Phil Ivey opened to 325,000 from under the gun and Talal Shakerchi shipped all in for 2,350,000 in the cutoff. Aleksejs Ponakovs just called on the button and the rest of the table folded.
Talal Shakerchi:
Aleksejs Ponakovs:
Shakerchi was in a great position to double up but the flop of gave Ponakovs a set of kings. The on the turn gave Ponakovs quads and Shakerchi was drawing dead to the on the river.
Ben Heath opened to 350,000 in the cutoff and Phil Ivey jammed all in for 4,300,000 in the small blind. Gregory Jensen woke up with a monster in the big blind and re-shoved all in, getting Heath to quickly fold.
Phil Ivey:
Gregory Jensen:
Jensen held a commanding lead with his pocket kings and the flop of left it that way. However, the on the turn soared Ivey to the lead and the rail let many gasps. The completed the board and Ivey earned himself a double up in the last hand before the dinner break.
The remaining five players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break with the action resuming on the feature table at 7 p.m. local time. The PokerNews updates will restart at 8 p.m. in accordance with the PokerGO live stream.
Only one poker player in history — Phil Hellmuth — has reached the 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet plateau. On Monday, Phil Ivey could join one of poker's most exclusive clubs.
As it stands, Hellmuth is the record holder with 16 bracelets, followed by Ivey, Johnny Chan, and Doyle Brunson tied at 10.
The $100k was originally scheduled to wrap up with the final table on Tuesday, airing on PokerGO, but PokerGO called an audible and decided to livestream the final table tonight. At the time of publishing, the remaining players were on a dinner break and will come back at 7 p.m. to play it down to a winner, who will receive $1,897,363. Coverage on PokerGO will resume at 8 p.m., along with PokerNews' live reporting updates.
With the blinds at 60,000/120,000, Ivey currently sits at 9,075,000, approximately 75 big blinds, good for second in chips. Aleksejs Ponakovs, an online poker crusher, is the chip leader at 14,450,000 and has been dominating play during Monday's Day 2 session.
Aleksejs Ponakovs limped in from the small blind with and Ben Heath checked his option with . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Ponakovs led out with a bet of 275,000 with the best hand but Heath wasn't going anywhere with a straight and flush draw. The completed the board and Ponakovs fired out another bet of 825,000. Heath paid him off after making a pair on the river and Ponakovs collected the pot.
Gregory Jensen raised under the gun with to 400,000. Phil Ivey defended his big blind with the .
The flop came . Jensen bet 400,000 and Ivey called. The turn and river were checked down as it came and the . To give Jensen the pot with the pair.
A couple of hands later, Jensen raised to 500,000 from the small blind with the . Aleksejs Ponakovs defended the big blind with the .
The flop came . Jensen led for 500,000 and Ponakovs got out of the way.
The next hand, Phil Ivey raised from under the gun with the to 450,000, Jensen called on the button with the .
The flop came , Ivey bet 400,000, Jensen called. The turn was the . It went check-check. The came on the river. Both checked again and Jensen won his third hand out of four.
Phil Ivey raised to 600,000 in the small blind with and Gregory Jensen bumped it up to 2,300,000 in the big blind with . The action was back on Ivey who used two of his time banks before opting to send his cards to the muck.
A couple of hands later, Jensen raised to 400,000 on the button with and Ben Heath defended from the big blind with . The flop fell and Heath checked to Jensen who tossed in a bet of 400,000 which got Heath to quickly fold.