Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 3 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-27-2012 00:36 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts from Table 448

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Oppenheim	1,180,000 60,000	60,000

Bill Chen	645,000 -67,000	-67,000

Lyle Berman	640,000 100,000	100,000

Luke Schwartz	600,000 -90,000	-90,000

Antony Lellouche	335,000 -219,000	-219,000
Phil Hellmuth	250,000 -130,000	-130,000

06-27-2012 00:36 UTC-6

Hellmuth Edgy, Oppenheim Chipping Up

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Phil Hellmuth is boiling after a hand he wasn't event involved in. Luke Schwartz has been driving the 12-time World Series of Poker champion a bit crazy with his table antics, and Hellmuth's short stack isn't helping him with staying calm.

2-7 Triple Draw

From the hijack, David Oppenheim raised and Bill Chen three-bet from the cutoff. Luke Schwartz was in the small blind and called, as did Oppenheim.

Schwartz and Oppenheim drew two cards while Chen only needed one. The action was checked to Chen, who bet and saw Schwartz raise. Both Oppenheim and Chen called, and three players went to the second draw.

All three players drew one card and the action was checked. On the final draw everyone took one card again, and Schwartz checked first. Oppenheim bet, Chen called and Schwartz folded.

Oppenheim showed {8-} {7-} {5-} {4-} {2-} and beat Chen's {8-} {7-} {6-} {5-} {3-} . Hellmuth was far from happy with the way Schwartz was holding up his cards and uttered the following words.

"This is the $50K Championship, not some $100 homegame!" Hellmuth said to Schwartz as he called the floor over. Schwartz was holding his cards up so the rail could see them, which Hellmuth didn't like. Right now, it seems Hellmuth is a bit more on edge, so we'll be playing close attention to his table.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Oppenheim	1,190,000 10,000	10,000

Bill Chen	640,000 -5,000	-5,000

Luke Schwartz	630,000 30,000	30,000

Phil Hellmuth	190,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Bill Chen David Oppenheim Luke Schwartz Phil Hellmuth

06-27-2012 00:44 UTC-6

Yu Calls Mizrachi Down

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No-Limit Hold'em

On a {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} flop Ben Yu just bet 35,000 after Michael Mizrachi had checked. Mizrachi made the call and both players checked the {10-Spades} on the turn.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} and Mizrachi lead out for 40,000. Yu called and showed {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} . Mizrachi mucked and Yu won an important pot for his stack while Mizrachi is still the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,210,000 -28,000	-28,000

Ben Yu	255,000 -125,000	-125,000

Tags: Ben Yu Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2012 01:05 UTC-6

More Chatter Between Schwartz and Hellmuth

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Here are two hands with Phil Hellmuth, and the second one involves him continuing to to show emotion.

No-Limit Hold'em

On the first hand, Hellmuth raised to 36,000 from the cutoff seat and Bill Chen made it 100,000 to go from the small blind. Action got back to Hellmuth and he folded, showing the {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} Chen showed him pocket tens.

On the next hand, Hellmuth rasied to 36,000 from the hijack seat and kept up with his aggressive ways. From the big blind, Luke Schwartz reraised all in. That sent Hellmuth into the tank for a couple of minutes.

Hellmuth had under 200,000 behind and tanked for quite some time, swapping back and forth between standing up and sitting down while tanking.

"You have to do that with ace-jack, right?" Hellmuth questioned.

"Have you got ace-jack? responded Schwartz. "No, you'd have folded ace-jack by now," he continued.

"You think any ace is good," came back Hellmuth.

"No, you know I have a hand," responded Schwartz.

Hellmuth began to start folding his hand and Schwartz begged him to show his cards. "You know if I show ace-jack or ace-queen, you are just going to show ace-ten. I can't handle that right now," Hellmuth said as he tossed his hand in without showing it.

Hellmuth dropped to under 200,000 while Schwartz moved to 740,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Schwartz	740,000 110,000	110,000

Phil Hellmuth	195,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Luke Schwartz Phil Hellmuth

06-27-2012 01:06 UTC-6

Another One For Bloch

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Pot-Limit Omaha

Andy Bloch raised under the gun to 20,000 and Mike Wattel called. Stephen Chidwick was on the button and he called, as did Roland Israelashvili who was in the small blind.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and Israelashvili checked. Bloch bet 65,000, Wattel made the call, Chidwick folded as did Israelashvili.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and both players checked. On the river, the {J-Diamonds} , both players checked again. Bloch showed {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {K-Spades} {5-Hearts} and took down the pot, he beat Wattel's {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {8-Clubs} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	830,000

Mike Wattel	720,000 -260,000	-260,000

Andy Bloch	710,000 160,000	160,000

Roland Israelashvili	435,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Mike Wattel Stephen Chidwick Andy Bloch Roland Israelashvili

06-27-2012 01:16 UTC-6

More Hellmuth and Schwartz

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Omaha-8

From the button, Luke Schwartz raised. Phil Hellmuth made the call from the big blind and the flop came down {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} . Hellmuth checked and Schwartz bet. Hellmuth called.

The turn was the {9-Clubs} and both players checked to see the {Q-Spades} fall on the river. Hellmuth bet and Schwartz called.

Hellmuth showed the {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and Schwartz the {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} . Hellmuth had the low and Schwartz the high. After seeing Schwartz's hand tabled, all Hellmuth could do was sink his head into his hands with a slight shake.

"Did I do anything wrong?" asked Schwartz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Schwartz	775,000 35,000	35,000

Phil Hellmuth	110,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Luke Schwartz Phil Hellmuth

06-27-2012 01:17 UTC-6

Lisandro Getting Slow

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Limit Hold'em

Jeff Lisandro just got hurt pretty bad by Stephen Chidwick in Limit Hold'em. Lisandro raised under the gun and Chidwick called in late position.

The flop came down {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {5-Hearts} and Lisandro check-called. The turn was the {7-Spades} and Lisandro bet, Chidwick called.

The river was the {3-Spades} and Chidwick bet, Lisandro raised and Chidwick three-bet. Lisandro called and Chidwick turned over {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} . Lisandro got coolered pretty bad as he showed {K-Hearts} {6-Hearts} for the second nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	900,000 70,000	70,000

Jeff Lisandro	270,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Jeff Lisandro Stephen Chidwick

06-27-2012 01:19 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Oppenheim	1,130,000 -60,000	-60,000

Bruno Fitoussi	1,020,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Mizrachi	990,000 -220,000	-220,000

David ODB Baker	988,000 487,000	487,000
Daniel Alaei	950,000 15,000	15,000

Stephen Chidwick	912,000 12,000	12,000

Mike Wattel	882,000 162,000	162,000

Chris Klodnicki	835,000 50,000	50,000

Bill Chen	785,000 145,000	145,000

Joe Cassidy	739,000 175,000	175,000

John Monnette	710,000 -5,000	-5,000

John Hennigan	670,000 -70,000	-70,000

Luke Schwartz	660,000 -115,000	-115,000

Lyle Berman	630,000 -10,000	-10,000

Andy Bloch	588,000 -122,000	-122,000

Viktor Blom	540,000 -245,000	-245,000

Phil Ivey	445,000 5,000	5,000

Antony Lellouche	420,000 85,000	85,000
Jeff Lisandro	350,000 80,000	80,000

Roland Israelashvili	324,000 -111,000	-111,000
Ben Yu	244,000 -11,000	-11,000

Brett Richey	243,000 98,000	98,000
Robert Mizrachi	225,000 -65,000	-65,000
Michael Glick	200,000 -80,000	-80,000
David Chiu	125,000 -35,000	-35,000

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06-27-2012 01:22 UTC-6

Hellmuth with Less Than One Big Bet

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Razz

Phil Hellmuth has been getting severely short on chips, and has dropped even further after this last action.

Hellmuth completed the bet on third with a {5-} up. Lyle Berman raised with an {8-} up and action got back to Hellmuth. He folded and left himself with just 27,000 in chips. That's less than one big bet.