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2010 Aussie Million Champion Tyron Krost has doubled up to around the 80,000 mark. I didn't see when the chips went in (although I assume preflop), but Krost held 
in the small blind against the 
of button Adam Fletcher on a 
board.
With the board reading 
, Nick Schulman fired out a bet of 4,500. His only opponent was Greg Mueller and he made the call to see the 
pair the board on the river. Schulman took a moment before firing out 8,500. Mueller took his own moment and then fired back with a raise. He made it 25,600 to go and this sent Schulman into the tank for quite some time. After several minutes passed, Schulman folded and Mueller won the pot. It was a nice boost to Mueller's stack, who improved to 70,000 after the hand. Schulman slipped back a tiny bit, but still has 169,000 chips.
From early position, Nick Schulman raised to 2,500. Dag Palovic called from middle position and McLean Karr called on the button. Greg Mueller also made the call and he was in the big blind to close out the action and bring the players to a flop.
The first three community cards came down the 
. Mueller, Schulman and Palovic all checked to Karr. He fired 3,900 and was called by only Palovic.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Palovic checked and Karr fired out 4,400. Palovic called right away, but mucked his hand when Karr tabled the 
for two pair.
Karr moved up to 185,000 on the hand while Palovic dropped back to 39,000.
Carlos Mortensen is now pushing up the poker daisies.
The 2001 WSOP Main Event Champion three-bet shoved from the big blind with 
and was called by 
, before a cruel seven on the board sent him home.
"Nice call," commented Mortensen as he left.
I don't think we need a Jeremy Kyle lie detector test for this one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
||
|
|
58,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
40,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
30,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
I accidentally typed "bacony" there at first - which isn't too far off, as it's a meaty bunch of stacks up here, and they're smokin'.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
130,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
|
75,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
72,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
65,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
65,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
45,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
25,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
13,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
In the space of two consecutive hands, Phil Ivey jumped from an almost chip-leadery 160,000 to a very definitely 'much bigger than everyone else by a mile' 317,000. Of course, to make this big jump, someone had to be sacrificed at the altar of Ivey and in this case, it was former WSOPE finalist James Keys who had amassed a sizeable stack himself, sitting with over 140,000.
Ivey had 3-bet in the big blind against Keys button open before firing 8,000 on the 
flop. Keys called and then Ivey checked to him on the 
turn with Keys now firing 13,500. Ivey called and then checked the 
river across again, Keys checked behind and Ivey flipped 
- it was good.
The very next hand went four-way to the 
flop and it was checked to cut-off Keys who bet 7,500. Ivey made it 18,500 from the small blind and the other two players folded. Keys now raised to 41,000 and Ivey clicked it back to 80,000. Keys pushed and Ivey snap-called with 
against, hugely ahead of his opponent's 
.
Keys picked up a draw on the turn, but the 
was the ulimate blank to put the young Englishman out of the tournament. Herein lies the power of Ivey, when he does have a hand, he invariably gets paid. With more than 100,000 chips more than anyone else, this tournament just got a whole lot more difficult for every other player.
Viktor Blom is up to a meaty 220,000 after eliminating neighbour Jason Gray with set-over-set. All the chips flew in on a 
flop, Gray in water hotter than the sun with 
versus the Swede's . No miracle, and the messiah of online poker leapt into second place behind Phil Ivey.
Blom and Ivey are going to bust into flames if they run any hotter!
Tyler Bonkowski, short after doubling up Adrian Passfield a little while back, got his last in with 
from the big blind to Filippo Candio's 
. The 
flop had Candio shaking his head, and following a complete absence of either or clubs on the turn (
) or river (
), Bonkowski doubled to 42,000. Candio was left with 5,100, which he shoved from the button next hand, but to no avail. He's on around 7,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
||
|
143,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
90,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
||
|
|
89,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
87,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
86,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
81,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
66,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
-10,025
|
-10,025 |
|
|
51,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
36,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
33,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
31,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
25,000
4,675
|
4,675 |
|
23,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
20,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
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