This is why he's a six-time WSOP bracelet winner folks. From one of the short stacks, Phil Ivey has now assumed the tournament chip lead, in a matter of minutes.
He clashed with Jon Turner in a hand of Stud8, with Ivey maintaining the aggression through all streets.
Ivey: ()
Turner: (X-X-X)
Ivey's flush and eight-low scoop the pot as Turner mucked. Ivey is up to 755,000 with Turner now down to 530,000.
Phil Ivey has just taken down back-to-back pots from Carlos Mortensen during Omaha-8. In the first hand Ivey made a straight holding on a board of to crack the kings of Mortensen.
He followed that up by getting three streets of value with on a board.
Suddenly Ivey is up to 560,000 with Mortensen falling to 335,000.
Dutch Boyd opened with a raise from the cutoff and Peter Gelencser called in the big blind.
The flop fell and Gelencser led out with a bet, Boyd raised and Gelencser moved all in. Boyd made the call.
Boyd:
Gelencser:
The turn was the and the river landed the and Gelencser misses his outs, to be eliminated in 8th place much to the disappointment of the Hungarian contingent on the rails.
Dutch Boyd just got himself caught in the middle in a hand of Omaha-8. The action was multi-way maniacal on the flop of , with Carlos Mortensen firing bets on turn and river.
Jon Turner called before Dutch Boyd gave it up on the river. Turner flipped for the nut low as Mortensen showed for quads for the nut high!
Back to Omaha-8 now and Carlos Mortensen opened the action with a raise from middle position before Phil Ivey re-raised from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Mortensen popped it up again with Ivey making the call.
The flop fell and Mortensen fired out a bet with Ivey making the call. The turn was the and this time Mortensen check-called the bet from Ivey.
The river brought the and again Mortensen checked, Ivey bet and Mortensen called.
Ivey tabled which was good as Mortensen mucked. Ivey is now up to 310,000 chips.
We haven't mentioned a lot of Jon Turner during this tournament, which is rare for someone holding the chip lead. However Turner has gone about his business like a silent assassin, slowly claiming small pots and taking out his victims one by one.
In a recent had of Stud-8, Turner took down the pot after firing bets on fifth and sixth streets. Dutch Boyd released on fifth street, while Phil Ivey surrendered on sixth.
Carlos Mortensen and Peter Gelencser have clashed in a big Stud-8 hand. Mortensen was the aggressor the whole way, with a bet/three-bet on fourth street, and then bets all the way until the river. Gelencser called him down and the boards were revealed as follows:
Mortensen: ()
Gelencser: (X-X-X)
Mortensen tabled a seven-high straight and six low to scoop the pot and leave Gelencser on the short stack as Mortensen flies up to 580,000 chips.
Ming Lee collects the first significant pot of Stud-8. After Carlos Mortensen completed and fired bets on fourth and fifth streets, Lee led out on sixth and forced a fold from Mortensen.