Aces Are not Good for Hellmuth
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The button player opened to 10,000 and Phil Hellmuth raised it to 40,000 from the blinds. The initial player called and the flop fell 
. Both players checked.
Things heated on the turn 
after Hellmuth check-raised all in after his opponent bet 50,000. The latter ended up calling for a stack of 193,500 to create the following showdown:
Phil Hellmuth: 
His opponent: 
Hellmuth stood up from his chair, seeing two pair in his opponent's hand and his pocket aces cracked. The river 
didn't change anything and Hellmuth was left with 33,000 after that hand. The owner of 15 WSOP bracelets busted a few minutes later.
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. Shulman first checked and raised all in his opponent's bet of 20,000. The latter ended up making the call and the players tabled their cards:
brought him no help but a 
fell on the river, giving him a better set as well as the double up.
. With already around 20,000 in the middle, Schemion, in the blinds, first checked and faced a bet of 25,000 from his opponent. Schemion tanked for a few minutes before sending his cards into the muck.
, Weisner checked, and Sinclair fired for 25,000, with Weisner calling. The turn came 
and the action checked through.
, Aoki was in good shape for a double up, facing 
, giving all sorts of draws to Aoki's opponent by the turn, but faded to win with a set of queens and eliminated her opponent from the event.