Phil Ivey was down to his last 32,500 to begin this hand and was in the big blind. Action folded a few spots over to Devan Tang and he raised to 7,000. After that, play folded to Mr. Ivey in the big blind and he flat-called.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Ivey checked and Tang checked. The river completed the board with the and they both checked again.
PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew is currently sitting behind a healthy stack and we caught a recent hand which added to his stack.
Lew opened the action preflop to 5,100 and one opponent three-bet to 13,100 before Lew made the call. The flop fell and Lew checked before calling a bet of 12,500 from his opponent. Both players opted to check as hit the turn, while a would land on the river.
This time Lew though for a couple of minutes before sliding out 34,000. Lew's opponent didn't take long to make his decision as he threw his cards into the muck.
Jeff Rossiter and [Removed:163] just got all in on the flop of . Sheikh held a flush draw with the . Rossiter held the for top pair, top kicker. Rossiter's hand held after the hit the turn and hit the river. Sheikh had less chips and was eliminated.
We came to the action on Team PokerStars' Randy Lew's table with a board showing and him in a hand with chip leader Nathaniel Seet.
On the turn, Lew took quite a while before he decided to check, while Seet also tanked before checking. On the river it was a and again Lew thought for a long time before deciding what to do. Lew eventually bet 24,000, which was around a half pot-sized bet.
After some time, Seet said, "I won't raise you" and called, turning over to trump the of Lew who still has a nice stack of around 180,000.
Jeff Rossiter is now sitting behind a very healthy stack and we caught the action on a recent exciting hand which saw Rossiter double-up.
The flop was showing and Rossiter led the action with a bet of 10,500. His opponent hen raised it up to 21,000 before Rossiter moved all in. His opponent made the call and would be in trouble when Rossiter turned over , while he only held .
Rossiter was looking good to take down the big pot before the hit the turn. Rossiter was looking a little dissapointed until...
The river housed a , giving Rossiter the third nine and sending him the pot.