Small Pots
Hand #172
Phil Hellmuth began with the button. He limped in from the button and Brian Rast raised to 400,000 from the big blind. Hellmuth folded.
Hand #173
Rast started this hand on the button. He raised to 240,000 and Hellmuth made the call. The flop came down 
. Hellmuth checked and Rast also checked.
The turn was the 
and both checked again.
The river was the 
and Hellmuth bet 180,000. Rast called. Hellmuth showed the 
and Rast mucked.
Hand #174
Hellmuth was on the button and had the chip lead with over 10.7 million in chips. He limped and Rast checked in the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Both checked.
The turn brought the 
and Rast checked. Hellmuth also checked to see the 
fall on the river. Both checked. Rast won the pot with the 
over Hellmuth's 
.
Hand #175
Rast was on the button and raised to 240,000. Hellmuth called and the flop came down 
with Hellmuth having checked in the dark. Rast bet 240,000 and Hellmuth called.
Fourth street was the 
after Hellmuth checked in the dark again. Rast checked.
The river was the 
and both players checked. "Queen," said Hellmuth and tabled the 
. Rast didn't look happy as he couldn't beat queen high and mucked his hand.