Phil Ivey raised from the button to 30,000 and Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis called from the big blind. The flop was and Karamalikis checked. Ivey checked behind.
The turn card was the and Karamalikis fired 45,000. Ivey tanked for the entire 30 seconds that are allotted and timed out. His hand was declared dead and Karamalikis won the pot.
Phil Ivey just asked us to check out the score of the NFL playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. We let him know and he asked to be kept in the loop about what's going on in the game. Wonder how much he has on the game.
Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx Karamalikis raised to 27,000 from early position and Tony G made the call from the cutoff seat. Billy Jordanou was in the small blind and reraised the pot. Karamalikis folded, and then Tony G repotted to put Jordanou all in. He made the call.
Jordanou:
Tony G:
The board ran out and Jordanou won the pot to double up to 370,000. Tony G slipped to about 250,000.
Dan Shak raised to 37,000 from under the gun and action folded all the way around to Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis in the big blind. He made the call.
The flop came down and Shak bet 70,000 after Karamalikis checked. Karamalikis moved all in and Shak called.
Karamalikis:
Shak:
The turn card was the and gave Shak a flush draw. The river was the though and no club for Shak. The two players chopped up the pot.
"You don't wanna win like that," said Phil Ivey to Shak.
Tony Bloom raised to 40,000 from middle position and Barry Greenstein reraised to 128,000 from the small blind. Bloom moved all in and Greenstein called.
Greenstein:
Bloom:
Once again, Bloom was at risk for his tournament life.
The flop came down and Greenstein stayed ahead. The turn card though, spelled doom for Greenstein when the smahsed down. Bloom took the lead just like that and then went on to double after the hit the felt on the river.
Bloom doubled up to 700,000 and is the new chip leader just a couple hands after being one of the short stacks.