Only Enough Room for One Phil at This Table
Friday, May 29, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
The marquee table today has been the one hosting Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, David “The Dragon” Pham and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. And if you need any further explaination about why that’s so, jeez, just look at that lineup. Sick.
A crowd gathered along the rail around the table and it didn’t dissipate throughout the day. But it’s thinned a bit in the last few minutes, in part because of the lateness of the hour, and in part because Phil Hellmuth was just eliminated. After building his stack up to over a quarter million Phil lost a big confrontation with Alan Sass, who made a tough call with top pair after Phil set him all in on the river. That left Phil with just shy of 40,000 and it was a long hard fight from there.
A fight that came to an end when Phil Ivey raised and Hellmuth moved in for his last 90,000 from the small blind. Ivey called and his A-K dominated Hellmuth’s A-J. As PokerNews reported, Hellmuth said, “He raises my blind five times, then when I make a move he has a hand?”
Yes, Ivey had a hand and after the Kd-8h-6d flop he had a hammerlock on the pot. Phil H. got no help on the turn and river and just that fast his tournament came to an end. “Ivey so lucky against me, but I will have my turn vs him for sure!” Phil tweeted seconds after his bustout. And that’s some small consolation for the UB pros who didn’t have very good luck today–tomorrow is another day. Still 55 more chances to win a bracelet.
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