Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-19-2007 15:06 UTC-8

Hand #29

Hand #29 - Perry Friedman has the button in seat 9, Pillai raises from the cutoff to 60,000, Shak moves all in from the small blind, and Pillai folds. Shak takes the pot.

06-19-2007 15:06 UTC-8

Hand #30 - Phil Hellmuth Doubles Through Ben Fineman

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Hand #30 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, Hellmuth limps from the small blind for 20,000, and Fineman checks his option. The flop comes {A-Spades}

, Hellmuth bets 20,000, Fineman raises, and Hellmuth quickly moves all in for 139,000, and Fineman calls. While his chips are counted out, he rushes to the rail to whisper something to his wife. He then jumps up and says, "Ivey! I want insurance, Ivey!" After another minute, he tells his wife, "If we lose, I get $90,000 from Ivey!"

Oh yeah, the cards.

Hellmuth shows {A-Clubs}

for a pair of aces, and Fineman shows {J-Spades}

for a pair of jacks. Hellmuth is in the lead.

The turn card is the {7-Clubs}

, and Fineman needs a jack or a nine on the river to bust Hellmuth. The river card is the {3-Spades}

, and Hellmuth wins the pot with a pair of aces to double up in chips.

We heard a rumor that Phil Ivey has already locked up fourth-place money by winning his sidebets against Phil Hellmuth.

06-19-2007 15:06 UTC-8

Hand #31

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Hand #31 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, and he raises to 70,000, winning the blinds and antes.

06-19-2007 15:07 UTC-8

More Chatter Between Ivey & Hellmuth

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Phil Hellmuth: "Phil, I gotta keep moving up just to cover my bets with you."

Phil Ivey: "I know. If you bust out, I'm gonna go broke!"

06-19-2007 15:10 UTC-8

Hand #32 - Jason Song Doubles Through Dustin Holmes

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Hand #32 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, Holmes raises from the small blind to 55,000, Song thinks for about a minute before he moves all in from the big blind for 216,000, and Holmes thinks for another minute before he calls with {Q-Spades}

. Song shows {Q-Hearts}

, and he's in a good position to double up here.

The board comes {J-Hearts}

, and Song wins the pot with two pair (queens and jacks) to double up in chips.

06-19-2007 15:23 UTC-8

Hand #33

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Hand #33 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, and everyone folds to Richey, giving him a walk in the big blind. Richey shows {K-Clubs}

as he collects the pot.

06-19-2007 15:23 UTC-8

Hand #34

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Hand #34 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, Fineman raises from late position to 60,000, winning the blinds and antes.

06-19-2007 15:23 UTC-8

15-Minute Break

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The players take a 15-minute break before the blinds increase to 15,000-30,000, with a 4,000 ante. Play should resume about 4:30 pm PDT.

We apologize if our site is slow today. We've also had trouble updating chip counts and bustouts. Technicians are working to correct the issues.

06-19-2007 15:26 UTC-8

Official Chip Counts

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Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1 - Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - 384,000
Seat 3 - Ben Fineman - 756,000
Seat 4 - Dustin Holmes - 1,064,000
Seat 5 - Jason Song - 440,000
Seat 6 - Brett Richey - 681,000
Seat 8 - Shankar Pillai - 646,000
Seat 9 - Perry Friedman - 555,000
Seat 10 - Beth Shak - 436,000

06-19-2007 15:32 UTC-8

Blinds Increase

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The players return from break to increased blinds of 15,000-30,000, with a 4,000 ante. Everyone is seated and ready to go (except for Phil Hellmuth, who has yet to return from break), but they can wait no longer. It's time to shuffle up and deal!