An Orbit With Phil Ivey
What's it like to be Phil Ivey? We shadowed Ivey at his table for a full orbit to see what it's like to be in his shoes. Here's what we saw:
Before any action had started, Jason Mercier walked over to Ivey's table and handed him a stack of $100 bills. Ivey looked confused for a bit, but then asked, "Who do you like for the next game?" which got both men laughing.
Chip count to begin orbit: 27,950
Hand #1: Action folded to Ivey in the cutoff. He raised to 800 and won the pot.
Hand #2: Action folded to Ivey in the hijack seat. He raised to 800. Nick Evans was on the button, he moved all in for 3,975. Action folded back to Ivey and he made the call. Evans showed 
. "Boom!" Ivey said turning over his 
. "I'm happy to see that," he said.
The flop fell 
. "Not now," he said immediately after see the flop.
The turn 
and river 
were both bricks for Ivey and he shipped over the chips.
Hand #3: From under the gun Ivey raised to 800. The player directly to his left raised to 2,000. Action folded back to Ivey who made the call.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Ivey checked again, only to see his opponent raise to 2,700. Ivey put in a check raise to 8,000 and his opponent folded without much thought.
Hand #4: Nick Evans raised to 800 from the hijack seat. Action folded around to Ivey in the big blind who also folded.
Hand #5: Action folded to Phil Ivey in the small blind who raised to 1,000. He found no resistance and won the pot.
Hand #6: Dan O'Brien raised to 800 after everyone folded. Ivey folded his button and both blinds folded awarding O'Brien the pot.
Hand #7: Back in the cutoff, Ivey raised to 800 when action was folded to him. Everyone else folded and Ivey scooped another pot.
Chip count to end the orbit: 31,325