07-13-2008 13:04 UTC-7

Dennis Phillips Chipping Up

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Dennis Phillips - Day 5

Dennis Phillips raised to 110,000 from middle position and Jeremy Joseph called from the small blind.

The flop came {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

and Joseph check-called a bet of 200,000 from Phillips. The turn brought the {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

and both players checked. When the river fell the {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

, Joseph led out for 500,000 and Phillips went into the tank.

After about five minutes, Phillips finally pushed out the call. Joseph showed {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

but Phillips had him beat with {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

.

Phillips said, "That was a great bet. I figured I was either good, or making a donkey call." Phillips climbed to just over 5,000,000 chips on the hand while Joseph slipped to about 2,400,000.