Phil has adjusted very well. He knows the donks want a shove fest and to matters worse the deck is hitting them out. He's picking his spots and executing pot control and playing them where he knows he has the clear advantage...post fllop play.
While that all-in hand was playing out on the main feature table, we had one on the secondary feature table as well. The hand began with Jeff Shulman opening with a raise to 450,000 from the hijack seat, and it folded around to Ludovic Lacay who pushed all in for 3.09 million from the big blind. Shulman made the call.
The flop came {9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{5-Spades}, and Shulman had taken the lead. The turn was the {9-Hearts}, and Lacay was looking for one of those two remaining sevens. The river brought the {6-Clubs}, and Lacay is out in 16th place. Shulman is now at about 12.8 million.
Schulman looking like a force to be reckoned with now. I keep hearing about him not wanting the bracelet, can anyone fill me in/point me to a post that can?
Poker News chip counts at the break (this list may not be perfectly updated, including for Ivey):
Steven Begleiter 27,890,000
Darvin Moon 24,600,000
Billy Kopp 17,200,000
Eric Buchman 16,000,000
Jordan Smith 15,800,000
Joseph Cada 13,600,000
Kevin Schaffel 13,600,000
Jeff Shulman 12,800,000
James Akenhead 10,100,000
Nick Maimone 10,000,000
Antoine Saout 8,600,000
Ben Lamb 7,600,000 Phil Ivey 6,800,000
Jamie Robbins 6,700,000
James Calderaro 3360000