Phil Ivey raised to 20,000 from the button, and Jani Sointula three-bet shoved on him for the second time today. Ivey shook his head, possibly a bit frustrated with the decision he was facing.
"How much is it this time?" he asked in that 'here we go again' tone. It was 197,000 total, and Ivey cut the calling chips from his stack. He separated them from the rest of his checks, eyeing up the potential damage to his stack. He shrugged, then smirked, then shrugged again. Finally, he slid the chips across the imaginary betting line to put Sointula at risk.
Showdown
Ivey:
Sointula:
It was a flip, and Sointula was going to like the flop. It came to vault him into a big lead. The on the turn was a blank, and Ivey had just two outs for the knockout. Tournament Director Jack Effel foreshadowed it beautifully over the microphone.
"Phil's going to need to catch a four to eliminate Jani from the tournament. And the river... is a four!"
Sure enough, the peeled right off on the river, cueing the handshakes and sending Sointula out in 21st place.
It's good to be Phil Ivey, even better when you have 775,000 chips.
Nicolas Levi and David Peters reached the turn of a board from the small and big blind respectively with James Bord also at the party from middle position.
After Levi had checked, Peters led for 38,000. Bord stepped out of the way, but Levi raised to 85,000. Peters flat-called.
The river was the , and with both players checking, Levi was able to take it down with . Peters revealed for emphasis.
The chips went in preflop; the hands looked like so:
Greg Mueller:
Brian Powell:
Board: ("Seven?" hazarded someone at the table, but no)
"Good game guys," said Mueller, rising from his seat and shaking hands, "Good luck."
The TD accidentally announced him as Greg "FBI" Mueller rather than "FBT", but perhaps this was appropriate as we can now stamp a big X on his file - he is busto in 22nd.
Greg Mueller took a sick beat last night to have his chip stack crushed, leaving him forced to play a short stack here on Day 4.
From middle position, Brian Powell raised to 21,000. Daniel Steinberg was in the cutoff seat and reraised to 52,000. Action folded over to Mueller in the big blind and he moved all in for 166,000. Powell got out of the way and then Steinberg made the call after verifying the count on Mueller's stack.
Mueller was behind this time, unlike last night where he held the bigger pair. His was one-upped by the for Steinberg.
The flop came down and Mueller was still looking for that suckout. The turn brought the and now Mueller could hit another six to force a chopped pot and stay alive. The river brought the and that was good enough to keep Mueller in the tournament.
"Ooooh baby dog!" Mueller exclaimed, happy to still be sticking around. He also made a small profit on the hand.
Anthony Newman raised to 22,000 in the hijack and it folded around to Thomas Bichon in the small blind who made it 65,000 to go. Back around to Newman, who counted out the call but after a moment of looking at it decided to go all in instead - another 212,000, around the same as Bichon's remaining stack.
Bichon removed his hood to show that this was a very serious decision - he is, by the by, wearing a rather interesting sleeveless hoodie today - and disappeared into his own private tank of despair.
"Best hand in two days," he lamented, then, "My best hand," to clarify. He looked up towards the rail, in case they could maybe help him with his decision; they could not. He tanked up for anther few minutes, but ultimately folded.
Bichon is on around 200,000 now, while Newman's at 350,000.
It looks like Bojan Gledovic was the preflop aggressor for this hand, opening from middle position. He found action from Ronald Lee and Clint Coffee, both men coming along in position.
The three of them took a flop of , and Gledovic continued out with a bet of 35,000. Both opponents called in pretty short order, and that brought them to the turn. Gledovic tapped the table this time, and now Lee took the betting lead with a wager of 56,000. Coffee called, Gledovic ducked out of the way, and the filled out the board. Lee took his pause to consider, then checked. Coffee had about 350,000 chips left, and he went ahead and announced an all in. As he reached for his stacks, though, Lee's cards instantly hit the muck, and Coffee starts his day off well.
He's up to about 630,000 now, taking a bite out of Lee's big stack.
One of the tables has been placed right in the corner of the balcony, and for a moment I assumed it was a £1/2 cash game it was so out of the way. Then, I noticed two pairs of familiar hats in the headgear of Nicolas Levi and Hoyt Corkins, the latter dusting off the stetson having made it to the business end.
On one of the first hands at this table, Barny Boatman raised it up preflop and Andrew Pantling called in the big blind. The flop rolled out , and Pantling check-raised Boatman's continuation bet (20 or 25,000, I believe) to 68,000. Boatman made the call.
The turn was the , and after a brief pause, Pantling reached for chips and slid 103,000 across the felt. Boatman folded and Pantling showed for a cheeky bluff, although Boatman later added that his opponent turned a flush draw.
As a result of this setback, Boatman is now struggling with 275,000.
Phil Ivey raised to 20,000 second to act, and Jani Sointula moved all in two seats over. Ivey had the dealer break down the bet, but he elected to pass with a little frown of disapproval.
The cards are in the air after some group shots of the players before we kicked things off. Well, almost all the players. One player out of the 22 left didn't make it on time and that was none other than Phil Ivey. When this airs, he'll be the lone person missing. No big deal.
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to vault him into a big lead. The 
on the turn was a blank, and Ivey had just two outs for the knockout. Tournament Director Jack Effel foreshadowed it beautifully over the microphone.
peeled right off on the river, cueing the handshakes and sending Sointula out in 21st place.
board from the small and big blind respectively with James Bord also at the party from middle position.
, and with both players checking, Levi was able to take it down with 
. Peters revealed 
("Seven?" hazarded someone at the table, but no) 
for Steinberg.
and Mueller was still looking for that suckout. The turn brought the 
turn. Gledovic tapped the table this time, and now Lee took the betting lead with a wager of 56,000. Coffee called, Gledovic ducked out of the way, and the 
, and Pantling check-raised Boatman's continuation bet (20 or 25,000, I believe) to 68,000. Boatman made the call.
, and after a brief pause, Pantling reached for chips and slid 103,000 across the felt. Boatman folded and Pantling showed 
for a cheeky bluff, although Boatman later added that his opponent turned a flush draw.