The Takeover
From middle position, JP Kelly raised to 3,000. Matt Stout called from the hijack seat and then action fell on Nick Schulman in the cutoff. He tossed out a three-bet to 11,500 and that won the pot. On the very next hand, more chips went Schulman's way. In fact, a lot more chips went his way.
Nicolas Levi raised to 3,000 from early position and Schulman made the call from the hijack seat. Phil Ivey called as well from the big blind and the three players took the flop of . Ivey and Levi checked to Schulman and he fired out 6,500. Ivey folded before Levi made the call.
The turn card added the to the board. Levi passed the option to Schulman once again. Schulman took another opportunity to bet and fired 15,000. Levi thought and then called.
The river completed the board with the . Levi checked and Schulman tossed out five red T5,000 chips for a bet of 25,000. Levi called and Schulman rolled over the for a set of fours. Levi mucked and dropped below 100,000 while Schulman improved to a nice, big stack of 255,000.