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Phil Ivey was ousted in a tourney held in his honor by poker pal Chino Rheem
Amid a lot of media attention the Phil Ivey high-stakes poker room at the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter opened for business with a $1 million freeroll. Part of the plan was to hunt Ivey, giving the player who knocked him out a $100k bounty.
That player was 2008 WSOP Main Event final table player Chino Rheem.
The winner of the event was Larry Linton, who got a $250,000 first prize and the chance to play Ivey heads-up immediately following for an additional $250,000. Ivey managed to do better this time around, saving the Ivey Room a quarter million dollars in the process.
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