Phil Hellmuth raised to 4,600 from the cutoff seat on the first hand back from the break. Yannick Bonnet reraised to 15,000 from the small blind and play folded back to Hellmuth. He reraised all in for 18,500 and Bonnet called.
Bonnet:
Hellmuth:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Hellmuth doubled up. He's back at nearly 40,000 in chips.
Serge Chechin and Giovanni Maresca got all the money preflop with Maresca at risk. He held the to Chechin's . The flop, turn and river came and Maresca was sent to the rail.
Phil Hellmuth limped in from the button and Roberto Romanello called from the small blind. In the big blind, Yannick Bonnet raised to 4,200. Hellmuth called, and Romanello folded.
The flop came down and Bonnet fired 3,500. Hellmuth called. After the turn and river , both players checked. Bonnet showed the and Hellmuth mucked.
After he mucked, Hellmuth began a quiet rant under his breath and mentioned he had king-queen. He stood up a paced a tiny ways away from the table before returning to the action, still mumbling to himself about the hand.
When we arrived at the table, Phil Hellmuth and Alessandro Meoni had all the money in on the flop. Hellmuth had the for a combo draw against the for Meoni. The turn was the and the river was the to give Meoni the double up.
Roberto Romanello seemed a little confused with what had happened and asked Yannick Bonnet what happened preflop. Bonnet informed him that there was a raise from Meoni, a call from Hellmuth and then Bonnet three-bet. Romanello took this information and asked Hellmuth what he was doing in a big pot on the flop after calling a three-bet preflop with ace-three of spades.
Hellmuth didn't like that Romanello was getting on his case a bit after losing. "They always come after you after you lose a pot," he said out loud. "You're a real classy guy, real classy."
"I was just wondering what you're doing in that pot after it was three-bet preflop to 7,500 and you had ace-three of spades," needled Romanello.
"You're a real classy guy," was all Hellmuth could add as he slipped his headphones back on and went to the next hand.
and Hellmuth doubled up. He's back at nearly 40,000 in chips.
to Chechin's 
and Maresca was sent to the rail.
and Bonnet fired 3,500. Hellmuth called. After the turn 
, both players checked. Bonnet showed the 
and Hellmuth mucked.
against the 
for Alessandro Meoni. The board ran out 
and Mignot was eliminated.
flop. Hellmuth had the 
for a combo draw against the 
for Meoni. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Hellmuth took a minute to squeeze his cards. He then checked. Meoni reached for chips right away and get 8,800.
for a busted straight draw.