Phil Hellmuth won't be winning his 13th World Series of Poker gold bracelet in this event as he was been sent to the rail.
When we arrived at the table, Hellmuth was saying, "I'm in bad shape with this one," as he was all-in and watching two opponents continue to play out the hand with an eight-high flop.
The turn saw both players check and then the river would see one player lead for 5,000. Eventually the other player folded and the aggressor turned over . Hellmuth gave a kind of laugh as he said "I had the best hand on the turn!" and mucked his cards. Hellmuth was in good spirits as he left the table, thanking his opponents and leaving graciously.
Lex Veldhuis hasn't had a great time at the felt in the last 15 minutes and now it has all come to an end. The last hand of Veldhuis' tournament saw him all-in holding on a flop. His opponent held , in front for now.
The turn would see Veldhuis still need any spade. Except that is, for a spade like the as it gave his opponent the full house to trump Veldhuis' flush.
"This is a joke," said Lex Veldhuis at the end of this fairly brutal hand.
When we arrived at the table, there was a flop showing and Veldhuis and two opponents were each committing 1,000 each. On the turn, the play was checked to Veldhuis and he bet 3,700. Only one player, Kurt Younker, would call and the completed the board on the river.
This time Younker bet 7,000 and Veldhuis shoved all-in, having his opponent covered. Younker instantly called and tabled his for a rivered straight. That's when Veldhuis said the hand was a joke.
Veldhuis flung his onto the felt, his flopped straight managing to be outdrawn by Younker.
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No final table this time for Phil Ivey
Scott Vener was more than happy to let us know how the end of Phil Ivey's tournament occurred. Apparently Ivey opened it to 400 from the hi-jack seat and Vener three-bet to 1,100 from the big blind. It was back on Ivey then and he shipped in his stack - around 10,000 in chips. Vener quickly called, tabling his . Ivey held and the board brought no help as its on to the next event for Ivey.
When we arrived at Dennis Phillips' table, a was showing on the felt and Phillips had checked to one opponent who moved all-in for a little more than 2,000. Phillips went deep into thought before eventually making the call.
Phillips:
Opponent:
Phillips just needed to dodge a few cards to take down the pot and that's exactly what happened as the turn and the river changed nothing.
More than half the field has already been eliminated from the tournament, with 1,220 players currently still at the tables. The survivors of this level will head on a 90-minute dinner break.
The total number of entries is in. Exactly 2,534 players entered Event 38, creating a prize pool of $3,420,900. That's a great turnout for a midweek tournament.
A total of 270 players will make at least a $2,771 min-cash, while the eventual champion will go home with $607,200. The minimum payout at the final table is $45,087 and the whole payout structure for the final nine can be seen below.
Over at Phil Hellmuth's table there was a flop showing and Hellmuth was involved in the hand with one opponent. Hellmuth had checked to the player who bet 525. Hellmuth then moved all-in and after tanking, the player eventually folded.
At this point Hellmuth triumphantly tabled his for two-pair. He then started to talking to no one in particular about how maybe he should have played it differently and he could have got his opponent to give him all his chips with .
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turn saw both players check and then the 
river would see one player lead for 5,000. Eventually the other player folded and the aggressor turned over 
. Hellmuth gave a kind of laugh as he said "I had the best hand on the turn!" and mucked his cards. Hellmuth was in good spirits as he left the table, thanking his opponents and leaving graciously.
on a 
flop. His opponent held 
turn would see Veldhuis still need any spade. Except that is, for a spade like the 
as it gave his opponent the full house to trump Veldhuis' flush.
and Veldhuis and two opponents were each committing 1,000 each. On the 
turn, the play was checked to Veldhuis and he bet 3,700. Only one player, Kurt Younker, would call and the 
completed the board on the river.
for a rivered straight. That's when Veldhuis said the hand was a joke.
onto the felt, his flopped straight managing to be outdrawn by Younker.
was showing on the felt and Phillips had checked to one opponent who moved all-in for a little more than 2,000. Phillips went deep into thought before eventually making the call.
turn and the 
river changed nothing.
for two-pair. He then started to talking to no one in particular about how maybe he should have played it differently and he could have got his opponent to give him all his chips with 
.