Phil Ivey is among 30 people left in the $5000 No Limit Shoot out event. Not only that, but he is tied for first place. With the other 30 people. Seem impossible?

The explanation is that this is the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout. The structure involves every initial ten-handed table playing down to a single winner on Day 1, without table breaks, as if each were a separate sit-and-go tournament. Each of those table winners made the money and advanced to Day 2. Among those returning when action resumes at 2:00 p.m. Monday are Phil Ivey, David “The Dragon” Pham, Jennifer Harman, Barny Boatman, Neil Channing, and Lex Veldhuis.

Basically, to add his 3rd bracelet this year and 8th overall Phil Ivey has to win two straight six handed sit and gos. Can he do it? This is one time I would DEFINITELY bet on Phil Ivey.

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Phil Ivey won his 7th bracelet in the $2,500 Omaha/7 Card Stud Hi-Lo mixed game. Here's how he did it:

In the final hand, Lee moved all in on third street with and Ivey made the call with . Ivey improved to three queens by the river and Lee finished with only a pair of jacks. Ivey’s three queens were enough to win him his second gold bracelet of the 2009 World Series of Poker and his seventh overall. Phil Ivey is now tied with Billy Baxter for fourth all-time in bracelet wins. In addition to his seventh bracelet, Ivey received $220,538 in prize money.

This further solidifies Ivey's position as the top poker player in the world and can only do more to improve his image at Full Tilt Poker (speaking of, here's a Full Tilt Poker Review). He is currently tied for 6th place on the all-time bracelet list and with one more will move into a tie for 4th. Can he do it this year? I certainly think there's a good chance, but wouldn't count on it. Winning a bracelet is HARD.

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Of all the games for Phil Ivey to win his sixth WSOP bracelet it's kind of fitting that he would do it playing Deuce to Seven Draw. Considered a game that requires a lot of skill it kind of makes sense. Ivey won about $96k from winning this tournament, but the real prize comes in his bracelet bets which was anywhere from 3 to 10 million.

Here's how Ivey did it:

After a period of trading blinds, John Monnette moved all in and Phil Ivey made the call. Everyone left their seats trying to get as close to the action as possible, and each player declared he was taking one card. Ivey had 7-6-4-2, while Monnette held 9-7-5-2. John Monnette showed his card first, revealing another seven, meaning that he was drawing dead. Phil Ivey turned over the five for the winning hand and his sixth WSOP gold bracelet, his first since 2005.

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Another event Phil Ivey was playing in his quest to get another bracelet was the $10,000 Championship Seven Card Stud event. I honestly don't know how he has the time to play all of these events, but it would appear he will have more time now that he is knocked out of this one.

Phil Ivey was one early elimination, moving all in on third street with the {4-Clubs} in the door. Soheil Shamseddin called with the {K-Diamonds} up, and picked up a six on fifth street to go with the two other sixes he had in the hole. Shamseddin’s trips were enough to best Ivey’s two pair and send him home early on Day 2.

If you remember Ivey won one of this five bracelets in 2002 at the $1500 Seven Card Stud event.
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Phil Ivey seems determined more than ever to win a bracelet at the 2009 World Series of Poker. He's already played in the 40K and now he's playing in a $1000 No Limit event. Normally this event would be considered too low of a payoff for a player of Phil Ivey's caliber, but because of his big bet on winning a bracelet he's in there grinding it out. It will be interesting to see if Ivey leaves with a bracelet or if he simply ends up burning himself before the Main Event. Read More...

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