Nikolay Evdakov had the button, with Sam Trickett and Phil Ivey in the blinds. Wang Qiang moved all-in for 235,000 total, and action folded around to Phil Ivey, who shuffled his chips while thinking on what to do.
Ivey let the dealer count down to zero before finally mucking his hand.
Sam Trickett had the button, with Phil Ivey and Erki Seidel in the blinds. Everyone folded around to Ivey in the small blind, who folded as well giving Seidel a walk.
Richard Yong then busted into some chatter about John Juanda teaching him how to play poker, and a difficult to follow conversation followed.
The action was folded around to Nikolay Evdakov who looked down at his cards, then took a moment to put on his sunglasses before tossing out a bet of 50,000. No one wanted to tangle with him and he took down the blinds and antes.
Erik Seidel had the button with Andrew Feldman, and Richard Yong in the blinds. Phil Ivey moved all in from the cut-off for 147,000 and everyone folded
Action folded around to Richard Yong in the small blind who completed. Chris Ferguson took a moment to think and tossed out 30,000 more, making it 60,000 total. Yong didn't take long to fold his cards.
Richard Yong was on the button, with Chris Ferguson and Wang QIang in the blinds. David Benyamine raised it up UTG to 55,000, and everyone decided to just muck their cards with the quickness giving Benyamine the blinds and antes.
The blinds were at it again. This time, Wang Qiang, in the small blind, made it 45,000 to go. David Benyamine took a moment but tossed his cards toward the muck.
Wang QIang was on the button, with David Benyamine and NIkolay Evdakov were both in the blinds. Sam Trickett, who has slowed down considerably the last twenty minutes, raised it up to 45,000 UTG. The table showed the chip leader respect and all folded.