15 Mar 10

High Stakes Poker: durrrr and Ivey Face Off

The sixth episode of High Stakes Poker Season 6 featured insane action. Several players went broke, some of them left the table and some chose to stay. Meanwhile durrrr and Ivey went heads-up for a pot worth over $670k.

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The first clash in the sixth episode occurred between Daniel Negreanu and Eli Elezra. The latter scooped what was left of Negreanu's initial stack, as the Canadian pro reached for another $200k buy-in.

Negreanu was also the first player who decided to stay at the table after having lost his initial buy-in. This turned out well for him, as he doubled up through Gus Hansen to get break-even thus far on the show.

Meanwhile, Tom "durrrr" Dwan (pictured right) challenged Dario Minieri - who was up to that point successfully pushing around players at the table with his timely bluffs. The Italian tried to win this pot with brute force as well, but durrrr snap-called him and sniped away his entire stack.

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Ivey gives durrrr the chills

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With Minieri packing his bags, the table lost one of the most aggressive players on the show, but the action continued to heat up.

Jason Mercier was the next player to find himself in trouble. He tried to bluff Phil Ivey (pictured right) and even though Gabe Kaplan admitted he'd have him fooled for having aces or kings, Ivey saw things differently and made the call.

With the $425k pot going his way, Ivey breached the $1 million mark. However, not all battles went so smoothly for Ivey.

durrrr's stack was also rising steadily and the moment many have been anticipating finally arose. The two players collided and durrrr had to fire more than once to convince Ivey to lay down his hand.

With over half a million at stake, not even the usually calm durrrr could hide his nervousness. Eventually, Ivey gave him the credit and durrrr scooped the $676,900 pot.

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Here are some key hands from the latest High Stakes Poker episode:

$400/$800 No Limit Hold'em, $200 ante

Gus Hansen:

Eli Elezra:

Phil Ivey:

Jason Mercier:

Preflop ($2,400):
Hansen raises to $4,200, Elezra calls, Ivey calls, Mercier raises to $22,100, Hansen folds, Elezra folds, Ivey calls

Flop ($55,000):

Mercier bets $28,700, Ivey raises to $78,700, Mercier raises to $185,100 all in, Ivey calls

Turn ($425,200):

River ($425,200):

Ivey wins $425,200

Phil Laak:

Eli Elezra:

Phil Ivey:

Daniel Negreanu:

durrrr:

Preflop ($2,400):
Laak raises to $3,900, Elezra calls, Ivey calls, Negreanu calls, durrrr raises to $28,900, Laak folds, Elezra folds, Ivey calls, Negreanu folds

Flop ($70,700):