[user66118]
Jeff Shulman has the button. Kevin Schaffel comes into the pot with a raise to 1,150,000 in early position. The table folds all the way around to the big blind where James Akenhead asks for an estimate of Schaffel's remaining stack. Satisfied with the answer he gets, the Englishman sticks in the call to go heads up to the flop.
The dealer rolls out , and Akenhead leads out into the pot with a bet of 1,600,000. Instantly, Schaffel announces an all in, and Akenhead makes the call even quicker than that. Schaffel is now at risk for his tournament life, but the news is good:
Showdown
Akenhead:
Schaffel:
"One more miracle, James. Come on!" implores his cheering section on stage. The turn brings the blank , and Akenhead is drawing dead to two outs; only a king will send Schaffel to the exit. The river was no miracle either; the filled out the board, holding Schaffel's overpair and earning him the much-needed double up.
He's up to 14,800,000 now, while Akenhead has lost most of his profits from that earlier triple up. He's back down to 5,900,000.
donpeters
As the other players at the table duke it out in the big pots, Phil Ivey just sits there and bides his time on the sidelines, waiting for the right moment to pounce. Every time there is a large pot, the cameras will cut to Ivey's face and try and catch a reaction. His face is usually blank, mouth open as usual as his eyes dart back and forth between the active players in the hand. The real question is, what's going on in his mind?
[user75032]
Antoine Saout has the button. Action once again folds to Joe Cada. This time he makes it 1.0 million straight, from the cutoff seat. Big blind and chip leader Darvin Moon is the only caller.
Moon checks the flop to Cada. Cada checks it right back, taking the two players to the turn. Moon checks a second time, but not Cada. He bets 1.4 million. Moon is undeterred by the bet. He calls.
The river comes . That's a seeming blank, but it doesn't stop Moon from leading into Cada for 2.5 million. Cada is furiously riffling chips, mouth wide open as he considers his action. Moon's got his right hand over his mouth. Cada announces a raise to 5.5 million. Moon quickly calls and turns over for two pair, aces and fours. We never saw Cada's hand.
Moon is back up to roughly his starting stack, 59.5 million. Cada slips to 6.75 million.
[user66118]
Joe Cada has the button. With the table passing around to him, he opened the pot with a raise to, "A cool million," as Jack Effel announces it on the microphone. In the small blind, Antoine Saout quickly three-bets it up to 4,000,000, enough to scare Shulman out of his big blind. Cada doesn't want to go any further, and he surrenders the pot to Saout.
[user75032]
Eric Buchman has the button. Steve Begleiter is the first into the pot. Sitting in the cutoff seat, he makes it 1,075,000 to go. Everyone else folds.
[user66118]
Steve Begleiter has the button. Darvin Moon raises to 850,000 from middle position, and Begleiter puts in the call with position. The blinds duck out of the way, and it's heads up to the flop.
It comes , and Moon keeps the heat with a bet of 2,050,000. Begleiter can't continue, sending his cards into the muck and the chips over to Moon.
[user75032]
Kevin Schaffel has the button. Actions folds to James Akenhead in the hijack seat. He squeezes his cards, hunkers down into his seat and raises to 1.050 million. That's enough to take down the blinds and the antes.
donpeters
Lacey Jones took time to interview Mike "The Mouth" Matusow on the color-up break. Matusow reminded the players multiple times that it was going to be a long day and night and not to get impatient. Darvin Moon just had a slight blow up similar to the ones Matusow is so famous for, but maybe he'll get back to getting patient and heed Matusow's advice.
Next up to get interviewed was rap artist Ja Rule. That's right, Ja Rule is in the house. He's happy and excited to be supporting Phil Ivey: "I love poker and am here supporting my boy Phil Ivey!"
Ja Rule went on to say that next year he's going to try and play. "I know I'm going to lose, but I'll have fun. I love poker."
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, and Akenhead leads out into the pot with a bet of 1,600,000. Instantly, Schaffel announces an all in, and Akenhead makes the call even quicker than that. Schaffel is now at risk for his tournament life, but the news is good:
, and Akenhead is drawing dead to two outs; only a king will send Schaffel to the exit. The river was no miracle either; the 
filled out the board, holding Schaffel's overpair and earning him the much-needed double up. 
flop to Cada. Cada checks it right back, taking the two players to the 
turn. Moon checks a second time, but not Cada. He bets 1.4 million. Moon is undeterred by the bet. He calls.
. That's a seeming blank, but it doesn't stop Moon from leading into Cada for 2.5 million. Cada is furiously riffling chips, mouth wide open as he considers his action. Moon's got his right hand over his mouth. Cada announces a raise to 5.5 million. Moon quickly calls and turns over 
for two pair, aces and fours. We never saw Cada's hand.
