1) The quiet Azusa Maeda just raised to 18,000 from the under the gun position. Action got folded to Hellmuth who was in the big blind, and after counting down his chips numerous times he decided to raise to 54,000. “All-in,” Maeda declared within a second and Hellmuth, who still had his headphones on, didn’t realize this right away.
“He’s all-in?,” Hellmuth asked when the dealer pulled in his raise and after getting confirmation he decided to quietly fold.
Hellmuth is all the way down to 72,000 chips and in serious need of a double up.
2) Adrien Allain raised to 21,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth called in the big blind with 80,000. The flop was {K-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} and Hellmuth checked to Allain who moved all-in and Hellmuth tank-folded. This left him with 60,000.
3) Hellmuth limped into the pot from the small blind and Azusa Maeda raised and Hellmuth folded.
4) Adrien Allain raised to 21,000 on the button and once again Hellmuth called in the big blind. Hellmuth had 20,000 behind and the flop came down {10-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} and he folded to another shove from Allain.
5) With 5,000 invested in the small blind and 15,000 behind Hellmuth folded