2012 World Series of Poker

Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$18,346,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$42,666,672
Entries
48
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

Hellmuth Just Calls

There's only one Phil Hellmuth.
There's only one Phil Hellmuth.

When we reached Table 411, the board read {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. Phil Hellmuth led out for 50,000, and Paul Phua raised to 150,000. Hellmuth thought for thirty seconds or so, then called.

The river was the {6-Spades}, and Hellmuth checked. Phua thought for no more than fifteen seconds, then fired 475,000.

"Call!" Hellmuth exclaimed, the second the chips hit the felt.

Phua tabled {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for sixes full of queens, but Hellmuth had him beat with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for queens full of aces.

"What...?" Rick Salomon blurted.

The table was shocked that Hellmuth just called, and some players began needling him.

"What were you afraid of?" Chamath Palihapitiya asked.

"Yeah," Salomon added. "There's no one at this table that doesn't get it in there."

"There's no one else at this table named Phil Hellmuth," Hellmuth shot back.

"There's also no one else that catches cards like you," Mike Sexton jabbed.

The conversation continued when we left, and while Phua is down to 475,000 chips, Hellmuth is up to 7.1 million.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
7,250,000
750,000
750,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
475,000
-1,025,000
-1,025,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Paul PhuaPhil HellmuthRick Salomon