Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Jeff Shulman has the button. Joe Cada raises to 1.25 million from the cutoff, and he gets a taker in the form of Phil Ivey, playing out of position from the small blind. The board runs           with both players checking through the turn. On the river, Ivey leads out with a bet of 1.25 million, and Cada quickly calls with    . Ivey shows no emotion as he mucks his cards and sends another chunk of his chips over to his new nemesis. Ivey is down to 8,600,000 after that slip.

Joe Cada has the button. Phi Ivey bumps it up to 1.25 million in early position. Both Begleiter and Cada seem to toy with a call or maybe more, but everyone yields to Ivey in the end.

Steve Begleiter has the button. The table folds around to the blinds, and Eric Buchman plunders Joe Cada's big blind with a raise to 1.5 million.

Darvin Moon has the button. Joe Cada opens to 1.250 from middle position, and he finds calling action from Steve Begleiter in the big blind. Heads up then, the two men see a flop of      . Begleiter checks, then folds to a bet of 1.5 million. Cada takes it down.

Since Cada's big double up with pocket fours versus Ivey's ace-eight off suit, it seems as if the room's energy has deflated. With Ivey now sitting as the shortest stack in the room with just under 11 million everybody seems to be on edge. A confrontation for Ivey could mean his elimination. It's as if we're in the eye of a hurricane; it's so quiet, but there is no avoiding the destruction which could occur at any moment.

Steven Begleiter - 47,450,000 Eric Buchman - 46,100,000 Darvin Moon - 37,150,000 Antoine Saout - 27,425,000 Jeff Shulman - 15,600,000 Joseph Cada - 11,450,000 Phil Ivey - 10,375,000

Eric Buchman has the button. Under the gun, Jeff Shulman raises to 1.75 million and wins the blinds and antes. A rare and faint smile crosses Shulman's face as he stacks that little pot.

Phil Ivey has the button. With his standard raise at this level, Antoine Saout opens the pot to 1.325 million. Next door, Jeff Shulman puts in the call, and the two men go heads up the rest of the way. The dealer runs out a flop of      . Both men check, and the   comes on the turn. Saout gathers chips and sticks out a bet of 1.85 million. Shulman makes the call, and the   fills out the board. Saout fires again, 3.5 million this time, and Shulman looks him up with one last call. Both players turn over    , and they'll get half the pot apiece.

Jeff Shulman has the button. Antoine Saout gets into the pot first from the cutoff seat, opening to 1.325 million. No call, and Saout collects the easy chips.

Antoine Saout has the button. Steve Begleiter opens to 1.25 million and takes down the blinds and the antes.