Phil Ivey was closing in on his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet but was denied by an untimely river card, which sent him out of the $25,000 pot-limit Omaha high roller in sixth place.
Ivey took home $394,531, thanks to a juicy prize pool north of $11.7 million event attracted an incredible 489 entries.
With live and online poker legends all over the place, Ivey had to fight and claw his way through the competition. Unfortunately, he won’t compete on the final day after 2022 WSOP main event third-place finisher Michael Duek sent him home.
Duek, who has almost exclusively played high rollers since his main event run, will head into the five-man final day second in chips.
Ivey’s Flops A Set, Still Busts
With six players remaining in the tournament, the blinds were 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante.
Ivey limped in from the hijack with K
K
4
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. Talal Shakerchi called on the button with Q986 , and Evan Krentzman called from the small blind with KQ104. Michael Duek potted it to 1,250,000 with AA102 and Ivey called. Shakerchi and Krentzman both folded.
The flop was Q94 and Duek potted it to 3,250,000. Ivey went all in for 3,475,000 and Duek called.
The turn was the 10, which kept Ivey in the lead. But the river was the J and Duek won the 10.2 million-chip pot with an ace-high flush.
You can watch the entire hand in the video below:
.@PhilIvey will have to wait for his 12th @WSOP bracelet.
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