One of the highlights of my Aussie Millions trip was finding time to watch Phil Ivey at the final table of the $100,000 high roller event.

Ivey cruised to heads-up and had the chiplead against American Dan Shak, and the consensus at the tournament was that Ivey was easily a 4-to-1 favorite to win at that point. But Shak picked up a big pot and took the chiplead.

And like in true Ivey fashion, he got his money in good but couldn’t overcome pure luck.

Here was the final hand, there were about 2.4 million chips in play and Ivey had about 700,000:

Ivey raised to 100,000 on the button and Shak shoved. Ivey made the call and they turned over their hands.

Ivey: Ad 10
d
Shak: Ac 7c

Flop: Qc 7h 5s

Ivey was eliminated and took home $600,000 to pass Daniel Negreanu on the all-time tournament money list at $12.8 million. Ivey’s also the all-time winningest player in online cash games, in addition to whatever he wins in Bobby’s Room. If there’s any doubt to the best poker player in the world, this has to seal it.