Pollak Winds Up Hellmuth
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The last time Phil Hellmuth tangled with Benjamin Pollak in the blind battle he came out of the encounter with a bloody nose after being forced to lay down the four-bet. Unfortunately, for the big man, he has just tried to have another go at the Frenchman and once again ended up a little worse for wear!
The action folded around to Hellmuth who decided to raise to 4,900 and Benjamin Pollak made the call. The flop of 
was checked through and we saw the 
on the turn. Hellmuth made a very confident looking 9,000 bet and Pollak made the call. The river was the 
and Hellmuth checked to Pollak who bet 18,500 and then the fun started. Hellmuth started talking to himself and was visibly angry. Then he moved from talking to himself to talking to Pollak.
"You wanna mess with me? Well the deck had better save you."
"I knew I was going to get you after the last hand."
"I am 100% going to bust you."
"OK its OK you can show the bluff."
Were the main sentences that came out of Hellmuth;s mouth and landed on my note pad. He folded his hand and Pollak waved the nine-high bluff at Hellmuth and hauled in the pot. Hellmuth started again.
"You called a 9k bet with nine high. This is not poker!"
"You guys play so bad against me. 9K with nine high!"
Then after speaking to himself and then Pollak he decided to speak to anyone else who would listen to him.
"Freddy, Freddy (Deeb) they have got me talking to myself now!"
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
210,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
and Anton Wigg bet 23,800. Hellmuth gave it some thought before calling and this put Pollak in a very tough spot. After a while Pollak folded his set of treys and Wigg showed 
. Hellmuth sat motionless for a number of seconds before releasing his cards.
and after Hellmuth had checked, Pollak bet 6,200. Wigg called and so did Hellmuth. The turn was the 
and within a second Hellmuth threw out 14,000 chips. Pollak folded but Wigg was going nowhere. The river was the 
and Hellmuth verbally announced his 22,000 bet. Wigg snap-folded and Hellmuth instantly showed his 
and Hellmuth check-folded to Wigg's 8,700 bet. "Floor!" Hellmuth shouted to keep his show going before releasing his hand. "When are you gonna break this table?" the 11-time bracelet winner asked. The floor explained that this was going to be one of the two final tables and Hellmuth responded with, "Good. I've made some plans. My style is great. It's just great". Hellmuth showed his 
and Wigg tabled his 
proving he actually had a hand. "You won a flip, so what?" Hellmuth added leaving Wigg with a smile on his face.
and that's it for Jetten who finishes in 20th. The Canadien takes home €7.560 for his efforts.
and no sooner had it landed on the table, Finlay had moved all-in. Hellmuth leapt to his feet.