Phil Ivey is on his way back to being a positive player in 2009 with his great play the past few weeks. He recently played heads up with Tom Dwan for over FIVE HOURS in the Ivey Thunderdome, $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha table. When all was said and done Ivey emerged $1.1 million richer than he was when he sat down.
Key Hand: With over $650,000 in Ivey's stack and Dwan's at $168,000, Dwan opened for the standard $3,000. Ivey reraised to $9,000, Dwan four-bet to $27,000, and Ivey five-bet to $81,000 before Dwan flat-called. Ivey bet $162,000, enough to set Dwan all in, on the
flop, and Dwan called, showing his flopped two pair and open-ended straight draw with
, which was up against Ivey's
. The turn, though, was the
, the lead switching to Ivey with aces up. The river was the
and "durrrr" was forced to reload again, with this $336,589 pot shipped to Ivey.
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This post was written by No Home Phil on March 1, 2009
Online poker is quickly becoming a better source of income for poker players than the poker rooms at the casinos. At a casino Phil Ivey can sit down with players like Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and other pros. Online? Anyone can play and as it turns out, anyone can lose to Phil Ivey.
