Hellmuth Faces Setback
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
In a limped pot to the 8♥Q♦6♣ flop, Phil Hellmuth checked from the big blind, and Darren Rabinowitz followed suit on the button. Hellmuth checked again on the 9♥ turn, but this time Rabinowitz bet 600,000.
Hellmuth raised to 2,000,000, which Rabinowitz called after some thought. The J♥ river prompted Hellmuth to check. Rabinowitz responded with a bet of 3,700,000, sending Hellmuth into the tank.
After a while, he verbalized a call. Rabinowitz showed a straight with 10♥7♠, and Hellmuth mucked what he claimed was two pair.