Phil Hellmuth limped into a pot UTG, the small blind called and the big blind rapped the table. The flop came


and the small blind made a pot-sized bet. The big blind folded and Phil called.Both players checked on the turn,
, and the small blind checked again when the river brought the
. Phil tossed out three light blue 500 chips and his opponent called."Pocket queens," Phil said. His opponent took one last look at his cards before throwing them into the muck.
"I knew he had a six, so I value bet... that's why I'm the champ," Phil added after the hand. "If he's bluffing I call, if he has the nine, I fold. That's what I've been doing all day."
Like him or not, he never fails to entertain.
and was called by an opponent who held pocket queens.

flop gave Phil four additional outs, after which he called out, "Ten!" Sure enough, the
fell on the turn, giving Phil a jack-high straight. The river was an irrelevant
and the double up brought Phil's total chip count to 25,000.

, Phil Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 9,000 from the button. Hellmuth went into the tank for quite some time, all the while talking to his opponent trying induce some extra info.
. Hellmuth tables 
and the turn comes a
, giving Hellmuth the checkmark.
, which had a slight lead over his opponent's 
