Phil Ivey recently arrived, and was just about to take his seat at Table 3 as a hand was being dealt.
"Better win a pot now before this guy sits down," cracked one of the players. "Should we just give our chips to you now?" asked another with a grin.
"Wish it was that easy," said Ivey.
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"Put me on his table!" demanded a player while gesturing in the direction of Phil Ivey as their table was breaking.
Unfortunately his wish wouldn't be granted as both headed in opposite directions.
Once Ivey was at his new table, the other nine players all quietened up most likely due to the Ivey-aura.
A couple of limps to Ivey, and he limped behind also as the blinds came along for a ride.
The 
flop was checked to see the 
land on the turn and a 300-chip bet from Ivey was enough to collect the pot.
We just saw a couple of hands involving Senovio Ramirez, including one in which Ramirez eliminated Men Nguyen.
In the first, Ramirez opened for 250 and got a call from Peter Feldman in the big blind. Both checked the 
flop. The turn brought the 
. Feldman checked, Ramirez bet 350, and Feldman called. The river was the 
. Feldman again checked, Ramirez bet 900 this time, and Feldman called.
Ramirez showed 
for the rivered straight, and Feldman mucked.
Soon after, Ramirez was raising again before the flop from the button, and Men Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came 
. Nguyen checked, Ramirez bet 400, and Nguyen called. The turn was the . This time Nguyen bet 500, and Ramirez responded by raising all in. Nguyen called with his remaining chips.
Ramirez showed 
and had Nguyen's 
outkicked. The river was the 
, and Nguyen is out.
Ramirez now has 8,500.
David Sands opened the button to 250 only to have Vladimir Geshkenbein move all in from the small blind.
After some deliberation, Sands made the call for his tournament life.
Sands: 
Geshkenbein: 
The board ran out 
to see a rivered ten sending Sands to the rail as Geshkenbein soars over the 6,000-chip mark.
"Don't do that man . . . That's not cool man . . . Counting my chips now dude!" uttered Teddy 'The Iceman' Monroe in his slow drawn out way of speaking.
As our PokerNews reporter stood there eyeing his stack, he could find a smile before walking away.
For the record, Monroe would like us not to tell you following along at home that he has 1,925 in chips.
Three players - including Chad Brown - put in 325 preflop to see a 
flop fall.
Following a check and then a bet of 450, Brown moved all in for roughly 2,400 and found a call from the player that committed chips on the flop already.
Brown: 
Opponent:
The turn and river ran out running aces to see Brown eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Five limpers saw a 
flop fall down with Phil Ivey leading out for 400 from the small blind.
It folded round to the player on the button and he moved all in to put Ivey at risk. Ivey made the call tabling his 
to be well behind his opponent's set of threes.
The turn and river blanked out and Ivey was forced out early courtesy of an opponent's set of treys!
We came on this hand following a 
flop. With a pot already having been built before the flop, a player had 1,300 sitting in front of him, and Yuval Bronshtein had 3,500 in front of him. Bronshtein's opponent contemplated the situation for some time, then let his hand go.
Bronshtein flipped over his hand -- 
-- then collected the chips. He's up to 11,000 now.
