Hellmuth Nurses Short Stack; Doubles
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Over on the secondary feature table, Phil Hellmuth's stack dropped below ten big blinds and in one of the hands he defended the big blind against a raise by Jans Arends. Hellmuth checked it down on an ace-high board and showed 
and Arends claimed the pot with the 
.
After going through the blinds, Hellmuth eventually moved all in for 23,000 and Martin Poelzl called in the big blind with the 
. Hellmuth turned over the 
and the board came 
to let Hellmuth double.
The table big stacks are Ray Attiyah and Steve Billirakis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
450,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
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|
150,000
149,999
|
149,999 |
|
52,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
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