Nam Le Doubles Through Phil Hellmuth at LA Poker Classic Final Table

Poker pro Nam Le is representing Team Bodog at the final table of the WPT LA Poker Classic. (Bodog Beat Image)

Well, we said that the action had calmed down here at the final table of the WPT LA Poker Classic and literally as we hit publish on that last post, Nam Le got in a huge pot with Phil Hellmuth. Here are the details from WorldPokerTour.com:

Hand #11: Quinn Do has the button in seat 1, Nam Le completes from the small blind for 100,000, and Hellmuth checks his option. The flop comes J63, Nam Le bets 140,000, and Hellmuth thinks for about 15 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the K, Nam Le bets 350,000, and Hellmuth says, "All in."

Nam Le immediately calls with K3 for two pair, and Hellmuth is not happy. Hellmuth shows J8 for a pair of jacks, and says, "I can't believe you caught a king." Hellmuth needs a jack on the river to bust Nam Le here.

The river card is the 10, and Nam Le wins the pot with two pair, kings and threes, doubling up in chips. Hellmuth immediately gets up from the table to walk around a bit and cool off.

As we are listening to the audio feed here in the media area outside of the tournament room, we can tell you that Ivey said some very choice words when the cards were turned up. All classic Hellmuthian reacting, or just acting. Seems like he could be more upset with himself though than he is with Le.

Le has moved up into third place behind Phil Ivey and Scott Montgomery. Stay tuned for more live updates.