We know the question on all of your minds. What should I wear to attend a million dollar cash game? Three piece suit? Head-to-toe Prada? Perhaps designer mink?
If you're an Asian business mogul, might we suggest a shiny black jacket? Wang Qiang is wearing a standard black jacket, but both Paul Phua and Richard Yong went for the reflective variety. Phua's is shiny leather, while Yong's looks almost sequined.
Eli Elezra and John Juanda are both rocking short-sleeved collard shirts with Full Tilt patches. Phil Ivey is wearing a grey hoodie and a matching grey Full Tilt hat. (What happened to the baby blue?) Patrik Antonius is also sporting a grey hoodie, sans patch. Tom Dwan is also unpatched since Juanda, Elezra, and Ivey fill the network TV quota of three company logos on one table.
After a breakneck first hour of play, things are slowing down. Everything, actually. The pace of play is slower, and players seem to be considering each check longer than before. The rapid-fire conversation has even slowed to a trickle. Knowing this crew, however, that won't last long.
You know what's fun? When eight people with hundreds of thousands of dollars in front of them try to figure out who should have which cards. Yelling in two different languages. Three, if you count Durrrrspeak. Finally, they gave up and started over again.
"You know what's really bad?" Ivey said to Paul Phua. "When you go broke and no one at the table will even look at you. No one wants to loan you money. That's bad."
The other guys might have kicked him under the table, so he softened his tone a bit. "Hey, you know, it happens to me sometimes." Don't think anyone believed him.
Only minutes after his double up through Wang Qiang, Eli Elezra returned the favor. They were three-handed to a flop. After Elezra bet, Qiang moved all in for $84,100. Eli called easily but saw that his wasn't so good against Qiang's . A turn and river later, it was Eli's turn to count out chips and send them across the felt.
After Eli Elezra limped, Wang Qiang raised to $5,000. Paul Phua defended his big blind, and Elezra called as well. All three of them checked the flop. After the turn brought the , Phua checked again. No more checking for Elezra. He moved all in. Looking fairly dejected, Qiang stared at the bet with arm stretched out on the felt and his chin resting on it. He asked for a count after a minute. It was $58, 700, which Phua translated for Qiang, who doesn't understand much English. Once he understood the amount, he decided to call. Phua folded, and it was time for showdown.
Elezra: for aces with a nine kicker
Qiang: for aces with a six kicker and a flush draw
The river was safe for Elezra, who happily pulled in the chips.
Patrik Antonius raised under-the-gun preflop, and Paul Phua called in the big blind.
Flop: - Phua checked, then called when Patrik bet $5,000.
Turn: - Phua checked again. Antonius made another bet, and this time, Phua raised him to $32,000. Antonius paused in his usual frozen pose before calling.
River: - Antonius checked the paired board, and Yong bet $55,000. And once again, Antonius moved all in. Phua gave an exasperated grunt and called to see Antonius turn over for top boat. Pretty tough to beat that.
As the dealer counted out the 93,200 in his stack for Phua to double, a completely unfazed Antonius turned around in his chair and went back to chowing down on lunch. At the end of the hand, Richard Yong retook his seat with an extra $200,000 in his hand.
Phil Ivey has missed most of the insane action. He played three or four hands and then disappeared. He just sat back down with a takeout cup of coffee. And he's just in time to participate in the prop bet negotiations going on between Durrrr and John Juanda. We don't print rumors, but Ivey is insinuating that Juanda is a degenerate.
The shove seems to be a pretty standard move here. We've had an all in in about half of the hands played so far. This time, Patrik Antonius made a liar out of Tom Dwan by playing more than one pot in two hours, but as Dwan predicted, he's been all in or called an all in in every pot he's played. Richard Yong got his $146,600 all in preflop with , and Antonius called with . It was a very expensive flip. The board didn't bring Antonius any help, but not to worry. Yong will certainly keep those chips in play.
Antonius was all in again the next hand but ran out a lucky chop.
It took a few minutes to get Wang Qiang another $100,000 in chips, and with money flying around this fast, casino staff are going to be exhausted mighty soon. Tom Dwan asked if they could just bring up $2 million in chips now, because surely with this action, they'd go through that much in the next few hours. He got out of his seat to see about getting some more plastic ASAP.
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flop. After Elezra bet, Qiang moved all in for $84,100. Eli called easily but saw that his 
wasn't so good against Qiang's 
. A 
turn and 
river later, it was Eli's turn to count out chips and send them across the felt.
flop. After the turn brought the 
, Phua checked again. No more checking for Elezra. He moved all in. Looking fairly dejected, Qiang stared at the bet with arm stretched out on the felt and his chin resting on it. He asked for a count after a minute. It was $58, 700, which Phua translated for Qiang, who doesn't understand much English. Once he understood the amount, he decided to call. Phua folded, and it was time for showdown.
for aces with a nine kicker
for aces with a six kicker and a flush draw
- Phua checked, then called when Patrik bet $5,000.
- Phua checked again. Antonius made another bet, and this time, Phua raised him to $32,000. Antonius paused in his usual frozen pose before calling.
for top boat. Pretty tough to beat that.
, and Antonius called with 
. It was a very expensive flip. The 
