From under the gun, Phil Ivey raised to 24,000. Action folded around to Ioannis Makris in the big blind and he moved all in for 69,000. Ivey grinned and then folded his hand, even despite having over a million in chips at his disposal. Makris moved to back over 100,000 by a little bit.
From the cutoff seat, Slade Fisher raised all in for 119,000. In the next seat on the button, Ioannis Makris reraised all in for 189,000 and everyone else folded. Makris tabled the and Fisher the .
The flop came down and Makris slapped his hands together, stood up and cheered, but then he realized Fisher still had a straight draw. The turn was the and gave Fisher his straight, which drained all emotion from Makris. The river failed to pair the board with the and Fisher doubled up.
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Bjorn Li opened the action from under the gun and Minh Nguyen flat-called the button. Josh Barrett also threw in the extra chips and the flop was dealt.
Flop:
Barrett took a moment before checking and then Li led for 32,000. It didn't take long for Nguyen to get out of the way and it was back on Barrett, who began readying his chips. Barrett took 87,000 out of his stack and placed it on the felt in front of him.
The 2006 champion of this event Lee Nelson raised to 22,000 out of the cutoff seat before David Steicke three-bet to 60,000 from the button. In the small blind, Patrick Healy reraised all in for more than 1.2 million. He had both the other players covered and Nelson tank-folded before Steicke called to put himself, and his 350,000-chip stack, at risk.
Steicke:
Healy:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Healy's aces held to eliminate Steicke in 26th place.
From the cutoff seat, the short-stacked Slade Fisher raised to 25,000. Phil Ivey three-bet from the small blind and made it 90,000 to go. Action folded back to Fisher and he tanked for a couple minutes before folding.