Matusow Makes Quads on Hellmuth’s Home Game; What Hand Impressed Phil Hellmuth?

Every Monday night, Hellmuth’s Home Game presented by Poker Night in America (PNIA) and sponsored by BetRivers is once again airing on CBS Sports on Monday nights.

The nationally-televised show, which was filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada and is unique in that there is no commentary. Instead, the show is carried by table talk from Phil Hellmuth alongside a cast of fellow pros and friends in an intimate, relaxed cash game setting.

PokerNews watched Episode 22 and compiled a recap of some of the biggest hands and interesting storylines.

Here’s how things stacked up at the start of the episode:

The game was played with $25/$50 blinds with a $50 big blind ante. Here’s a look at some of the biggest hands from the episode.

P3 Felted in First Hand

In the first hand of the episode, Phillip “P3” Hellmuth III limped under the gun holding the Q♥Q♣ and Randy “3Coin” Sadler raised to $150 next to act with the A♣7♦. John Cerasani came along from the big blind with the K♥2♥, and it was three-way action to the flop of A♥6♦5♥.

Cerasani checked, P3 bet $300, and 3Coin called with top pair. Surprisingly, Cerasani folded his nut flush draw, which he would’ve hit on the 8♥ turn. Instead, it was P3 betting $650 and 3Coin raising to $1,400.

P3 called and then checked the 3♣ river, which prompted 3Coin to move all in. P3 had $4,750 behind and thought long and hard before calling off only to see the $13,425 pot pushed to 3Coin.

Kelly’s All-In Bluff

Kelly Lucas raised to $300 from the hijack with the K♣Q♥ and Hellmuth called from the cutoff with the Q♠10♣. Cerasani then made it $900 to go from the button with the 7♥7♣ and DJ Washburn called from the straddle holding the K♦10♥.

Kelly came along, as did Hellmuth, and it was four-way action to a flop of 9♥4♥3♣. Three checks put action on Cerasani, and he bet $500. Only Kelly called, and the 9♣ paired the board on the turn.

Kelly checked for the second time, Cerasani bet $1,000, and the former woke up with an all-in check-raise. Cerasani, who had the best hand, had $3,600 behind but opted to preserve it by folding.

In the next hand, Cerasani raised to $250 from the hijack with the K♠J♥, and Kelly defended the straddle with the A♠9♥. It was heads-up to the 8♦A♥3♣ flop, and Kelly checked, which prompted Cerasani to move all in for $3,350.

Kelly called and they agreed to run it twice. Cerasani had just a 5% chance of winning the hand, and the K♥ turn gave him hope. Unfortunately for him, the 9♣ river was a brick. On the second run, the J♦ turn gave him hope once again, but the 2♦ river was no help.

Hellmuth Impressed

With a $100 straddle on, Kelly raised to $300 first to act holding the Q♠10♥ and DJ Washburn defended the big blind with the Q♦9♦. It was heads-up action to a flop of 10♦4♦K♠, which saw Washburn check his flush and straight draws.

Kelly continued for $300 with middle pair, Washburn check-raised to $1,200, and Kelly called to see the 8♣ turn. Washburn bet $3,300, Kelly thought long and hard before calling, and the 3♠ completed the board on the river.

Washburn took his time before moving all in, and Kelly wasted little time in calling off for $11,825 to claim a $33,425 pot.

“Picked him off with a ten,” an impressed Hellmuth said.

Quads for the Mouth

Four players each committed $600 to the pot preflop and saw a flop of Q♠5♥2♥. 3Coin checked his J♥10♦ from the small blind, and DJ Washburn bet $1,300 with the 5♦3♦ in the big. Mike “The Mouth” Matusow had flopped a set with the 2♠2♦ from the under-the-gun position and just called.

Hellmuth ditched his 9♠6♠, and 3Coin called, which brought about the 2♣ on the turn. 3Coin checked, Washburn did the same, and Matusow slow-played his quad deuces by checking behind, which brought the 7♦ on the river.

3Coin simply mucked, and DJ Washburn checked to Matusow, who bet $2,200. Washburn paid it off, and Matusow claimed a pot worth $10,850.

Here’s how things looked at the end of the episode.

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