button in SafariHellmuth Doesn't Bite
The Sweet 16, as it were, featured a marquis matchup of Phil Hellmuth and Michael Mizrachi, owners of a collective 25 championship bracelets.
It didn't take long for the duo to tangle on the felt, with Mizrachi raising to 6,000 preflop with J♠J♦, which Hellmuth called holding 10♠9♥.
Hellmuth checked his middle pair on the flop 8♦10♣A♣, then called Mizrachi's 5,000-chip bet.
The turn of the 9♦ brought a second pair for Hellmuth, who again check-called a Mizrachi bet, this time for 10,000.
The river Q♥ brought one more check from Hellmuth, but this time, he hesitated before adding any more chips to the pot.
"Looks like a fold, that's good," Mizrachi said.
Hellmuth responded with a smile, then refused to bite Mizrachi's 35,000-chip lure.
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