Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008

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Two days, another $1.2 million for Ivey

By Christopher Hunt

It's good to be the king.

Loved by the television-watching poker public; esteemed by his peers; welcomed with front-row seats everywhere; all that Full Tilt swag ... some people just live better lives than the rest of us.

And then there's Phil Ivey level.

Possibly the most revered player in the world, Ivey did nothing in the first two days of September to damage his reputation as poker's kingpin, torching a tidy portion of the world's high-stakes regulars for over $1.2 million on his personal $500/$1,000 PLO table at Full Tilt Poker.

Ziigmund, David Benyamine, LoLina, guaranteed376, slaktarn, durrrr, some new guy on the scene named boygotgame ... didn't really matter who stepped up, they all took a beatdown over the course of a few big sessions - none more spectacularly than online poster boy Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

Warily referred to as "the kid who's going to bust me" in one of Ivey's "Life of Ivey" segments on PokerRoad, Dwan may even be the only player who strikes a little bit of fear in Ivey's heart.

But none of that came to fruition in their session Monday as Ivey simply flopped, drew or faded whatever cards he needed at will, then watched durrrr reload and come back for more.

Four huge pots over $200k did the bulk of the damage; check out the hand histories for the smaller three here, here, and here.

Check out the biggest - for a massive $290k and the biggest of the week so far in online poker - below.

7893805004 TABLE : Ivey Thunderdome $500/$1000 - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi - Mon Sep 1 2008 - 4:41pm ET

Table Setup

Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($334,773.75)
Seat 2: durrrr ($145,182)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #1

Pre-Flop

Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
durrrr calls $2,000

Flop: [5 2 6]

durrrr bets $4,800
Phil Ivey raises to $17,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $47,800
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey calls $30,800

Turn: [5 2 6][7]

durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $94,382, and is all-in
Phil Ivey calls $94,382

durrrr shows [7 6 4 5]
Phil Ivey shows [A 4 3 6]

River: [5 2 6][7][Q]

durrrr shows two pair, sevens and sixes
Phil Ivey shows a flush, ace-high
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($290,363.50) with a flush, ace-high
durrrr is sitting out

Summary

Total pot $290,364 | Rake $0.50
Board: [5 2 6 7 Q]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (small blind) showed [A 4 3 6] and won ($290,363.50) with a flush, ace-high
Seat 2: durrrr (big blind) showed [7 6 4 5] and lost with two pair, sevens and sixes

As always, the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section is the premier source for online poker statistics, with over 25 unique tracking categories giving an unmatched look inside the numbers that drive the industry.

Biggest pots by day, week, month and year, top 100 moneymakers and losses, where to find the juiciest games and online traffic trends are just a few of them.

To catch up on up-to-the-hour numbers for September, visit MarketPulse here.

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