Your Fantasy Poker Team Just Took a Hit
The slide began a few minutes ago when Ivey had made the nut flush on the turn. His lone opponent checked, and Ivey bet and was called. The river put a pair on the board. Ivey was checked to once again, and he bet enough to put his man all in. The bet was quickly called, and Ivey was shown a full house to knock him all the way back to 10,000.
Following that, he lost a number of small pots and got chipped down to his last couple thousand chips. On his final hand, he called a preflop raise, went all in on the flop, and was called by a player with . The board ran out without an ace or a king, but Ivey couldn't beat the high cards, and he headed to the rail shortly before dinner break, concluding his 2008 WSOP.