The Final Furlong
Noel Furlong has just been eliminated by Phil Ivey, who was one of four callers of his 1,500 preflop raise. The flop: . Ivey bet out, and Furlong instantly moved in for just under 10k total. Everyone else scattered like showers and Ivey called, his ahead even without the flopped Nine of Furlong's . The turn and river fell and Furlong's hopes to repeat World Series Main Event glory are at an end.