Is This the Real Phil Hellmuth?

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth walked into the tournament area to take his seat with his sunglasses and headphones already on. Just moments after sitting down to the left of Sam Trickett, the two players got involved in a hand.

With around 350,000 in the pot on a board reading , Trickett led out for 150,000 from early position. Hellmuth announced a raise to 600,000 and Trickett took his time before making the call. The river landed the and both players checked. Trickett turned over for a pair of aces and Hellmuth tabled .

"Do I win?" Hellmuth asked with a smirk on his face. "Oh, he has a pair of aces," as the table all chuckled. "You're lucky you hit an ace or a king because I was going all the way. Today is going to be fun."

"It already is," added Adrian Mateos. He proceeded to three-bet Hellmuth in the next hand forcing him to fold. After the hand, Mateos mentioned he had ten-eight offsuit to rub some salt in the wound.