After Danny Johnson raised to 1,800, Phil Ivey reraised to 5,400.
"You just keep taking advantage of me, Phil," said Johnson. "How much is it? 5,400?"
After the dealer verified it was 5,400 for the reraise, Johnson asked Ivey, "Phil, can you name me an athlete that wears the number 54?"
Silence.
"OK, Phil. You got it. Just keep abusing me," Johnson finished.
A player opened to 2,800 from under-the-gun and John Hennigan called from the button. The blinds let their hands go, leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned 
and Hennigan's opponent continued out for 4,300. Hennigan flatted, allowing the 
to hit the felt on fourth street. Hennigan's opponent slowed with a check and the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship rapped the table back.
The 
paired the board on fifth street and both players checked once again. Hennigan's opponent showed 
for kings and treys with an ace. This was good enough to take it down and Hennigan's stack decreased to about 180,000.
Mike "umpa21" Ziemba raised to 1,800 from early position, Tom Marchese called in the cutoff, and Carlos Mortensen called on the button. The three took a flop of 
, Ziemba led out for 4,100, and only Mortensen called.
The turn was the 
, Ziemba fired out another 6,800, and Mortensen called.
The two checked on the river (
), and Ziemba showed 
for kings and fours. Mortensen checked his cards one last time, shook his head, then slid them into the muck.
On the 
flop, Tom Marchese checked, and Carlos Mortensen bet 2,000. Marchese called, and the turn was the 
. Marchese checked, and Mortensen bet 3,000. Marchese called, and the river was the . Marchese led for 10,000, and Mortensen tank-called.
Marchese showed the , and Mortensen mucked.
John Juanda raised to 1,700 in early position, Antonio Moreno called on the button, and the two took a flop of 
. Juanda led out for 2,800, Moreno called, and the turn was the .
Juanda fired out another 5,600, and Moreno folded.
Facing a preflop raise of 1,700 from a player in the cutoff, Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger tossed out a three bet of 4,500 and after a moment, his opponent gave it up.
The table are calling him the comeback kid after Ivan Soshnikov, who had been below 20,000 chips earlier, had gone a recent rush to run up his stack again. We just witnessed such a hand where Soshnikov opened for 1,800 and got called by the big blind.
The flop was 
and when the big blind checked Soshnikov bet 2,100 and got called. The turn card was the 
and Soshnikov’s 5,000 bet was check-raised to 13,000. He made the call and they got it all in on the river 
. Soshnikov turned over 
and his opponent who had just a little more chips than him was distraught that his 
and gone behind on the turn.
A player under the gun opened to 1,900, and Paul Pierce three-bet to 5,000 in middle position. The under-the-gun player made it 16,900 to go, and Pierce asked how much his opponent had behind.
"You can let this one go," the player said. "I'll show you."
Pierce decided to jam it in after brief consideration.
"He's all in?" the player said. "S***."
He called off his last 26,300, though, and he was in solid shape.
Pierce:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, causing a player who was on the button to curse, saying he folded jacks to the two raises in front of him.
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