Every so often a camera is carried around each table getting footage. It’s not your usual camera. This one is called a Movi, and is operated by Frank, who has big shoulders and a sweaty brow. His job is the run rings around each table. It’s not the easiest thing to manoeuvre, particularly with the tables positioned close together. But Frank does his best, carrying it awkwardly, two hands thrust out like a man carrying two pints of beer through a crowded bar. But Frank is not the only one running rings around people, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
After being left short of chips not too long ago by Ole Schemion, Phil Ivey did his best to stage a comeback.
Richard Yong raised from the cutoff to 50,000 and Schemion in the small blind asked to see big blind Ivey’s stack so he could count it. A slightly irritated Ivey let him have a look and when Schemion called Ivey flicked his cards away to fold. Schemion won the hand by check calling the turn when Yong bet and then leading big on the river. Yong folded.
On the next hand Yong opened again for 50,000 and Ivey folded the small blind and big blind Daniel Colman folded too.
A few hands later it was folded round to small blind Schemion who raised to 50,000 and Ivey moved all in for his last 147,000 from the big blind. It was unclear if Schemion knew this possible outcome when he raised but having got a count he made the call with . Ivey tabled .
The flop shot Schemion into the lead and Ivey started taking off his microphone. The turn though saw Ivey hit his set and the shirt was buttoned back up as the river fell.
Ivey had doubled up.
Two hands later though Ivey raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Olivier Busquet made it 100,000 form the small blind. Back to Ivey who moved all in and was called.
Ivey:
Busquet:
The board ran out .
Ivey started taking his mic off again on the turn and he would not need to put it back on again. His tournament had come to an end just short of the final table.
While Phil Ivey was being eliminated at one table, a big pot was brewing at the other. The cameras picked up the action with 318,000 in the pot and a board reading .
Lo Shing Fung checked from the under-the-gun position and Ping San Chan bet 160,000 from the hijack. Fabian Quoss folded from the cutoff, Fung check-raised to 460,000, and Chan made the call.
When the completed the board on the river, Fung took his time before acting. During this period he could be heard singing to himself. Then, in the middle of it, he moved all in to put the pressure on Chan, who had 706,000 behind.
Chan thought for about a minute before spiking in his chips, and then he discovered the bad news. His two pair was no good as the case ten on the turn gave Fung a set with the .
The board was reading , Daniel Colman had checked and Ole Schemion fired a bet of 69,000. Colman made the call to see the on the river - which completed several draws.
Colman checked again and Schemion bet 139,000 only for the American to make a check-raise to 380,000. Schemion broke into a wry smile before eventually mucking his hand and giving Colman the 'thumbs up' sign.
Lo Shing Fung is on a roll. He just sang his way to one elimination, and the song continued as he just eliminated another in 2014 PCA $100K SHR champ Fabian Quoss.
It happened when Quoss opened under the gun for 50,000 and action folded to Fung in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down . Fung checked to Quoss, and he made a 55,000 continuation-bet.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Fung checked for a second time and Quoss bet 115,000. Fung, who was still singing to himself, responded by moving all in, and Quoss thought for awhile before calling off his last 440,000 with the for two pair.
Fung then tabled the for a flush. Quoss needed to find either an ace or eight on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked.
With the elimination of Quoss, we are now down to nine players. They will combine to the unofficial final table of nine, and they will play until one more falls.
The tournament needs to lose just one more player and the final table will be set, and the players will be in the money. The play is 9-handed now, and the tables are seated like this:
Olivier Busquet raised it up to 50,000 under the gun plus one. His next door neighbor, Lo Shing Fung, made it 150,000. All other players quickly folded, but Busquet made the call.
The flop came and Busquet check-called a 200,000 continuation bet.
With now 763,000 in the middle, and 1.1 million behind, Busquet checked on the -turn. Fung bet out 500,000 and Busquet quickly folded.
After Dan Cates raised preflop and Igor Kurganov called, the flop came down and Kurganov check-called a bet of 60,000. When the dealer burned and turned the , Kurganov checked for a second time but still called when Cates bet 135,000.
The river saw action go check-check, and Cates declared, "Ace no good."
He then showed that he had flopped two pair with the . Indeed, Kurganov's aces with the was no good.
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. Ivey tabled 
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shot Schemion into the lead and Ivey started taking off his microphone. The turn 
though saw Ivey hit his set and the shirt was buttoned back up as the river 
fell.
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completed the board on the river, Fung took his time before acting. During this period he could be heard singing to himself. Then, in the middle of it, he moved all in to put the pressure on Chan, who had 706,000 behind.
two pair was no good as the case ten on the turn gave Fung a set with the 
on the river - which completed several draws.
, Fung checked for a second time and Quoss bet 115,000. Fung, who was still singing to himself, responded by moving all in, and Quoss thought for awhile before calling off his last 440,000 with the 
for a flush. Quoss needed to find either an ace or eight on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked.
