Um, no? This was the hand where Ivey went from having a respectable chip stack to having 6 chips.
He either limped or raised the button, and the small blind shoved with 62o. Ivey snap-called with 8s. Flop gave 62o a gutter, and the river completed the straight.
Small blind thought he could
bluff Ivey. It will go down as one of the sickest
hands in recent memory
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wsop.com):
Ivey Crippled as Golbuff Smacks Miracle Double
No-Limit Hold'em
Action folded to Phil Ivey in the cutoff seat and he raised to 20,000. On the button, Samuel Golbuff reraised all in for 159,000. The blinds folded and Ivey quickly called.
Ivey turned over the 8s 8d and was way ahead of the 6h 2s for Golbuff.
The flop came down an interesting 5c 3c 2h, giving Golbuff a pair and a straight draw, but keeping Ivey in front.
The Ks landed on the turn and Ivey was still in the lead, but a miracle 4s on the river gave Golbuff a six-high straight and doubled him up.
As the tournament director counted down that stack of Golbuff, all he could do was laugh at what had just happened while Ivey just stared blankly with his famous "Ivey face" and mouth dropped open as if to say, "Was that even real?"
Ivey was cripped and down to just 11,000 in chips.