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At the final table Phil Hellmuth was sitting against Johnny Chan, the champion of the two previous years. The blinds were $5,000-$10,000 and the ante was $2,000. After these were posted the players received their holecards. Hellmuth had
 
9s9c
and Chan got
 
So, Phil had quite a good hand and raises to $35,000. Chan looked at his up-down and reraised to $165,000. Hellmuth decided that the time has come and moved all-in with about $1 million.
Chan sadly looked at his remaining $450,000 and called. Which was a big mistake…
The flop was
  
And Hellmuth had two pair. Chan still was on a draw when they saw
On the turn, Chan began crawling about on his seat. But afer the river card came out the board looked like this:
Thus Johnny didn’t become the world champion for the third time and Phil got the title and $755 grand.
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