We just saw a three way all in showdown in which we saw two players get knocked out. The money went in on the turn with the board showing . These were the hands that got shown down.
James Hoeppner
Matthew Wood
Frank Russomanno
The river was the and we lost two players on one hand. Hoeppner took the pot down and we have 19 players left.
Stephen Chidwick just raised under the gun to 16,000 and the action got folded to Jeremy Harkin who was on the button. He put in a raise to 24,000 and after both blinds folded Chidwick put his last chips into the pot creating an all in showdown.
Stephen Chidwick
Jeremy Harkin
The board ran out giving Harkin the pot and Chidwick a 22nd place finish.
In a blind battle on a flop we just caught the action between Phil Ivey and Mike Matusow. Ivey checked to his opponent who bet 6,000 after which he put in a raise to 12,000. Matusow quickly made it 18,000 and Ivey called.
The turn was the and Ivey check-called a 12,000 chip bet. On the river the hit and Ivey lead out for 12,000. Matusow didn't seem to happy but put in the call.
Ivey tabled for the nut flush and a A2346 low and Matusow looked back at his cards in disgust. He mucked his open into the muck but we couldn't catch the suits as the dealer mucked them quickly.
Ivey is the first player over 500,000 chips while Matusow drop to 220,000.
We just caught the action on a flop when Joe Cassidy put out a 6,000 chip bet. Ryan Lenaghan made the call and Phil Ivey tossed his cards into the muck.
The turn was the and Cassidy bet 12,000, Lenaghan called. On the river we saw the and Lenaghan called another 12,000 chip bet.
Cassidy turned over for the straight and took down this nice pot.
Matt Lefkowitz was short with just 20,500 chips when he opted to raise from the hijack to 12,000. Viacheslav Zhukov, the winner of this event last year, was to his left and three-bet right away. Brian Hastings called from the small blind and Jeremy Harkin made the call from the big blind.
The action was back on Lefkowitz who put his final chips into the pot and his three opponent made the call.
On a board the hand got checked down and everyone was surprised when Harkin won the pot with just for a small full house. Lefkowitz got his payout ticket and we are down to 23 players.