02-13-2010 08:35 UTC-12

Hellmuth True to His Word

donpeters

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth discussed yesterday that he was going to play passively preflop against the others who he thought were being too loose-aggressive in spots. After Phil Laak raised under the gun to 6,000 with the {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

and Yevgeniy Timoshenko folded in the small blind with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

, Hellmuth flat-called in the big blind with {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{7-Clubs}

{5-Hearts}

and Hellmuth check-called a bet of 8,000 from Laak.

The turn added the {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

to the board and both players checked.

The river was an {8-?}

{8-?}

and Hellmuth fired 15,000. Laak folded and Hellmuth scooped the first pot.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Phil Laak Yevgeniy Timoshenko