Poker Night in America aired another episode of “Hellmuth’s Home Game” recently.
The concept behind the recently-debuted show is that you’re watching a home game between Phil Hellmuth and his friends. The 17-time bracelet winner may be friends with his opponents, but they are still willing to torture him.
In the most recent episode, Kelly Minkin pulled off an epic slowroll on the game’s host, taking his stack in the process.
In a $25-$50 with a $50 big blind ante, Minkin put the $100 straddle on from under the gun. DJ Washburn was on her direct left and raised to $250 with Q♦J♥. Hellmuth was one spot over and looked down as A♠A♥. He three-bet to $600 and the action folded around to Kelly Minkin, who called with 6♣4♣.
Flop Leaves Hellmuth Drawing Thin
Washburn also called, bringing the pot to $1,925. The flop was 10♦6♠6♥, giving Minkin three of a kind and an 84% chance to win the pot, according to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator.
Hellmuth’s pocket aces now had just an 11% chance to win with Washburn checking in at 5%. He fired $600 at the pot and Minkin thought a bit before raising to $2,000 with Washburn folding.
“God dang it,” Hellmuth responded before moving the last of his $4,750 into the pot.
Minkin, who sported a T-shirt reading “I Do All My Own Stunts,” checked her hand and asked to get a count of Hellmuth’s chips.
She mulled over the decision for about 30 seconds and then called, bringing the pot to $11,425.
“I have it, Kelly,” said Hellmuth. “Aces.”
“No you don’t,” said Minkin.
Hellmuth flashed his hand and Minkin took another 10 seconds before revealing her hand. The other players at the table, including Mike Matusow and Kane Kalas, burst out laughing at the slow roll.
The players chose to run it twice and Minkin won both runouts.
“She called $600 on mega tilt and got away with it,” Hellmuth said with a laugh. “Come on, $600 with a 4-6?” Hellmuth laughed. The Poker Brat surprisingly took the hand pretty well, at least initially. “I want your action Kelly. I’m not going to complain about it.”
“I was really shocked you had aces,” she responded.
You can watch the entire hand in the clip below:
Might Be The Last The Poker World Sees Of Minkin
Minkin, from Tucson, Arizona, has $1.6 million in live tournament winnings and also practices law and runs two other companies she founded. Prior to the World Series of Poker main event, she announced on Instagram that she would no longer play poker professionally.
“If poker has taught me anything, it’s to always bet on yourself when you have an edge,” she said. “That mindset led me to start Triple Barrel, my high-end poker clothing company, form my own law firm, and now co-found Fukui Labs, where we’re building the creative future at the intersection of blockchain and AI.
“Poker has given me more than financial success. It has taught me how to be resilient, logical, and adaptive. It has provided me so many opportunities, lifelong friends, and even led me to meet my now husband. I’ve spent years teaching others how to leverage poker strategy in their own businesses. Now I’m doing exactly that myself.”
