Hellmuth on Fumes as Pan Scoops Big
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Qinghai Pan: 5♠5♦4♠/3♠7♦A♥4♥
Phil Hellmuth: A♣K♣2♣/7♠6♣A♠Q♥
Viktor Blom: XxXx/8♠10♠4♣K♥/Xx - folded on seventh street
Qinghai Pan was the bring-in, Phil Hellmuth completed, and Viktor Blom called. It checked to Hellmuth on fourth street, who fired a bet. Blom and Pan both called to fifth street, where Hellmuth took the betting lead.
Blom and Pan called Hellmuth's bet again. Sixth street checked to Pan, and he took the initiative by betting. Hellmuth and Blom called to seventh street, where Pan fired a second barrel.
Hellmuth check-called, but Blom check-folded.
"Two pair and a low," Pan announced.
"What the f*ck," was the only thing that escaped Hellmuth's mouth for a while as he dejectedly showed a pair of aces.
After about 30 seconds, Hellmuth added his cards to the muck before he went off on another rant about Pan's luck. The chipleader just laughed it off as he raked in the pot and stacked up further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,650,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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1,070,000
222,000
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222,000 |
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160,000
390,000
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390,000 |
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