2007 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
Seat 3 - Ben Fineman - 930,000
Seat 4 - Dustin Holmes - 1,160,000
Seat 5 - Jason Song - 520,000
Seat 8 - Shankar Pillai - 852,000
Seat 9 - Perry Friedman - 230,000
Seat 10 - Beth Shak - 914,000
Phil Hellmuth: - 82,000 in chips
Brett Richey: - 424,000 in chips
Beth Shak: - more than 424,000
The crowd explodes when they see the cards. Both Hellmuth and Shak looked ecstatic, and Matusow is shocked that Richey called, because both Hellmuth and Shak looked so extremely happy to be all in -- a clear sign of aces. Matusow says he's never seen a more clear situation where you should automatically fold pocket kings preflop. But Richey isn't dead yet.
The crowd is yelling, and Phil Hellmuth goes back to Ivey, presumably to book some more insurance.
The flop comes , and Hellmuth has the only flush possibility.
The turn card is the , and the crowd sighs, hoping for a spade to make things interesting. Only a king on the river can save Richey now.
The river card is the , and Brett Richey is eliminated in eighth place, earning $42,227. The next player eliminated will receive $57,063 in seventh place.
Beth Shak walks over to Phil Hellmuth and gives him a sweet hug. Richey walks up a few seconds later to shake Hellmuth's hand. Matusow walks on stage about a minute later, laughing with Hellmuth about the situation, and saying once again that when two people are all in and dancing about it, you need to fold pocket kings preflop.
It'll take a few minutes to chop up this pot between Hellmuth and Shak.