With Phil Ivey making yet another cash at the 2012 World Series of Poker, he'll be earning some more points for Player of the Year. Ivey currently sits in second place after last night's Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. final table behind John Monnette. Here are the standings.
Action folded to Debra Wilson in the cutoff seat and she raised to 3,200. On the button, John MacDonald called and the Randy Lew called from the small blind. Salman Behbehani called from the big blind and the flop came down .
Action on the flop checked to MacDonald and he bet 5,000. After Lew folded, Behbehani raised to 11,000. Wilson folded, but MacDonald called.
The turn was the and Behbehani put MacDonald all in for his last 20,000 or so. MacDonald folded and showed that he was laying down the .
Phil Ivey has been staying active on the money bubble and keeping with his aggressive style of play, although he did lose one of the following two hands.
Limit Hold'em
On the first hand we caught, Steven Goldberg raised from middle position and Ivey reraised from the hijack seat. Goldberg called and the flop came down . Goldberg checked and Ivey bet. Goldberg called.
The turn was the and Goldberg check-called again. The river was the and Goldberg checked a third time. Ivey fired another bet and Goldberg folded.
On the next hand, Ivey was in action against Ian Johns on the flop. Ivey check-raised Johns on the flop and then checked the turn. Johns bet his last 4,400 and Ivey tank-called.
Johns held top set with the and Ivey the , which was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the and Johns doubled.
With 46 players remaining and 45 making the money, the tournament is now on the bubble and will be playing hand for hand. For a complete list of the payouts, please refer to the Payouts Page for the event.
Frank Kassela was all in preflop with the . He was up against Nicholas Derke's dominating . After a board of , Derke's ace kicker played as the best hand and Kassela was eliminated.