06-18-2008 20:10 UTC-7

Hellmuth Playing with Royalty

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Phil Hellmuth had {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{3-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

in front of him, as he asked his opponent on seventh street, "are kings good?". After a reply of "no" from his opponent Hellmuth squeezed his last down cards and revealed ( {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{K-Spades}

{Q-Hearts}

) , and remarked, "kings and queens?" only to have his opponent muck sheepishly. Hellmuth doubled up to 2,600 after the hand.