Phil Hellmuth's Main Event is on life support after a crushing hand against Abraham Mourshaki. Mourshaki opened for 20,000 preflop before Hellmuth put in a curious re-raise to 36,000, just slightly more than the minimum-allowable 34,000. All other players folded back to Mourshaki, who called.
The flop came out
. Mourshaki checked to Hellmuth, then called Hellmuth's bet of 40,000. It was at that point that Hellmuth said, "This could be my last hand, ESPN."
The turn was the
. Hellmuth stood up as Mourshaki checked again. "I think he has two eights," said Hellmuth. He checked behind.
The river came down
and brought a bet of 120,000 from Mourshaki. Hellmuth sat back down, though about fifteen seconds and then slid a matching call into the middle of the table. He was incredibly steamed to see Mourshaki turn over
for trip jacks. Hellmuth walked away from the table and started whinging.
"I'm gonna vomit on the floor. There goes my World Series to an absolute maniac," he said. Coming back to the table and fixing his gaze on the dealer, Hellmuth added, "You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn't just find one jack so he could sail off?"
Hellmuth turned to Mourshaki. "Nice hand buddy. Well played. Pretty nice, huh?"
Hellmuth has only 100,000 remaining chips.
