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Winning poker hand in WSOP 1989

At the 1989 final table Phil Hellmuth was heads up against Johnny Chan. Hellmuth had:

Chan was dealt:

Hellmuth bet $35,000 and Chan raised $165,000. Hellmuth without any hesitation moved all-in $1,000,000. Chan called this bet with $450,000 (that was all he had). Maybe Chan's outs didn’t justify that call...? The flop came:

Two pair for Hellmuth and nothing for Chan. Finally, the river was:

Hellmuth became the World Champion and got a $755,000 check.

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