The six remaining players at Table 432 are currently waiting for players to arrive to fill the suddenly vacated seats around their table, thanks to huge hand won by Warren Russell.
A player holding open-shoved and ended up seeing a couple of others push all in behind him, one holding and the other . The action on Russell, he looked down to see and decided to play along.
The flop came and the original raiser had the lead. But the turn was the and the river the , giving Russell quad fives and a rare triple-knockout.
Russell looks to be our chip leader after than one, creating a bit of space between himself and the chasing pack.
Phil Ivey opened to 2,400 from the button and directly behind him, the player in the small blind three-bet to 6,800. It was folded back to Ivey, who asked for a count before announcing he was all in for about 24,000 total. His opponent called and hands were turned up.
Ivey:
Opponent:
The flop left Ivey's opponent shaking his head. The turn and river kept Ivey in the lead and he doubled through.
With the field shrinking down below 350, here's a look at a few stacks. It appears Dominik Nitsche has snuck past Warren Russell to occupy the top spot currently.
Jake Cody made it 2,600 to go from under-the-gun and action folded around to the small blind, who made the call for a heads-up pot.
The flop came and the player in the small blind check-called a 2,900 bet from Cody.
Both players checked the turn, however when the completed the board, Cody's opponent led out for 7,500. Cody tanked for a bit, but then slid out a raise to 20,000 and change. His opponent thought it over for a bit over a minute and announced, "Call." Cody tabled for a runner-runner flush and his opponent mucked without showing.
A player in middle position raised to 1,200, then Sam Grizzle reraised to 4,800 from the hijack seat. The cutoff folded, then Thomas Fuller reraised all in from the button for 40,100 total.
The action was back on the original raiser when Grizzle started looking at his phone — apparently someone was calling him and he was answering. At that point the dealer informed him he could not be on his phone during a hand.
"Well, kill my hand, then," said Grizzle. Fuller took exception, noting how it wasn't appropriate for Grizzle to be telling the dealer to kill his hand while the third player was still deciding what to do.
The floor was called, and Grizzle was again told to put his phone away but wasn't assessed any further penalty, despite Fuller noting that "he's basically folding out of turn."
"It just lit up," said Grizzle.
The original raiser folded, and Fuller took the pot.
We don't know how it happened, but Phil Ivey went from having nearly 80,000 just a short while ago all the way down to 16,000. With just 10 big blinds now, it's do or die time for Ivey.
Among the side stories for this event was the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest in which players sporting the Onnit sticker were competing against one another for a cash prize.
The Main Event begins tomorrow, and some who enter the $10,000 buy-in event will be participating in the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest as well. All of those with Onnit stickers will be competing against one another as well as the rest of the field, as the last one to be eliminated will earn a nifty $5,000 prize for his or her efforts.
Three players were all in before flop, including Stewart Spear (cutoff), Phil Ivey (small blind), and the player on the button who had both covered. Spear had , Ivey , and the third player .
The flop came , giving both of Ivey's opponents pairs. The turn was the . The river then brought the , at the sight of which Spear initially pushed his hand forward, thinking for a moment two pair might be best. Then he saw Ivey had made Broadway, sending Spear out in 286th place and ensuring the eight-time bracelet winner had survived.
open-shoved and ended up seeing a couple of others push all in behind him, one holding 
and the other 
. The action on Russell, he looked down to see 
and decided to play along.
and the original raiser had the lead. But the turn was the 
and the river the 
, giving Russell quad fives and a rare triple-knockout.
turn and 
river kept Ivey in the lead and he doubled through.
turn, however when the 
completed the board, Cody's opponent led out for 7,500. Cody tanked for a bit, but then slid out a raise to 20,000 and change. His opponent thought it over for a bit over a minute and announced, "Call." Cody tabled 
for a runner-runner flush and his opponent mucked without showing.
.
, giving both of Ivey's opponents pairs. The turn was the 