Phil Ivey beats Tom Dwan to a Million

February 26th, 2009

It was a race to $1 Million at the Ivey Thunderdome between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan aka Durrrr at Full Tilt Poker. Ivey was sitting with around $750,000 to durrr’s $250,000 when Ivey decided to finally turn the screws and finish durrrr off. Ivey kept the pressure on durrrr by taking a lot of large pots while allowing durrrr to take some blinds and smallish pots. However, in the end, “The Man” was too much for durrrr.

Ivey called a raise to $3,000 from durrrr and the flop hits 7s-6d-2c. Ivey bet $4,000 on the flop and durrr made the call. The turn fell the Ac and Ivey bet out $12,000. Durrrr makes the call. The river fell the 5s and Ivey checked to durrrr. Durrrr bet out $32,400 and Ivey check-raised to $123,000. Durrr wasted no time in folding and Ivey took down a $102,799.50 pot.

Later on, a mini raising war went on pre-flop that resulted in a $54,000 pot. The flop fell 3s-Ad-8s and Ivey potted. Durrr folded and Ivey took down a $53,999.50 pot.

Both players saw a flop of 6h-4d-Jd. Ivey bet out $4,000 and durrrr raised to $16,200. Ivey called. The turn fell the 10c and durrrr bet $23,600. Ivey called and the river fell the Kd. Ivey bet out $85,600 and durrr laid it down. Ivey took down a $85,559.50 pot.

Durrrr did actually win a decent pot at one point. All the money went in on a flop of Qh-8c-5h. Durrrr held both a straight and flush draw and Ivey had a set of fives. Durrr would fill out his flush on the turn and Ivey was unable to hit his boat. Durrrr takes down a $128,213.70 pot.

Durrr got his hand caught in the cookie jar on a flop of 2s-2h-6h. Ivey bet out $14,000 and durrrr raised to $42,200. After thinking a second, Ivey repopped it to $144,600 and durrrr folded quicker than a mortgage company in California. Ivey took down a $102,399.50 pot.

The final blow to durrrr came after a pre-flop raising war that left him all-in. Ivey called and showed As-Ad-2s-6s and durrrr showed Ah-Qh-Jd-3d. The flop all but sealed it for Ivey when the 9s-3s-8s hit the flop to give Ivey the nut flush. Durrrr picked up some hope on the turn when the Qs fell to give him two pair. However, the river card hit the Jc to give Ivey the $173,418.90 pot and to allow him to finish the session with over $1 Million.

Btw, Ivey also took another $5,000 in the form of a side bet that durrrr made with him. Durrrr challenged Ivey for a “first to $1 Million” bet during the session with the caveat that Ivey would lose if he left the table. (The bet was made when Ivey was at $850,000.)