Picking up the action after flop, Mickey Petersen (big blind) and a player in middle position checked to Phil Ivey in the cutoff. Ivey bet 1,000, both opponents called and the landed on the turn. Action was checked to Ivey again and he bet 3,000. Only Petersen called to see the river and both players checked.
Petersen showed for a set, but it was second best to Ivey's for a flopped straight. Before stacking his chips, though, Ivey stared at Petersen with his mouth open for about five seconds before asking, "That's all I won?"
With that pot, Ivey is back above the starting stack.
2007 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Tom Schneider got off to a good start here on Day 1c as he worked his stack up to 43,000. Unfortunately for him, a recent hand just knocked him back down to square one.
With around 7,000 in the pot and a flop of , the player in the small blind bet 4,500 and Schneider, who was in the cutoff, responded with a raise to 10,000. The small blind thought for a few moments before shoving all in for 16,550 total, and Schneider didn't seem to like it. He paused for a bit and then flicked his cards to the muck.
Aaron Overton raised to 450 in early position, a player called in middle position, Roland Israelashvili called out of the small blind, and the player in the big blind defended.
The flop fell , both players in the blinds checked, and Overton tossed out a continuation bet of 900.
"We're heads up?" the next player to act asked.
The player corrected him, telling him that there were four players in the hand. The player called, as did Israelashvili.
The turn was the , the trio checked, and the completed the board. Israelashvili led out for 1,600, and took down the pot.
On a flop of , two players checked over to Phil Ivey who led for 600. The small blind called the bet while the third player let his cards go.
The paired the board on the turn and Ivey's opponent came out swinging for 1,700. Ivey called and the finished off the board. Ivey suddenly faced a bet of 4,500 and thought for a moment before moving out a call.
Ivey's opponent rolled over which was bested by Ivey's for top two. Ivey took down the pot and is now clawing closer to starting stack with 28,250.
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We get to the table with four players seeing a flop of and Jordan Morgan firing out a bet of 1,025. The player to Morgan's immediate left folded and then there was a raise to 2,500 from the player in Seat 9. It was folded back to Morgan who called.
The turn was the and Morgan check-called a 3,500 bet. Both players would check the turn and they would split the pot when both turned over .
Carter Gill called a preflop raise from a player on his direct left, and the action folded to the player in the big blind who folded as well. The dealer fanned , Gill called another 600, and the player checked on the turn ().
Gill tossed out 1,100, the player called, and both players checked after the completed the board.
Sam Trickett opened for a raise to 400 from early position and Zach Zimbile three-bet to 1,200 from middle position. It was folded back to Trickett who called.
The flop came and Trickett would check-fold to a 1,000 bet from Zimbile.
We found Lars Bonding engaged in a hand with a lone opponent on a board of . Action checked over to Bonding and he reached for chips. He cut out a bet of 1,275 and his opponent quickly flung out a call to see the river.
The dealer produced a third king on the river with the . Bonding's opponent checked once again, sending Bonding into the tank for a moment. Ultimately, he tossed out a bet of 2,000. His opponent quickly called, tabling for a full house of kings full of nines. Bonding shook his head and rolled over for a full house on the turn of eights-full of kings that was counterfeited on the river.
Despite this hit, Bonding is still sitting well over starting stack and has about 48,000 in chips.