Ivey Lets One Go

Phil Ivey raised to 4,500 from under-the-gun, but that wasn't enough to scare off two opponents who made the call.

When the flop fell {J-Spades}

, Ivey bet 9,000 more and was immediately min-raised to 18,000. The third player folded and Ivey called before checking the {2-Hearts}

on the turn. When his opponent moved all in for 85,300, Ivey tanked.

He stared the player down before cutting the calling chips out of his stack. When that didn't get a reaction, Ivey thought for about a minute more before finally releasing his hand. He still has a very comfortable stack of 350,000.