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.
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Phil Hellmuth fell victim to the seven-deuce bluff, and Doug Polk made his first appearance ever on the latest episode of “High Stakes Poker” on PokerGO. Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and Bryn Kenney also appeared in the star-studded lineup.
Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, and Phil Hellmuth all competed in the same High Stakes Poker episode. (Image: PokerGO)
Ivey didn’t last long, however, and not because he busted quickly. The Poker Hall of Famer left the game early because he wasn’t feeling well. The game was still quite entertaining without the poker legend.
Polk made one of the greatest laydowns in “High Stakes Poker” history, as commentator Gabe Kaplan proclaimed. He tangled with Hellmuth in a memorable hand. The “Poker Brat,” holding Q-10, raised Polk’s $7,000 bet on the flop of J-9-8 all-in to $97,000.
So, there is this TV show in the '70s called Welcome Back, Kotter. It starred Gabe Kaplan, who is still alive and has made a name for himself in professional poker. The show also launched a very young John Travolta into fame. And what was this once-popular but now obscure sit-com about? A teacher, Kotter (Kaplan), returns to his old inner-city neighborhood to give the street kids there a better education. Kotter is giving back.
PokerNews just recapped "High Stakes Poker" Season 8, Episode 10 with a rundown of five of the biggest pots played during the session at the PokerGO Studio.
Jean-Robert Bellande
As
Tom Dwan, winner of a monster three-way all-in hand the week before, was taking a seat at the table, an $800 straddle was on when
Jean-Robert Bellande raised to $3,000 from the cutoff holding the
. Salomon called from the small blind with he
, the rest of the players folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Salomon checked his flush draw and then called when Bellande bet $2,000 with his set of kings. The turn gave Salomon the club flush and he checked to Bellande, who bet $9,000. Salomon woke up with a check-raised to $29,000 and Bellande paused for a few beats before calling.