Dwan, Ivey Big Winners in "Top Guns" Cash Game So Far
Published on 2009-09-16 08:48:00
Dwan, who originally bought in for $250k, continues to hover around the $520k mark. Much of Dwan's $250k+ in profits came from two big hands against Patrik Antonius and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies that were aired last week.
Phil Ivey and Eli Elezra continue to remain profitable, although Elezra lost a large chunk of his stack trying to bluff when Ivey had flopped a set of twos.
Ilari Sahamies continues to be the biggest loser of the two-week series, and has had to rebuy multiple times.
After getting off to a really bad start in episode #1 of the show, Howard Lederer has been pretty quiet, and is still in the red.
Patrik Antonius, after digging himself into $100k+ hole, has nearly returned to profitability, thanks in large part to a big pot that was played against "Ziigmund". Antonius flopped trip sevens and managed to catch "Ziigmund" in a stone-cold bluff.
There were four interesting hands this episode:
1. Phil Ivey vs Tom Dwan. Ivey and Dwan played a game of chicken pre-flop, getting into a major raising war while both holding marginal hands.
Ivey held 10-8 of diamonds while Dwan held 7-8 offsuit. Ivey came over the top of a 30k re-raise from Dwan, forcing "durrrr" to instantly muck his hand.
2. Phil Ivey vs Antonius vs Eli Elezra. Elezra raised pre-flop holding A-Q offsuit, Ivey called with 2-2, Antonius put in another raise holding A-K suited, and Elezra and Ivey both called.
The flop came 4-2-6 with two spades, giving Ivey a set of twos.
Elezra bet $50k, hoping to take down the pot. Unfortunately for Elezra, Ivey had flopped a set of twos, and decided to raise to $150k. Elezra and Antonius both mucked, and Ivey took down one of the biggest pots of the episode.
3. Dwan vs Ivey, Part 2. Dwan held K-7 of diamonds, while Ivey held A-J offsuit.
With the board reading 8-2-7-7-2, Dwan made a sizable (nearly $40k) bet on the river with his sevens full of twos.
Ivey pondered for several minutes, clearly not believing that Dwan had a strong hand. After some deliberation, Ivey made the call with Ace high, and Dwan took down the pot with his full house.
4. Antonius vs "Ziigmund". Antonius held 7-9, while "Ziigmund" held 5-3.
The flop brought two 7's, giving Antonius trip sevens.
"Ziigmund" was representing a huge hand and got into a post-flop raising war with Antonius. Antonius came over the top of a Sahamies re-raise, and "Ziigmund" quickly mucked his hand.
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Ivey and Elezra also got into a heated exchange about their prop bets in this episode. The players seem to be getting a bit tired, and some nerves are starting to get frayed.
All in all, another entertaining episode.
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