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One trend established itself above all others during the forty hands that took place in level 15 at the 2007
Mirage Poker Showdown. If you moved all in, chances are you were going to win the pot.
The first half dozen hands went by rather quietly before Darrel Dicken bet $48,000 from middle position. Amnon Filippi made the call right behind Dicken, and Phil Ivey also called from the big blind. Ivey and Dicken checked a flop of A
10
8
and Filippi bet $80,000. Ivey got out of the way and Dicken called. Both players checked the 7
on the turn. Then Dicken bet $160,000 when the 5
was dealt on the river. Filippi called and flipped over A
Q
. Dicken mucked and Filippi was gaining on the chip leader with $750,000.
The action ebbed down into another valley for about ten hands before Randy Holland moved all in for $264,000 from middle position. Cory Carroll called from the small blind. Holland showed J
J
and Carroll flipped over A
Q
. The door card was the J
, and the rest of the board hit 7
4
5
8
. Holland now had over $550,000. This also knocked Carroll out of the millionaire club. He and Amnon were now in a close race for second to Dicken, who held $1,150,000.
Half way through the level Dicken bet $48,000 under the gun and Jonathan Little called from late position. Friedberg moved all-in on the button for $151,000 and Little called. Dicken abandoned ship and Friedberg showed pocket nines. He would need help to survive though, because Little flipped over pocket queens. The board hit 9
7
2
3
6
and Friedberg survived the hand.
It was then David Peat’s turn to move all in, and he was called by Dicken. Dicken held pocket tens to Peat’s A
J
. The board came J
8
2
9
A
and the double up merry-go-round continued to spin. Dicken was knocked down to $830,000 and Filippi became the chip leader. That is, until he ran into the pocket aces of Ivey, who was all in. To his credit, Filippi held pocket kings. The board was dealt Q
7
3
5
9
and Ivey doubled up. Ivey grew his stack to over $600,000 when he made two pair against Carroll six hands later.
Dicken was finally able to buck the trend of double ups, and he regained the chip lead when he busted Randy Holland in ninth place late in the level. Holland held Big Slick and Dicken held pocket tens for the second time in the level. The board helped neither player and Dicken was back up over $1 million in chips. When the buzzer rang for the break Dicken held $1,058,000, Filippi held $960,000, and Richard Kirsch held $790,000.
Eight players remained at the end of the level and two more will have to be eliminated before day four ends, and the
World Poker Tour has its final six contestants. That is, if everyone would stop doubling up.
