Phil Hellmuth limped in holding the and the two blinds were in as well. The flop came down and Roland De Wolfe was the only caller of Hellmuth's bet of 7,000. De Wolfe held .
The turn and river both went check, check as the and fell, respectively. Both players didn't show right away and there was a standoff. The tournament director was called to get a ruling on who showed first and it was ruled that the last aggressor had to show first. The players then revealed their hands, Hellmuth first, and De Wolfe won the pot.
On the turn, the board read and Phil Laak fired 18,000 with the . Tony G raised to 60,000 holding a full house with the . Laak folded and Tony G increased to 425,000 chips.
Phil Hellmuth raised from the button to 6,000 with the . Phil Laak called from the small blind with and Giovanni Safina called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down and action checked to Hellmuth. He fired with his queen high and won the hand as both players quickly folded.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko picked up and raised to 6,000. Giovanni Safina called with and JC Tran called with .
The flop came down and action checked around. The turn added the to the board and Tran fired 11,000. Timoshenko raised to 33,000 and Safina folded. Tran made the call.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Tran revealed the winning hand and Timoshenko mucked, dropping to 82,000 as the blinds move up next hand.
Tony G - 422,000
Phil Laak - 379,000
JC Tran - 327,000
David Benyamine - 314,000
Phil Hellmuth - 311,000
Roland De Wolfe - 304,000
Giovanni Safina - 261,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 82,000
Tony G looked down to see the and raised to 10,000. David Benyamine held and called. Roland De Wolfe had and called and then Yevgeniy Timoshenko picked up the in the big blind and moved all in for 82,000. Almost instantly, Tony G reshipped all in for 422,000 and Benyamine went into the tank. Eventually, he made the call for his 300,000 chips. De Wolfe folded his nines.
The board ran out and that was it for Timoshenko. He was sent to the rail in eighth place, earning no points and no money. Benyamine now has nearly 700,000 chips while Tony G dropped to about 120,000.
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Tony G raised up the action to 15,000 with . Phil Hellmuth called in the big blind with .
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and both checked again. The river was the and Hellmuth fired 25,000. Tony G folded and Hellmuth scooped the pot.