Back-to-Back Doubles for Hellmuth
Poker's an easy game sometimes. Get aces twice and have them hold both times. Phil Hellmuth got his first aces, , when he had just 2,700 chips. His min-raise pre-flop was called by one player, and the rest of his chips were in on a flop of . His aces held.
Shortly thereafter Hellmuth opened for 1,400 pre-flop and was called by both blinds. On a flop of , the small blind led for 2,500. After the big blind folded, Hellmuth shoved for 4,900 total and was called. This time he had and was up against . The board again bricked out to push Hellmuth up to 14,000.