Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 25

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 16:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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The players are back and the cards are again in the air.

06-13-2009 16:38 UTC-12

Phil Ivey completed and Ming Lee made the call. Ivey then check-called on fourth and fifth streets, before leading sixth. Lee raised and Ivey called. Ivey then led out with a bet again on the river with Lee making the call.

Lee was the only one to show as his ( {J-Hearts}

)

took the pot with a straight as Ivey mucked with a board of {K-Clubs}

.

Ivey slips to under one million with Lee up to 855,000.

Tags: Ming Lee Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 16:48 UTC-12

Mortensen's Turn to Clip Ivey

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Another hand has gone against Phil Ivey. He raised preflop before Carlos Mortensen reraised. Ivey called, and then called a bet on the {10-Spades}

flop.

The turn brought the {Q-Clubs}

and again Ivey checked and called a bet from Mortensen. The river landed the {K-Spades}

and both players checked it down.

Mortensen tabled {Q-Hearts}

and again Ivey has been dented by an opponent's straight, as Mortensen is now our chip leader. He has nearly 1.1 million with Ivey back to 855,000.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 16:54 UTC-12

Ivey Gets One Back

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Every pot that gets to showdown at this point is a big one. Carlos Mortensen and Phil Ivey have essentially swapped positions after Ivey scooped with queens up to return to the chip lead over Mortensen's jacks up. The boards were:

Mortensen: ( {J-Diamonds}

-X)

Ivey: (

)

Both players now sit at around 980,000 chips.

06-13-2009 17:07 UTC-12

Two Pair Does It Again for Ivey

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Ming Lee was the aggressor, leading the betting until sixth street where Phil Ivey took over. At showdown it was the battle of two pairs once again, and again Ivey came out victorious.

Lee: ( {7-Clubs}

)

Ivey: (

-X)

Ivey made jacks and eights to scoop against Lee's sevens and fives. Ivey is back in front with 1.24 million with Lee now on the short stack with 560,000.

Tags: Ming Lee Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 17:10 UTC-12

Ivey Heats Up

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Back to Omaha-8 now and Carlos Mortensen opened with a raise from the button with Phil Ivey calling in the small blind.

They checked the flop of {5-Hearts}

before Ivey fired at the {2-Spades}

turn. Mortensen called and they checked the {Q-Spades}

on the river.

Ivey tabled {K-Diamonds}

for queens and deuces to take it down. A nice little rush for Ivey as he's back in control with 1.48 million chips.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 17:18 UTC-12

Lee Fights On

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After Ming Lee and Phil Ivey chopped a couple of Omaha-8 pots, Lee finally got the better of the six-time bracelet winner when he called him down on a board of {2-Diamonds}

.

Lee was the only one to open his cards, showing {6-Diamonds}

for the straight and best low to scoop the pot. Lee is trying to get himself back into this contest against two of the world's best players. He has 715,000 chips.

Tags: Ming Lee Phil Ivey

06-13-2009 17:28 UTC-12

Mortensen Wheels It In

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Carlos Mortensen completed, and fired bets on fourth, sixth and seventh streets against Ming Lee who made the call.

Mortensen: ( {4-Spades}

)

Lee: (X-X-X) {2-Clubs}

Mortensen had made a wheel and scooped a nice pot. Lee is down to 580,000 and under some pressure once again as Mortensen gets back to 875,000.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Ming Lee

06-13-2009 17:31 UTC-12

Lee Loses Another

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Ming Lee is now down to 475,000 after betting the flop, calling the turn, but then folding on the river to Carlos Mortensen with the board reading {10-Hearts}

.

He'll need to get things moving in the right direction sometime soon as both his opponents now sit with over one million chips.