Matthew Vaughan opened the pot from the hijack with a raise to 7,500, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 23,000.
With the action on Kevin MacPhee in the big blind, he cold four-bet to 48,500 total.
Vaughan folded, as did the cutoff, and MacPhee collected the pot.
A huge cheer and bellow of 'Come on!' came from across the Brasilia room and when we got to the table, Jeff Stocking was on his feet in celebration.
The board was down 
and in front of Stocking was 
. His opponent's hand was still in front of him as well, and it turned out to be 
.
At which point the two players got all their chips into the middle isn't clear, but what we do know is that Stocking was on the verge of elimination until the ace hit the river and he exploded into celebration.
Pierce McKellar raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Josh Arieh called from middle position. The big blind called and they went three handed to the 
flop.
The big blind checked and McKellar continued with a bet of 13,000. Arieh called and they went heads up to the turn card. McKellar checked and Arieh bet 21,000.
McKellar called and both players checked when the hit the river. McKellar turned over 
for trip aces with a king kicker and Arieh fired his hand face down into the muck.
The player in early position opened to 6,000. Ema Zajmovic, from one seat over, called. The button three-bet to 25,000. The original raiser folded and Zajmovic made the call.
Players saw a flop of 
. Zajmovic checked. Her opponent bet 18,000. She check-called. The turn brought the 
. Zajmovic checked. Her opponent continued with a bet of 65,000. She check-called again. The 
river completed the board and was checked around. Zajmovic tabled 
for a straight. Her opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
Picking up the action on the river with the board reading 
, Phil Ivey was facing a bet of 30,000 from his opponent. The pot had over 85,000 in the middle and Ivey found it in him to make the call after thinking for a couple of minutes.
His opponent turned over 
and hinted that Ivey was probably made a good call. Ivey indeed held the best hand with 
and has vaulted his stack over 600,000 now.
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