First we saw Phil Ivey complete with the and all opponents folded to give him the bring the antes. One hand later he showed the and completed again, two opponents called with aces showing. Ivey called all bets until sixth street where he tossed in his last 100 with a pair of jacks showing and both other players made the call.
It was the last hand in seven-card stud at the table of Ismael Bojang and Phil Ivey with the latter completing while showing the . Stanislav Parkhomenko from Bulgaria called with the showing and kept betting until fifth when Ivey got the remainder of his stack in.
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Ivey ended up with a measly pair of sevens, which failed to overcome Parkhomenko’s kings with a low.
We only saw Ylon Schwartz all in for the remainder of his short stack on fifth and three opponents were still in the hand, one of them folding . Seat one kept betting on sixth as well before he checked the seventh to David Tarbet. Tarbet checked behind and announced rolled up jacks.
Justin Bonomo was down to only 1,200 chips but two chops and one scoop later he is back on starting stack. In the first hand he completed a jack showing and made a low against two pair, then he scooped with jacks over fours on seventh versus a pair of nines. The last hand saw two bets on third against two opponents with one of them folding on fifth.
Adam Friedman made two bets pre flop and got one caller to fire all the way on a board. The opponent called every single bet and Friedman then announced "wheel" after the river. He tabled and the opponent mucked.
On the other side of the tournament area we walked by the table of WPT tournament director Matt Savage and he has built a nice stack.
Michael Moed had two bets in with showing the and an opponent made the call with the showing. Moed fired all streets until seventh and his opponent didn't see his bet at first, then called off.
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"I can't put you on aces up there if I have them," the opponent said. "Did you catch the eight on seventh?" Moed replied with "No, I had it rolled up already."