06-18-2008 20:13 UTC-7

When You Can't Beat Their Board...

[user75032]

Perry Friedman

...it doesn't bode well for a showdown. Phil Ivey showed {J-?}

{J-?}

{J-?}

{6-?}

{6-?}

on his board; his opponent showed {A-?}

{A-?}

{A-?}

{4-?}

{4-?}

. Ivey did not call a river bet, but he lost a significant portion of his stack.

Meanwhile, at a different table, Perry Friedman is on life support with just 550 remaining chips after he failed to improve on a pair of aces. His opponent held the other two aces, and two queens to go along with them.