Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:59 AM Local Time
Razz
Ivey: X-X / 5-8-3-Q / X
Chen: X-X / T-6-A-9 / X
Phil Ivey is down to just six big bets in his stack after losing a razz showdown to Bill Chen. He completed third street after Chen brought it in. Chen called, then called bets on fourth street and fifth street also. Both players checked sixth and seventh streets. It was difficult to tell if Chen was playing the river cautiously or going for a check-raise. Either way, the 3-4-7 he opened, to make a 7-6, dragged the pot.
Ivey has 750,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:52 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
The players are playing very, very quickly. So quickly that there's no way to keep up. Most pots are not getting to showdown. One pot that did, however, was another loser for Phil Ivey. He raised the button and was called by Bill Chen. Chen check-called a bet on a flop of and that was enought to shut Ivey down. The action checked the rest of the way, with Chen turning up for two pair, nines and sevens, to grab the pot.
Ivey is down to 980,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:48 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
It's limit poker, and it's heads up, so things are in a comfortable rhythm in the flop games. It was Phil Ivey's turn to raise the button. It was Bill Chen's turn to call from the big blind. Chen check-called a bet on a flop of . He then check-raised the turn and induced a fold from Ivey.
Ivey is down to 1.1 million.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:45 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
The game has switched to Omaha Hi/Lo. Bill Chen raised the button and Phil Ivey called to a flop of . Both players checked. Ivey tried a bet on the turn but Chen quickly called. The river blanked and drew checks from both players.
"Nine," said Chen. Ivey then opened for a pair of tens to drag the pot.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:42 AM Local Time
Hold'em
None of the first few hands of hold'em have gone past a single bet on the flop. Phil Ivey has taken the worst of it, and has slipped back down to about 1.4 million.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:40 AM Local Time
Stud-8
Two big pots of stud split have both gone Phil Ivey's way to increase his count to 1.8 million and lower Bill Chen's count to about 2.5 million. Ivey bet all the way on a board of in the first hand, with Chen calling showing . Chen called one more bet on the river, where Ivey produced in the hole for a pair of aces that Chen couldn't beat.
Shortly thereafte, Ivey was the one calling all the way down as his board developed . When he paired jacks on sixth street, he bet into Chen's board of . Chen called that bet, but folded to a river bet.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:36 AM Local Time
Stud
Ivey: / /
Juanda: / /
The end for John Juanda came in the stud round. He completed a trey on third and was raised by the bring-in, Phil Ivey. Juanda called to fourth street, where he checked the lead and then raised. Ivey was undeterred. The rest of the chips went in on fifth street.
"You got anything?" Juanda asked.
"Two pair," Ivey replied.
"S***."
Ivey showed his eights and deuces, while Juanda showed ace-high. Juanda did make a running two pair, aces and treys, but Ivey rivered a deuce for a full house to send Juanda packing.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:32 AM Local Time
Stud
Ivey: X-X /
Chen: X-X /
Another pot played by Bill Chen became another pot won by Bill Chen. Phil Ivey brought it in, then called Chen's completion bet. Ivey actually had the lead with a 6-high board on fourth street and with a 7-high board on fifth street. He bet both and Chen called both.
Both players caught kings on sixth street. Ivey checked, then folded to Chen's bet.
Ivey is down to 600,000. Chen is crushing everyone with 3.25 million. Juanda is still shortest with 450,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:27 AM Local Time
Stud
Juanda: / /
Ivey: / /
It was John Juanda's turn to bring it in, but he decided to raise after Phil Ivey's completion bet folded Bill Chen. Ivey called the raised, then called another bet on fourth street. On fifth street Ivey drew the higher board and bet. It was enough to put Juanda all in. He called with buried eights, a hand in the lead. Juanda made tens and eights on sixth street, which held up when Ivey bricked the river.
Juanda is up to 460,000. Ivey fell back to about 800,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:22 AM Local Time
Stud
We're in stud now, and with an extra street of betting chip counts can change in a hurry. Phil Ivey caught the bring in again, and then folded after Bill Chen completed and John Juanda raised. Chen then re-raised, with Juanda calling.
Chen bet fourth street, fifth street, sixth street and the river. Each time Juanda called. At showdown, Chen turned up for a pair of kings. Juanda stared longingly at his own cards and then mucked.
Juanda is getting short with just 320,000 chips.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:20 AM Local Time
Razz
Chen: X-X / J-4-T-K
Juanda: X-X / J-9-A-2
It was improbable that Bill Chen would win every pot he played. He gave a few chips back to John Juanda in the last hand of razz. Phil Ivey brought it in with a king before Chen completed a jack. Juanda, also with a jack, called to fourth street. Chen drew best and bet but Juanda called again.
Juanda took the lead on fifth and sixth streets and bet each time. Chen's board developed pretty horribly by then and finally on sixth street he gave up the ghost.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:16 AM Local Time
Razz
Ivey: X-X / 10-8-K
Chen: X-X / 7-9-A
John Juanda brought it on in third street with a queen in front of Phil Ivey, who just called the bring-in. Bill Chen then completed, which was enough to fold Juanda. Ivey called to fourth street and tried a bet after Chen checked. Chen wouldn't go away, however, and called to fifth street, where his bet chased Ivey out of the pot.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:11 AM Local Time
Razz
The game has switched to razz. Ivey won the first three pots uncontested before Bill Chen took one down without a fight. The fifth hand actually progressed to fourth street after John Juanda brought it in with a 9 and called Ivey's completion bet with a 6. On fourth Juanda bricked against Ivey's 7 and folded for a single bet.
Juanda is down to 650,000 and is the short stack.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:10 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
Bill Chen has chips and he's catching good cards. That could be a tough combination to beat if it doesn't change. John Juanda at least managed to eke a chop out of a recent pot with Chen. Chen raised the small blind pre-flop, with Juanda calling from the big blind. Chen bet the flop and then called a raise.
The turn and river were both check-called by Chen. At showdown, Juanda tabled for a 7-5 low and a pair of sevens. He missed all of his straight draws. Chen took the high with aces, .
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:05 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
John Juanda is the new short stack -- if 800,000 chips can be considered a short stack -- after losing a sizable pot to Bill Chen. Juanda raised the button pre-flop, and was called by Chen from the big blind. The flop came paired, . Chen checked, then raised after Juanda bet. This was a play that worked earlier in hold'em, but here Juanda didn't fold. He called.
Chen led the turn, with Juanda making the call. The board double paired on the river, , inducing a check from Chen. Juanda tried a bet but Chen wasn't going to let go of the nut flush. He called with .
"You got it," said Juanda as he mucked.
Chen's count is up to about 2,700,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:02 AM Local Time
Omaha-8
The end has come for Ken Aldridge. He limped his button before John Juanda completed the small blind and Phil Ivey checked the big blind. Juanda checked the flop to Ivey, who led out with a bet. Aldridge raised, chasing Juanda out of the pot. Ivey called to the turn , where Aldridge got the rest of his chips in. Ivey called. Showdown, gentlemen!
Ivey: , two pair, jacks and eights
Aldridge: , two pair, jacks and deuces
Neither player had a low draw. That left Aldridge drawing slim on the river. He was out in fourth place after the river paired eights, , to give Ivey a full house.
Ivey is up to about 900,000.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:58 AM Local Time
Hold'em
The swings are brutally big now. One pot to showdown is typically at least 300,000 chips. Ken Aldridge opened from the small blind for a raise that was called by big blind John Juanda.
On an all-small, all-diamond flop of , Aldridge bet and Juanda raised. Aldridge called to the turn and bet again. Juanda just called. The river paired the board . Aldridge checked to Juanda, who fired a bet. Aldridge tanked for a bit before calling. He couldn't beat Juanda's diamond flush, .
Juanda is up to 1.4 million in chips. Aldridge is in danger of busting, with just 250,000 left.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:51 AM Local Time
Hold'em
John Juanda raised from the cutoff pre-flop and was called by big blind Bill Chen. Chen checked the flop to Juanda, who continued with a bet. Chen then check-raised, drawing a fold from Juanda.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:49 AM Local Time
The game has moved back to hold'em, and there's some confusion over where the button should be. Ultimately it was determined there should be a dead small blind and Phil Ivey should be the big blind. He got a walk. Now there's a dead button, with Ivey in the small blind and Bill Chen in the big blind. From there the button will resume its normal orbit.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:24 AM Local Time
The four remaining players will now take a twenty-minute break.