to Ladouceur for the bad beat. He will also be playing the winner of the Mark Radoja/Alex Venovski match.