Barbato Eliminates Hellmuth Amongst Double Knock-Out
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Phill Hellmuth was seen standing up with no chips in front of him as the dealer was counting out the stacks of another all in player who was close in chips with Antonio Barbato who had won the hand.
The board read 
. According to the re-telling of action, Hellmuth was already all in with his short stack and on the flop, the second player had shoved all in which was snap called by Barbato who held the slow played 
. The player who shoved had 
while Hellmuth's hand had already been turned over into the muck.
After the count, it was determined that Barbaro was the largest stack and the pot was pushed his way as he started to assemble his new chip castle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
1,393,500
|
1,393,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
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