Viktor Blom raised to 23,000 from early position, and Ronald Lee made the smooth call from the cutoff seat, the two men going heads up the rest of the way.
The flop brought , and Blom fired right out with 38,000 chips. Lee didn't waste too much time calling, and that brought them to the turn. Blom loaded the gun and fired another bullet, 65,000 this time. Lee called with ease, and the filled out the board.
Blom slowed down now, knocking the felt with the edge of his hand. Lee paused to consider before making a wager of 101,000 with four whites and a yellow. That caused Blom to lean forward and study his opponent, elbows resting on the rail. He double-checked his hole cards, then re-capped them and cut the calling chips out of his stack. He shuffled them tantalizingly, perhaps trying to draw a reaction of some sort from Lee. After another minute or so, Blom slid the chips into the pot.
Lee tabled , and Blom tapped the felt in acknowledgement of the best hand. He mucked, and his stack has taken a big hit back to around 210,000.
The action's very slow at the moment up here on the balcony, players deliberating over each decision as if they were playing for £830,401. Madness.
We did witness one all in though, Roland De Wolfe opening under the gun for 29,000 before pushing to Hoyt Corkin's three-bet to 70,000 for 262,000 more.
Corkins threw his cards into the muck and De Wolfe invited him to turn over his cards, which he did: .
Dan Steinberg picked up a smallish pot when he called Viktor Blom's raise to 22,000 out of the big blind and then check-called another 45,000 on the flop. Both players checked the turn and river, and Steinberg revealed for a middling full house. Blom mucked, and the pot was duly shipped to Setinberg.
He lost them back the net hand though, raising to 35,000 out of the small blind and getting called by Jim Morrison lookalikey Brian Powell in the big. Steinberg tried another 30,000 bet on the flop but Powell called that too, and Steinberg now backed down, just checking the turn and river before turning over a very unimpressive . Powell's were good enough to win the pot, and it was win one, lose one for Steinberg.
Barney Boatman is up to 400,000 after two uncontested three-bets in consecutive hands from the blinds. David Peters and then James Bord were the victims.
Bojan Gledovic had about 470,000 chips left in front of him when he got his money all in with . That's not too bad a hand, but it doesn't tend to play well when a guy like Dan Fleyshman wakes up with right next door.
The cards were on their backs, and Gledovic was already standing to gather his things as the dealer ran out a board full of blanks, as far as he was concerned. It came , and that's all she wrote for Gledovic. It was his second cash at the 2010 WSOP; his only other career result is a 165th-place showing in the Main Event, good for $57,102.
Again, it's tough to get a good count for Fleyshman, but our math puts him exactly tied with the chip leader, he and Ronald Lee both with 1.49 million chips apiece, give or take a few.
Andrew Pantling has been very active even for a short stack, but we have yet to see a showdown.
First he opened to 23,000 and was faced with a reraise to 60,000 from Bojan Gledovic. Pantling went all in but Gledovic decided he didn't like his hand that much after all, and folded.
A couple hands later and Ronald Lee opened for 22,000. Pantling reraised to 61,000, but after a few moments' thought Lee pushed a huge stack of white T25,000 chips across the line, more than enough to cover Pantling, who eventually folded.
Pantling is hovering on a half-the-average but still 33-BBs 335,000.
Roland de Wolfe opened with a raise from the button to 29,000. Fabrizio Baldassari was in the big blind and made the call to see the flop come . Baldassari checked and de Wolfe fired out 37,000. Baldassari made the call and the turn brought the . Baldassari didn't check this time and fired out 43,000. De Wolfe mucked his hand and was left with just under 300,000.
James Bord, who's seeing more pots than Bill and Ben, raised from middle position to 29,000. Without hesitation, Anthony Newman moved all in for 200,000 from the hijack.
Despite asking for a count, Bord called before the dealer had barely touched the chips and we had a showdown.
Bord:
Newman:
Flop:
With the lady on the flop, Newman had one foot in the taxi and the other on thin ice, and after a turn (which, incidentally, Bord requested) and an river, the ice broke and Newman was gone.
Anthony Newman limped under-the-gun and Fabrizio Baldassari made up the small blind, only for James Bord to take it down with a raise to 55,000 in the big blind.
"Where's the camera?" he requested, referring to ESPN's mobile hole cam. "You're going to want to see this one."
Although hesitant, the crew obliged, although it seemed in vain as I doubt this hand would ever make it past the cutting room floor.
Under the gun, Dan Fleyshman raised to 23,000, and action passed around to Marc Inizan. He three-bet it to 74,000, and Fleyshman quickly made the call to see a flop.
It came down , and the action check-checked instantly. The same thing happened on the turn, and the raggy landed on fifth street. Fleyshman needed to bet, and as he often does, he just grabbed a stack of uncounted red chips and threw them at the pot. The dealer was still stacking the amount of the bet (85,000), and Inizan was dropping chips into the pot as he counted up. He arrived at 85,000 at the same time the dealer did, and Fleyshman tabled , his two pair good enough to take it down.
Inizan is right back to 252,000 after that hit, while Fleyshman is on the move to the front. He should be awfully close to a million now, though we're going to have to wait for the cameras to move before we can get a more accurate number.
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, and Blom fired right out with 38,000 chips. Lee didn't waste too much time calling, and that brought them to the 
turn. Blom loaded the gun and fired another bullet, 65,000 this time. Lee called with ease, and the 
filled out the board.
, and Blom tapped the felt in acknowledgement of the best hand. He mucked, and his stack has taken a big hit back to around 210,000.
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flop. Both players checked the 
turn and 
river, and Steinberg revealed 
for a middling full house. Blom mucked, and the pot was duly shipped to Setinberg.
turn and 
river before turning over a very unimpressive 
. Powell's 
were good enough to win the pot, and it was win one, lose one for Steinberg.
. That's not too bad a hand, but it doesn't tend to play well when a guy like Dan Fleyshman wakes up with 
, and that's all she wrote for Gledovic. It was his second cash at the 2010 WSOP; his only other career result is a 165th-place showing in the Main Event, good for $57,102.
. Baldassari checked and de Wolfe fired out 37,000. Baldassari made the call and the turn brought the 
landed on fifth street. Fleyshman needed to bet, and as he often does, he just grabbed a stack of uncounted red chips and threw them at the pot. The dealer was still stacking the amount of the bet (85,000), and Inizan was dropping chips into the pot as he counted up. He arrived at 85,000 at the same time the dealer did, and Fleyshman tabled