Giovanni Safina raised to 16,000 with the . David Benyamine called with the . Ian Frazer called with the .
The flop came down and action checked to Safina. He bet a big 50,000 and Benyamine folded. Frazer folded as well, even though he flopped two overs and an open-ended straight draw.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised with the to 15,000. Daniel Negreanu folded pocket sixes and everyone else folded as well to allow Timoshenko to pick up the pot.
Phil Hellmuth limped from early position with the Daniel Negreanu limped in from the button with the and Giovanni Safina raised to 29,000 from the small blind with the . Hellmuth called and Negreanu folded.
The flop came down and Safina check-folded to a bet from Hellmuth.
Phil Helmuth raised to 18,000 with the , even despite only having a stack of about 23 big blinds. He won the blinds though as everyone folded and increased a little.
Daniel Negreanu min-raised to 12,000 with the . Giovanni Safina called with the . Phil Hellmuth was on the button with the and flat-called. Ian Frazer was in the small blind and called with the . Timoshenko held an off suit and folded for the minimum.
The flop came down and action checked rto Hellmuth. He fired 20,000 with his overpair and then Frazer raised to 50,000 with his two pair. Negreanu and Safina folded and then Hellmuth reraised to 220,000. Frazer didn't call immediately and that got Hellmuth thinking he was in the lead.
"Oh baby, hold 'em! Hold'em!" he yelled, clapping his hands together. "It's OK, if you suck out, you suck out."
Frazer then called all in and Hellmuth hinted that he just got slowrolled.
The turn was the and Frazer hit a full house. The river wasn't the case jack when the fell and Frazer scooped a nice pot to double up. He's up to 374,000 and Hellmuth dropped to 145,000.
David Benyamine picked up the and raised to 19,000 from the cutoff seat. Roland De Wolfe was on the button and on the short stack with and thought about it before folding. The two blinds folded as well.
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Ian Frazer limped with the . Yevgeniy Timoshenko looked at the and then studied the table before limping in for 6,000. Phil Hellmuth held in the big blind and checked.
The flop came down and Hellmuth checked. Frazer bet 8,000 and Timoshenko called. Hellmuth folded.
The turn card brought the . Frazer checked fourth street and Timoshenko bet 21,000. Frazer called.
The river was the and Timoshenko filled up. Frazer fired out a blocking bet for 28,000. Timoshenko studied the situation and then made the call to win the hand with his full house.