Phil Ivey completed and Ming Lee made the call. Ivey then check-called on fourth and fifth streets, before leading sixth. Lee raised and Ivey called. Ivey then led out with a bet again on the river with Lee making the call.
Lee was the only one to show as his () took the pot with a straight as Ivey mucked with a board of .
Ivey slips to under one million with Lee up to 855,000.
Another hand has gone against Phil Ivey. He raised preflop before Carlos Mortensen reraised. Ivey called, and then called a bet on the flop.
The turn brought the and again Ivey checked and called a bet from Mortensen. The river landed the and both players checked it down.
Mortensen tabled and again Ivey has been dented by an opponent's straight, as Mortensen is now our chip leader. He has nearly 1.1 million with Ivey back to 855,000.
Every pot that gets to showdown at this point is a big one. Carlos Mortensen and Phil Ivey have essentially swapped positions after Ivey scooped with queens up to return to the chip lead over Mortensen's jacks up. The boards were:
Ming Lee was the aggressor, leading the betting until sixth street where Phil Ivey took over. At showdown it was the battle of two pairs once again, and again Ivey came out victorious.
Lee: ()
Ivey: (-X)
Ivey made jacks and eights to scoop against Lee's sevens and fives. Ivey is back in front with 1.24 million with Lee now on the short stack with 560,000.
After Ming Lee and Phil Ivey chopped a couple of Omaha-8 pots, Lee finally got the better of the six-time bracelet winner when he called him down on a board of .
Lee was the only one to open his cards, showing for the straight and best low to scoop the pot. Lee is trying to get himself back into this contest against two of the world's best players. He has 715,000 chips.