Rast First Player to Crack 20MM; Hellmuth Steaming
From the cutoff Brian Rast raised to 250,000 and both blinds, Philipp Gruissem and Phil Hellmuth, called.
The flop came down and Gruissem checked to Hellmuth who fired out 350,000. Rast made the call and Gruissem folded.
The turn was the and Hellmuth checked to Rast who bet out 650,000. Hellmuth called and the river brought out the .
Hellmuth checked once more and Rast bet 1.15 million. Hellmuth stood up, sat down and started talking.
"The one guy I know I'm going to bust and he just gets there hand after hand," Hellmuth said as he made the call.
"NO, HE DIDN'T DO THAT!" Hellmuth screamed when Rast turned over for a rivered straight.
"That f***king idiot," Hellmuth added to his rant while pacing away from the table.
"You're one heck of a player aren't you? I know you'd try buddy, and I know you'll try again. You'll bluff your money off to the one guy you can't bluff!" Hellmuth added as Rast quietly stacked his chips. He's now over 20 million and chip leader by a serious margin in this event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
20,300,000
4,900,000
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4,900,000 |
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Phil Hellmuth |
6,500,000
-1,400,000
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-1,400,000 |
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