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Razz
It appears to us that Phil Ivey has gone into "Don't Mess With Me" mode. He's been ultra-aggressive in the stud games today and now that he's equipped with chips, he's turning on the afterburners.
In a recent razz hand, Ivey led on fourth, called on fifth before firing again on sixth and seventh streets. His opponent was David Baker who eventually conceded to the pressure and folded on the river.
Ivey: (X-X-X) / 
Baker: (X-X-X) / 
Ivey is now up to 960,000 chips.
Someone pointed out to us today that it was strange to see Jeff Lisandro not wearing his trademark hat at the table. Well, someone from the crowd has just handed Lisandro a rather unique cap, which he is proudly donning at the table.
It's a baseball cap, and on the front it reads "God is good all the time" and on the back "I (heart) Jesus".
Speaking of fashion, Bill Chen is certainly dressed the part today in a full suit. Apparently some of his friends were getting married today, and we actually spotted a bride and groom sweating the action on the rail a little earlier. Apparently Bill was the wedding planner, so we have to question his planning skills somewhat since he's sitting here, rather than at the wedding reception!
Omaha-8
Phil Ivey raised it up with both David Baker and Jeff Lisandro making the call. Lisandro was all in for his last chips.
In side action, Baker check-called Ivey's bets on the flop and turn before both players checked the river on the board of 
.
Ivey showed 
for kings and queens to win the side pot, as Lisandro showed 
for rivered trips for the triple up! He's back to 90,000 and has his head above water once again.
Omaha-8
Kenneth Aldridge raised it up before Ryan Hughes made it three bets to go. Aldridge made the call and they saw a flop of 
.
Aldridge led out with a bet, and again on the 
turn and 
river with Hughes calling him down.
Aldridge tabled 
for the old "nut-nut" for the scoop as Hughes flashed . Aldridge has started this final table perfectly with another omaha scoop to climb to 780,000 and the chip lead as Hughes slips to 205,000.
Omaha-8
Chad Brown raised it up before John Juanda put in the three-bet. Brown made the call and they saw a flop of 
.
Juanda led out with a bet and Brown made the call. The turn was the and again Juanda's bet was met with a call from Brown. The river was the and Juanda fired a third barrel which was enough to force a fold from Brown.
Omaha 8
They redrew for the game and Omaha-8 was the winner at the start of this final table. Kenneth Aldridge took advantage with the first major pot.
He took a flop of 
with Albert Hahn and checked it over. Hahn made a bet and Aldridge called.
The turn was the and again the action went check, bet, call before the 
hit the river. Aldridge then led out with a bet and Hahn looked him up.
Aldridge tabled 
for a six-high straight and nut low to scoop. He moves up to 635,000 with Hahn down to 215,000.
Here's how they lineup on this star-studded final table for the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E event:
Seat 1: Chad Brown - 634,000
Seat 2: David Baker - 406,000
Seat 3: Phil Ivey - 685,000
Seat 4: Bill Chen - 715,000
Seat 5: Albert Hahn - 345,000
Seat 6: Kenneth Aldridge - 470,000
Seat 7: Ryan Hughes - 380,000
Seat 8: John Juanda - 585,000
Seat 9: Jeff Lisandro - 50,000
We're not on the feature table of the Amazon Room for this event, as there's another event already scheduled over there, but there is a nice rail, three and four deep, as there's plenty of interest in this one! The cards are now back in the air!
Stud
Brent Wheeler's recent double-up was only able to stave off elimination a short while. He got all in on third street with split eights and was called by Bill Chen's split jacks. Chen made queens full of jacks by sixth street, which left Wheeler drawing dead. He leaves in 10th place, allowing the tournament to collapse to a "last" table of nine players before the next elimination sets the final table.
Stud
Lisandro: X-X / 
/ X
Aldridge: X-X / 
/ X
Jeff Lisandro, who had been trending downwards since the dinner break, is almost flat-lining at this point. He went all the way to the river with Ken Aldridge. Aldridge completed third street and bet fourth street and fifth street. On fifth street, Lisandro check-raised and was called.
Both players checked sixth street. Down the river, Aldridge checked again, then called a bet from Lisandro. Aldridge showed for two pair, queens and fives, to drag the pot.
That hand crippled Lisandro. He folded one hand before being all in for 4,000 of the 5,000-chip ante. Lisandro won that hand without a sweat against Chad Brown, then was dealt split kings with an ace his next hand and won that hand too. He currently has about 60,000.
"I won a stud tournament once after being down to one chip," Lisandro told the table. Lisandro has some tough competition if he hopes to do that again.
Stud
The stud rounds have been very good to Phil Ivey here today, and again he's used this round to make a surge up the chip count leaderboard with back-to-back pots.
After first taking a pot off John Juanda, Ivey was back in the thick of it against Ryan Hughes. Ivey check-called fourth, and led on fifth. Hughes was the aggressor on sixth before Ivey led again on the river.
Hughes: (X-X-X) / 
Ivey: (
) / 
Aces up for Ivey and suddenly he's back up to 660,000 with Hughes slipping back to 400,000.
