Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 26

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 17:35 UTC-12

Set Over Set for Ivey

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Carlos Mortensen raised from the small blind and Phil Ivey called in the big blind.

The flop was {9-Spades}

and Mortensen led out with a bet which Ivey called. The turn was the {8-Spades}

and again Mortensen fired. Ivey made the quick call and the {2-Spades}

fell on the river. Mortensen fired a third shell and Ivey looked him up.

Mortensen tabled {A-Hearts}

for a rivered set of deuces without a low, as Ivey revealed {9-Diamonds}

for a bigger set. Ivey takes it down to extend his chip lead, to 1.58 million with Mortensen back to 860,000.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 17:44 UTC-12

Half Empty or Half Full?

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Ming Lee raised the small blind and Carlos Mortensen called in the big blind. They saw a flop of {K-Spades}

. Lee checked to Mortensen, who fired out with a bet. Lee made the call.

The turn was the {7-Clubs}

and that's when it got a little crazy. Lee checked, Mortensen bet and Lee raised. Mortensen then reraised and Lee slowed down with a flat call.

The river was the {J-Spades}

and both players checked it down.

Lee tabled {6-Diamonds}

for the straight to the eight, as Mortensen took the low with {A-Diamonds}

. Chop, chop!

06-13-2009 17:52 UTC-12

These players have been playing some very intense, high level poker over the last couple of hours. We may have just seen our first cracks appearing as the ultra-aggressive Phil Ivey and Carlos Mortensen just tangled in a huge Stud-8 hand.

Mortensen completed and Ivey made the call on third street. Ivey then led out on fourth and Mortensen made the call. Fifth street saw Ivey lead again and this time Mortensen raised. Ivey paused for a moment and made the call. On sixth street both players checked before Ivey fired out a bet on the river. Mortensen quickly raised and Ivey made a fairly casual, quick call.

With all the action you'd expect to be shown two monster boards. Here's what we saw:

Mortensen: (X-X-X) {7-Spades}

Ivey: (

)

Mortensen tapped the table in resignation once called and Ivey revealed his pair of nines. Mortensen stood and re-checked his cards once more but couldn't find a hand to beat him and mucked his cards.

A huge swing in Ivey's direction sees him move up to nearly two million chips, with Mortensen now on life support.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 17:55 UTC-12

Mortensen Chops to Stay Alive

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Carlos Mortensen was all in by fifth street against Phil Ivey who ended up making a powerful ace-high flush and eight-low, but somehow Mortensen survived:

Ivey: {8-Clubs}

Mortensen: {K-Clubs}

Mortensen makes a slightly bigger flush to take the high as Ivey takes the low.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen

06-13-2009 17:59 UTC-12

Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in 3rd Place ($89,342)

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Back onto Omaha-8 and after a series of raises, Carlos Mortensen was all in preflop against Ming Lee.

Mortensen: {10-Clubs}

Lee:

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

and Lee makes kings full of fours to take it down and eliminate Mortensen from the tournament, after a great run, in 3rd place for $89,342 in prize money.

The players are now taking a quick bathroom break before heads-up play commences.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Ming Lee

06-13-2009 18:09 UTC-12

Heads-Up Play Commences

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It's the battle of the six-time WSOP bracelet winner versus the unknown quantity. The legendary Phil Ivey gunning for his second bracelet this year against Ming Lee who will be out to capture his first ever bracelet.

It's been one helluva final table - how will the ending unfold?

Updated chip counts:

Phil Ivey: 1,785,000
Ming Lee: 1,035,000

The players have returned and the battle for the bracelet has recommenced!

06-13-2009 18:13 UTC-12

Lee Claims Early Heads-Up Pot

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In the final hand of Omaha-8, Phil Ivey raised on the button and fired bets on the flop and turn, before checking it down on the river.

The board read {J-Spades}

and Lee showed down {7-Clubs}

to take it down with two pair.

Lee: 1.22 million
Ivey: 1.58 million

06-13-2009 18:18 UTC-12

Lee Chipping Up

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Ming Lee completed and Phil Ivey raised on third street. Lee called, and again made the call on fourth and fifth. But by the time sixth landed, Lee took control of the betting to force a fold from Ivey and take down another pot.

Lee: (X-X) {J-Spades}

Ivey: (X-X) {9-Spades}

Lee: 1.3 million
Ivey: 1.5 million

06-13-2009 18:22 UTC-12

New Chip Lee-der

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Phil Ivey completed on third street, both players checked fourth before Ivey fired bets on fifth, sixth and seventh streets. Ming Lee made the call and tabled the best hand with two pair as Ivey mucked.

Lee: ( {7-Diamonds}

)

Ivey (X-X-X) {K-Hearts}

Lee: 1.6 million
Ivey: 1.2 million

Tags: Ming Lee