Ivey Suddenly Takes His Turn in the Chip Lead
Just after he took the lead, Wai Kiat Lee has lost it to Phil Ivey in what is turning out to be a mercurial final table. On a flop of [8hTc8d], Lee bet 400,000 from the cutoff holding [Ahqs]. Button Ivey had flopped a boat with [TsTd] and made the call, while third player Soyza folded his [6h6s].
The turn: [Qd]. Lee checked, Ivey bet 800,000 and faced one of those “how much are you playing?” queries (around 2,000,000 the answer). Lee set him in and was snapped, the river the [7d] giving Ivey the double up.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Ivey | 7,270,000 |
3,330,000  |
| Lee Wai Kiat | 4,800,000 |
-3,500,000  |
Lee Finally Overtakes All-Day Chip Leader Soyza
Wai Kiat Lee is the new chip-leader three-handed. While Phil Ivey appears to be taking somewhat of a back seat at this juncture, Lee and Michael Soyza have been tangling plenty. Most recently Soyza, with [Acjd], raised to 400,000 in the cutoff, called by Lee on the button with [KdJs]. Soyza led out 300,000 on the [Ks7sQh] flop, called by Lee who’d paired his king. On the [8c] turn, Soyza, still with ace high, led for 1,000,000 and Lee made the call. The river [6c] was checked down, and it’s all change at the top.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Wai Kiat | 8,300,000 |
2,400,000 |
| Michael Soyza | 4,200,000 |
-2,200,000 |
Lee Evens the Stacks Further
Michael Soyza called 100,000 in the cutoff with [Acqc], then a further 300,000 after button Wai Kiat Lee raised, holding [JhTh]. The flop – [AsJcJs] – saw Soyza check-call a bet of 250,000. Both players checked the [Ks] turn, Soyza leading for 200,000 on the [8s] river. Lee just called with his trip jacks, winning the pot to bring himself within shouting distance of the chip lead for the first time today.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Soyza | 6,400,000 |
-300,000 |
| Lee Wai Kiat | 5,900,000 |
650,000 |
Lee Spikes His Ace to Double Through Soyza
Preflop, Wai Kiat Lee limped [Ah8h]. Michael Soyza raised to 500,000 holding [ThTd], making the call when Lee shipped his whole 2,500,000 stack in the middle. Lee flopped an ace, which stayed ahead over the [Jsac8sjhqh] runout, leaving him short stacked no longer.
“I tried, Phil,” said Soyza, of his attempt to bring this final to its heads up stage.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Soyza | 6,700,000 |
-2,600,000 |
| Lee Wai Kiat | 5,250,000 |
2,850,000 |
Lee and Soyza Trade Pots
Wai Kiat Lee called preflop with [QsJh], folding to a button raise from Michael Soyza ([JcTs]). Immediately thereafter, cutoff Soyza called with [qc8d] and Lee checked his [9h9d]. Soyza check-called two streets having hit middle pair on a [Kc8s6h] flop, first 75,000 here and then 125,000 on the [Ks] turn. The [Kd] river saw Lee check behind and take the pot with the larger house.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Soyza | 9,300,000 |
300,000 |
| Lee Wai Kiat | 2,400,000 |
-300,000 |
“You’re Lucky to Have a Chop!”
So said Wai Kiat Lee after a dramatic all-in preflop runout. Lee had called with [QhQs], Ivey raising to 400,000 with [AcQc]. Lee moved all in for 2,030,000 and Ivey made the call. Ivey only flopped everything: [TcKcJd]. As the [8s] rolled out on the turn, Lee was looking for an ace to stay in the running on this final table; he got one – the [Ad] falling on the river.
“You’re lucky to have a chop!” chided a smiling Lee as they took their chips back.
Action First Hand Post Break
The players took a 10 minute break, and the first hand after the restart saw a decent pot head to Phil Ivey. He’d called the 80,000 first to act with [AhKs], and Wai Kat Lee checked his [9hTx]. Lee called over two streets – 150,000 on the [AdQh9d] flop, and 400,000 on the [Kh] turn, folding to Ivey’s final bet of 1,200,000 on the [6s] river.
Soyza Repops Ivey
Hijack Michael Soyza called for 80,000 with [As8s], Lee came along for the ride, but button Phil Ivey, with [6c7c], raised to 380,000. Back to the chip leader, who, having none of it, simply set both of his opponents all in. No callers.
Ivey did pick up [AdJd] and [AsKh] in back-to-back hands thereafter, winning those chips back without a flop.
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