Back-to-Back Doubles for Hellmuth
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Poker's an easy game sometimes. Get aces twice and have them hold both times. Phil Hellmuth got his first aces, 
, when he had just 2,700 chips. His min-raise pre-flop was called by one player, and the rest of his chips were in on a flop of 
. His aces held.
Shortly thereafter Hellmuth opened for 1,400 pre-flop and was called by both blinds. On a flop of 
, the small blind led for 2,500. After the big blind folded, Hellmuth shoved for 4,900 total and was called. This time he had 
and was up against 
. The board again bricked out to push Hellmuth up to 14,000.