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Marco Mattes raised to 260,000 from middle position and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop. Maimone checked again when the landed on the turn, Mattes bet 255,000 and Maimone made the call. The river fell the and Maimone fired again, this time for 450,000. Mattes gave it up and Maimone took down the pot.
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Phil Ivey (center) and Joe Ward (right).
Not even the dinner break can slow down Phil Ivey's momentum right now. Joe Ward opened a pot from early position for 260,000 and was called only by Ivey out of the big blind. Both players checked the flop. Ivey checked again on the turn. That check prompted Ward to bet 200,000. Ivey wasted no time in check-raising to 600,000.
Ward had to give the check-raise a fair amount of thought. He eventually called to see the hit the river. Ivey led out for a cool million. Ward seemed anguished but couldn't find a fold. He called, then grimaced when Ivey showed for trip nines.
With Ward's chips added to Ivey's stack, Ivey now has 14.89 million. Ward is down to 2.1 million.
Shamus
Tommy Vedes opened for 315,000 from the cutoff, and it folded around to Jesse Haabak who called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and turn. The river brought the . Haabak checked, Vedes bet 405,000, and Haabak let it go.
Vedes is right at 9 million, and Haabak just over 4 million.
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Joseph Cada came in with a late-position raise to 250,000. In the small blind, Darvin Moon made the call, and Antonio Esfandiari moved all in from the big blind. It was an additional 1,740,000 to put him at risk, and Cada quickly folded. Moon wasn't so quick though, and he sat studying and chatting with Esfandiari for a couple minutes. Eventually, he elected to muck, flashing and sending the pot over to The Magician.
donpeters
Billy Kopp raised to 250,000 from middle position and only Jonathan Tamayo called out of the small blind. The flop came down . Tamayo checked and Kopp fired out 450,000. Tamayo made the call.
The turn brought the and Tamayo checked again. Kopp wasn't about to let Tamayo get a free pass here; he fired one million. Tamayo made the call.
The river was the and Tamayo checked again. Kopp reached for more chips and made a bet of 2.6 million. Tamayo announced a call.
Kopp turned up for trip queens and Tamayo mucked his hand, shaking his head in the process.
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Joe Ward doubles up
Joe Ward was rocking 10 million before the dinner break. Now he's one of the shortest stacks with just 1.75 million. When action passed to him in middle position, he open-shoved all of those chips into the middle. Luis "Don't Cry For Me" Nargentino asked for a count and then called from the cutoff. Nobody else entered the pot.
Ward:
Nargentino:
Cue the drama, cue the cameras and then cue the flop!
Flop:
"Ace is no good anymore," Ward said excitedly. Then he realized his error at the same time as several other players pointed it out. "I meant deuces is no good." The turn came and the river was a mild heart-stopper -- it was paint, but the . Ward's sixes held to double him up to about 3.7 million.
"I get way too nervous in these situations," Ward told the table. "I can't count my chips, can't read the board... I'm not cut out for this."
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With the action folded to him in the small blind, Jesse Haabak made it 320,000 to go and Ludovic Lacay called from the big blind.
Haabak led out for $445,000 on the flop, Lacay raised to 1.2 million and Haabak folded, his stack down to 2.9 million. Lacay climbed back to 4 million.
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Francois Balmigere and David Moon
Before the flop, Joseph Cada came in with a raise to 250,000 from middle position. Francois Balmigere made the call, and Darvin Moon came along from the button as well.
Three handed then, the flop came out . Cada checked, Balmigere bet 550,000, Moon called, and Cada ducked out of the way. The turn card brought the , and Balmigere fired another 1,075,000 chips at the pot. After some quick consideration, Moon raised it up to 2,200,000. Balmigere spent little time in the tank before eventually making the call.
The last card off was the , and Balmigere checked again. Moon fired a cool 2,000,000 into the pot, and his opponent tanked for several minutes before sending his cards back to the dealer.
With that pot, Moon crawls his way up very close to the chip leader. He's at 15,000,000 plus or minus a couple green chips, putting him neck-and-neck for the top spot on the board.
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flop. Maimone checked again when the 
landed on the turn, Mattes bet 255,000 and Maimone made the call. The river fell the 
and Maimone fired again, this time for 450,000. Mattes gave it up and Maimone took down the pot.
flop. Ivey checked again on the 
turn. That check prompted Ward to bet 200,000. Ivey wasted no time in check-raising to 600,000.
hit the river. Ivey led out for a cool million. Ward seemed anguished but couldn't find a fold. He called, then grimaced when Ivey showed 
for trip nines.
turn. The river brought the 
. Haabak checked, Vedes bet 405,000, and Haabak let it go.
and both players checked. The river brought the 
and both players checked again.
to scoop the pot.
turn.
for eights, and Lacay mucked.
. Tamayo checked and Kopp fired out 450,000. Tamayo made the call.
and Tamayo checked again. Kopp wasn't about to let Tamayo get a free pass here; he fired one million. Tamayo made the call.
and Tamayo checked again. Kopp reached for more chips and made a bet of 2.6 million. Tamayo announced a call.
. Ward's sixes held to double him up to about 3.7 million.
flop, Lacay raised to 1.2 million and Haabak folded, his stack down to 2.9 million. Lacay climbed back to 4 million.
, and Balmigere checked again. Moon fired a cool 2,000,000 into the pot, and his opponent tanked for several minutes before sending his cards back to the dealer.