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Phil Ivey wins another bracelet – his 8th
Posted by: Randy Williams - Wed, 2010-06-23 00:52
HORSE is a game which tests players’ skills from a variety of angles. In order to triumph in a HORSE event, one needs to best his/her peers at several radically different poker variants, providing proof that he/she is indeed a complete player. If you happen to recognize
Full Tilt Poker’s Phil Ivey in the above description, you’re right. Considered by many the best all-round poker player in the world (live and online) Ivey has just taken down his 8th WSOP bracelet the other day, in the $3,000 HORSE event.
Day 3 of the said
WSOP event saw 25 players return to action, and what a selection of 25 it was: multiple bracelet holders, name pros, Full Tilt and PokerStars pro team members – all people one would not want to meet at a WSOP final table. At the end of it all though, it was Ivey who hogged all the chips in play and secured his 8th WSOP gold. It was by no means smooth sailing for the Full Tilt pro though.
The way he approached the final table was not exactly impressive either, but it did the job. At one point, shortly before the final table bubble-boy left the action, Ivey was the short-stack, under immense pressure to get something going. As they say though, when the going gets tough, the tough get going, and that’s exactly what Ivey did. He answered the challenge and entered the final table with the largest stack of chips after a few inspired moves.
His chip lead never really went through the roof though, even though he actively contributed to several final table eliminations. First on his list of final table victims was Albert Hahn whom he sent to the rail with help from Jeff Lisandro. David Baker had Phil Ivey to “thank” for his 6th place finish, and Ken Aldridge likewise for his 4th. It was Ivey who eliminated John Juanda in 3rd too to set up the heads-up stage of the
poker tournament against Bill Chen.
Chen was not about to go down without a fight as the two players engaged in a little give and take before the momentum shifted Ivey’s way for good. The final hand of the event was a Razz one. Ivey had a made 6-5 against Chen’s 7-6 and he proceeded to draw a 4 on 7th street to further improve, while Chen got stuck with a 7 and a 10 to lose the contest and the title.
