Hellmuth Going for #10???

[Talking Poker]

They are still going at it.

Jeff just took a big pot and has a 1.8 - 1.2 lead.

[Boobie Lover]

Via :

11:00pm... Hellmuth and Cabanillas pulled even. The unknown kid who is playing in his first tournament was jawing back at Hellmuth after Hellmuth attempted to tilt him with his verbal abuse. Here's a sample of the exchange:

Hellmuth: "I can't believe you called with K-J."
Cabanillas: "I did and I also called with a pair of fives and they held up."

11:15pm... Players went on a break and Hellmuth is on the verge of mega-tilt unless he calms himself down and does some yoga in the hallway. Hellmuth admitted, "This kid is good. he's good." He's down 1.85M to 1.25M.

[Talking Poker]

He's really got a great blog, huh? Excellent coverage.

[jaeh00d]

wow.... hellmuth down to 500k in chips... this guy jeff now has over 2.5mill in chips... Phil needs to push here soon... good luck phil

[jaeh00d]

phil doubled up by catching a nut flush on the river.... still only with 750k... rooting for phil. still plenty of chips to play with the big blind is only at 50k..

[Robbie Robb]

Didn't actually check to see what time this ended, but end it did - with Phil taking home.....second place.

No bracelet for Phil. He raised all in on a flop of 6-4-3 and is called. Jeff turns over 5-3, Phil 5-4. Phil turns his trips but the jack on the river gives Jeff the diamond flush.

I'd be willing to bet that, even with it being Phil, there wasn't an explosion. I'd more suspect it would be like letting air out of an air mattress - just a slow, deliberate deflation.

[Talking Poker]

That my guess too.... it sounds like he maybe had a bit of bad luck on a couple of hands, but nothing TOO major. Overall, I think he was outplayed.

That kid just went from being a complete nobody to someone everyone will have their eye for the rest of the series and beyond. Winning any bracelet is a big deal, but this was a life changing tourney for him, for sure.