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Sorel Mizzi has just stepped away from the table for a moment. Actually, he sprinted away in the direction of the restrooms, making a comment about taking a couple hands off as he bolted out of the room. When you've paid $100,000 for a seat, you want to make sure you spend as much time in it as possible.
"Yeah... it's only 100k," Dan Smith said with a big grin and a shake of the head.
Phil Ivey has just taken his seat and is on Dan Cates' direct left. Here's how that table now looks:
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Outer 2 | 1 | Dan Shak |
| Outer 2 | 2 | Dan Smith |
| Outer 2 | 3 | Sorel Mizzi |
| Outer 2 | 4 | JC Tran |
| Outer 2 | 5 | Tom Dwan |
| Outer 2 | 6 | Daniel Cates |
| Outer 2 | 7 | Phil Ivey |
| Outer 2 | 8 | --empty-- |
"Jerome!" Daniel Negreanu noticed Phil Ivey sitting down at the table behind him and chose to address him formally.
"You quit that vegan stuff?" Ivey asked back. "You're lookin' a little plump."
"Been drinkin' a lot," Negreanu admitted, rubbing his belly.
"I've never seen you that big."
"I know. It's the biggest I've ever been."
When we walked up to the table, the turn was already out on a 
board, and Daniel Alaei had 12,000 out in front of him. He was heads up, and Tobias Reinkemeier called the 12,000 to see the 
on the river. When Reinkemeier checked, Alaei grabbed his last 42,000 chips and slung them across the line.
Reinkemeier tanked for a couple minutes, then made the call. We'd never get to see his cards. Alaei turned up 
, and the worst set was the best hand.
Trip deuces double Alaei back around 125,000, knocking Reinkemeier back down to about 65,000 or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
With 37,000 chips in the middle on the 
board, Joe Hachem bet 17,000 into Tobias Reinkemeier. Reinkemeier took some time and then raised all in for around 55,000. Hachem gave it up and was knocked back to roughly half of the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
69,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
52,000 | |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu check-raised Joe Hachem's bet of 7,000 to put Hachem all in on the 
board. Hachem snap-called holding the 
for top full house to Negreanu's 
.
Hachem was all in on the flop for 37,000 and doubled up to over 100,000 after the river completed the board with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Once again we only caught up with the turn card here, the board showing 
and Daniel Negreanu checking. Tobias Reinkemeier was in position, and he made a bet of 7,500 into a pot of just more than that. Negreanu called, and the paired the board on the river. Reinkemeier doubled his bet to 15,000, and Negreanu was game.
"That card might have saved you money," he said. "I was gonna raise." With that, he dropped the calling chips into the pot, and Reinkemeier turned up his 
to Negreanu's surprise. "Oh," he said, "or it might have saved me money.
Negreanu was passing his 
in between his hands, but he never flashed them to the table. After he mucked them, he caved to the peer pressure and admitted that he'd been dealt the two aces. They were second-best by the river, though, and that hit knocks Negreanu down to about half his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
55,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
From middle position, Sorel Mizzi raised to 1,500. Tom Dwan called from the cutoff seat, Daniel Cates called from the button, Phil Ivey called from the small blind and then Dan Shak closed the preflop action with a call from the big blind.
With 7,500 in the middle, the flop came down 
and action checked to Mizzi. He bet 5,500 before Dwan and Cates got out of the way. Ivey tossed in the call and then play fell on Shak. The 2010 champion of this event took some time and then check-raised to 15,500. Mizzi folded, but Ivey made the call, creating a little rematch between him and Shak. Back in 2010 when Shak won the event, he had to defeat Ivey heads up to take the title.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked. They also checked after the river completed the board with the 
. First, Ivey showed the and Shak stood up and leaned over the table to get a better look.
"You gotta be kidding me," said Shak as Ivey rolled over his other card to show the 
for a flopped flush draw. Shak then showed the 
for a better flush draw, but was outdrawn on the river to lose the pot.
Shak laughed a little and Ivey smirked as he raked in the pot. Maybe the two were fondly remembering two years ago when Shak beat Ivey heads up in this tournament to win the title. On the final hand, Ivey was all in with the 
and had Shak dominated with the . Shak flopped a seven to win the hand and held from there to win the tournament. This hand here gives Ivey a tiny bit of revenge.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
71,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Tobias Reinkemeier checked the 
board and Daniel Negreanu fired 25,500 with 26,000 behind. Daniel Alaei folded and then Reinkemeier quickly called.
"You got it," said Negreanu as he showed the 
. Reinkemeier tabled the 
for two pair and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
187,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
26,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
|
||
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
