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07-12-2008 15:21 UTC-8

Hellmuth Rakes in Another Pot

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An unusually quiet hand for Phil Hellmuth. Sitting in the small blind, he called a raise to 30,000 from the player with the button, Cort Kibler-Melby. Both players checked the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

flop. On the turn {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

, Hellmuth took a stab with a bet of 62,000, but Kibler-Melby raised him to 124,000. Hellmuth called.

On the river {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

, Hellmuth fired again for 200,000. Kibler-Melby made a crying call to see Hellmuth turn over {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{3-Clubs}

for a full house, threes full of nines. His chip stack has increased to about 1,140,000.