Enter Hellmuth
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
Last night Phil Hellmuth waited until Level 6 to enter the tournament. Today he's come a bit earlier and jumped into action in Level 2.
In the first hand he played, we picked up the action on a 
flop when a player bet 250 and Hellmuth raised to 700. The bettor called and then both players checked the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Hellmuth's opponent bet 625 and the "Poker Brat" folded.
His opponent then showed the 
for flopped quads.
"I thought he had nothing," Hellmuth explained of the flop. "I raised with seven high."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,175 | 2,175 |
only to fold to the check-raise all in by the player in the big blind. That knocked Fundaro back to 8,100, but he's still at nearly three times the staring stack.
. Both players checked, a 
hit the turn, and Riess led out for 125. Danzer raised it to 400, Riess three-bet to 2,500, and Danzer called off his remaining chips with 
for top pair. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead as Riess had made a set with 
and did so again for 450 on the 
completed the board on the river, and then Charania check-called 1,500 with the 
after his flush draw on the flop improved to a runner-runner straight.
for two pair.
only to run into an opponent holding 
flop, and then Ryan Riess bet 200. A third player in the hand folded, and then Negreanu check-raised all in for 1,225. Riess called quickly with the 
for the nuts, and is hand was crushing the 
, sending Negreanu to the rail and giving Riess the pot.
