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Phil Hellmuth raised to 18,000 with the . Giovanni Safina continued to stay active and made the call with the .
The flop rolled out and both players checked. The turn brought the and Safina checked. Hellmuth bet 11,000. Safina made the call with his flush draw.
The river was the and Safina checked. Hellmuth checked behind. Safina turned up a pair of jacks, having been dominated before the river and Hellmuth gave a look of disgust before mucking his hand.
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Phil Hellmuth looked down at and raised to 18,000. Ian Frazer reraised to 40,000 with the . David Benyamine picked up and folded from the small blind before action fell back to Hellmuth. He gave a little speech and did some acting while he thought. The last two times Frazer three-bet someone, he had two aces each time. Hellmuth eventually reraised to 110,000 after several minutes in the tank. Frazer took about a minute and then folded his hand.
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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.
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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.
With the points format in the PartyPoker Premier League IV, some players definitely seem to be altering their play in order to move up the ladder to earn more points.
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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.
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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.
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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.
. Giovanni Safina called from the big blind with the 
.
and Safina check-called a bet of 17,000 from Frazer.
and Safina fired 17,000. Frazer thought for a little bit and then mucked his hand.
. Giovanni Safina continued to stay active and made the call with the 
.
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and Safina checked. Hellmuth bet 11,000. Safina made the call with his flush draw.
and Safina checked. Hellmuth checked behind. Safina turned up a pair of jacks, having been dominated before the river and Hellmuth gave a look of disgust before mucking his hand.
and raised to 18,000. Ian Frazer reraised to 40,000 with the 
. David Benyamine picked up 
in the big blind and checked.
and Hellmuth checked. Frazer bet 8,000 and Timoshenko called. Hellmuth folded.
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.
and thought about it before folding. The two blinds folded as well.
. 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.
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.
and Frazer hit a full house. The river wasn't the case jack when the 
and Rousso checked. Negreanu bet 6,00 and Rousso folded.
and Safina check-folded to a bet from Hellmuth.
