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Jun 26, 2008

Long Day Getting Longer for Phil Hellmuth

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Phil Hellmuth has been struggling to raise his chip stack above the starting 3,000 all day. Most recently, he completed with the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

and was called only by Carol Kline and her {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

. On fourth street, Hellmuth caught the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

to Kline's {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

. Again he bet, and again she called.

Fifth street brought Hellmuth the {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

and Kline the {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

. Their boards looked very similar at this point, but Hellmuth's was still better and he still bet. Kline called again. When Hellmuth caught the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

on sixth and Kline caught the {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

, Hellmuth checked, then folded when Kline bet.

Hellmuth now has about 2,100 chips, while Kline climbs to 3,400.