Since we're now down to the last seventy-nine players, the Tournament Director has announced that play will be hand-for-hand for the remainder of the level.
Currently we are unsure if we will push through to cracking the money. Only time will tell.
The clash of the titans just occurred over at the Team Full Tilt Poker table. The two involved? Juggernauts Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius.
Antonius opened with a raise to 8,000 from early-middle position and Ivey called from the big blind. Pretty innocent, right? Well, after the flop came down 
, the two trains smacked dead on traveling at 200 miles per hour!
After Ivey checked, Antonius bet out 15,000. Ivey didn't want to play for that much and made it 50,000 to go. Antonius thought and then moved all in for 197,500. Ivey quickly called him.
Ivey turned over a dream hand on that flop, 
, for top pair, the nut kicker and the ace-high flush draw. Antonius also flopped what he thought was the dream with the 
, picking up an open-ended straight flush draw. Little did he know, he only had eight outs because of Ivey's hand.
When the chips went in a massive crowd gathered around the table and the hard rail was pressed inward as people tried to get a closer look at the action. The dealer burned and dealt the 
on the turn to give Antonius his straight. His still wasn't out of the woods yet though as Ivey could hit a flush to retake the lead.
The river completed the board with the 
and missed Ivey. The crowd watched with jaws on the floor as Ivey sent over all but 13,000 of his chips to Antonius, who calmy turned his head to the right and leaned back to check on the tennis action going on. He finished watching the current point before turning back and stacking his chips. He's now well over 400,000 and looking stronger than ever.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
535,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
495,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
210,000 | |
|
|
190,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
130,000
104,700
|
104,700 |
|
120,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
60,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
48,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
|
41,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
26,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Adam Johnson shipped his remaining 37,000 into the pot and Carter Phillips made the call from the button.
Johnson: 
Phillips: 
The board ran out 
to see Johnson eliminated as Phillips moves to 360,000 in chips.
Andrew Teng three-bet shoved for 40,000 with the preflop raiser making the call.
Teng: 
Opponent:
The board rolled out 
to see Teng out-flopped top pair run down by his opponent's runner-runner backdoor straight.
Manny Rodrigues entered the pot with a raise to 6,800 from the hi-jack only to have his opponent bump it to 17,000 from the cutoff.
Rodrigues made the call as the 
flop was checked through. The turn of the 
saw Rodrigues lead for 27,800 with his opponent making the call before the completed the board.
Rodrigues fired out 50,000 and his opponent made the call.
Rodrigues tabled his 
to prompt a muck from his opponent as he soared to 250,000 in chips.
Mike Sowers opened to 7,500 only to have Jason Gray three-bet to 21,000. Sowers responded by moving all in for roughly 119,000 and Gray made the call for roughly his 110,000.
Sowers:
Gray: 
The 
flop saw Sowers take a commanding lead, and when the 
landed on the turn, Gray would be drawing dead as the meaningless fell on the river.
As Gray headed to the rail, Sowers climbed to 240,000 in chips.
Andrew Teng opened with an early position raise which Earl Roberts called from the big blind as a 
flop fell.
Roberts led for 6,000 only to have Ten raise to 17,000. Roberts went into the tank before eventually moving all in for roughly 50,000 as Teng made the call.
Roberts:
Teng: 
The turn and river landed the 
and to send Roberts soaring up to 128,000 as Teng slips to 55,000 in chips.
Randy Lew has just soared up the counts to now sit with 420,000.
Amazingly our PokerNews reporter firstly witnessed Lew's best an opponent's 
after the board ran out 
. A few hands later Lew would again run kings into queens to eliminate a player and sit where he does now - inside the top ten chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
430,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
380,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
270,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
225,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
220,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
212,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
195,000 | |
|
||
|
170,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
130,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
