Phil Ivey Poker Tournament Updates

Dan Cates Defeats Phil Ivey

Mar 04, '11

We have no idea what happened, but it happened on the river. All of a sudden, Phil Ivey stood up and shook Dan Cates hand.

The two were brought back to their seats for a quick interview, but the audio was too low to listen in. Cates will now battle against the winner of the match between John Racener and Chris Moneymaker.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Daniel Cates

No Repeat For Ivey

Feb 27, '11

Former WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event winner Phil Ivey won’t be repeating as champion. We didn’t catch the details, but Ivey was short stacked before making his exit from the tournament room.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Jan 27, '11

Phil Ivey got the last of his chips into the middle preflop from the big blind against Sam Trickett in the small blind. Their cards:

Ivey: 5 5
Trickett: K Q

Board: A 10 9 J A

Ivey was eliminated on the hand and Trickett has really taken control of things here at the super high roller event.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Sam Trickett

Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Up

Jan 26, '11

Alexander Kostristyn moved all in for 41,000 after Phil Ivey made it 11,000 to play and Ivey made the call. Their cards:

Kostritsyn: A 7
Ivey: A 9

Board: 4 4 3 6 7

Kostritsyn doubled up to 82,000 on the hand and Ivey fell slightly to 400,000.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Phil Ivey Doubles Up

Jan 26, '11

The board read A 8 4 5 when Tom Dwan moved all in from the cutoff. Phil Ivey made the call from the button and the flipped over their cards:

Ivey: 5 4
Dwan: K 7

Board: K

Ivey doubled up on the hand and he now holds 450,000.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Tom Dwan

Hand of the Day -- Ivey vs. Antonius

Jan 26, '11

This is the hand that many rail birds have been waiting for all day in the Crown Poker Room. Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius tangled in a massive pot that left one of them crippled and the other well on his way to a deep run in this event.

Patrik Antonius raised to 8,000 from early position and Phil Ivey made the call from the big blind. The flop fell Q 9 7 and Ivey checked. Antonius bet 15,000 and Ivey raised to 50,000. Antonius went into the tank for a few minutes, and then shoved his entire stack into the pot.

The all-in bet was for 197,500, and Ivey made the call. Their cards:

Ivey: A Q
Antonius: 10 8

Turn and River: J and 7

The turn gave Antonius the straight and he won the hand to drive his stack north of 400,000. Ivey was left in the danger zone with 13,000, and he busted a short time later when his opponent sucked out and made a flush after Ivey shoved all in preflop.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Patrik Antonius

Table 28 and the Triumvirate of Terror

Jan 25, '11

Three of the most successful players in poker are seated together at table 28 on day 2. They include a trio of Team Full Tilt pros, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and Howard Lederer. We will keep you posted on the fireworks that will surely fly at this table throughout the day.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Day 1A Summary Spotlight

Jan 22, '11

A few tables from Day 1A have been flown upstairs from the poker room due to the large turnout today. There are three tables going adjacent to the $100,000 Challenge in Studio 3. Among the players seated upstairs are former Aussie Millions champion Stewart Scott and Joe Cassidy.

Some big names who were late arrivals in today’s main event field include
Full Tilt pros Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan, who have increased the star power of the Day 1A field considerably. Ivey made a big hand shortly after he took his seat in the field in a pot against Terrance Chan. Ivey held pocket threes on a 7-7-A-3-K and he used the full house to grow his stack to 30,000.

Dan Smith is still holding strong with 39,000, but he has been surpassed by a few players on the leader board, including Barny Boatman, who holds 65,000. Some other players who have made an early exit on Day 1A include Benny Spindler and Raymond Rahme.

Player Tags: Barny Boatman,   Phil Ivey

Hand of the Day -- Ivey vs. Antonius

Jan 26, '11

This is the hand that many rail birds have been waiting for all day in the Crown Poker Room. Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius tangled in a massive pot that left one of them crippled and the other well on his way to a deep run in this event.

Patrik Antonius raised to 8,000 from early position and Phil Ivey made the call from the big blind. The flop fell Q 9 7 and Ivey checked. Antonius bet 15,000 and Ivey raised to 50,000. Antonius went into the tank for a few minutes, and then shoved his entire stack into the pot.

The all-in bet was for 197,500, and Ivey made the call. Their cards:

Ivey: A Q
Antonius: 10 8

Turn and River: J and 7

The turn gave Antonius the straight and he won the hand to drive his stack north of 400,000. Ivey was left in the danger zone with 13,000, and he busted a short time later when his opponent sucked out and made a flush after Ivey shoved all in preflop.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Patrik Antonius

Table 28 and the Triumvirate of Terror

Jan 25, '11

Three of the most successful players in poker are seated together at table 28 on day 2. They include a trio of Team Full Tilt pros, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and Howard Lederer. We will keep you posted on the fireworks that will surely fly at this table throughout the day.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Day 1A Summary Spotlight

Jan 22, '11

A few tables from Day 1A have been flown upstairs from the poker room due to the large turnout today. There are three tables going adjacent to the $100,000 Challenge in Studio 3. Among the players seated upstairs are former Aussie Millions champion Stewart Scott and Joe Cassidy.

Some big names who were late arrivals in today’s main event field include
Full Tilt pros Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan, who have increased the star power of the Day 1A field considerably. Ivey made a big hand shortly after he took his seat in the field in a pot against Terrance Chan. Ivey held pocket threes on a 7-7-A-3-K and he used the full house to grow his stack to 30,000.

Dan Smith is still holding strong with 39,000, but he has been surpassed by a few players on the leader board, including Barny Boatman, who holds 65,000. Some other players who have made an early exit on Day 1A include Benny Spindler and Raymond Rahme.

Player Tags: Barny Boatman,   Phil Ivey

Recent Early Eliminations

Jan 21, '11

A few of the other recent eliminations include Patrik Antonius, Erik Cajelais, and Phil Ivey, who made his final stand with K 10 in the hole against the A 4 of Jonathan Karamalikis. The board rolled out Q-4-3-9-8 and Ivey hit the rail here in Australia.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Jonathan Karamalikis

A Little Table Talk

Jan 21, '11

Phil Ivey had this exchange of word’s with Daniel Cates shortly after taking his seat.

Ivey: “You’re Jungleman?”
Cates: “Yeah”

Ivey: “You took care of me last time.”
Cates: “Yeah, I ran really hot against you — I ran hot against everyone.”

Ivey revealed a half smile and then turned his attention back to his chip stack and his cards.

Cates has been one of the hottest online players in the world to end 2010 and start the new year. He won more than $5 million playing online in 2010.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Daniel Cates

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Dec 05, '10

We didn’t catch the action, but Phil Ivey has been eliminated from the tournament shortly after Doyle Brunson was moved to his immediate left.

After hearing of his elimination, Antonio Esfandiari remarked, “That’s good for all of us.”

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey Rising

Dec 04, '10

Phil Ivey has risen to a familiar perch near the top of the leader board today. This recent pot is a good example of how he got there.

Early position raised to 3,000 and both the cutoff and Ivey (big blind) called. The flop fell A 9 6 and all three players checked. The turn fell 5 and early position bet 5,500. The cutoff made the call and Ivey raised to 20,000. Early position mucked and the cutoff made the call.

The river fell 9 and Ivey moved out another 40,000. The cutoff went into the tank for multiple minutes but he eventually mucked. That pot shot Ivey up to 260,000, but he has leveled off around 200,00 near the end of the level.

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Phil Ivey Eliminated

Dec 05, '10

We didn’t catch the action, but Phil Ivey has been eliminated from the tournament shortly after Doyle Brunson was moved to his immediate left.

After hearing of his elimination, Antonio Esfandiari remarked, “That’s good for all of us.”

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey Rising

Dec 04, '10

Phil Ivey has risen to a familiar perch near the top of the leader board today. This recent pot is a good example of how he got there.

Early position raised to 3,000 and both the cutoff and Ivey (big blind) called. The flop fell A 9 6 and all three players checked. The turn fell 5 and early position bet 5,500. The cutoff made the call and Ivey raised to 20,000. Early position mucked and the cutoff made the call.

The river fell 9 and Ivey moved out another 40,000. The cutoff went into the tank for multiple minutes but he eventually mucked. That pot shot Ivey up to 260,000, but he has leveled off around 200,00 near the end of the level.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad Dominating

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000
2. Matt Affleck — 456,000
3. Men Nguyen — 300,000
4. Owen Crowe — 280,000
5. Trevor Pope — 260,000
6. Barry Greenstein — 220,000
7. Mark Newhouse — 215,000
8. Thomas Marchese — 210,000
9. Jared Jaffee — 200,000
10. Sorel Mizzi — 190,000

Average Chip Count: 104,687

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Shulman
Howard Lederer
Isabelle Mercier
Erica Schoenberg
Hafiz Khan
Kara Scott
Christian Harder
Phil Ivey

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead

Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q 9 9. Obrestad bet 13,500 and Schiff raised to 32,000. Obrestad reraised to 68,500 and Schiff made the call.

The turn fell 7 and both players checked. The 6 fell on the river and Schiff bet 35,000. Obrestad made the call and Schiff flipped over A J. Obrestad showed down A Q and Schiff lost the hand to drop his stack to 24,000. Obrestad held 461,000 after the hand and the chip lead.

Jeff Shulman Eliminated

A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 4 2 and all three players checked. The turn fell K and Shulman bet 15,000.

UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 and Shulman bet 25,000. His opponent raised all in and Shulman made the all-in call. The hi-jack flipped over 5 3 for the flopped straight and Shulman was eliminated on the hand.

Christian Harder Eliminated

Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards:

Harder: A J
Madsen: Q Q

Board: K 6 2 8 3

Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated.

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards:

Ivey: J 8
Benvenuti: A 10

The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot.

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Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Phil Ivey,   Jeff Madsen,   Annette Obrestad,   Christian Harder,   Michael Benvenuti

Phil Ivey Eliminated

Oct 02, '10

Phil Ivey moved all in preflop and Jamie Brown made the call. Their cards:

Ivey: A J
Brown: K K

Board: J 3 3 8 8

Ivey was eliminated on the hand.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

Movers and Shakers

Oct 02, '10

One table that seems to be weighed down with chips has just been broken with chip leader Jamie Brown and his 1,100,000 in chips moving to the left of Phil Ivey. Ivey stared at Brown’s stack as it made its way closer to him, but showed no emotion as his eyes darted from chip to chip, adding them all up.

Chad Brown is on his table but is quite short. He just chopped a pot with Chance Kornuth when he moved all in over Kornuth’s raise of 17,500 with K 6 and was called by Kornuth and his A A. Brown got lucky however as the board came down J 9 7 8 10 and the pot was chopped.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey,   Jamie Brown

"Pay The Man" Ivey

Oct 02, '10

Kayvan Payman bet 20,000 and Phil Ivey moved all in. Payman insta-called and turned over 9 9. Ivey flipped over A J and his face stayed the same as the board came dowm 10 10 8 5 7 to double Payman up. Ivey slips to 410,000 while Payman now has more than 310,000.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey

That's Why he's Phil Ivey

Oct 02, '10

There was 95,000 in the pot and the board read Q 10 7 10 when Phil Ivey bet 50,000 from the cutoff. His opponent in seat 6 made the call under the gun and the river fell Q. Ivey slid out five stacks of red chips for a 100,000 bet and his opponent went into the tank for a couple minutes. During this time a small crowd of reporters and camera crews gathered to capture the action. Seat 6 finally made the call and Ivey flipped over 10 10. Just quad tens for Ivey and his opponent mucked.

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Ivey Back in Action

Oct 01, '10

With 8,000 or so chips in the middle, the flop comes 10 9 5 with three players involved. Phil Ivey bets 5,000 from the big blind and gets one caller from middle position. The turn is the 4 and Ivey bets out 17,000. His opponent calls and they see the K river. Ivey bets 40,000 and sends his opponent deep into the tank. Eventually he calls, but mucks when he sees Ivey’s two pair – 9 5. He now has more than 170,000 in chips.

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The Ivey Tower Falls

Oct 01, '10

Phil Ivey just doubled an opponent up, taking quite the hit. He was all in with A Q versus 10 10. The board fell 7 2 2 J 5 and Ivey loses 49,200 in chips. He is now around the 70,000 mark.

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Ivey Takes a Big Hit

Sep 30, '10

All of the chips went into the middle on a Q J 8 2 board. Seat 4 was all in for 16,700 and Phil Ivey had him covered. Here were the cards:

Ivey: Q J
Seat 4: 8 8

River: 7

Seat 4 doubled up and Ivey was left with a little more than 10,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Phil Ivey