Four players saw the flop come down with 400 in the pot, but it was more like three players and Phil Ivey, or three players versus Ivey.
Anyway, action was checked by the first three players to Ivey and he bet 275. Fold, call, fold were the actions following his bet and then the hit the felt on the turn. Ivey's lone opponent now checked and Ivey bet 1,500. Yes it was an overbet, but the player only had 1,150 left, so Ivey was looking to make him commit all of his chips if the player were to make the call. A long tanking process ensued by the unknown player before he committed the chips and saw the bad news.
Ivey held the and was ahead of the all-in player's . The river completed the board with the and Ivey won the pot. Although the player had to hit the rail early on Day 1b, he can at least leave with the story that he was eliminated by Phil Ivey, who is now up to about 6,500 chips.
Bracelet winner Mike Ellis is making a good early start here in the Flame room. William Martin just open-shoved for 1,025 preflop and Ellis quickly called behind, on their backs and it proved to be what those people in poker refer to as a coinflip.
On the flop of , "Miami" John Cernuto bet 150. James Sudworth raised to 450 and then Cernuto came back at him with a reraise to 950. Sudworth folded and Cernuto picked up the pot to get himself back in the black with 3,100 chips.
Scott Fischman is doing all the work over on his table of sending some big guns to the rails early. He first eliminated Barny Boatman in straight-over-set fashion and now just sent Danny Wong to the rail as well.
Wong moved all in from early position for his last 400. Fischman called from the next seat and Peter Jetten called on the button. Everyone else folded, creating a main pot worth 1,275 that Wong could win.
After a flop of , Fischman fired 600 and Jetten called. The turn brought the and Fischman fired 2,500 and Jetten folded. Fischman picked up the side pot first and then revealed he flopped a set of sevens with the . Wong held the and was eliminated when the river completed the board with the .
With three-limpers before him, Tom Dwan decided to raised it up to 300 from the small blind, only for UTG to reraise to 850. Dwan mulled over his options for 30 seconds before sliding his remaining 2,700 across the felt.
No snap-call was a good sign for Dwan (unless he had the bullets, of course), his opponent instead asking for a count. Dwan, meanwhile, was as still as a bottle of Evian water, staring straight ahead with his mouth slightly ajar.
Dwan was statuesque, and for a moment, it reminded me of his posture during that hand on High Stakes Poker with Phil Ivey, except for slightly smaller stakes and without those darn lights watering his eyes. It was clear, that whatever the tournament, Dwan's response remained the same.
After a long dwell, his opponent lay it down, and Dwan took the pot.
We just had a three-way all in over in the cornermost table of the Casino. The only gentleman we recognized in the battle was Albert Sapiano, and he was the middle stack in the fight with and 2,575 chips. A short-stacked player had shoved his 1,500 chips in with , and the third gentleman had and both of his opponents covered.
The board was friendly to Sapiano's queens the whole way as it ran out . Five hearts make a flush, and the player with ace-king has been eliminated. Sapiano has nearly tripled up over 7,000 while the third gentleman is all but out of here with just a few chips left.
Scott Fischman limped in from middle position and Kyle Bowker joined him with a limp from the cutoff seat. The button also limped and then Peter Jetten made it 300 from the small blind. The big blind folded before Fischman asked Jetten how much he was playing. Jetten told him it was about 1,800 and then Fischman stuck in a reraise to 2,750. Everyone folded back to Jetten and he called all in.
"Just a small pair," said Fischman, tabling the .
"That's kind of misleading," said Bowker, referencing that a pair of eights is often referred to as a medium pair.
"It's small now," said Jetten after seeing the flop come down to give him the lead. The turn brought the and the river the to earn him the double up.
Jetten was all in for 1,850 and is up near 4,000 now. Fischman dropped back to about 4,800.
with 400 in the pot, but it was more like three players and Phil Ivey, or three players versus Ivey.
hit the felt on the turn. Ivey's lone opponent now checked and Ivey bet 1,500. Yes it was an overbet, but the player only had 1,150 left, so Ivey was looking to make him commit all of his chips if the player were to make the call. A long tanking process ensued by the unknown player before he committed the chips and saw the bad news.
and was ahead of the all-in player's 
. The river completed the board with the 
and Ivey won the pot. Although the player had to hit the rail early on Day 1b, he can at least leave with the story that he was eliminated by Phil Ivey, who is now up to about 6,500 chips.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, "Miami" John Cernuto bet 150. James Sudworth raised to 450 and then Cernuto came back at him with a reraise to 950. Sudworth folded and Cernuto picked up the pot to get himself back in the black with 3,100 chips.
, Fischman fired 600 and Jetten called. The turn brought the 
and was eliminated when the river completed the board with the 
.
and 2,575 chips. A short-stacked player had shoved his 1,500 chips in with 
and both of his opponents covered.
to give him the lead. The turn brought the 
and the river the