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WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Total Entries
639
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 639
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, Hellmuth quickly checked, Buchanan bet 120,000, and Hellmuth called. The turn card was the 
, and both players checked. The river card was the 
, and they checked again. Hellmuth announces that he has a pair of sixes, but Buchanan shows K-7 for a pair of sevens. Hellmuth slammed down his A-6, and the fireworks began.
Hellmuth started ranting, really berating Buchanan for the play, constantly repeating that he basically bluffed 200,000 against one of the best players in the world. He says several other things, like "You were drawing dead," while bemused bystanders and fellow players say things like, "Who's stacking the chips, Phil?"
We'll have to wait and see whether or not Hellmuth is on tilt, but luckily for him, he has plenty of chips to weather this storm.
And I quote: "How bad do you have to be to bluff at the Best Player in the World?" You can't miss the quote since the raging ego repeats it over and over.
When will Phil ever learn, when will he ever learn?
, Paul Lee was raised all in by Phil Hellmuth. "You can't have the nuts all the time, Phil," Lee said. "You got pocket Kings again?"
Lee eventually mucked while Hellmuth showed
."That's Phil Hellmuth poker!" he shouted. "That was such a good laydown that I decided to show you my hand."
Hellmuth has close to 1.3M now.
, but she's dominated by Ferrand's 
. The board comes
, teasing Schoenberg with a flush draw. Erica Schoenberg, one of the breakout stars from this event last year, is eliminated.
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