Easy game
With Charlie Elias and Tom Schneider being eliminated off the same table, a new player was moved in. To everyone's delight I'm sure, it was Phil Ivey.
Naturally, Ivey raised the first hand he was dealt, making it 150,000 to go. Marc McLaughlin called on the button and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind.
The flop came down . Schaffel checked to Ivey, who bet 300,000. McLaughlin folded, Schaffel folded, and Ivey took down the pot.
Donnie Peters
Bradley Craig - 50th Place
Jonathan Tamayo opened the action with a raise to 160,000. Bradley Craig was in the small blind and put in a three-bet for the second hand in a row. The reraise looked to be around 325,000 more. Tamayo then moved all in and Craig quickly called, standing from his chair.
Tamayo tabled and Craig held .
The board ran out and Tamayo's kings held strong. Tamayo stepped away from the table after the river card was dealt to pump his fist a few times. His railbirds yelled out, "Nice hand, Texas! Way to go, Texas!" as "Texas" is Tamayo's nickname.
Craig was eliminated after the final count was complete while Tamayo shot up to 7.5 million.
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Luis Nargentino called from the big blind.
Nargentino checked the flop over to Kopp, who bet 275,000. Nargentino called. The turn came the and Nargentino checked again. Kopp fired out 800,000 and it was enough to induce a fold.
Tommy Vedes busts Fabrice Soulier in 49th Place ($138,568)
Tommy Vedes opened with a raise to 185,000 from under the gun, and Fabrice Soulier reraised for approximately 1,000,000 from middle position. It folded back to Vedes who made the call.
Vedes
Soulier
The flop came a drama-intensifying -- a straight draw to go with Soulier's pair, but a flush draw for Vedes. The turn was the , and Soulier was still safe. But the river brought the , giving Vedes the flush and the pot.
Soulier is out in 49th, while Vedes moves up to 8.55 million.
Ivey's active.
There are tons of chips on Blue #5. Billy Kopp has more than 16 million. Kevin Schaffel has about 5.5 million. And the ever-dangerous Phil Ivey has about 7.6 million.
Ivey has played the last three pots in a row, with only one of them seeing any betting action after the flop. Ivey opened for 150,000 from early position and was called by Schaffel from the small blind. Schaffel check-called 225,000 on a flop of . When the turn fell , Schaffel checked again. Ivey bet 525,000, then folded to a hefty raise to 1.975 million from Schaffel.
Donnie Peters
Action folded to Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind and he raised to 180,000. The dealer pulled in the two blinds and then Eric Buchman raised to 460,000. Lichtenberger counted his stack and then moved all in. Buchman quickly called.
Buchman tabled two red nines -- . Lichtenberger showed .
The flop came down . The turn brought one of the cards Buchman didn't want to see, the . The river was the and Lichtenberger was able to pull ahead and double up.
Hung Pham grinding away
Hung Pham is back on the all-in train. He moved in on the turn during the last hand to pick up a nice little pot, moving him back over the million-chip mark. Two hands later, Ian Tavelli opened with a raise to 150,000, and Pham shoved again. The table instantly folded around, and Pham pulls in another uncontested pot. He's gone from under 500,000 to nearly 1.7 million without a showdown.
Ludovic Lacay led off the action, making it 150,000 to go from early position. Christopher Bach called from the cutoff, Tommy Vedes called from the small blind and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind.
The flop was . Everyone checked to Lacay, who bet 325,000. Bach called, Vedes called and Begleiter folded. The hit the turn. Vedes checked, and both his opponents checked behind. Same story on the river, which fell the .
Vedes turned over for a flopped full house. Begleiter and Lacay mucked.
. Schaffel checked to Ivey, who bet 300,000. McLaughlin folded, Schaffel folded, and Ivey took down the pot.
and Craig held 
.
and Tamayo's kings held strong. Tamayo stepped away from the table after the river card was dealt to pump his fist a few times. His railbirds yelled out, "Nice hand, Texas! Way to go, Texas!" as "Texas" is Tamayo's nickname.
flop over to Kopp, who bet 275,000. Nargentino called. The turn came the 
and Nargentino checked again. Kopp fired out 800,000 and it was enough to induce a fold. 
-- a straight draw to go with Soulier's pair, but a flush draw for Vedes. The turn was the 
, and Soulier was still safe. But the river brought the 
, giving Vedes the flush and the pot. 
, and Moon 
.
.
. The river was the 
. Everyone checked to Lacay, who bet 325,000. Bach called, Vedes called and Begleiter folded. The 
for a flopped full house. Begleiter and Lacay mucked. 
button in Safari
