During an intense heads-up contest between FullTilt Member Phil Ivey and online profressional Brian “sbrugby” Townsend, a simple mis-click sparked a monster all-in pot. Phil Ivey had managed to build his stack up to $135k+ during the $200/$400 NL Hold’em matchup when the following hand came up.
Sitting on a stack over $80k, sbrugby — known to multi-table which can ’cause accidental bets and folds in online poker — happened to raise this particular hand up to $30,800 total. Ivey, obviously realizing the huge over-bet to be inadvertant, decided to push his entire stack into the middle. After typing in several censored expletives into the chat box, sbrugby decided to gamble and made the $50k+ call. And what did the cards show?
K♦ 9♣ for Ivey an♦Â A♥ 8♣ for ♠brugby. Not exa♣tly t♥e AA ver♠u♠ KK ♠ituation t♥at woul♦ warrant a $160k pre-flop pot. But nonet♥ele♠♠, t♥e♠e two ♥ig♥ ♠take♠ profe♠♠ional♠ foun♦ t♥em♠elve♠ ra♣ing for a pot wort♥ nearly $164k wit♥ ♠brugby ♥ol♦ing a ♠lig♥t 59% to 41% lea♦. T♥at woul♦ ♠oon ♣♥ange a♠ t♥e 8♦ 7♠ 8♠ flop ♣ame ♥uge for ♠brugby giving ♥im trip Eig♥t♠ an♦ a 95% ♣♥an♣e of winning t♥e ♥an♦. Ivey woul♦ nee♦ running Nine♠, King♠, or ♠traig♥t ♣ar♦♠ to take ♦own t♥e ♥an♦, but t♥e Q♥ on the turn sealed it for sbrugby as he raked in the enormous pot.
After analyzing the hand further, both players seemed to have played the hand correctly. Realizing sbrugby’s overbet was unintentional, Ivey’s K♦ 9♣ was probably a good enough hand to push in with to try to take down the pot right there. His opponent could have easily been holding any of various hands that would be raised heads-up. Unfortunately, sbrugby did hold an A-hi and was bold enough to make the huge call and also lucky enough to have his hand hold up.
$200/$400 – No Limit Hold’em
sbrugby ($81,976)
Phil Ivey ($135,295)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $200
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $30,800
Phil Ivey raises to $133,710, and is all-in
sbrugby calls $51,176, and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $16,997 returned to Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey shows K♦ 9♣
sbrugby shows A♥ 8♣
*** FLOP *** 8♦ 7♠ 8♠
*** TURN *** 8♦ 7♠ 8♠ Q♥
*** RIVER *** 8♦ 7♠ 8♠ Q♥ 5♠
sbrugby shows three of a kind, Eights
Phil Ivey shows King Queen high
sbrugby wins the pot ($163,951.50) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $163,951.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: 8♦ 7♠ 8♠ Q♥ 5♠
sbrugby (small blind) showed A♥ 8♣ and won ($163,951.50) with three of a kind, Eights
Phil Ivey (big blind) showed K♦ 9♣ and lost with King Queen high
November 29th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Wow!!! This guy is an “online pro”? That is one of the worst calls I have ever seen in my life. He is getting around 2 to 1, but geez A8o. Any pair 88+ has your ass in a sling, A9+ has you dominated too. Ivey’s all in doesn’t have to mean weakness because picking up 30K without a fight with a hand like AQs or TT is a very profitable play. I know you might be steaming from putting in such a big misclick raise, but don’t you have to protect the 50K in front of you? Even though he has the best hand, he still is a mere 58-41% favorite. That is certainly an important edge to have very late in a fast structure tournament, but in a cash game? I just think this is a horrible play. If the action is this insane at the high limits I might have to sell my kidneys for a buyin.
August 18th, 2007 at 6:36 am
dude…if youre so smart how could you forget that 1% bro. Just a late observation. Whats wrong with this picture… 58%-48%.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:52 pm
It’s called a tie guys. 1% odds to hit a tie!