Because He's Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey tossed out a bet of 14,000 on a flop of , Lazaro Hernandez called, and Fabian Scherle moved all in for 44,000. Ivey reshoved for effectively 130,000, and Hernandez paused.
"I guess I'm going home," Hernandez said, finally risking his six-figure stack.
Ivey:
Hernandez:
Scherle:
"Why did you say you're going home?" Ivey said incredulously, after seeing that Hernandez had the nuts.
"Because you're Phil Ivey!" Hernandez responded.
Hernandez added a flush draw when the turn was the , and just needed to fade a ten, nine, six, or five on the river to double through. The dealer rapped the felt, burned one final card, then delivered the river.
The .
Ivey boated up, making sixes full of tens and pushing his stack to nearly 400,000 chips, and Hernandez's premonition came true — he's going home.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Phil Ivey |
397,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
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Fabian Scherle | Eliminado | |
Lazaro Hernandez | Eliminado |