After Phil Hellmuth raised for Team America from the button to 4,000, Europe's Max Lykov reraised to 12,000 from the big blind. Hellmuth called to see the flop.
The flop came down and Lykov bet 8,000. Hellmuth took his time and then mucked his hand. Lykov showed a three.
Phil Hellmuth raised from the button to 4,000 and Max Lykov called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Lykov led into Hellmuth for 5,000 and Hellmuth folded.
Phil Hellmuth raised from the button to 4,000 and Max Lykov called from the big blind to see the flop. After Lykov checked, Hellmuth fired 4,000 and won the pot.
On the first hand of the fourth match, Team America's Phil Hellmuth raised from the button to 4,000. Max Lykov took a stand for Team Europe straight away and three-bet to 13,000. Hellmuth quickly mucked.
Team America held a brief team meeting to decide on their choice for the next match. After they decided, it was announced that team captain Phil Hellmuth will play for Team America. He'll be taking on Team Europe's Max Lykov.
When Hellmuth announced himself, he said, "I have a hunch, I'm going to try and end this thing." He also mumbled, "Aces to kings, aces to kings," when prepping for the match.
Team America's Johnny Chan raised all in from the button and Team Europe's Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier called all in from the big blind. Here's what we saw.
Chan:
Grospellier:
Team Europe was at risk in the hand and was flipping with two overs for his tournament life. The flop was interesting with the falling, giving Team Europe more outs to a better two pair.
The turn was the and now Team America took way some outs with a flush draw.
The river landed with the , gave Team America a full house and won them the match. They're now up two to one on Europe going into the next match.
With the quick blind levels, the average stack is just 12.5 big blinds. Both of these players know the play isn't deep and have been doing a lot of shoving preflop.