9/9 World poker tour s06e17 L A Poker Classic

Phil Ivey finally broke through and won his first World Poker Tour title, besting Quinn Do in heads-up action and taking down the $1.6 million dollar first place prize.

This was Ivey's eighth trip to a World Poker Tour final table, and his first victory.

Ivey entered heads-up play with a massive chip lead over Quinn Do (10.82 million to 2.48 million), and the tournament was over within two hands.

In the final hand of the tournament, Ivey raised holding A-8 and Do called holding 8-9 hearts. The flop came A-8-6, Ivey bet out and Do called. The turn was the Ace of clubs, and Ivey pushed all-in. Do only had just over a million in chips left at this point, and decided to call after deliberating for a number of minutes.

Do was dismayed to see that he was drawing completely dead, as Ivey had the full house and Do simply had Aces and Eights for two pair. Do should take heart in the fact that he still ended up earning over $900k for his second place finish.

Ivey had just the right combination of luck and strong play on Thursday. He managed to get lucky when he eliminated Nam Le in fourth place, after the two players got all of their chips in the middle with Le holding pocket Aces and Ivey holding pocket threes (they got all-in preflop). The turn brought the three of diamonds, and Nam Le was sent packing in fourth place.

The much-hyped showdown between Ivey and Hellmuth Jr. turned out to be a dud, as Hellmuth went out in sixth place.

The hand of the night for Hellmuth came in a showdown with Nam Le. Hellmuth held J-8, and Nam Le held the K-3 of clubs. The flop came J 6 3. Le bet out, Hellmuth called. The turn was the King of hearts, Le bet out again, and Hellmuth pushed all-in. Le called with his two pair, and Hellmuth was crippled. He went out fifteen hands left in sixth place when his A-9 couldn't suck out on the A-Q of Woody Moore.

All in all, this was a very impressive tournament for Phil Ivey, and he certainly deserved to win. He was amongst the chipleaders for pretty much all of the tournament. After failing to win a WPT title after seven previous trips to the final table, this victory must be particularly sweet for Ivey.

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[shanedoanisracist]

Quinn Do's favorite hand is Queen Deuce llololol

[TwistedMetal32]

What the hell is so important to be on the phone at 8:29..Your boy just won 1.5mil!!

[hatealldayhabit]

@TwistedMetal32 hes calling the family or friends to tell them ivey won..dumbass

[Pirate44444]

@spaceboyted123 ir's not about the money

[LMW87MMA]

@OriginalNex Yeah but you aren't the one playing in high stakes tourneys, funny ain't it

[JiuJitsuislife]

@ShatiWorks someone lost his deposit for the 3rd time straight..

[ShatiWorks]

I see nothing in this whole serious from wich a normal person couldn't do. Poker pro's are bullshit-

Poker is bullshit.

[OriginalNex]

I wouldnt have called all in with that is he stupid he had nothing for all he knew Phil could have had queen 8, 8 king heart, 8 king dimdons jack, 8 a, or FLUSH, or even double 8 stupid

[RiCoL0L]

@XGOD3210 Some are close, but no, id never say anything else than Ivey is the best.

[spaceboyted123]

I like how disappointed the guy who came 2nd is. He takes home $900k for fuck sake!

[sokha326]

Phil seems so humble, glad he won.