Ivey button raised to 500 and Chris Bjorin defended in the big blind. Bjorin then check-called a bet of 600 on the 
flop before checking down the 
turn and leading out for 800 on the 
river. Ivey immediately made the fold.
Despite this setback, Ivey is still flying high with 27,500.
Yann Dion raised under the gun to 450. The button called and then Sam Trickett three-bet to 1,100 from the small blind. The big blind came in with a four-bet to 2,825 and won the pot, forcing a fold from all of his opponents.
A super short-stacked Howard Lederer has just managed to become a mere averagely short-stack.
He had called Michael Mizrachi's open from the big blind before check-raising all-in on a 
board. Mizrachi made obligatory call with 
for the double gutshot, behind to Lederer's 
and failed to catch a nine or five on the 
turn and 
river.
Lederer is back up to 6,000 while Mizrachi still has about 15,000.
The flop was 
when Praz Bansi called a bet of 750 in position on his opponent to see the 
fall on the turn. Both players checked fourth street and that brought them to see the 
hit the river. The first player checked and Bansi fired 1,250. His opponent folded and Bansi scooped the pot.
Upon a chip count of Bansi's stack after the hand, he's up to about 43,000. Bansi recently moved to Phil Hellmuth's table, who had nearly 30,000 a little while ago. When we looked at his stack after Bansi won this pot, Hellmuth only had 9,725. Seeing as Bansi came to the table with about 25,000 or so, it figures that he took a few chips off Hellmuth.
"I lost to the boss," reported James 'Royal Flush' Dempsey who has just been eliminated from the event. "I pushed for 14 bigs with 
and Phil [Ivey] looked me up with 
. It's one all though because I knocked him out of the 10K Hi-Low in the Series."
Phil Laak, complete with red mohawk and Union Jack cast, is up to 27,500 after eliminating a short stack. He called 2,700 on the turn of 
board with before evading a drawtastic 
on the 
river.
After the cutoff seat moved all in for 2,600, Rudy Blondeau made the call from the button. The two blinds folded and the hands were revealed. Blondeau held the up against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
and Blondeau earned the elimination to move up to 19,000.
Down to just 2,175 chips, 2007's WSOPE Main Event champion Annette Obrestad moved all in before the flop holding 
. An opponent called her down with 
, and the race was on.
The board frowned on Annette, though, running out 
. King-high is no good against trip fives, and Obrestad's day is done. Perhaps she'll be playing the £200 mega satellite tomorrow? All right, nevermind, we'll probably see her on Thursday for Event #2 instead.
Despite her exit, Annette told our own Gloria Balding that she's happy with her performance, particularly because she outlasted her boyfriend in their last-longer bet. It's anyone's guess what the terms of the bet were.
In the course of the last few minutes, we've lost both Sorel Mizzi and Mike Matusow from our field. Good games, gents.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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