In one of the "so crazy it must be true" stories coming out of the 2009 World Series of Poker television coverage comes this story from last night's ESPN coverage: Phil Ivey mucks a winner. With just 26 players to go, Phil Ivey was in a heads up showdown with 2.5 million in the pot. Here's how the hand played out:

Phil Ivey could not catch a break on Day 8 and when he did, he mucked the winning hand. In the sure-to-be-legendary hand in question, Ivey opened pocket eights from under-the-gun for 320,000. The action folded around to Jordan Smith, who three-bet to 1,000,000 straight from the big blind. Ivey called and they saw a flop. Both players checked and the fell on the turn. Check-check again. The river was the -- check-check a third time. Smith opened up his for aces up, but Ivey mucked his spade flush, clearly not realizing he held the .

If it turns out that Phil Ivey doesn't win the bracelet in this 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, this could turn out to be exactly why. A small mental mistake could end up costing Ivey literally millions of dollars.

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As we all know Phil Ivey made the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker. As we gear up for the final table of the main event Full Tilt Poker is offering you a piece of Phil Ivey. What does that mean? When you buy a piece of someone in a tournament you get a portion of their winnings. If they don't place in the money, you get nothing. Phil Ivey is guaranteed a minimum of $1.26 MILLION dollars. Talk about betting on a sure thing. Full Tilt is offering two options for it's members to get a piece of Ivey.

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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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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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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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