From the hijack seat, Phil Ivey raised to 800. A couple spots over, action fell on Eric Harris on the button. He reraised to 2,200. PLay folded back to Ivey, and he made the call.
The flop came down , and Ivey checked. Harris fired 3,250, and Ivey gave it up.
On the next hand, Ivey opened from middle position to 1,000 before action folded over to Harris. He three-bet Ivey again, this time to 2,700. Play folded back to Ivey, and he gave it up.
With 5,300 in the pot and a board reading , Phil Ivey checked to Elie Payan, who bet 2,800. Ivey made the call and then checked for a second time on the river, prompting Payan to put out a bet of 7,200. Ivey thought for a few moments before making the call, but mucked when Payan rolled over for two pair.
From under the gun, Dan Shak raised to 1,200. The cutoff seat reraised to 3,000, then Shak fired back with a four-bet to 11,500. His opponent folded, and Shak won the pot.
Three players created a pot of about 4,000 and saw a flop of . Mike Watson was first to act in middle position and put out a bet of 1,700, which was called by AC Alvarado and Sean Jazayeri in the cutoff and button respectively.
Watson proceeded to slow down with a check on the turn, which opened the door for the big-stacked Alvarado to bet 5,000. Jazayeri quickly got out of the way and Watson followed suit.
An opponent checked the flop before Phil Ivey fired 4,000. His opponent made the call, and the two players saw the come out on the turn. After his opponent checked again, Ivey fired 7,000. The player gave it up, and Ivey won the pot.
Throughout the day Steve O'Dwyer has managed to build one of the biggest stacks in the room. It seems every time we walk by Table 16, he has more chips than the time before. In a recent hand, action folded to O'Dwyer and he raised to 1,100 from middle position and the player on the button made the call.
O'Dwyer kept the pressure on with a bet of 1,900 on the , and then fired an additional 4,000 on the turn after the button had called. The turn bet proved enough and O'Dwyer took down the pot without further resistance.
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We noticed Jennifer Tilly exiting the tournament floor and made our way over to Table 16, which is where she had been seated. We saw October Niner stacking a pot and he was kind enough to inform us that he'd been the one to do the deed.
According to Merson, Tilly had opened for 1,100 and then called when he three-bet to 2,200. When the flop fell , Tilly shipped for approximately 8,000 with and Merson called with . The turn was a , giving Tilly the lead, but the on the river completed Merson's straight and allowed him to knock out the Academy Award winning actress.
, and Ivey checked. Harris fired 3,250, and Ivey gave it up.
, Phil Ivey checked to Elie Payan, who bet 2,800. Ivey made the call and then checked for a second time on the 
river, prompting Payan to put out a bet of 7,200. Ivey thought for a few moments before making the call, but mucked when Payan rolled over 
for two pair.
. Mike Watson was first to act in middle position and put out a bet of 1,700, which was called by AC Alvarado and Sean Jazayeri in the cutoff and button respectively.
turn, which opened the door for the big-stacked Alvarado to bet 5,000. Jazayeri quickly got out of the way and Watson followed suit.
come out on the turn. After his opponent checked again, Ivey fired 7,000. The player gave it up, and Ivey won the pot.
, and then fired an additional 4,000 on the 
, Tilly shipped for approximately 8,000 with 
. The turn was a 
, giving Tilly the lead, but the 
on the river completed Merson's straight and allowed him to knock out the Academy Award winning actress.