Phil Hellmuth opened from the button and found one caller from the small.
The flop came and both players checked. When the fell on the turn, Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Hellmuth immediately pushed his entire stack (about 87,000) into the middle, sending his opponent into the tank.
Hellmuth stood up and acted very casual, "I'll show if you call," Hellmuth said. "C'mon, call, I want you to call."
His opponent continued to tank in silence but eventually mucked.
"You wanna see?" Hellmuth said. His opponent shook his head and Hellmuth mucked, sending the table into a bit of a stir.
"Are you crazy? I wanted to see!" a fellow table-mate said.
A a short-stacked player raised all in from the button and Esfandiari called from the small.
Esfandiari:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Esfandiari's ace-high was good enough to scoop the pot and chip him up to 380,000.
Immediately after the hand, Esfandiari got up out of his seat and headed over to Hellmuth's table to see how he was doing. Before he left, he said, "Nobody here bust him! He's mine!"
We caught up with the action on a flop. Phil Hellmuth checked from the big and the player in the cutoff bet 30,000. Hellmuth tanked, which accounted for about two minutes of the hand, but then announced he was all in for 103,000.
His opponent appeared to fall hard into the tank. Several minutes passed and he eventually said, "Sorry to do this to ya, but I've gotta call the clock," much to the confusion of the table.
"I went all in!" Hellmuth said. Suddenly realizing this, Hellmuth's opponent immediately mucked.
"You tanked for seven minutes with ace-queen high!" Hellmuth joked.
Radu Junc, one of the few deaf players to ever play in a WSOP event has been eliminated from the tournament in what can only be called an "ugly" hand.
After a flop of , Junc ended up all in against Ken Griffin for a very large pot. Junc's was way ahead of Griffin's . The turn brought an insignificant but then the river card brought the devastating giving Griffin trip sixes and the win.
Junc and his rail all were shocked at the unfortunate turn of events and he sadly headed to the payout table but his deep run in this event is still very impressive and we're sure to see more great things from him in the future.
After the hand, Griffin's stack was bumped to one of our chipleaders with around 603,000.
In what would be Phil Hellmuth's last hand, Hellmuth limped from early position and Jonathan Driscoll checked his option from the big.
The flop came and Hellmuth checked. Driscoll led out for 10,000 and Hellmuth raised to 20,000. Driscoll promptly re-raised to 30,000 and Hellmuth decided to ship his entire stack in. Driscoll called.
Hellmuth:
Driscoll:
The turn and river bricked for Hellmuth and he immediately shot up out of his seat and exited the Amazon Room, leaving his stuff behind.
Hellmuth eventually came back to shake Driscoll's hand. However, during the handshake, Hellmuth couldn't resist the urge to berate Driscoll's play. Driscoll replied by asking Hellmuth why he would come back just to berate him.
"It's not you, I'm just steaming right now. I just played perfect for two straight days and lost it all..."
Hellmuth eventually composed himself and left. Driscoll is up to 640,000.
Jonathan Driscoll made a late surge at the end of the night to become our chip leader heading into day 3. Driscoll raised to 20,000 and George Kapalas re-raised to 40,000. Driscoll then made it 105,000 to go and Kapalas shoved all in for around 400,000. Driscoll (who had Kapalas covered) snap-called and tabled his . Kapalas' was going to need a lot of help to stay alive.
The board ran out blanks and Kapalas was sent to the rail while Driscoll stacked up well over a million chips. A few hands before play ended for the night.
and both players checked. When the 
fell on the turn, Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Hellmuth immediately pushed his entire stack (about 87,000) into the middle, sending his opponent into the tank.
and Esfandiari's ace-high was good enough to scoop the pot and chip him up to 380,000.
flop. Phil Hellmuth checked from the big and the player in the cutoff bet 30,000. Hellmuth tanked, which accounted for about two minutes of the hand, but then announced he was all in for 103,000.
, Junc ended up all in against Ken Griffin for a very large pot. Junc's 
. The turn brought an insignificant 
but then the river card brought the devastating 
turn and 
river bricked for Hellmuth and he immediately shot up out of his seat and exited the Amazon Room, leaving his stuff behind.
