After the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha event crowned a winner on Wednesday night, there was already another chance for everyone unable to satisfy their four-card needs.
As we headed out to the tournament field, Phil Ivey passed us headed in the opposite direction.
Phil Ivey was the third player to bust today, falling to defending champion Michael Mizrachi. We missed the action but it seemed as if Ivey called all in on the river of an ace-high board.
"I just had four hours sleep," said a sprightly Phil Hellmuth. "All these guys have been playing all day." Hellmuth said these words to us after he three-bet Martin Jacobson off a hand with .
With 4,000 in the pot and a board reading , Phil Ivey bet 3,000 from the small blind and received a call from Govert Metaal. The river saw Ivey slow down with a check, which gave Metaal the opportunity to bet 6,000.
With about 15,000 in the pot and a board reading , Phil Ivey moved all in from middle position and put the pressure on Sam Chartier, who was sitting to his direct left with a stack of 22,500.
Phil Ivey's stack is in the red for the first time today after he called a river bet from Govert Metaal which was bad. Ivey opened from mid position and Metaal peeled from the big blind to see a flop where he check-called a 1,000 c-bet.
Action folded to Brian Park in the cutoff and he put in a raise. Since the player on the button was gone, action was on Phil Ivey in the small blind.
After a raise on the button from Roberto Romanello to 7,000, David "ODB" Baker reraised all in for a little over 60,000 from the big blind. Romanello called holding the . Baker held the .
Phil Ivey check-raised all in for 5,050 on the flop against Christophe Julien's bet of 1,200. Julien got a count of Ivey's stack, then tossed in the call with the . Ivey held a dominated .
Action folded to Phil Ivey on the button and he raised to 1,000. David Baker reraised to 3,250 from the small blind and play folded back to Ivey.
From under the gun, a player raised to 600. Phil Ivey called from the hijack seat and the flop came down . The first player bet 800 and Ivey made the call.
From the cutoff seat, Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 400. The small blind reraised to 1,225 and Ivey made the call. On the flop, the small blind fired 1,200. Ivey called. The turn was the and the small blind fired 1,800.
After one player checked, Phil Ivey checked the flop and a third player fired 1,225. The first player folded, then Ivey check-raised to 3,500. His opponent called. The turn was the and both players checked.
Phil Ivey just strolled into the tournament room here at the Majestic Barrière Hotel with a big smile on his face. He looks happy and ready to go.
Yesterday, Phil Ivey had his aces cracked by the two pair of Raffaele Gerbi to put an end to his first buy-in. Ivey waited until the start of Day 2 to give it another try, but unfortunately for him he'd run into Gerbi once again.
Four players were in action on the flop. The first three — Raffaele Gerbi, Phil Ivey and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier — all checked in order to Peter Jetten and he bet 30,000.
Phil Ivey has been eliminated. The man who got all of his chips was Raffaele Gerbi and here's how it happened. Ivey had raised preflop to 5,000 and was called by three players, including Gerbi in the small blind.
After Bryn Kenney and Raffaele Gerbi checked the flop, Marc-Andre Ladouceur fired 13,500. Phil Ivey called before Ignat Liviu and Philipp Gruissem folded. Kenney and Gerbi also folded, leaving heads-up action to the turn.
Mike Watson opened the action from early position with a 1,500 raise and got called by Phil Ivey in the hijack and Raffaele Gerbi in the big blind. The flop was checked by all three as well as was the turn.
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