$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em | 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

2014-10-11 12:51 UTC+10

Hands #25-26: "Of Course I Have a King, I'm Phil Hellmuth"

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Nível 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Hand #25: Alex Antonios raised to 8,500 from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #26: Michael Tran raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind. When the flop came down , Hellmuth checked and Tran bet 13,500. Hellmuth woke up with a check-raise to 28,000, and Tran pushed back with a four-bet to 60,000. Hellmuth snap-shoved for 73,500 more, and Tran hit the tank.

"You're ahead. There's just so much money in there," Tran said.

"What do you have, jack-ten?" Hellmuth asked. "Hurry up and fold."

"You have the best hand, why do you want me to fold?" Tran asked. Eventually Tran did fold.

"Of course I have a king, I'm Phil Hellmuth. What do you think," Hellmuth said before flashing the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Tran	270,000	-65,000
Phil Hellmuth	220,000	80,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Michael Tran

2014-10-11 12:59 UTC+10

Hands #27-31: Kurita Gets Active; Straight for Hellmuth

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Nível 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Hand #27: Michael Tran raised to 9,500 and Phil Hellmuth peeled from the big blind to see the flop. Both players checked and Hellmuth won the pot with a bet of 13,000 on the turn.

Hand #28: Steven Zhou raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Tran called only to check-fold the flop to a continuation bet of 12,000.

Hand #29: Alexander Antonios made it 8,500 from the button and Yu Kurita called in the big blind to see the flop. Kurita check-raised from 9,000 to 22,000 and Antonios folded with the words "nice hand."

Hand #30: Antonios raised to 8,500 from the cutoff and folded to a three-bet of Kurita for 20,000.

Hand #31: Tran raised to 10,500 and Hellmuth defended his big blind. Both checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Hellmuth bet small for only 8,000 and Tran called, he did so again for 27,000 after the on the river. Hellmuth showed for a straight and took down a nice pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Tran	205,000	-65,000

Tags: Alexander Antonios Michael Tran Phil Hellmuth Steven Zhou Yu Kurita

2014-10-11 13:15 UTC+10

Hands #32-37: Hellmuth Takes a Big Hit

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Nível 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Hand #32: Steven Zhou raised to 10,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #33: Kurita Yu raised to 9,000 under the gun, Michael Tran defended the big blind, and then both players checked the flop. When the appeared on the turn, Tran bet 12,000, Yu called, and the completed the board on the river. Tran bet again, this time 32,000, and Yu quickly folded.

Hand #34: Alex Antonios raised to 8,500 from the button, Yu called from the big blind, and the flop fell . Yu check-called a bet of 11,500, and then check-folded to one of 26,500 on the river.

Hand #35: Tran raised to 10,000 from the button but folded when Yu pushed back with a three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind.

Hand #36: Zhou limped the small blind and then folded when Hellmuth raised from the big.

Hand #37: Tran raised to 11,000 under the gun and then called when Hellmuth three-bet to 30,000 from the small blind. Hellmuth then bet 15,000 on the flop, Tran called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Hellmuth wasted little time in betting 20,000, and Tran thought long and hard before raising to 60,000. Hellmuth snap-called and then checked the river.

Tran used two hands to slide out a bet of 62,000, and Hellmuth called.

"You're not gonna like this," Tran said before tabling the for quads. Hellmuth didn't show, but stated that he had a pocket pair smaller than the jacks.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Tran	430,000	225,000
Phil Hellmuth	125,000	-95,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Michael Tran

2014-10-11 13:15 UTC+10

Hands #38-42: "Are We even now?"

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Nível 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Hand #38: Phil Hellmuth raised to 11,000 from the button and got the blinds and antes.

Hand #39: Alexander Antonios raised from the button and Yu Kurita defended her big blind. On the flop, Kurita check-called a bet of 8,500 and both checked the on the turn. Kurita then bet 16,000 after the appeared as final community card and Antonios quickly got out of the way.

Hand #40: Hellmuth raised to 11,000 from under the gun and Steven Zhou called in the big blind. The flop triggered no action and Zhou then bet 11,000 on the turn. Hellmuth called and ended up folding the on the river when Zhou fired 22,000.

Hand #41: Michael Tran raised to 8,500 and Hellmuth defended his big blind.On the flop, Hellmuth check-called 10,000 and the turn was checked by both. On the river, Hellmuth bet 6,000 and Tran laughed out loudly, grabbing the chips and then pretty much handing it over to Hellmuth. The latter showed and that won the pot. "Are we even now?", Tran joked.

Hand #42: Antonios raised the button and Kurita called in the big blind to check down the flop and the on the turn. There was no action either after the river and Kurita claimed the pot with .

Tags: Alexander Antonios Michael Tran Phil Hellmuth Steven Zhou Yu Kurita

2014-10-11 13:20 UTC+10

First Break of the Day

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Nível 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexander Antonios	400,000	-100,000
Michael Tran	380,000	-50,000
Yu Kurita	260,000	-9,500
Steven Zhou	255,000	-60,000
Phil Hellmuth	120,000	-5,000

Nível: 18

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

2014-10-11 13:42 UTC+10

Hands #43-47: Zhou vs. Antonios

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Nível 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hand #43: Steven Zhou raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #44: Phil Hellmuth raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, Yu Kurita called from the big blind, and the two saw a flop of . Kurita checked and then folded when Hellmuth continued for 7,000.

Hand #45: Alexander Antonios raised to 11,500 from the button and took down the blinds.

Hand #46: Michael Tran raised to 11,500 from the cutoff and took down the blinds.

Hand #47: Zhou raised to 10,000 from the button, Hellmuth called from the small blind, and Antonios came along from the big to make it three-way action to the flop. Two checks saw Zhou continue for 12,000, only Antonios called, and then both players checked the turn. Antonios proceeded to check-call a bet of 21,000 on the river, but muck just as soon as Zhou rolled over the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexander Antonios	360,000	-40,000
Steven Zhou	300,000	45,000

Tags: Alexander Antonios Steven Zhou

2014-10-11 13:53 UTC+10

Hands #48-52: Tran Leaves Hellmuth Short

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Nível 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hand #48: Steven Zhou limped from the cutoff and then folded when Phil Hellmuth made it 18,000 to go.

Hand #49: Alexander Antonios raised to 13,500 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #50: Antonios made it 11,500 from the cutoff and nobody was interested to invest any chips.

Hand #51: Zhou raised to 12,500 from the small blind and Hellmuth defended his big blind to the flop. Both players checked and Zhou bet 11,000 on the turn. Hellmuth raised to 40,000 and that shut down all further action.

Hand #52: Michael Tran raised to 11,500 and Hellmuth squeezed it to 32,000 out of the small blind. Tran looked at the stack of the "Poker Brat" and Hellmuth then told him he had about 150,000 in chips. "That would be a nice addition to my stack," Tran said. Further small talk followed and then Tran said "Now you talked me into a call" before putting in the extra chips.

On the flop Hellmuth quickly bet 35,000 and Tran called after some consideration. After the turn, Hellmuth made it 47,000 and Tran slid forward a stack of yellow T-5,000 chips for a raise. Hellmuth immediately jumped out of his chair in disguise and the floor double checked that it would be indeed a legit min-raise. Hellmuth ended up mucking his cards and wasn't too happy about it

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Tran	500,000
Phil Hellmuth	55,000

Tags: Alexander Antonios Michael Tran Phil Hellmuth Steven Zhou

2014-10-11 14:06 UTC+10

Hands #53-57: Hellmuth Gets It All In

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Nível 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hand #53: Yu Kurita opened for 11,000 under the gun, Phil Hellmuth called from the button, and Michael Tran called from the big to make it three-way action to the flop. Two checks saw Hellmuth bet 8,000, Tran called, and Kurita got out of the way.

Both players then checked the turn as well as the river.

"Pair of fours," Hellmuth said.

"Unlucky," Tran offered and then tabled his for a rivered pair of tens. A distraught Hellmuth put both his hands to his head in disbelief.

Hand #54: Alexander Antonios raised to 11,500 from the button and won the pot.

Hand #55: Antonios raised to 11,500 from the hijack, Tran called from the button, and it was heads-up action to the flop. Antonios continued for 13,500, Tran called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Antonios checked, Tran bet 22,000, and Antonios check-raised to 83,000. Tran folded.

Hand #56: Steven Zhou raised to 12,500 from the small blind only to have Hellmuth three-bet to 22,000 from the big blind. Zhou moved all in and Hellmuth, who only had 12,000 behind, called off.

Hellmuth:
Zhou:

Hellmuth woke up with aces at just the right time, and he scored the double after the board ran out a dry .

Hand #57: Zhou raised to 10,000 from the button and won the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steven Zhou	250,000	-35,000
Phil Hellmuth	72,000	38,000

Tags: Alexander Antonios Michael Tran Phil Hellmuth Steven Zhou Yu Kurita

2014-10-11 14:10 UTC+10

Hands #58-62: Quick Action

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Nível 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hand #58: Phil Hellmuth raised to 11,000 and that won the pot.

Hand #59: Alexander Antonios raised to 12,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #60: Michael Tran now raised on the button to 12,500 and Yu Kurita called from the small blind. Steven Zhou three-bet to 40,000 out of the big blind and claimed the pot.

Hand #61: Antonios raised to 11,500, Tran called and so did Kurita. The flop was checked to Kurita and she bet 24,000, only Antonios called. Both then checked the on the turn and the on the river. Kurita's was only second best to the of Antonios.

Hand #62: Zhou raised to 12,000 and all opponents behind him folded.

Tags: Alexander Antonios Michael Tran Phil Hellmuth Steven Zhou Yu Kurita