Cates Takes Down Big Stud Pot
Level 19
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Stud
Talal Shakerchi: 
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Dan Cates: / 
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Phil Ivey: / 
Phillip Hui was the bring in with 
. Talal Shakerchi and Dan Cates called. Phil Ivey completed, Hui folded, and Shakerchi and Cates called. Ivey bet fourth street and both players called.
On fifth and sixth streets, action checked to Ivey who kept betting. Shakerchi and Cates both called. All three players checked the river.
Cates tabled 
for eights up and took down the pot, building his stack to over one million after starting the day as the second lowest stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000 | -300,000 |
|
2,400,000 | -100,000 |
|
1,300,000 | -200,000 |
|
1,100,000 | 659,000 |
|
1,100,000 | |
|
693,000 | -80,000 |