Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:47 PM Local Time
Hand #84 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, Holmes raises under the gun to 110,000, Shak calls from the button, and Fineman calls from the big blind. The flop comes
, and all three players check. The turn card is the
, Fineman checks, Holmes checks, Shak bets 375,000, and the other two players fold. Shak takes the pot to the applause of her husband, Dan Shak.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:45 PM Local Time
Hand #83 - Shankar Pillai has the button in seat 8, and Fineman raises under the gun to 115,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:44 PM Local Time
Hand #82 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, Pillai limps from the small blind for 40,000, and Shak checks her option. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the
, Pillai bets 40,000, and Shak folds. Pillai shows one card -- the
-- as he collects the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:43 PM Local Time
Hand #81 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, and Hellmuth raises to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes. A few in the crowd give Hellmuth some light applause, including Chau Giang, and Hellmuth stands up and says, "I'm still here!"
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:43 PM Local Time
Hand #80 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, and he raises to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:43 PM Local Time
Hand #79 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, Pillai raises to 110,000, and Fineman calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the
, Fineman bets 200,000, and Pillai calls. The river card is the
, and both players check. Fineman shows A-J for a pair of jacks, but Pillai shows K-8 to win the pot with a pair of kings.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:39 PM Local Time
Seat 1 - Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - 245,000
Seat 3 - Ben Fineman - 1,100,000
Seat 4 - Dustin Holmes - 1,330,000
Seat 5 - Jason Song - 560,000
Seat 8 - Shankar Pillai - 640,000
Seat 10 - Beth Shak - 1,040,000
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:36 PM Local Time
Hand #78 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, Hellmuth limps for 40,000, Fineman raises to 265,000, and Hellmuth folds. Fineman takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:35 PM Local Time
In the middle of Hand #77, Phil Hellmuth gets out of his chair to talk to his friend Morgan Machina on the rail.
Hellmuth: "Morgan, it's ridiculous. How hard is it? I wait for a hand, and they come over the top of me!"
Machina: "You'll get there."
Hellmuth: "They play too many hands, they come over the top too much. They steal my blind. I'm shortstacked. It's impossible!"
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:34 PM Local Time
Hand #77 - Shankar Pillai has the button in seat 8, Holmes raises to 110,000, and Shak calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, Shak checks, Holmes bets, Shak moves all in, and Holmes folds. Shak takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:32 PM Local Time
Hand #76 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, and Holmes raises from the cutoff to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:31 PM Local Time
Hand #75 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, Hellmuth raises to 120,000, Fineman reraises to 300,000, and Hellmuth thinks for more than a minute before he folds. Fineman takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:28 PM Local Time
Hand #72 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, and everyone folds to Fineman, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Hand #73 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, and Pillai raises to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #74 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, and Shak raises to 150,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:27 PM Local Time
Hand #71 - Shankar Pillai has the button in seat 8, Holmes raises to 110,000, Song moves all in from the cutoff for 280,000, and Holmes calls with
. Song shows
, and he'll need his hand to hold up to stay alive.
The board comes
, and Song wins the pot with a pair of queens on the turn to double up in chips.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:21 PM Local Time
Hand #70 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, Holmes raises from the cutoff to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:20 PM Local Time
Hand #69 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, and everyone folds to Pillai, giving him a walk in the big blind. Pillai shows
as he collects the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:19 PM Local Time
Hand #68 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, and he raises to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:18 PM Local Time
The players return from break to increased blinds of 20,000-40,000, with a 5,000 ante. Everyone is seated and ready to go (including Hellmuth this time), so it's time to shuffle up and deal!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:05 PM Local Time
Here are the official chip counts from the break.
Seat 1 - Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - 515,000
Seat 3 - Ben Fineman - 855,000
Seat 4 - Dustin Holmes - 1,540,000
Seat 5 - Jason Song - 360,000
Seat 8 - Shankar Pillai - 655,000
Seat 10 - Beth Shak - 1,015,000
Because they took some time to race off the yellow (1,000) chips, play won't resume until about 6:17 pm PDT.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:54 PM Local Time
Mike Matusow gives Hellmuth a quick pep talk as he leaves for the break.
Matusow: "You're playing perfect, Phil. I was telling someone earlier. You're playing absolutely perfect."