Phil Ivey wins 60K pot against John Juanda
Yesterday I was railing the NL $500/$1000 CAP table at Full Tilt Poker. I like to watch this table since there is usually a lot of action going on.
One hand that cought my attention was the one between Phil Ivey and John Juanda. Juanda had been playing really tight for the last hours, come to think of it this is probably the first hand I saw him play.
It played out something like this….
John Juanda has the big blind and picks up 5-6 off suit. Phil ivey raises it up to $3000 under the gun and it is folded to Juanda who calls.
The flop comes 5-8-6 rainbow and Juanda raises with around $5K and Phil Ivey makes the re raise. Juanda then moves all in with the maximum of $30K and Phil Ivey calls showing 9-9 for an overpair.
The turn comes another 8 giving Phil Ivey two pair with nines and eights and is now ahead in the hand.
The river comes another eight giving Ivey the full house with eights over nines while Juanda holds eights over sixes.
This meant that Ivey could take down a nice $60K pot and Juanda lost even though he had Ivey dominated after the flop.
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