Phil Hellmuth Headed Home From WPT LA Poker Classic

Phil Hellmuth is dunzo at the final table of the WPT LA Poker Classic. (Bodog Beat Image)

Technically, Phil Hellmuth headed to Vegas for the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship, but we're suckers for alliteration and the "h" was calling us.

There are now only five players remaining at the final table of the WPT LA Poker Classic after Hellmuth was sent home after an eerily familiar hand.

Hellmuth open shoved in the cut-off with A-9 and was called down by Charles "Woody" Moore, who turned up A-Q. You may remember from two whole posts ago that Moore dealt a huge blow to Phil Ivey when Ivey was holding A-9. This one ended in much the same way as the last one and Moore triumphed, sending Hellmuth to the rail in a flurry of theatrics. He gets $229,820 for his sixth-place finish, something we would be very happy with. But that's just us.

After that hand, our current chipleader is Scott Montgomery with Ivey in second and Moore up to third.

You know the deal, stay tuned for more live updates from the Commerce Casino.