Straight Out of the Amazon Room for Sands
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Most of the damage was done when Phil Hellmuth raised under the gun and Sands reraised preflop. Hellmuth check-called Sands' bets on the X
flop and 
turn, and then bet out on the 
river. Sands called, but his his pocket queens were no good against Hellmuth's 
for the rivered straight. Ouch.A couple hands later and Hellmuth finished him off. Down to just 2,400, Sands got it in under the gun with
and it folded around to Hellmuth in the small blind who raised with 
. The big blind folded. On their backs:Board:
Hellmuth made himself another straight for good measure, and Sands slips through our fingers while Hellmuth is on around 55,000.