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Action folded to a player on the button who opened for 6,500. Phil Ivey defended his big blind and the flop fell 
. Ivey led for 9,500 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and again Ivey led - this time for 20,000. His opponent cut out four orange T5,000 chips and set them aside under the steely gaze of Ivey. Eventually he put the chips back into his stack though and kicked his cards into the muck.
Ivey is now up to 170,000 chips.
Small blind Sanghyon Cheong and big blind Rodney Pennington got into a raising war preflop that resulted in Cheong calling all in for a total of 158,400. He held 
to Pennington's 
. The 
flop was exactly what Rodney didn't want to see. The 
on the turn was even uglier, meaning Pennington was drawing dead since a queen would give Cheong a better full house. Cheong doubled to 390,000, jumping to the top of the counts. Pennington, on the other hand, fell to 52,000.
It's been a really bad level for some of the field's biggest online stars. Chris "SLOPPYKLOD" Klodnicki and Aaron "Aejones" Jones just hit the rail. They join Eric "Blizzair" Blair and Eric "Avril Sharapova" Ladny who busted recently. Too bad there's not much left to register for online tonight.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
George Danzer opened to 5,500 from under the gun, Helen Ellis called from middle position and Phil Ivey defended his big blind.
The dealer flopped 
. Ivey checked, Danzer continued for 6,500 and Ellis called. Ivey got out of the way.
The turn was the 
and Danzer led for 16,500. Ellis called.
The river brought the 
and Danzer opted to check. Ellis moved all in and Danzer folded.
"You had me the whole way," Danzer sighed.
Ellis is all the way up to 270,000 chips and Danzer is super short with just 28,000.
Phil Ivey and Helen Ellis are primed to but heads at our feature table. The two have well over 100,000 chips and Ellis appears fearless in the face of one of the best players in the game.
In a recent hand, Ivey opened to 5,000 from middle position and Ellis three-bet from the small blind. Ivey called.
The flop fell 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Ellis led for 8,000. Ivey raised to 24,000 and Ellis folded.
Although Ellis released, this is the second time this level she's three-bet Ivey from the blinds.
It's cold in here. But despite the arctic temperatures in the Rio convention center, Eric "Blizzair" Blair couldn't bring the heat and headed out the door.
Tom Marchese and Ryan D'Angelo got into it preflop, and D'Angelo ended up all in for around 60,000. And G0lfa was in good shape to double with 
to Marchese's 
. The board fell 
, and D'Angelo's jacks held. He jumped to 120,000 while Marchese dropped to 40,000.
Eugene Todd opened to 5,200 from middle position and Helen Ellis flatted from the cutoff. James Akenhead moved all in for 47,000 from the small blind, Todd mucked and Ellis snapped it off.
Showdown
Akenhead: 
Ellis: 
Akenhead paired the 
flop, but neither the 
nor the were enough to give him the best of it and he hit the rail.
Ellis is now up to 250,000 chips.
When the day began two levels ago, there were three Team PokerStars Pros in the field. Team Canada member Darus Suharto flopped top two, but when Matt Graham turned a set, it was game over for Suharto. American Chad Brown didn't last much longer than his neighbor to the north.
So now it's down to German George Danzer to carry Team PokerStars. He's built his stack up to 75,000 today despite drawing the toughest table in the room.
