Matan Krakow has been in command of the outer table ever since he got moved there. The Israelite just raised to 22,000 from the small blind and that was the moment Salabaschew was waiting for. The Frenchman decided to shove for his final 88,000 chips and Krakow called within a heartbeat.
Matan Krakow
Alexander Salabaschew
The board ran out giving Salabaschew a much needed double up. Krakow meanwhile is still among the chipleaders.
The quiet Azusa Maeda just raised to 18,000 from the under the gun position. Action got folded to Hellmuth who was in the big blind, and after counting down his chips numerous times he decided to raise to 54,000. "All-in," Maeda declared within a second and Hellmuth, who still had his headphones on, didn't realize this right away.
"He's all-in?," Hellmuth asked when the dealer pulled in his raise and after getting confirmation he decided to quietly fold.
Hellmuth is all the way down to 72,000 chips and in serious need of a double up.
Adrien Allain is letting his poker do the talking for him and it is getting on Phil Hellmuth's nerves.
Allain raised to 20,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth clicked it back from the big blind and Allain called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Hellmuth bet 25,000 and Allain called. The river was the and Hellmuth checked again and Allain made a tiny bet of 20,000. Hellmuth rose from his seat and started talking to himself before making the call. Allain showed and Hellmuth mucked.
"So dead, so dead… what does it feel like to smack the deck like that every time? I have you dead every time…I make you put your money in with jack-nine…but don't worry I will make you put your money i again real soon," said Hellmuth.
Chips are changing hands quickly with two four handed tables remaining in this tournament. Marton Czuczor just doubled up Phil Hellmuth but a within a matter of hands he got his chips back.
Action got folded to Czuczor who was in the small blind and the Hungarian pro decided to shove for his remaining 96,000 chips. Hellmuth asked for a count and called quickly.
Marton Czuczor
Phil Hellmuth
The board ran out giving Czuczor a double up. Hellmuth won two small pots right after this hand putting him on 150,000 chips which is still 15 big blinds.
He started the day second in chips but after the first two levels Phil Hellmuth
found himself propping up the other eight players. That situation has been reversed in the first few hands of Level 21.
Marton Czuczor raised to 22,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth made it 51,000 from the small blind. Czuczor checked on the stack sizes before moving all-in and Hellmuth called super-quickly.
Hellmuth
Czuczor
Board:
Hellmuth doubles up, steadies the ship and is back on course for a 12th WSOP bracelet.
"You wanna play poker? Let's play poker!" Hellmuth just shouted at Adrien Allain who keeps getting the best of him. Hellmuth raised from the button to 20,000 and after Maeda folded it was Allain's turn. The young Frenchman grabbed chips right away and three-bet to 50,000 and that's when the fireworks started.
After Phil ranted for a while he ending his speech with, "So bet it. Either I've got all your chips or I'll be out soon".
Hellmuth is the short stack after Kastle busted out and he will need a double up soon to keep his 12th bracelet dreams alive.
giving Salabaschew a much needed double up. Krakow meanwhile is still among the chipleaders.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Hellmuth bet 25,000 and Allain called. The river was the 
and Hellmuth mucked.
giving Czuczor a double up. Hellmuth won two small pots right after this hand putting him on 150,000 chips which is still 15 big blinds.
