Ivey Gets a Double

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Phil Ivey opened to 40,000 from the cutoff before a player in the small blind moved all in. Ivey quickly called off his stack of 673,000 to put himself at risk.

Phil Ivey: K?K?
Small Blind Player: J?J?

Ivey was in a good spot to score a massive double and establish himself as one of the chipleaders. He maintained his lead on the A?Q?7? flop with the 4? leaving him needing to fade two outs heading to the river. He was able to do just that after the K? completed the board to send his stack north of the 1,000,000 chip mark and leave his opponent with crumbs.