Prior to the break, Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun for 150. The player to his immediate left, a young 20-something, made it 500 to go. It was folded around to Hellmuth who four-bet to 1,000. His opponent raised enough to set Hellmuth all in and the all-time leader in WSOP cashes made the call. The hands:
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Hellmuth had his opponent dominated and was looking good to double up to nearly 6,500 in chips, but the dealer would put out a flop that would change that as it came to give his foe top set.
The turn was the and the river was the , and Hellmuth's day was done almost as quickly as it started.
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A player in middle position opened the action for 125 and the player to his immediate left made it 325 to go. Sorel Mizzi was on the button and four-bet to 775. The middle position player quickly folded. After a few moments hesitation, Mizzi's opponent five-bet to 1,600. Mizzi wasted no time in folding.
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Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin opened to 75 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind grabbed three black T100 chips and tossed them into the middle making it a total of 325 to go. It was folded back to Baldwin who made the call.
The flop came and Baldwin tapped the table, unseen by the remaining players and dealer, and then called the 625 bet from his opponent.
The turn was the and Baldwin again tapped the table first to act even though he was in position. The dealer seemed to notice it but since Baldwin's opponent checked he moved on.
The river was the and the player in the small blind casually threw a T1,000 chip into the middle. Baldwin looked at him and said "I didn't act yet." The dealer explained he was not first to act and Baldwin let out a laugh. "I apologize," he said, sliding his cards into the muck.
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to give his foe top set.
and the river was the 
, and Hellmuth's day was done almost as quickly as it started.
and Baldwin tapped the table, unseen by the remaining players and dealer, and then called the 625 bet from his opponent.
