Event #61: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship Day 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

07-03-2014 02:21 UTC-7

Hellmuth Sees Everything, Trust Him

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

"Did I ante?" asked Matt Grapenthien to the table, unsure if he tossed in his ante or not.

"You didn't ante," quickly responded Phil Hellmuth.

"No, I just wanna know, did I ante?" Grapenthien asked again.

"No, you didn't. You didn't ante," Hellmuth repeated.

"No, but that's why I asked," responded Grapenthien.

"I see everything," Hellmuth said. "Trust me, I see everything."

Grapenthien was then informed that he indeed did not ante, so he tossed in the chips to do so.

"You see," finished Hellmuth.

Tags: Matt Grapenthien Phil Hellmuth

07-03-2014 02:29 UTC-7

Hennigan Makes a Cameo

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

"Hennigan!" yelled out Jesse Martin from the table over to John Hennigan who was on the rail abut 25 feet away. Hennigan didn't hear him, though, so Martin tried again. "John!"

"What?" responded Hennigan with a turn of his head.

"Eat your heart out!" yelled Martin with a big smile on his face, pointing out that he was still alive in the event.

"He won the $50K," Phil Hellmuth tried to point out to Martin.

"It's a f***ing joke, Phil," said Martin with some laughter.

"If there was any justice in poker, I would be here as well," said Hennigan as he came closer to the rail.

"You're a pretty good H.O.R.S.E. player, but you gotta work on this game some more," commented Todd Brunson to Hennigan.

Tags: John Hennigan Jesse Martin Phil Hellmuth Todd Brunson

07-03-2014 02:39 UTC-7

Yu Gets The Hellmuth Sign of Approval

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Yu completed with the showing and Jesse Martin called with the up. On fourth street Yu caught the and Martin folded right when Yu bet.

"I got'em! I got'em! I got'em!" Yu said as he waved his aces in the air while making this shape: /\ with his fingers, reenacting the epic hand between Beth Shak, Phil Hellmuth and Brett Richey during the 2007 WSOP.

"The kid's just dancing, he won three pots in a row," Hellmuth said.

"I was doing the thing Beth Shak did at that final table," Yu responded.

"Dang it, that's just so good! You're so clever," Hellmuth said, as he realized what was going on.

Hellmuth gave Yu a fist bump, as a sign of approval, and a very giddy Yu stacked his newly won chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	390,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Ben Yu Beth Shak Brett Richey Jesse Martin Phil Hellmuth

07-03-2014 02:43 UTC-7

Hecklen in Trouble

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

On fourth street James Obst bet and Henrik Hecklen called. On fifth Obst bet again and this time Hecklen folded to leave himself with just 60,000 chips.

Hecklen: / — fold
Obst: /

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	375,000 -60,000	-60,000

Henrik Hecklen	60,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: James Obst Henrik Hecklen

07-03-2014 02:46 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	825,000 -95,000	-95,000

Matt Grapenthien	400,000 195,000	195,000

Ben Yu	383,000 -7,000	-7,000

James Obst	381,000 6,000	6,000

Phil Hellmuth	350,000 -45,000	-45,000

Steve Landfish	300,000 -25,000	-25,000
Henry Orenstein	175,000 35,000	35,000

Jesse Martin	155,000 -5,000	-5,000

Henrik Hecklen	55,000 -5,000	-5,000

07-03-2014 02:48 UTC-7

Will Grapenthien Be Barbecued?

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

"That's good for your reputation," commented Phil Hellmuth after Matt Grapenthien won a hand with a full house in which he raised Hellmuth on third street with a pair of threes and then beat out Steve Landfish in a big pot.

"Buddy, you better not show up light again or they'll barbecue you!" Hellmuth finished.

Tags: Matt Grapenthien Phil Hellmuth Steve Landfish

07-03-2014 02:50 UTC-7

Hellmuth Had It

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth: /
Henry Orenstein: / — fold

After Hellmuth completed the bet on third street and Orenstein called, Hellmuth fired bets on fourth street and fifth street. Orenstein only called on fourth, then folded on fifth to give Hellmuth the pot.

"I had it," said Hellmuth after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	410,000 60,000	60,000

Henry Orenstein	140,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Henry Orenstein

07-03-2014 02:52 UTC-7

Brunson Shows Hellmuth Respect

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth: / — fold
Todd Brunson: /

Hellmuth check-called a bet on fourth street, and then checked to Brunson on fifth. Brunson bet, and Hellmuth gave it up, but Brunson was kind enough to show him the from his down cards.

"I showed you respect, Phil," said Brunson. "I didn't three-bet you."

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Todd Brunson

07-03-2014 03:00 UTC-7

Hellmuth Can't Believe It

donpeters

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Yu: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /
Todd Brunson: / /

Picking up the action on fourth street, Yu and Hellmuth checked, then Brunson fired a bet. Yu and Hellmuth both called.

On fifth street, action checked around, and then on sixth street Yu led with a bet. Hellmuth called, and Brunson called.

On seventh, Yu and Hellmuth checked, and Brunson bet. Yu tanked for a little bit, then folded, and Hellmuth began to talk.

"Oh man, I hope you have trips," he said. "This is such a sick hand, I don't even want to pay it off."

"I guess you could have trips," said Hellmuth as he tossed in the call. Brunson showed the for a spade flush, and Hellmuth showed the table that he had made a straight.

"I can't f***ing believe it," commented Hellmuth, staying down at his losing straight. "Almost a straight flush."

Hellmuth went on a little more, talking about how it was a cooler of a hand. Brunson added that if it was a cooler, they both would've made a straight flush. Hellmuth fired back by saying something about later on when the chips really go in during a big pot, he'll really have it and Brunson will pay him off.

At any rate, Brunson climbed to over 1.1 million in chips as Hellmuth dipped back a bit to 320,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	1,125,000 300,000	300,000

Ben Yu	345,000 -38,000	-38,000

Phil Hellmuth	320,000 -90,000	-90,000

07-03-2014 03:11 UTC-7

Obst Talks The Talk

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

On fourth street Steve Landfish had a pair of fours showing and he bet, James Obst raised. Landfish three-bet and Obst called. On fifth Landfish bet and Obst called. On sixth and seventh the same process repeated itself.

Landfish: / /
Obst: / /

"Flush," Landfish announced and Obst sighed deeply when he saw being turned over.

"And you berate other players for how they play their hand?" Obst said.

The Australian, who's usually very quiet and to himself, referred to an earlier hand which Landfish did not recall.

"The hand with threes," Obst said, and both Phil Hellmuth and Matt Grapenthien remembered that one. Obst clearly wasn't happy with Landfish's play and the Aussie ends the day with a lot less than he had in mind.

Tags: James Obst Matt Grapenthien Phil Hellmuth Steve Landfish