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Stud
On third street, Phil Ivey completed, Bill Chen raised, Ivey re-raised and Chen called. Ivey led out on fourth and fired again on fifth when he paired up. Chen gave it up.
Ivey: (X-X) / 
Chen: (X-X) / 
As Chen's cards hit the muck he commented, "You win a pot from me...feels good?"
Ivey's response was simply, "It does."
Stud-8
John Juanda was the bring in, and he raised it up following the completion from Bill Chen. Juanda led the betting on every street with Chen calling him down.
Juanda: (
) / 
Chen: (
) / 
Both players were a little relieved as Juanda showed deuces and the only low as Chen took the high with just a pair of sixes.
"I'm pretty blessed!" laughed Chen as they chop it up!
The four remaining players will now take a twenty-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,940,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
||
|
1,140,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
||
|
|
750,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
480,000 | |
|
||
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante:
The game has moved back to hold'em, and there's some confusion over where the button should be. Ultimately it was determined there should be a dead small blind and Phil Ivey should be the big blind. He got a walk. Now there's a dead button, with Ivey in the small blind and Bill Chen in the big blind. From there the button will resume its normal orbit.
Hold'em
John Juanda raised from the cutoff pre-flop and was called by big blind Bill Chen. Chen checked the 
flop to Juanda, who continued with a bet. Chen then check-raised, drawing a fold from Juanda.
Hold'em
The swings are brutally big now. One pot to showdown is typically at least 300,000 chips. Ken Aldridge opened from the small blind for a raise that was called by big blind John Juanda.
On an all-small, all-diamond flop of 
, Aldridge bet and Juanda raised. Aldridge called to the turn and bet again. Juanda just called. The river paired the board . Aldridge checked to Juanda, who fired a bet. Aldridge tanked for a bit before calling. He couldn't beat Juanda's diamond flush, 
.
Juanda is up to 1.4 million in chips. Aldridge is in danger of busting, with just 250,000 left.
Omaha-8
The end has come for Ken Aldridge. He limped his button before John Juanda completed the small blind and Phil Ivey checked the big blind. Juanda checked the 
flop to Ivey, who led out with a bet. Aldridge raised, chasing Juanda out of the pot. Ivey called to the turn 
, where Aldridge got the rest of his chips in. Ivey called. Showdown, gentlemen!
Ivey: 
, two pair, jacks and eights
Aldridge: 
, two pair, jacks and deuces
Neither player had a low draw. That left Aldridge drawing slim on the river. He was out in fourth place after the river paired eights, 
, to give Ivey a full house.
Ivey is up to about 900,000.
Omaha-8
John Juanda is the new short stack -- if 800,000 chips can be considered a short stack -- after losing a sizable pot to Bill Chen. Juanda raised the button pre-flop, and was called by Chen from the big blind. The flop came paired, . Chen checked, then raised after Juanda bet. This was a play that worked earlier in hold'em, but here Juanda didn't fold. He called.
Chen led the 
turn, with Juanda making the call. The board double paired on the river, , inducing a check from Chen. Juanda tried a bet but Chen wasn't going to let go of the nut flush. He called with 
.
"You got it," said Juanda as he mucked.
Chen's count is up to about 2,700,000.
