Ivey In A String of High Stakes Online Matches

Ivey In A String of High Stakes Online Matches

Thursday, 14 February 2008

Phil Ivey is one of the Full Tilt pros who likes to play at the very highest levels. With two tables named in his honour, ‘Ivey Deathmatch’ and ‘Ivey Thunderdome’, which offer $500/$1,000 Hold’em and Omaha respectively, there is no shortage of people

Phil Ivey is one of the Full Tilt pros who likes to play at the very highest levels. With two tables named in his honour, ‘Ivey Deathmatch’ and ‘Ivey Thunderdome’, which offer $500/$1,000 Hold’em and Omaha respectively, there is no shortage of people willing to take Ivey on, either.
Last night’s matches involved a No Limit Hold’em session against trex313, rumoured by various online communities to be Hac Dang, one of the ‘Urindanger’ brothers. Ivey recently had a bad run against trex, but last night saw a return to form for Ivey.
One particular hand really caught the eye, and had forums wondering what trex313 had stacked off with. With the blinds at $500/$1000, stack sizes were as follows:
Phil Ivey (BB): $177184.50
trex313 (SB): $152097.00
Preflop, trex313 raised to $3,000 which Ivey reraised to $9,000 and was called by trex313. The flop came Qc-Qh- Ts, which saw Ivey lead out for $14,000 into a $18,000 pot. The bet was called by trex313, which saw us come to a Jh on the turn. With $46,000 now in the pot, Ivey bet $31,000 and was again called by trex313. The river 2s saw Ivey push all in for just over $123,000 a bet which trex313 called for his remaining $98,000. Ivey showed pocket jacks for jacks-full, which saw trex313 muck his hand and the $304,194 pot shipped to the Full Tilt pro.
The high level sessions at Full Tilt have been great viewing in recent weeks, and the swings are unreal. Just hours before, Ivey contested two pots in quick succession against ‘MUCKEMSAYUHH’; the first saw MUCKEMSAYUHH win a $238,000 pot with A-Ks, before he won the very next hand with A-Jo for $142 799. More big cash games sessions are expected in coming days, with many looking forward to a clash between Ivey and Ziigmund, one of the highest level online players in the world.



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