Phil Ivey Eliminated by Aleksejs Ponakovs

Jul 15, 2023

Phil IveyPhoto:  Phil Ivey

Aleksejs Ponakovs raises to 22,000 from middle position, and Phil Ivey calls on the button.

The flop is Diamond 9Club 8Diamond 2, Ponakovs bets 23,000, and Ivey calls.

The turn is the Heart 6, Ponakovs bets 75,000, Ivey raises all in for 304,000, and Ponakovs calls after about 30 seconds with Heart 10Club 10 for a pair of tens, trailing Ivey’s Heart 9Heart 8 for nines and eights.

The river is the Spade 6, giving Ponakovs a better two pair of tens and sixes to eliminate Ivey.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,450,000  (145 bb)
Phil Ivey  –  Eliminated

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