Hammer Pounds an Opponent
, action checked to a player in late position who bet 13,000. John Hammer was on the button and next to act, which he did, raising to 33,000. The small blind folded as did Phil Hellmuth who was in early position, and we went heads up to the turn, which brought the 
.Action checked to Hammer who bet 35,000 and his opponent made the call. The
on the river brought another check-call, this time for 40,000, and Hammer tabled the 
for a full house. When his opponent mucked, Hammer had increased his stack to 600,000.