We picked up the action on the flop with the board reading . Phil Ivey was first up and fired a bet of 31,000. Matt Sterling was his opponent and he made the call.
Fourth street brought the and Ivey didn't slow down. He fired out 60,000. Sterling thought for a minute and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Ivey announced that he was all in for 78,000. Sterling tanked and then made the call.
Ivey revealed to for top two pair and Sterling mucked. He dropped all the way to 75,000 while Ivey doubled to about 370,000 in chips.
Craig Gray made it 15,000 in the cutoff and Kevin MacPhee called on the button. They saw a flop which Gray checked. MacPhee bet pot (39,000) and that was enough to end the hand.
Victor Ramdin raised to 20,000 from early position and got a call from Joshua Tieman in the small blind. The two of them took a flop of and Tieman checked. Ramdin checked behind.
The turn was the and Tieman checked again. Ramdin fired 27,000 and Tieman made the call.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Tieman rolled over the and Ramdin mucked, dropped back to 300,000 in chips while Tieman approached the 400,000-chip mark.
From middle position, Matt Sterling raised to 18,000. Action folded to Jose-Luis Velador in the big blind and he made the call. After the flop came down , Velador fired the pot for 39,000. Sterling folded and was left with just 55,000 chips. Velador moved up to 429,000.
We got to the table just in time to see David Chiu and Rob Hollink check down the turn and river of a board. Chiu turned over for a set of kings and Hollink mucked, his stack dipping to 390,000 in the process. Meanwhile Chiu seems to have nudged into the lead on a shade under 500,000.
Kevin MacPhee opened for 20,000 under the gun, but James Mitchell in the cutoff made it 65,000 to go. It folded back around to MacPhee, who thought about it briefly before announcing, "I'm all in." He pushed his whole 185,000 stack forward and then lowered his head.
Mitchell stared him down for a long time, idly rolling chips back and forth across the table in front of him. After a couple minutes he laughed (eliciting zero reaction from MacPhee) and then folded.
Mitchell: seemed to have doubled up somewhere along the line, but now down to 245,000
MacPhee: up to 260,000
Phil Ivey went hunting for the last of Matt Sterling's chips with the versus the of Sterling. Sterling was all in for about 50,000 chips preflop.
The flop came down and it didn't look good for Sterling as Ivey flopped a set of jacks and a flush draw.
The turn brought the and then the river the , giving Sterling broadway on the river and doubling him up back over 100,000. Ivey dropped back to 300,000.
Tristan McDonald raised from the cutoff seat to 20,000 and Craig Gray called from the small blind. The two took a flop of and both checked.
The fell on the turn and Gray fired 36,000. McDonald called and then the river completed the board with the . Gray cocked back and fired 80,000. McDonald tanked for quite some time and then asked, "You bluffing me? I can only beat a bluff," before eventually folding and leaving himself with just about 90,000 chips.
Tristan McDonald had his last 90,000 or so in the middle against Kevin MacPhee. McDonald held the and was up against the of MacPhee.
The flop, turn and river ran through and that was the end of the line for McDonald. He was eliminated in 13th place and took home $12,671. MacPhee increased to 400,000 in chips.
. Phil Ivey was first up and fired a bet of 31,000. Matt Sterling was his opponent and he made the call.
and Ivey didn't slow down. He fired out 60,000. Sterling thought for a minute and then made the call.
and Ivey announced that he was all in for 78,000. Sterling tanked and then made the call.
for top two pair and Sterling mucked. He dropped all the way to 75,000 while Ivey doubled to about 370,000 in chips.![[user46392]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Tieman checked. Ramdin checked behind.
and Tieman checked again. Ramdin fired 27,000 and Tieman made the call.
and both players checked.
, Velador fired the pot for 39,000. Sterling folded and was left with just 55,000 chips. Velador moved up to 429,000.
board. Chiu turned over 
for a set of kings and Hollink mucked, his stack dipping to 390,000 in the process. Meanwhile Chiu seems to have nudged into the lead on a shade under 500,000.
versus the 
and then the river the 
, giving Sterling broadway on the river and doubling him up back over 100,000. Ivey dropped back to 300,000.
and both checked.
fell on the turn and Gray fired 36,000. McDonald called and then the river completed the board with the 
of MacPhee.
