Talal Shakerchi Doubles Through Phil Hellmuth
Talal Shakerchi was on the button and got into a preflop battle with Phil Hellmuth. After a couple raises, Shakerchi moved all in for 383,000 and Hellmuth thought for a little bit before calling.
It was a race with Shakerchi’s [ad][kc] up against Hellmuth’s [jd][jc]. The board ran out [td][9h][9c][2h][ks] and Shakerchi hit a king on the river to double through Hellmuth.
“I don’t mind losing a flip, but why on the river for the chip lead?” asked Hellmuth. “Just hit it on the flop.”