Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
PLO players are on a five-minute break.
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The flop read the ![]()
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. Anthony "heheh" Zinno got all of his chips into the middle with the ![]()
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two pair of Vincent "mister_maura" Melendez.
The turn was the
and the river came the
to be no help to Zinno and eliminate him in 35th place.
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Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Few poker players have captured the attention of the poker universe quite like Phil Ivey. There have been plenty of champions of the game who crushed it at the felt, but none who built up the mystique of Ivey, who remains to this day arguably the most magnetic player in poker despite results that no longer match his days of utmost dominance.
A day after the anniversary of Ivey's induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerNews examines the legacy of his WSOP success. Prior to 2000, Ivey didn't have any recorded WSOP cashes.
The 23-year-old didn't waste any time establishing himself as one of the top up-and-coming players. That year, after already making one final table and finishing fifth, Ivey secured his first bracelet. He beat none other than fellow Hall of Famer Amarillo Slim Preston heads up to win Event #14: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a rebuy event, for his first bracelet and $195,000. Three other Hall of Famers — Chris Bjorin, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott — also competed at that final table, so shipping it was about more than just getting his first taste of gold. Ivey showed he could beat the best in the business.
Two years after that, though, would be when Ivey really showed he was the present and future of the game. In 2002, Ivey showcased his skills at limit poker in a big way.
Drew "dudeguydrew" O'Connell was all in preflop for 157,878 from the small blind and Anirudh "WeLikeToPrty" Seth called from the hijack.
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O'Connell held a pair of kings but was trailing Seth's aces and the ![]()
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runout didn't change a thing as he was eliminated from the tournament in 29th place for $2,239.
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Uke "ooopsmybad" Dauti raised from the button and was three-bet by "AuntWeesh" in the big blind and called off the rest of his chips.
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and the river the
to confirm his elimination.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
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