Event 45 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem 6 Handed Day 2 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-29-2007 16:29 UTC-8

Hellmuth Doubles Up... Again

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Hellmuth shoved with {3-Diamonds}

and Raj Sawant called with {A-Spades}

. Hellmuth won his race and increased his stack to 125K.

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06-29-2007 16:28 UTC-8

Tony G Doubles Through Eugene Katchatov

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Mark Vos raises to 16K on the button. Eugene Katchatov calls from the small blind and Tony G calls from the big blind. The three players see a flop of {4-Hearts}

. The action checked around. The {K-Hearts}

came off on the turn. Katchatov bet 25K. Tony G immediately moved in for 28.5K. Vos folded and Katchatov made the call. Tony G showed {K-Clubs}

which was ahead of Katchatov's {A-Hearts}

. The river was the {4-Spades}

missing Eugene Katchatov and giving Tony G the pot and he now sits with over 100K.

06-29-2007 16:21 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Doubles Through Raj Sawant

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Phil Hellmuth was all in preflop yet again. This time against Raj Sawant. Hellmuth had {K-Diamonds}

which had Sawant's {K-Clubs}

dominated. The board was no help for Sawant and Hellmuth doubles again and now sits at about 60K.

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06-29-2007 16:16 UTC-8

Joe McGowan Eliminated in 35th Place ($13,344)

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Joe McGowan pushed with 8-8 and he was called by Ram Vaswani's A-K. McGowan led all the way to the river until Vaswani caught the {A-Diamonds}

to send McGowan to the rail.

Vaswani increase his stack to 320K.

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06-29-2007 16:13 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Doubles Through Nick Shulman

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A crippled Hellmuth got all in preflop for his last 10.5K with {A-Clubs}

against the {A-Diamonds}

of Nick Shulman. The board read {J-Clubs}

by the river and Hellmuth's broadway straight gave him the pot. He is still shortstacked and currently sits at about 30K.

06-29-2007 16:12 UTC-8

Erik Friberg Doubles Through Mark Vos

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Erik Friberg increased his stack to 450K after he doubled up against Mark Vos. Vos slipped to 215K when his {8-Clubs}

was outflopped by Friberg's {A-Spades}

.

Erik Friberg is the current chipleader.

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06-29-2007 16:11 UTC-8

Hellmuth Crippled

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On a flop of {8-Clubs}

, Phil Helmuth moved all in and Thierry Van Den Berg called.

Hellmuth: {3-Diamonds}

Van Den Berg: {Q-Spades}

Hellmuth was ahead with a set. The turn was the {J-Hearts}

and the river was the {Q-Hearts}

. Hellmuth lost to a bigger set and he exploded. The F-bomb came out of Hellmuth's mouth along with the word "donkey" on more than one instance.

That hand pushed Thierry Van Den Berg up to 215K, as Hellmuth slipped to 29K.

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06-29-2007 15:56 UTC-8

Raj Sawant Gets the Better of Phil Hellmuth

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Phil Hellmuth raised to 16K under the gun. Action folded around to Raj Sawant in the big blind who made the call. The flop came down {J-Spades}

. Both players checked. The turn brought the {4-Spades}

. Sawant checked and Hellmuth bet 20K. Sawant pondered a bit and Hellmuth said, "Tell you what...I'll take this one and you take the next one..." Sawant eventually made the call. The river came the {4-Hearts}

. Sawant again checked and Hellmuth fired 40K. Sawant, after a minute or so of deliberation, pushed out the call. Hellmuth instantly said "Nice call...you got me." Both players were slow to showdown, but Savant eventually turned up the {J-Clubs}