Phil Hellmuth Has Been Eliminated
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, and was called by a player with 
. The board of 
gave Phil a straight, but his opponent held the higher straight and knocked Phil out. "I can't believe it," Phil said when the hand was over. "I played ten times as good as the rest of the field. This was the first time in two days I got my money in with the worst of it." A few players at Phil's table politely disputed his "ten times as good" claim.
Phil's out, but today was his record-setting 63rd World Series of Poker cash.