Holz Gone, Seiver Crushing, and Ivey Talking

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Scott Seiver has been on a tear lately, and he just won two more important pots. One he took off John Morgan, and in the other he busted Fedor Holz.

First, we picked up the action with the board showing . Seiver had a bet in front of him of 75,000. Morgan went into the tank for quite some time, but ultimately he made the call.

"Two pair," Seiver announced, as he tabled the .

Morgan mucked, and Seiver raked in the pot. As he was pulling in the chips, Phil Ivey commented that he would've played the hand the same way.

"But you don't flop two pair every damn hand like I do," Seiver smiled.

"Yeah, it's because the stakes aren't high enough yet," Isaac Haxton joked.

"Exactly," Ivey smiled, as the players at the table continued to joke around.

Seiver and Haxton said they weren't on Ivey's level just yet, and Ivey joked about how he "wills the cards to come" when it really matters — when the stakes are really high enough.

On the very next hand, the action folded to Seiver in the small blind, and he put Holz all in in the big blind. Holz called right away for just a few big blinds, and the showdown went as follows.

Holz:
Seiver:

The flop brought out the . Holz now needed to dodge spades and running straight cards as well as a king. When the hit on the turn, Ivey said, "Why are you still here?"

After a short pause, he looked at Holz again and said, "Why aren't you at the door yet?"

Holz and Ivey had been joking around all day, and the river was the , which gave Seiver a flush.

"I hate to be like this," Ivey said to Holz, as he gathered his belongings before exiting the room. "But it's just like this."

"What if it doesn't come?" Seiver asked Ivey.

"What do you mean, 'If it doesn't come?'" Ivey said. "You know it's going to come."

After a pause, Ivey looked over at Seiver, who's one of the bigger stacks in the room, and said, "How long does it take for people to to know that you're the best tournament player in the world?"

"Usually minus five years," Seiver smiled, "But you've known for a while, right?"

Ivey nodded, and Seiver continued.

"But yet you turn down a swap for the Main Event," Seiver said, referring to the World Series of Poker Main Event.

"The Main is different," Ivey quickly responded.

"Yes, the Main is different for sure," Seiver said.

Ivey went on to say that he would perhaps crossbook with Seiver in the Main Event, but that it was really close. Seiver was quick to turn that down, though.