I LOVE AMERICA!!!

Ivey gets an extra 10 million if he wins. Plus he gets a 1 million post thread on 2plus2 imo. Bellegio is going to put a statue of him just like in Rocky movie.

Last I checked, it is possible for an event to be both ridiculous and interesting.

Iveys theme song Getting Stronger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnqZl_blT7E

ugh pokernews is slow right now...

what are the current blinds?

10K/20K 3K ante

Photoshop Rocky and Apollo with Apollo having Iveys face and a hat

the magician aint playin around

Joe Serock out.
Qc5c vs 99

New featured tables.

Main Featured Table
Seat 1: Thai Tran
Seat 2: Billy Kopp
Seat 3: Dennis Phillips
Seat 4: Nasr El Nasr
Seat 5: J.C. Tran
Seat 6: Joe Hachem
Seat 7: Peter Eastgate
Seat 8: Edward Teems
Seat 9: Frank Rusnak

Secondary Featured Table
Seat 1: Ryan Hart
Seat 2: Herbie Gelman
Seat 3: Bradley Craig
Seat 4: Sarne Lightman
Seat 5: Anh Van Nguyen
Seat 6: Jake Abdalla
Seat 7: Phil Ivey
Seat 8: James Akenhead
Seat 9: Steven Begleiter

Cool, Begleiter is at Ivey's table, maybe Ivey can be the beneficiary of Begleiter's donkedness.

What would be cooler Ivey winning or Eastgate winning ?

r u sear-E-us?

30bb openshoves ftw

Buchman Doubles, Allen Eliminated in Three-Way All In

Eric Buchman open-shoved for 604,000 from the button, Robert Allen moved all in for less from the small blind and after tanking for a bit and asking for a count, Francois Balmigere made the call from the big blind.

Allen {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Balmigere {9-Spades} {9-Clubs}
Buchman {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds}

The flop came down {Q-Spades} {J-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}, Buchman's tens leading. The turn, though fell the {10-Hearts} -- Buchman hitting a set, but Allen making a Broadway straight. The {7-Spades} on the river, however, paired the board, giving Buchman the monster pot with tens full. Balmigere dropped to 1,260,000 and Allen was eliminated in 140th place.

After the hand, Buchman was up to 1,350,000.

Eastgate, because Ivey's, like, supposed to win.

Plus it would give me final proof that the universe is rigged, and I could then stop worrying about anything.

well it would be back to back in huge fields. That would be pretty amazing.

a final table with Hachem Ivey Eastgate with Ivey winning would probably bet better

2 all-ins in front of you and you call 1/3rd of your stack with 99? LOL donkaments

are all these Trans related?

Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 55,000 from middle position, and James Akenhead re-raised to 162,000 next door. In the big blind, Herbie Gelman made another raise, moving all in for a total of 490,000. Ivey ducked out quickly, but Akenhead made the call with the covering stack, putting Gelman at risk.

Showdown
Akenhead: {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Gelman: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}

The flop was a disaster for Gelman as the case king peeled off to give Akenhead the hammerlock with top set. In the end, the board ran down {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}. The ace on the river was too little, too late for Gelman, and he has been eliminated.

Akenhead has climbed to 1,600,000.

Go Phil!

Ivey on the move (per twitter):

The big advantage in going all in for 30 bb preflop is that you avoid getting into tricky spots postflop.

ldo

I guess their mother and father are transparent.

(proud of that one)

lol. No, in Vietnam there are just not many surnames.