Phil Ivey has traded in his golf spikes for a stack of chips here in the Stud World Championship, arriving during the first break. It appears he knew what he was doing, as he's off to a flying start. We found him involved in a clash with Greg Raymer, another latecomer, with a big pot building toward seventh street.
In the end, there was a pot of more than 7,000 chips piled in the middle of the table, and Ivey showed down a full house, threes full of tens. It was the winner, as Raymer stacked his cards and returned them to the dealer. After that exchange, Ivey is quickly up to about 34,000, dropping Raymer down close to 24,000.