Day 5 was another exciting day at the WSOP Main Event. Both Phil Hellmuth and Garrett “Gfcukingbecks” Beckman played and survived the day to make it to day six, but that isn’t to say that it was smooth sailing. Both players faced some incredibly difficult situations throughout the day.
Early in the day Hellmuth and two other players saw a flop of 8h5d5c and one player bet 55k. Phil made the call and the third player folded. When the Tc came on the turn the other player checked to Hellmuth who said “For some reason I just wanna win this pot right now. I’ll show it to you” as he bet 40k. The other player made the call and they saw the 7h fall on the river. Both players checked and Hellmuth’s pocket sixes were no good against the other players Jc8c.
Beckman’s day didn’t start off well either when he and another player both flopped a flush draw but Beckmans Td7d was drawing slim to his opponents KdQd. A queen hit the board and Beckman’s stack dropped to around 200k.
Hellmuth was still feeling frisky and a little while after laying an open-ended straight draw and flush draw on the flop to another player’s all-in bet, he called a 42k raise from the player on the button from his small blind and said he was checking in the dark on the flop which came AcQc2s. The other player bet 40k and Hellmuth called. When the Jh came on the turn Hellmuth checked and the other player bet 100k and Hellmuth again made the call. The river brought the 2c and Hellmuth checked a third time to his opponent who announced he was all-in and Hellmuth, with less chips, instantly made the call with his Jc8c for the flush. The other player mucked and Hellmuth yelled “That’s why I throw it away, boys!” in reference to the big lay-down he made in a previous hand. Hellmuth’s stack climbed up to nearly 720k after the hand.
Hellmuth continued to build his stack up to more than 1.3 million in chips when he got involved in another big hand. He raised in late position to 50k and the small blind re-raised to 150k. Hellmuth made the call and the flop came TdTc7s. The small blind then shoved all in for more than 1.1 million in chips which was almost all of Hellmuth’s stack. Hellmuth thought for a bit and pondered out loud, “So sick. He’s probably cold shoving eights or something.” He eventually decided to fold his QsQc face up and was frustrated to see the other player toss his QhQd into the muck as he was raking in the pot.
In the last hand of the night, a player made a raise and Hellmuth re-raised from the small blind. Hellmuth said "I hope he doesn't have aces," as the other player asked for a count. After a few moments the other player called and they saw the flop come Tc9c7s. Hellmuth checked and the other player bet 300k. Hellmuth was obviously frustrated again and eventually folded his AsKh face-up.
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow had been watching the action and laughed and told the other player to show the bluff, so he flipped up his Td4d. Matusow and the nearby spectators were in hysterics as Hellmuth jumped out of his seat and stormed around the room berating his opponent for calling his re-raise with ten high.
Hellmuth, understandably upset, said "Listen buddy, you're an idiot! This is the Main Event and you are the worst player in history!" the crowd was enjoying the show but Hellmuth was issued a warning by the tournament director for his behavior. He continued to berate the player after his warning so another supervisor was brought over who gave Phil a penalty. Phil will be required to sit out the first nine hands of play at the beginning of day six. Hopefully some sleep and time to think are all Phil needed to regain his composure. Phil ended the day with 721k in chips.
