Duke Drops a Pot
and Annie Duke led out. The first player, in middle position, called and then Phil Hellmuth made the call as well.The turn brought the
and Duke checked first action. The middle-position player bet and Hellmuth called before Duke called, too.After the river fell the
, pairing the board, the first two players checked to Hellmuth. He fired out a bet and Duke thought about things for a few moments. Finally, she made the call as did the middle-position player.Showdown:
Duke: (mucks)
MP Player:
Hellmuth:
Hellmuth scooped the low half of the pot with a nut low and the middle-position player scooped the high half with aces up. Duke could beat neither and mucked her hand. She is now down to around 2,000 chips with Hellmuth moving up to over 9,000.