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The wonderful and talented Kristy Arnett alongside our spectacular video team addressed a very highly discussed question today:
Well, maybe one reason is because he gets ice cream delivered to him at the table. Yes, one of his assistants just dropped of an ice cream sundae with the essential fixings; whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Must be nice Mr. Ivey, must be nice.
Tom Dwan raised to 300 under the gun and Seat 2 made the call. The player on the button then raised to 450 and both Dwan and Seat 2 called.
Dwan bet out 150 when the flop came 
and Seat 2 folded. The button called and the two saw the 
come on the turn. Dwan bet 175, enough to put the button all in, and was called.
Dwan: 
Button: 
The river was the 
and the button doubled. Dwan took a hit to his stack and was left with 7,200.
With the board reading 
, a very short-stacked player bet into Jeff Madsen. He thought for a moment before making the call.
The river was the 
and Madsen's opponent bet. Madsen immediately called.
His opponent showed a black 
for a rivered pair of jacks, but Madsen opened 
for a rivered straight.
Madsen's opponent is left with just a bet or two while Madsen himself is up to 9,000 chips.
There was about 1,400 in the pot and a board reading 
when both players checked. PokerStars Team Pro Netherlands member Marcel Luske showed 
which was good enough to take down the pot as the small blind mucked.
"Ship it," Luske celebrated. He is holding steady around the starting stack of 4,500.
Four players saw a flop of 
including Jeff Shulman, Mark Seif, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar. Action checked to Turner who bet and all three of his opponents called.
The turn brought the 
and again the action checked to Turner who bet. This time Aguiar was his only customer.
The 
rivered and Turner immediately bet. Aguiar's hand hit the muck as soon as Turner's chips hit the felt, and the pot was pushed to Turner.
He's now well above starting stack with 6,600 chips.
A player in early position raised and received calls from the hijack, Todd Brunson from the button and the two blinds. The flop came 
and after the blinds checked, the early position raiser bet. The hijack folded and Brunson raised.
The small blinds then reraised, the big blind called, early position folded, and Brunson called. The small blind then bet the 
on the turn, the big blind called and Brunson raised. Both blinds called to see the on the river.
Both blind checked, Brunson bet, and the blinds called. Brunson showed 
for a full house and both blinds mucked. Brunson took down a huge pot and is now sitting with 11,500.
On a flop of 
, the big blind checked and Chad Batista bet. After a call, the turn came 
and both players checked.
When the fell on the river, the big blind bet and Batista made the call. The big blind showed 
for two pair, which was good enough to beat Batista's 
. Batista was left with 6,300.
Andre Akkari and Dan Heimiller got four bets in preflop and the flop fell 
. Akkari bet and Heimiller called.
The turn was the and Akkari put the remainder of his stack in the middle. Heimiller called.
Showdown
Akkari: 
Heimiller: 
Akkari could not complete his straight or hit an ace when the 
rivered, sending him to the rail.
There are a couple new faces in the field since our return from the break. Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and Macel Luske are now in the field.
On a seperate note, Chino Rheem has been eliminated.
There was much confusion regarding late registration for Event #53 this evening. Some players were tweeting that it was closed when the tournament started, while others were dependent on the usual two hour and twenty minute grace period.
A floorperson confirmed that there was in fact late registration for this event, but that the stacks were blinded off during the first two levels.
The registration is closed now that the first two levels and the break are in the books, and the board says we have a grand total of 549 runners.
