03-07-2010 09:41 UTC-12

Phillips' Takes a Turn with the Double-Up Stick

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Doyle Brunson, with the chip lead on Dennis Phillips, applied pressure. He moved in on a flop of {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

{6-Diamonds}

. Phillips flopped top pair with {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

and quickly called.

Brunson turned over middle pair, {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

. The turn {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

took away almost all of his outs, improving Phillips to queens and threes. The river {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

took away the rest.

Phillips now has a big chip lead. Someone in the front row apologized to Phillips for the fact that everyone in the gallery appears to be rooting for Brunson.

"If I wasn't in here I'd be rooting for him," replied Phillips with a grin.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Doyle Brunson