A8 as the hand of a dead man, Negreanu and his famous T7o, or the legendary Doyle Brunson and his two titles won with T2o - the poker world is full of non-traditional starting combinations that connect us with moments, names or stories. Another such story was born just a few days ago, and none other than Phil Hellmuth appeared as the man of the moment!

The past few days brought another issue of the US Poker Open to the Las Vegas, a high roller series that brought day-to-day tournaments with buy-ins unavailable to ordinary mortals. Fields packed with world poker stars could be watched every day by viewers via live streams, thanks to which the next hand saw the light of day.

In the $25k event, there was a moment on the table when Alex Foxen on the BTN with 30k/60k blinds opened with a pair of 9 9 to 125k, which Phil Hellmuth decided to defend his BB with Q 4 and came up with a 3-bet on 350k, leaving only 540k behind. It didn't take long for Foxen to put his opponent all-in with three million behind, but where everyone was waiting for a quick fold, a surprise came after more than two minutes - Hellmuth decided to call! And the result is best described by this moment:

As it was immediately clear to everyone, the Internet took full advantage of this hand and the results did not take long to come. Piles of commentaries, funny memes or arguments once again divide the community, and while one party considers Hellmuth to be the perfect poker magician, the other just shake their heads at his game. Part of which camp do you consider yourselve?

Source: youtube.com, pokerstrategy.com