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06-11-2008 19:49 UTC-8

Hellmuth Nearly Triples

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General Phil Almost Triples

Under the gun, Phil Hellmuth limped in. Joseph DiMartino called in the small blind and Ylon Schwartz checked in the big blind.

The flop was {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{6-Spades}

{5-Clubs}

and Schwartz bet. Both called.

The turn was {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

and it was checked to Hellmuth, who threw his last 100 in. Both called. The side pot checked the river of {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

.

Hellmuth {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

DiMartino and Schwartz mucked.

Hellmuth is up to 8,500.

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