[Dave D]

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Phil comes back raving after that guy who can't spell pohker puts a bad beat on him. First hand he plays (at least it looks that way on TV) he raises. I think Magriel thought Hellmuth could be on just a little tilt and even if he's raising with a decent hand might just lay it down since Magriel's raise is committing Hellmuth's entire stack. So it's reasonable to think that given the range of hands Hellmuth could be raising with that he'd fold to that large of a re-raise. Particularly since Hellmuth is known to lay down some big hands. And if Hellmuth pushes, Magriel hopes to at least be "off to the races".

Think about it, Hellmuth put all of his chips in the pot with AQ knowing that Magriel had odds to call. What hands is Hellmuth ahead of? AJ? Hellmuth made a bad decision here.

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It seemed like Phil was committed to call most any raise (even one to put him all in) or push over someone else's raise, after Phil made his original raise because he was somewhat low stacked. The only time he wouldnt is if it went push, and call, or something. I don't think we know Phil's exact stack, but that's the impression I got.

Magriel had to have known this. Or at least that there's a good chance phil is gonna push. If I knew that, I would just fold 7s.

It seemed to me phil was pretty committed after his initial raise. The only reason he didn't open push probably is that he probably wanted some action. It didn't seem like phil's move was that bad, especially if we know Magriel has a laggy image.