Ivey transfixed by the Phil Ivey of golf.
Today marks the greatest day in Ryan D'Angelo's life. "Why?" you ask. Because he has a ton of chips? Because he's got a shot at $750k? Because he's discovered that no limit hold'em is solvable? Not exactly. Why then?
Because Phil Ivey is using his iPod. Ivey's got some big bets riding on the Masters, and the crowd on the rail is obstructing his view of the ESPN broadcast projected on the wall at the other end of the tournament room. He was having a bit of a conniption, but all is well now that he's watching the live feed of the golf tournament on D'Angelo's iPod. And now, Ryan can die happy.
We've seen the monster-stacked Vanessa Selbst moving a lot of chips around recently. She's been three-betting lots of pots pre-flop, using her stack as an effective intimidating tool. That style pays massive dividends when she hits big hands.
Selbst three-bet to 35,000 from the button after Steven Goosen opened for 14,000. Vincent Rubianes was in the big blind with roughly 500,000 chips and four-bet to 80,000. Goosen folded but Selbst, with position, called.
Rubianes checked an ace-high flop, . Selbst bet 90,000 and Rubianes called. On the turn Rubianes checked again, only to see Selbst move all in. It was effectively 300,000 back to Rubianes. He tanked for more than a minute before calling with , a pair of jacks. They were way behind Selbst's set of tens, . The board bricked, sending the close to million-chip pot to Selbst.
She now has more than 1.8 million chips, making her far and away the leader.
Donnie Peters
Jetten keeps his head down while the dealer matches stacks.
Ryan D'Angelo made it 14,000 to go from under the gun. Peter Jetten was in middle position when action folded to him and he reraised to 45,000. Action then folded all the way around to the big blind. There sat Mike Beasley and he four-bet to 125,000. D'Angelo got out of the way and then after a minute or so, Jetten moved all in for 371,500 total.
It was now Beasley's turn to go into the tank, and tank he did. After several minutes of making Jetten sweat it out, he finally folded his hand. Jetten didn't show and quietly pulled back his chips and collected the pot. He's now up over 500,000.
Williams hits the rail.
David Williams open shipped from the cutoff for around 90,000. The button and small blind quickly folded, and Vanessa Rousso, who usually takes her time with every decision, said "call" as soon as she saw her cards. Time for a flip between the two pros. Williams held to Rousso's . He started with plenty of outs, but after the in the door, he was down to a runner-runner straight and drawing dead by the turn. He made a swift exit while Rousso built her stack up to 440,000.
Donnie Peters
On the last hand before break, Vinny Pahuja opened shoved for about 90,000 and Michael Sedore called from the big blind. Sedore held two kings and had Pahuja's dominated. An ace on the turn gave Pahuja the three-outer he needed and bumped him up to about 190,000.
. Selbst bet 90,000 and Rubianes called. On the 
turn Rubianes checked again, only to see Selbst move all in. It was effectively 300,000 back to Rubianes. He tanked for more than a minute before calling with 
, a pair of jacks. They were way behind Selbst's set of tens, 
. The board bricked, sending the close to million-chip pot to Selbst.
and was one better than Greenwood's 
to Rousso's 
dominated. An ace on the turn gave Pahuja the three-outer he needed and bumped him up to about 190,000.
, but could not defeat Derek Raymond's 
. Mizzi is out just before the end of level 16.
