Bojan Gledovic raised from the button to 10,000. Rudy Blondeau reraised to 28,000 from the small blind. Gledovic four-bet to 70,000 and then Blondeau moved all in for about 240,000 total. Gledovic mucked and Blondeau won the pot.
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Daniel Steinberg opened for 8,000 in the hijack and was met with a reraise to 22,000 from Magnus Persson in the small blind. Steinberg went all in to cover Persson who promptly called all in, and they were on their backs.
Steinberg: 
Persson: 
Board: 
...
Things started looking up for the 2007 WSOPE Main Event finalist on the river, and he doubled to 250,000. Steinberg is now on only slightly more than that - 290,000.
With 43 players remaining in the field, we still have one man left standing with a chance to win a second Main Event title this week.
Huck Seed is a professional poker player who grew up in Montana where he was a star basketball player on his high school team. From there, Seed attended the California Institute of Technology as an engineering student. On a break from college in 1989, Huck began playing poker regularly and has never looked back. A staggering six foot, seven-inch man, Huck Seed is far from intimidating in demeanor. He’s soft-spoken and generally regarded as one of the nice guys in the world of poker.
Seed has his picture on the walls of the Amazon Room in Las Vegas for his victory in the 1996 WSOP Main Event. That earned him his lone seven-figure tournament payday as he took home his second gold bracelet and $1,000,000 in cash. He's since picked up another two bracelets, including a second appearance at the Main Event final table in 1999. This year, Huck took down the Tournament of Champions at the WSOP, the invitation-only event that scored him a cool half-million dollars. All told, he's racked up just shy of $6 million in career tournament cashes.
Seed’s also done very well for himself outside of the WSOP. He’s traveled the world playing the tournament circuit and had deeps runs and hefty cashes all over the place. He’s won events at the Festa al Lago III WPT event, the World Poker Finals, and the L.A. Poker Classic.
Whether it’s maneuvering through large fields or playing one on one in heads-up tournaments, Seed adjusts to any form. He has perennially done very well for himself at the National Heads-Up Poker Championships. Seed cashed in 2005 for $25,000, in 2006 for $125,000, in 2007 again for $25,000, and in 2008 for $125,000. As if that’s not good enough, Seed won the event in 2009 and pocketed $500,000 after he defeated Vanessa Rousso in the final match. Seed also has a win in the Canadian Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Huck is getting a bit short on chips at the last count (95,000/24bb), but as long as he's got the proverbial chip and a chair, he might well be one of the favorites to make another WSOP final table run here in London.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Here are the counts of the remaining players at the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
795,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
720,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
550,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
465,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
409,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
365,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
350,000 | |
|
346,000
31,400
|
31,400 |
|
|
||
|
340,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
340,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
335,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
320,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
295,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
270,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
260,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
240,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
232,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
230,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
225,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
189,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
185,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
175,100
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
The player are on another 20-minute break. We'll have all the counts for you momentarily.
James Mitchell's stack has suffered a big dent after he doubled-up Ronald Lee. Mitchell opened to 7,300 from the hijack and was called by Viktor Blom in the next seat before Lee moved all-in for another 79,300. Mitchell then moved in behind prompting a snap fold from Blom.
Lee: 
Mitchell: 
The board ran 
to pair Lee's ace. Mitchell down to 126,000 as a result.
He's still awfully short but Mark Thurgood has managed to double up from 18,900 just before the break. He got his money in with against Daniel Steinberg's 
, live but needing some help to stay alive.
He got help! The board ran 
, keeping Thurgood in this thing. He's back over 40,000 now, but still appears to be the shortest stack in the room.
John Conroy got his last few chips in with and hit, but Rudy Blondeau's hit harder on the 
board and the Irishman hit the rail.
Phil Ivey and Rudy Blondeau were at it again and this time there wasn't a chopped pot. There wasn't a turn or river either.
After Ivey opened from middle position to 7,500, Blondeau reraised from the cutoff seat to 21,500. Ivey made the call and to the flop they went.
The flop came down and Ivey studied Blondeau, then checked. Blondeau thought for a minute while under the scary glare of Ivey. He then fired out 26,500. Ivey made sure to stare a bit more at Blondeau before folding his hand, letting the youngster sweat a little bit.
