Phil Hellmuth had the button, Brian Rast opened to 140,000 from the hijack seat, Hellmuth called on the button, and Owais Ahmed three-bet to 475,000 from the small blind. Rast and Hellmuth folded.
"I'm such a p****," Rast said after the hand.
Hand #37
Owais Ahmed had the button, Hellmuth limped in from the cutoff, and Matt Glantz checked his big blind. The flop came , Glantz checked, Hellmuth tossed out 100,000, and Glantz folded.
George Lind had the button. Brian Rast raised to 140,000. Owais Ahmed called from the big blind and the flop came down . Both players checked.
The turn was the and Ahmed checked. Rast also checked to see the complete the board on the river. Ahmed checked the river and then Rast bet. Ahmed quickly folded and Rast won the pot.
Minh Ly had the button, George Lind opened to 130,000 from under the gun, Owais Ahmed three-bet to 280,000, and Lind folded.
Hand #27
Matt Glantz had the button, Phil Hellmuth opened to 150,000 from under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #28
Brian Rast had the button, Minh Ly opened to 140,000 from the hijack seat, and Phil Hellmuth defended the big blind.
Hellmuth checked dark, the flop came down , and Ly checked behind.
Hellmuth checked dark again, the turn was the , Ly bet 150,000, and Hellmuth folded.
Hand #29
George Lind had the button, Scott Seiver opened to 125,000 from under the gun, and Brian Rast three-bet to 315,00 from the cutoff. The action folded to Seiver who mucked as well, and Rast won the pot.
Hand #30
Phil Hellmuth had the button, George Lind raised to 135,000 from the cutoff, Owais Ahmed three-bet to 335,000 from the small blind, and Lind folded.
The race for the Player of the Year is only intensifying as this table gets settled in for the long haul. With his eighth-place exit, Ben Lamb added another 86.40 points to his total, pushing his cumulative total out to 659.05 points. Even Mr. Phil Hellmuth found the heart to commend Ben Lamb on his abilities as he exited today. Mind games, maybe? Hellmuth is the one chasing Lamb right now, and he's got a good chance at running him down. The Brat has already locked up another 100.80 points to bring his own total up to 559.05 and counting -- exactly 100 points behind Lamb. Check out how the points will be divvied up for the remaining seven players:
Place
Points
1st
360
2nd
252
3rd
180
4th
158.4
5th
136.8
6th
118.8
7th
100.8
Hellmuth can take the overall lead, but he'll need to run this chip stack all the way to heads-up play to do so. A win would make him nearly untouchable atop the rankings.
Owais Ahmed is also still trying to fight for the Player of the Year honors with his last few breaths. He came into the day with 249.63 points, and a win would vault him all the way up to 609.63 -- close to the top, but not quite. George Lind started with 220.50, so the best he can manage is 580.50 with a win.
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, Glantz checked, Hellmuth tossed out 100,000, and Glantz folded.
. Both players checked.
and Ahmed checked. Rast also checked to see the 
complete the board on the river. Ahmed checked the river and then Rast bet. Ahmed quickly folded and Rast won the pot.
, and Seiver was eliminated in seventh place, earning $243,978.
. Ly bet 160,000 and Hellmuth made the call.
and Ly checked. Hellmuth checked behind.
and Ly bet 375,000. Hellmuth called. Ly showed the 
and Hellmuth the 
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