Ivey Quarters his Opponent
Phil Ivey raised from early position, and both blinds called to see a flop. Both blinds checked to him, and he fired a bet. The small blind then raised, and the big blind ran for cover. Ivey called. The turn brought the , and the small blind check-raised Ivey again. And the man with the stare called. After the on the river, the small blind bet out. It was Ivey's turn to raise, and his opponent just called.
Ivey showed to his opponent's . The dealer was about to chop the whole pot since the players both had ace-high with 8-4-3-2-A lows. But the table quickly stopped him, pointing out that Ivey's ace-ten was good enough to take the top half of the pot, leaving his opponent with just a quarter.