Peter Hengsakul Shoves the River in a 3-Way Pot

After a flop of , Phil Hellmuth bets 18,000 from the big blind, Peter Hengsakul (pictured) calls UTG+1, and Lloyd Mandel calls from the cutoff.

The turn card is the , and Hellmuth bets 48,000. Hengsakul and Mandel both call.

The river card is the , Hellmuth checks, and Hengsakul moves all in for 297,000. Mandel thinks for a while before he folds, and then Hellmuth thinks for a while before he says, “Oh man, I can’t beat kings.”

Hellmuth folds, and Hengsakul takes the pot.

Peter Hengsakul  –  595,000  (50 bb)
Phil Hellmuth  –  555,000  (46 bb)
Lloyd Mandel – 355,000  (30 bb)

A hand or two later, Mandel says he folded ace-jack of hearts, flopping a gutshot, turning a flush draw, and rivering top pair.