Phil Ivey Wins 9th Bracelet - WSOP APAC Event #3

The final table of the WSOP APAC Event #3 - AU$2,200 Mixed tournament was held today. The final was highly anticipated as two well-known pros were present, Phil Ivey in the chiplead with 144,300 chips, followed by 4-time WSOP champion Daniel Negreanu, who sat down with 129,000 chips.


Final Table:

Seat 1: Graeme Putt - 36.400
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu - 129.000
Seat 3: Phil Ivey - 144.300
Seat 4: Rob Campbell - 42.600
Seat 5: Brandon Wong - 86.100
Seat 6: Kevin Song - 49.600

The first elimination came around on the 17th blind level.

LH/O-8/2-7: Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Razz/Stud/Stud-8: Ante 700 Bring-in 1,000 Completion 3,000
NLH/PLO: Ante 400 Blinds 800/1,600

In the PLO game Graeme Putt opened to 3,200, Negreanu, the SB Brandon Wong and the BB Kevin Song called. The flop came 7 9 2 . Wong checked, Song bet 11,000, Putt and Negreanu folded. Wong, however, raised to 45,800 to pot. Song tanked, asked how much Wong has (21,000) and called. The turn came 6 . Wong went all-in, Song called.

Wong: T 8 9 6
Song: 9 7 A K

River: 4

Wong eliminated Song with a straight, Song finished 6th.

Rob Campbell lost some major pots soon, eventually he went all-in extremely short-stacked in Seven-card Stud, Wong, Putt and Ivey all called, but Wong won the pot, eliminating Campbell.

Along came the 18th blind level.

LH / O-8 / 2-7: Blind 2,000/4,000
Razz / Stud / Stud-8: Ante 1,000 Bring-in 1,000 Completion 4,000
NLH / PLO: Ante 500 Blind 1,000/2,000

The Canadian PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu finished 4th. He opened to 4,500 in a PLO hand, the SB WOng 3bet to 14,500, Negreanu called. The flop came A T 4 . Wong bet 18,500, Negreanu called. The turn was 7 , Wong bet, which put Negreanu all-in, who called.

Wong: A T K Q
Negreanu: Q 9 5 6

River: 4
Even though Negreanu had flush and straight draws, Wong defeated him.

The heads-up formulated with the elimination of Putt, who was ousted by Wong, who started the heads-up with a slight chiplead.

Brandon Wong: 256,000
Phil Ivey: 230,000

The heads-up brought about a huge fight. Ivey took over the lead from Wong, but he retook it and grew his stack by winning a Seven-card Stud hand. The 21st blind level started with the following blinds/stacks:

LH / O-8 / 2-7: Blinds 4,000/8,000
Razz / Stud / Stud-8: Ante 2,000 Bring-in 2,000 Completion 8,000
NLH / PLO: Ante 1,000 Blinds 2,000/4,000

Brandon Wong: 391,500
Phil Ivey: 94,500

Ivey started to climb back. He doubled up in 2-7 Triple Draw, then took a major pot in NLHE. In the latter hand Wong opened to 10,500, Ivey 3bet to 31,000 Wong called. The flop was 2 T K . Ivey bet 40,000, Wong instacalled. Ivey studied his spot at the K turn, but went all-in with 105,000. Wong tanked for quite some time and eventually folded. The players were about even.

Ivey dominated the table, he reached a chiplead of 365,000 (Wong had around 130,000), but Wong didn't give in easily and climbed back to 210,000 with a major Limit Hold'em hand.

The blinds went up once again.

LH / O-8 / 2-7: Blind 5,000/10,000
Razz / Stud / Stud-8: Ante 2,000 Bring-in 3,000 Completion 10,000
NLH / PLO: Ante 1,500 Blind 2,500/5,000

Wong took the lead one more time, but then Ivey dominated the match for the rest of the game. He built up a considerable lead, and finished his opponent off in a 2-7 Triple Draw game. Wong only had 10,000. Both players draw 2 cards, Ivey stood pat. Wong draw 2 card two more times. Ivey showed T-9-8-3-2, Wong 7-6-3, showed one of his draw cards which was a 4, but the second card a queen.


Phil Ivey collected his 9th WSOP bracelet with this victory, which is still 4 less than the current record holder Phil Hellmuth's, but Ivey is on the right track; Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan both have 10 bracelets.

Final results

1. Phil Ivey - $51,840
2. Brandon Wong - $32,039
3. Graeme Putt - $22,427
4. Daniel Negreanu - $16,336
5. Rob Campbell - $12,020
6. Kevin Song - $8,978