Phil Ivey opened the action for a raise and found a caller in the other big stack at the table, Mehrdad Yousefzadeh. The flop came and Ivey continued with his pre-flop aggression by making a bet of 11,000. Yousefzadeh raised it to 25,500 and after a few seconds of contemplation, Ivey tossed out a call.
The turn was the and both players checked. They would repeat this on the river. Ivey shrugged and turned over and did not seem surprised when Yousefzadeh turned over the winner with for queens and tens. Ivey did a quiet tap on the table with a stack of his chips having dropped to 425,000 after the hand. Yousefzadeh, in the meantime, moved up to 660,000.
Niall Farrell had raised from early position and got one caller on the button. They went to a flop of and Farrell fired out a bet of 11,500. The button made the call and they both checked the turn card . The on the river saw Farrell check and when he faced a bet of 21,500 he flicked his cards away as soon as they hit the felt.
Action folded to Michael Binger in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 7,000. Paul Pierce called on the button, and the flop came down . Binger continued with a bet of 10,000, and Pierce called to see the turn.
The was added to the board on fourth street, and Binger bet 20,000. Pierce gave it up, and saw his stack dip below 200,000 in chips. Binger rose to 188,000.