Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em Day 4 | World Series of Poker Europe 2010

09-27-2010 12:54 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
James Bord	1,114,000 194,000	194,000

Ronald Lee	1,003,000 153,000	153,000
Viktor Blom	932,000 32,000	32,000
David Peters	850,000 205,000	205,000

Nicolas Levi	725,000 85,000	85,000
Danny Steinberg	671,000 11,000	11,000
Dan Fleyshman	630,000 5,000	5,000
Bojan Gledovic	584,000 -26,000	-26,000
Fabrizio Baldassari	568,000 153,000	153,000
Andrew Pantling	565,000 -195,000	-195,000
Clint Coffee	511,000 -79,000	-79,000
Phil Ivey	481,000 -84,000	-84,000

Hoyt Corkins	435,000 -75,000	-75,000

Brian Powell	379,000 -46,000	-46,000
Barny Boatman	300,000 60,000	60,000

Roland de Wolfe	232,000 -3,000	-3,000

Marc Inizan	205,000 -115,000	-115,000
Anthony Newman	196,000 -154,000	-154,000
Arnaud Mattern	180,000 -4,000	-4,000

Day 4 Players

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Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

09-27-2010 13:13 UTC

Roland de Wolfe had the button, and he was the preflop aggressor, though we couldn't see the exact action from our seats. However it transpired, he and big blind Clint Coffee tangled up in a raising war that left de Wolfe all in for 226,000. The former was racing for his tournament life:

De Wolfe: {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs}
Coffee: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

The flop was loads o' fun as it came {4-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} to give de Wolfe the big set of tens and pull him into a big lead. It was a scary flop, though, as Coffee was drawing live to nine diamonds for the knockout.

The turn {5-Spades} ended the drama right there, however, as de Wolfe's full house was unbeatable. A meaningless {7-Spades} river was a mere formality, and de Wolfe has found some chips to play with. He's up to a healthy 564,000 now, he and Coffee essentially trading stacks.

Tags: Clint Coffee Roland de Wolfe

09-27-2010 13:20 UTC

Bord But Never Boring

[user46392]

James Bord raised two hands in a row. The first time he picked up the blinds and antes. The second time he picked up something much less nice - a call from Viktor Blom on the button.

They saw an {8-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {2-Diamonds} flop which Bord checked. Blom bet 53,000 - and Bord now announced all in. A quick fold later, and the TV crew brought their little hole card camera around so that one day in the future we might know what they had.

Blom told Bord he had {a-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds} , but didn't show his hand to anyone but the cameraman.

Bord simply said, "I had a hand." Then he chuckled, "Mine was better than yours, I'm sure."

"Yeah, I'm sure it was," agreed Blom.

"Leave me alone," Bord giggled back at him.

Bord is up to almost 1.2 million. Blom drops just a little to 790,000.

Tags: James Bord Viktor Blom

09-27-2010 13:27 UTC

Phil Ivey Eliminated in 19th Place (£26,400)

[user66118]

In middle position, Fabrizio Baldassari limped into the pot, and Phil Ivey stuck in a raise to 35,000 next door. In the big blind, Ronald Lee slowly squeezed his hole cards before sticking a chip on top to cap them as he thought it over. After a moment, he reraised it back, making it 101,000 to go and quickly folding Baldassari. Lee had to endure a long gaze from Ivey, and at the end of the staredown, Ivey announced an all in for 444,000 total. Lee double-checked his cards to make sure, and quickly called to put Ivey at risk.

The news was not good for Ivey, or for poker fans:
Ivey: {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds}
Lee: {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}

The flop was a big swing and a miss for Ivey as it came {9-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs} , leaving him dead to three outs.

If the flop was a miss, the turn was a disaster. The {K-Clubs} peeled off to a disappointed chorus of "Awwww" from the entire room. Ivey was drawing dead, his Main Event over. Just for the extra rubdown, the now-useless {10-Hearts} filled out the board, signaling the end of another impressive run for Ivey. It would be a staggering feat if it weren't Phil Ivey; this sort of performance has almost become expected thanks to the high standard he consistently sets.

Ivey will have to be content with eight bracelets until next summer at least, as his bid for number nine has fallen just short. It's hard to say enough about the show he put on here this week, drawing fans from all across England and media from around the world to come catch a glimpse of his shot at history. It was not meant to be this week, however, but you can be certain that the poker world will be ready for Ivey's next bracelet run.

If he keeps playing as well as he did here in London, and there's no reason to think otherwise, we probably won't have to wait very long for the next one.

Tags: Fabrizio Baldassari Phil Ivey Ronald Lee

09-27-2010 13:32 UTC

Blomming Heck

[user46392]

Viktor Blom made an opening raise, but Dan Steinberg reraised another 100,000 or so out of the big blind. Blom flatted, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {6-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {k-Clubs}

Steinberg bet out 80,000. Again, Blom flat-called. The pot was turning big.

Turn: {7-Diamonds}

This time Steinberg bet out 220,000. There was a long dwell from Blom (we imagine that the TV crew spent the whole time zooming closer and closer in on his face) but eventually he folded. He's down to around 600,000.

Tags: Viktor Blom Dan Steinberg

09-27-2010 13:32 UTC

The Final Two Tables

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Main Feature Table
Seat 1: Daniel Steinberg
Seat 2: Brian Powell
Seat 3: Viktor Blom
Seat 4: Marc Inizan
Seat 5: Nicolas Levi
Seat 6: Ronald Lee
Seat 7: Andrew Pantling
Seat 8: Bojan Gledovic
Seat 9: Dan Fleyshman

Secondary Table
Seat 1: Clint Coffee
Seat 2: Barny Boatman
Seat 3: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 4: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 5: Fabrizio Baldassari
Seat 6: James Bord
Seat 7: Anthony Newman
Seat 8: Arnaud Mattern
Seat 9: David Peters

09-27-2010 13:48 UTC

Bord Makes the Fold

[user4144]

After stopping to break down to two tables, play finally got underway as chip leader James Bord opened from middle position for 29,000. Newly acquired foe, David Peters, flat-called.

On the {5-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} flop, Bord checked, triggering a bet of 19,000 from Peters. Bord accidentally let a chip run loose as he riffled his chips in his hand, but the speed in which he retrieved it likely revealed his intentions: he made the fold.

Tags: David Peters James Bord

09-27-2010 13:52 UTC

Fleyshman Wins One... We Think...

[user66118]

Dan Fleyshman limped in from the cutoff seat, and Daniel Steinberg called on the button. Brian Powell completed from the small blind, and Viktor Blom knocked the table from the big, and it was four ways to the flop.

Things get a bit fuzzy now as we were trying to dodge cameras and catch a vantage point. We'll tell you what we know. The flop was {8-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {4-Spades} , and Fleyshman was the first man to stab at the pot with 35,000. The middle two players folded, but Blom splashed in the call to go heads up the rest of the way.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} , and we're half-guessing, but it looked like the action went check-check to the river {3-Clubs} . Blom appeared to lead out with 80,000, and Fleyshman made the call.

Um... we couldn't even see the winning hand. The dealer mucked it rather quickly, and we couldn't even tell for a moment who had won the pot. Blom nodded, and the chips were pushed to Fleyshman.

Hmph... we're going to try and find a better way to see what's going on; it's awfully difficult with the army of cameras and producers flanking the table.

Tags: Dan Fleyshman Viktor Blom