PokerNews runs down the biggest pots and most interesting hands from Season 8, Episode 13 of "High Stakes Poker," which featured Tom Dwan and Phil Hellmuth.
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Hellmuth opened the action with a limp from early position holding
. He opted not to spring the trap preflop, though, just calling when
James Bord popped it to $2,000 a couple of seats over in the cutoff with
.
. Bord continued with a decent-sized bet of $3,000 and Hellmuth stuck around for the turn. Hellmuth checked again and Bord barreled big with $15,000, more than the $11K pot. I m just gonna bluff it off now, he declared. This kinda doesn t feel fair, Hellmuth griped. Man. I almost stuck the whole hundred [thousand] in before the flop. I wish you did. I don t have anything at all, Hellmuth said, flashing the kings and mucking.
In the first hand of the new episode,
Damien Leforbes raised to $2,500 from middle position with the and the ever-aggressive
. Action folded back to Leforbes and he called to see the flop, which gave Schwimer trip eights.
Leforbes check-called a bet of $6,000 and then check-called one of $15,000 on the turn. The river was gin for Leforbes, who checked his full house. Schwimer bet $24,000, which left him just $21,000 behind, and Leforbes check-raised all in.
âDid you get lucky as shit on me?â a seemingly-frustrated Schwimer asked before calling off and discovering the bad news.
âI will not apologize for running good,â said Leforbes as he pulled in the $153,400 pot.
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PokerGO was a continuation of last weekâs game. However, the players agreed to make the straddle mandatory, so bumped the game to $200/$400/$800 w/ an $800 ante from the third blind.
Schwimer Runs It Twice
Damien Leforbes raised to $1,600 from the hijack with the and
. on the button and three-bet to $7,000.
Tom Dwan called an additional $6,200 from the straddle with the
, both Leforbes and Bellande called $5,400, and it was four-ways to the flop. Three checks saw Schwimer bet $24,000, both Dwan and Leforbes folded, and Bellande check-raised all in.
âOh man, oh man, Iâve got a really good hand,â Schwimer said before calling off for $135K. Schwimer asked Bellande whether he wanted to run it once or twice, and the latter said it was up to him. Schwimer said once before the hands were turned up.