"God, I Almost Folded!"
, the small blind led out for 1,300, Phil Hellmuth raised to 5,700 from the big blind and the small blind moved all in. Hellmuth tanked, going into his usual antics and speeches, even pulling one of our field reporters aside to whisper, "I'm out with a full house here!" Hellmuth did eventually make the call, turning over
for deuces full of eights. The small blind mucked, saying he had an overpair. "Where's Roland de Wolfe?" cried Hellmuth, rising out of his seat and scanning the room for his friend.
"God, I almost folded there!" he said to de Wolfe, who was enjoying a massage at an adjacent table.
After the hand, Hellmuth was up to about 25,000.