An Orbit with Ivey
Out of all of the cashes Phil Ivey has racked up over his career, he's never once cashed in the Aussie Millions Main Event prior to this year. In fact, the only cash he has in a live tournament on Australian soil came back in 2010 when he took second place to Dan Shak in the $100,000 Challenge for A$600,000.
We just watched an entire orbit at Ivey's table in which he got involved in three hands and folded preflop in five others. Here's a look at those hands.
On the first one of the orbit, Ivey opened to 20,000 from under the gun plus one and Kenneth Wong called form the next seat before everyone else folded. The flop was checked after the 
fell and then the 
landed on the turn. Ivey and Wong also checked fourth street to see the 
pair the board on the end. Once again, both checked. Ivey tabled the 
for queens and fives with an ace. Wong couldn't beat it and mucked his hand.
After Ivey folded the next hand preflop from under the gun, he made the call out of the big blind on the third hand after Minh Nguyen raised it up from the hijack seat. Ivey then check-folded the 
flop to a bet of 24,000 from Nguyen.
Ivey passed preflop from the small blind and button before action folded to him in the cutoff seat on the sixth hand and he opened to 20,000. Aage Ravn called from the big blind and the flop produced the 
. Ravn checked and Ivey bet 30,000. Ravn folded and Ivey won the pot.
On the seventh and eighth hands of the orbit, Ivey folded preflop from the hijack seat and then middle position. After all of that, Ivey is currently sitting on 944,000 in chips during his first in-the-money run at the Aussie Millions Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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944,000
104,000
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104,000 |
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