When we reached Table 312, Isaac Haxton was raking in a huge pot and the board read .
lay in front of Haxton and Chad Brown mucked his hand.
"Did you make runner, runner flush too?" Haxton asked Brown.
"Obviously," he shrugged back.
Haxton just unregistered for the $10,000 Heads Up because he now has 200,000 chips and Brown fell all the way to 10,000 chips and busted shortly after.
With the board reading , James Akenhead bet 12,500 into a pot of about 15,000. His opponent, Todd Terry, tanked for a bit before finally making the call.
Akenhead rolled over for the flush.
"Nice hand," Terry sighed opening for a worse flush.
Akenhead chipped up to 113,000 chips and Terry slipped to 51,000.
Phil Ivey opened to 4,200 from early position and Todd Terry moved all in for 50,000 from the big blind. Ivey snapped it off with , well ahead of Terry's .
Phil Ivey is playing in three tournaments right now.
He is sitting at the featured table of this event, he is blinding off in Event #33 where he hasn't played a hand today and has already won his first heat in Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
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.
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.
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.