2011 World Series of Poker

Event #32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$668,292
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,242,000
Entries
2,828
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hellmuth Takes a Bad Beat to Bust

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a {6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{k-Spades} board, Phil Hellmuth checked to his opponent who fired 850. Hellmuth quickly moved all in for at least a few thousand more and his opponent decided to call. Hellmuth was in the lead with {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts} against his opponents {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}. The turn was the {5-Clubs} and Hellmuth just had to avoid an Ace or a Jack on the river to double up. The last card came the {a-Hearts} and just like that Hellmuth was gone.

The table waited to see his reaction but he just moved his stack over to his opponent and got up. As the player tried to explain his call, Hellmuth simply said, "You did what you had to do," with a hint of sarcasm. After getting up from the table he let off a little steam with a couple of quiet expletives before exiting the tournament area.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth