Because He's Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey tossed out a bet of 14,000 on a flop of 
, Lazaro Hernandez called, and Fabian Scherle moved all in for 44,000. Ivey reshoved for effectively 130,000, and Hernandez paused.
"I guess I'm going home," Hernandez said, finally risking his six-figure stack.
Ivey: 
Hernandez: 
Scherle: 
"Why did you say you're going home?" Ivey said incredulously, after seeing that Hernandez had the nuts.
"Because you're Phil Ivey!" Hernandez responded.
Hernandez added a flush draw when the turn was the 
, and just needed to fade a ten, nine, six, or five on the river to double through. The dealer rapped the felt, burned one final card, then delivered the river.
The 
.
Ivey boated up, making sixes full of tens and pushing his stack to nearly 400,000 chips, and Hernandez's premonition came true — he's going home.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
397,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
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|
Eliminado | |
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Eliminado | |