$3k HORSE - Ivey Wins It All
2010-07-06
The event number 37 at 2010 WSOP was the $3,000 buy-in HORSE. The event commenced on 19th June, 2010, and the total pool prize was about $1,319,280, and Ivey won the bracelet with handsome prize money of $329,840.
Now, let us take a closer look at the final players, the main hands placed, the prize money involved, and the event highlights.
The $3k HORSE started with 25 outstanding players involving several preceding bracelet winners, cutting down to sixteen players, and finally the heads-up game between Phil Ivey and Bill Chen.
Phil Ivey looked great in the heads-up game, full of confidence and control. He never took the game easy and he gave a hard fight to several tough opponents in the line-up.
The final players for the event were Phil Ivey and Bill Chen, and Phil Ivey bagged the event title, the admired WSOP bracelet, and good deal of cash. You don’t really expect the likes of Phil Ivey to win the event title against Bill Chen, who fought his way to the very end.
Ivey had got the momentum going from the beginning of the tournament, and he finally ended up winning the $3k HORSE title.
Ivey entered the heads-up with the fall up against the finest technical exemplars in the game of poker. He ran over his final opponent Bill Chen. Bill Chen certainly had not missed a betting value by picking pot after the pot.
Bill Chen's supporters cheered him to get his hands on the victory, but it was Phil Ivey's day, who won whopping prize money of $329,840 and the runner up Bill Chen had to go home with $203,802, and second place finish.
Main Cards
The betting went all the way through 5th street. Chen had a strong heads up in A-2-5-6-7 and Ivey had A-2-3-5-6 a superior hand compared to Chen. Bill Chen was bit unlucky and Phil Ivey finished the game in style hitting four in order to complete nuts on river.
Bill Chen had the early advantage over his 3rd and 4th opponent with the Aldridge on the J♥ T♦ 2♥ board and with good combination of J♠ 9♣ 8♥ 6♠ to end as top pair and open-ender. But, it was not enough to outsmart Phil Ivey who won the bracelet and the prize money of $329,840
Final Winner- Phil Ivey
After the dust settled, it was Phil Ivey who came out as the winner of the #37 event- $3k horse comfortably over his opponent Bill Chen. This is one of the master class performances by Phil Ivey.
Phil Ivey played the game consistently, all the way throughout the tournament. He went on to face great pins in order to understand the degree of the game. Phil Ivey won his eighth bracelet and one can expect a lot more from this promising poker star.
Ivey revealed that "I never doubt myself," and he collected the plaudits and the bracelet from an enthusiastic rail.
Summary
In a heated battle involving 5 different games of Omaha-8, holdem, stud, razz, and stud-8, that involved 478 players and a $1,319,280 prize pool, Phil came out triumphant at last, and the final hands were -
Chen: A-5-2-7-6-7-10
Ivey: 3-5-A-6-2-7-4
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