Ivey Up, Ivey Down
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Phil Ivey is mixing it up early and often on Day 1a.
He raised to 400 in middle position and found callers from the player in the cutoff and Theo Jorgensen in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Jorgensen checked. Ivey bet 800, only getting called by the player in the cutoff. The 
turn and 
river were checked by both, with Ivey showing 
to take down the pot.
The next hand, he and an opponent each committed at least 4,000 preflop, checking down a 
board. Ivey's opponent showed 
, besting Ivey's holdings.
The end result? Ivey is down to about 17,000.
, Team 
and Barbero checked again. His opponent bet 4,100 this time, only to see Barbero pop it to 33,000. After a few minutes in the tank, his opponent folded.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
for top-top, which won him the pot and brings his chip stack to 53,000.
and the action checked to a player in late position who bet 675. Binger quickly check-raised to 2,000 forcing Jacobsen and the fourth player to fold. The original bettor wasn't going anywhere though, because he promptly re-raised to 5,650. Binger went deep into the tank, staring his opponent down and assessing the situation. He eventually spoke, asking to see the remainder of his opponents stack (around 20,000), then returned to his silent trance.
hit the turn. Rheem immediately led out for 950 only to have Trigg raise to 3,175.