How often do you see pots that nobody wants to take ownership of, going the way of the chip leader?
Robert Finlay raised to 20,000 from under the gun and both Guillaume Humbert and Matan Krakow called. The action checked all the way down to the river when Humbert bet 40,000 to take the pot down.
Board:
When asked to show his cards Humbert flashed a lone five for the bluff.
From the button Adrien Allain raised to 17,000 and just like earlier Czuczor folded quickly giving the action to Hellmuth. Hellmuth grabbed some chips and put in a raise to 45,000. Allain pondered for a while and asked the dealer, in French, what the total raise was. "He's all-in?," Hellmuth yelled as he jumped up from his chair. The 11 time bracelet winner seemed ready to go but when Allain eventually four-bet to 100,000 he didn't snap-call.
"I thought I would bust you earlier," was the first thing that came from his mouth as Allain started smiling. "This is so sick. This is the third time you bluffed me, but the fourth time I will have aces. Nice bluff kid," Hellmuth sighed as he open-folded .
Casey Kastle just couldn't get out of first gear today and eventually dwindled down to a stack with zero fold equity. Here are the final death knolls of the demise of the Kastle.
Kastle limps into the pot from the small blind leaving 50,000 behind. Azusa Maeda moves him all-in and Kastle folds his hand. Then Kastle find himself on the button and moves all-in holding and Marton Czuczor calls in the big blind holding . The board did not contain that magical four or any other spiritual connotation that could have worked wonders for Kastle and he was eliminated.
Alexander Salabaschew raised from the small blind and Robert Finlay called in the big blind.
The flop was a very clubby looking and after a 51,000 check-raise by Salabaschew, Roy Finlay moved all-in. For a second it looked like Salabaschew was arranging his chips to make the call but in the end he folded.
"You wanna play poker? Let's play poker!" Hellmuth just shouted at Adrien Allain who keeps getting the best of him. Hellmuth raised from the button to 20,000 and after Maeda folded it was Allain's turn. The young Frenchman grabbed chips right away and three-bet to 50,000 and that's when the fireworks started.
After Phil ranted for a while he ending his speech with, "So bet it. Either I've got all your chips or I'll be out soon".
Hellmuth is the short stack after Kastle busted out and he will need a double up soon to keep his 12th bracelet dreams alive.
He started the day second in chips but after the first two levels Phil Hellmuth
found himself propping up the other eight players. That situation has been reversed in the first few hands of Level 21.
Marton Czuczor raised to 22,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth made it 51,000 from the small blind. Czuczor checked on the stack sizes before moving all-in and Hellmuth called super-quickly.
Hellmuth
Czuczor
Board:
Hellmuth doubles up, steadies the ship and is back on course for a 12th WSOP bracelet.