Legendary Poker Hands
Texas Holdem No-Limit WSOP 2001
$10,000 Main Event: Hellmuth Gets too Aggressive
| Phil Hellmuth | Carlos Mortensen | |
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| The Flop | The Turn | The River |
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The Result
When this hand took place there were still five players remaining at the final table. The blinds were set at $15,000-$30,000 with an ante of $6,000. Hellmuth limped into the pot, Phil Gordon was on the button and he limped in, Carlos was next in the small blind and he limped in, and Stan Schrier checked at the big blind. The flop provided Q
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4. Carlos was first to act and he checked, Schrier followed suit and checked, Hellmuth decided to bet $60,000, and Phil Gordon folded. Carlos decided to raise $200,000, Schrier then folded. The pot has a total of $410,000 in it and now it was time for Phil Hellmuth to make a move. He moved all-in with his $900,000, Mortensen proceeded to call and both players turned their cards up. Phil had a Q-10, and Carlos was holding a Q-J, which gave both players top pair but Carlos had the higher kicker. A Jack hit on the turn, which gave Carlos the top two pair and Hellmuth had an open-ended straight draw. Phil now needed an 8 or a K to arrive on the river to make a straight. The river came and it was the A and Phil Hellmuth was sent packing.
analysis
Phil's first bet was a good bet as he did not leave himself in a position to be pot committed, so if need be he could get out of the hand. The only way that Phil could have won the hand when he moved all-in was to beat a bluff or get Carlos to lay down the better hand. It was unlikely that Phil's hand was the best after Carlos check-raised him, and that is when Phil should have gotten out.
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- 1981 WSOP: Bobby Baldwin vs. Perry Green
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- 1985 WSOP: T.J. Cloutier vs. Billy Smith
- 1987 WSOP: Johnny Chan vs. Bob Ciaffone
- 1987 WSOP: Johnny Chan vs. Frank Henderson
- 1988 WSOP: Johnny Chan vs. Erik Seidel
- 1989 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth vs. Johnny Chan
- 1990 WSOP: Hans Lund vs. Mansour Matloubi
- 1991 WSOP: Don Holt vs. Brad Daugherty
- 1992 WSOP: Hammid Dastmalchi vs. Tom Jacobs
- 1993 WSOP: Jim Bechtel vs. Glen Cozen
- 1994 WSOP: Russ Hamilton vs. Hugh Vincent
- 1994 WSOP: Russ Hamilton vs. Hugh Vincent (Final Hand)
- 1995 WSOP: Dan Harrington vs. Howard Goldfarb
- 1996 WSOP: Huck Seed vs. Van Horn
- 1997 WSOP: Stu Ungar vs. John Strzemp
- 1997 WSOP: Stu Ungar vs. Ron Stanley
- 1997 WSOP: Stu Ungar vs. Mel Judah
- 1998 WSOP: Scotty Nguyen vs. Kevin McBride
- 1999 WSOP: Noel Furlong vs. Alan Goehring
- 2000 WSOP: Chris Ferguson vs. T.J. Cloutier
- 2001 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth vs. Carlos Mortensen
- 2001 WSOP: Carlos Mortensen vs. Dewey Tomko
- 2002 WSOP: Robert Varkonyi vs. Julian Gardner
- 2003 WSOP: Chris Moneymaker vs. Sam Farha
- 2004 WSOP: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams
- 2005 WSOP: Joe Hachem vs. Steve Dannenmann
