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Originally Posted by newBreed
At the time there was player named Paul Phillips. He thought the hand was ridiculous and there was no way it would actually play out like that. He did a big expose on why that hand didn't actually happen like that. He had video stills and everything. Apparently at the time if you weren't at the feature table (they weren't) they would record a hand and then ask the player what they had.
A lot of people backed up what Phillips said and, at the time, there was a consensus that neither Hellmuth or Tony D had what the graphics said they had.
LOL, this is definitely what happened.
Hellmuth had a boat, maybe AJ at the minimum, and then got asked. "Hey Phil, what did you have? So we can know for the tv broadcast."
Phil obviously lies to make himself seem like some kind of poker god/badass and says he bluffed him with a pair of sevens.
Meanwhile, Tony D made that move on the turn with air, but to save face tanked for awhile before folding. Being a good player in his own right, and having lots of experience playing Phil, he knew Phil had the boat. So they ask Tony the same question. To save face for the long tank, Tony decides JT would be a reasonable hand for him to have there to tank and fold with. He knows Phil had a boat, after all.