Phil Ivey is falling fast here in Event #38: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Championship.
"You have no idea," he told the other players at his table. "I've had complete coolers. Six tournaments in a row I haven't lasted four hours."
Matt Glantz suggested his hourly rate must be astronomical, because either he wins these tournaments, or he's out as fast as possible.
"Just remember that next time you want to bet," Ivey responded, before possibly explaining his less than stellar start here with the information that he's been up for the past 50 hours without sleep.
Joe Tehan: / /
Ryan Miller: / /
Andrew Rennhack: / /
John Bunch: / /
The action checked to Miller on fifth street, and he tossed out a bet. All three of his opponents called, and Bunch checked again with his pair of fives on sixth. Tehan bet, Miller raised, Rennhack folded, and Bunch called. Tehan made it three bets, Miller made it four bets, and both Bunch and Tehan called.
Tehan led out on seventh, Miller called, and Bunch raised. Both Tehan and Miller called, and Bunch turned over for the wheel.
Tehan mucked, and Miller flashed what looked like before mucking as well.
Richard Sklar, who is on fire here with over 75,000 in chips, understands it is rather cold in the Amazon Room.
In fact, compared to what he feels is an always warm poker room at Bellagio down the street, he says it's freezing. Ted Forrest agreed with Sklar that it's cold, even below the 70 degrees Tournament Director Jack Effel says they set the thermostats to.
But Forrest, who also plays at Bellagio regularly, says there's no way it's 20 degrees cooler here in Amazon and was considering a 1000-1 bet. Sklar was offering on the difference in temperature, until Effel told both he wasn't exactly going to bring a thermostat over to let them check.
Phil Ivey was down under 5,000 in chips when he got it all in against a single opponent.
Ivey: / /
Opponent: / /
His opponent appeared to pair up on seventh in his quest for a low, showing . In the meantime, Ivey made a straight with and now has enough to possibly make the next break.
Three bets went in on seventh street between Calvin Anderson and an opponent, and as we arrived at the table Anderson fanned all seven of his cards to reveal the he had, among them, .
"Wow," Eric Rodawig, the winner of this event in 2011, said. "That's a lot of tens."
The recent bracelet winner raked the pot to chip up to 63,000. Her are counts from the table:
The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about "hood" poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O'Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
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for the wheel.
before mucking as well.
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. In the meantime, Ivey made a straight with 
and now has enough to possibly make the next break.
