John Monnette raised to 12,000 from under the gun and action folds to Eric Kesselman in the big blind. Kesselman reraised to 40,000. Monnette checked Kesselman's chip stack and then moved all in. Kesselman folded and Monnette took the pot.
Rodeen Talebi moved all in for 50,500 and Yan Chen made the call. Both players stood pat. Talebi showed a jack-ten low, but was eliminated after Chen showed a nine-eight low.
Talebi finished in 5th place and earned nearly $20,000.
Phil Ivey raised to 12,000. Raphael Zimmerman slid out another massive stack of T1,000 chips for a reraise. Phil then announced that he was all in. Zimmerman called.
Ivey stood pat while Zimmerman drew one card. Ivey showed an and Zimmerman was drawing dead against him. Zimmerman was eliminated in 6th place and took home over $14,000.
Phil Ivey raised to 12,000 from the small blind. Raphael Zimmerman was in the big blind and moved all in. The pressure was put back on Ivey and he made the call. Both players drew one card. Each player revealed their first four cards before the draw card.
Ivey:
Zimmerman:
Ivey drew an and had Zimmerman drawing dead. Zimmerman's draw card was an ace. Ivey has now doubled up.
Raphael Zimmerman raised to 10,000 and Rodeen Talebi called from the button. Ivey called as well from the big blind. Ivey drew two, Zimmerman drew two, and Talebi drew one.
Ivey then led for 20,000 after receiving his draw card. Zimmerman made the call. Talebi folded. Ivey scooped the pot with after Zimmerman mucked.
Action folded to Phil Ivey in the small blind and he raised to 12,000 and Raphael Zimmerman made the call from the big blind. Ivey stood pat while Zimmerman drew one.
Ivey then checked and Zimmerman bet 30,000. Ivey took his time to think about his decision while Zimmerman sat absolutely motionless with his sunglasses on. Ivey eventually mucked his hand and Zimmerman scooped the pot. Ivey is now the short stack with about 75,000 in chips.