Hand #131 - Joe Cada Out-Flips Phil Ivey | 2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Eric Buchman has the button. Phil Ivey is the first mover, opening to 1.25 million from middle position. When action moves to small blind Joe Cada, he re-raises all in for a total of roughly 5.8 million. As Cada's stack is counted down Ivey contemplates his decision, someone out in the theater drops a bottle of beer, shattering it on the floor to some stifled laughter.

As my blogging partner FerricRamsium mentioned in a hand a few moments ago, one of the tried and true maxims of tournament reporting is that pre-flop tankers almost always fold. Ivey is deep in the tank, and we can see his tongue working against the inside of his cheek as he thinks about what to do. It seems none of the rules apply to Ivey, because he makes the call!

Ivey: {A-Spades}

Cada:

Cada looks like he's going to cry when he sees Ivey's hand, though if Ivey weren't going to fold a race is about the best that Cada could hope for. There's no help for Ivey on a flop of {2-Diamonds}

. Cada's supporters and pleading for the dealer to brick out the board. They get one brick on the {9-Clubs}

turn and a second with the {7-Hearts}

river!

There are shrieks and cheers from one section of the theater. They're all wearing yellow shirts in support of Joe Cada. The *entire rest of the theater* is sitting mute, no doubt unhappy to see Ivey take a hit. He's down to 10.3 million; Cada's up to about 12.5 million.

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