Hellmuth and Kostritsyn Chop It
Level 5
Omaha 8
Alexander Kostritsyn was looking to scoop a pot to get back into things, but Phil Hellmuth just flopped a low to take half.
The flop read 
when Hellmuth bet from the small blind, Kostritsyn raised and Hellmuth put the Russian pro all in. Kostritsyn called and the showdown went as following.
Kostritsyn: 
Hellmuth: 
The turn was the 
and Hellmuth hit a set, but the river was the 
and that gave Kostritsyn a full house. Hellmuth did however have a low and that gave him half the pot.
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72,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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6,000
13,000
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13,000 |