Phil plays pocket kings against Jerry Fitt who holds J9 suited. The flop gives Ivey quad kings — but means two pair for Jerry. Both players check, but on the turn Jerry check-raises Ivey… The river fill Jerry up, and obviously Ivey easily shoves it all-in…
An expert fold by Jerry Fitt — excellent play by Phil, unlucky not getting payed off though…
This is poker at its very best. Both players miss the flop, both players don’t feel like backing off, and both players have the correct read on the other player. Excellent stuff!
Vicious poker — and I love it. At no point did Phil think he had the best hand in this one. At 2:35 you can actually see phil think “omgwtfbbq is going on in this one?!”. Sick, but breathtaking poker — enjoy it!
Youtube commenter Yoshi summed it up right, though:
“The deciding factor was that Jackson left 380K behind him with a million chip pot…which was illogical/unnatural. He would be pot committed later anyways if Ivey called. “
The vid:
Beautiful, innit?