Hellmuth and Brown Scooped by Quads
Its not often you see a three-way showdown, with a low on board, that one player scoops with only a high. But Phil Hellmuth's and Chad Brown's opponent got the whole pot in just such a scenario.
Four players limped into the pot before Brown raised from the big blind. All four players, including Allen Kessler and Hellmuth, called. Action checked to Hellmuth on a flop of . He bet and was raised by the player behind him. Everyone except Kessler called to the turn . Action checked to the flop raiser, who bet. Brown and Hellmuth both called.
The river put a low on board, . Brown and Hellmuth check-called one more time. Their opponent turned over four jacks with no low, . Surprisingly, neither Brown nor Hellmuth had a low. Their opponent got the whole pot.
Brown went out a few hands later. Hellmuth now has 34,000.