It took almost 15 minutes to see our first contested pot on the day between Joey Lovelady and Oliver Speidel.
Lovelady raised to 1,800 from middle position and the action folded around to Speidel who called from the big blind before check-calling Lovelady's bet of 2,700 on the flop of .
Both players then elected to check down the turn of the and the river . Speidel showed but was no good against the of Lovelady. How excitement!
There's a slight delay to the start of this final table, as we are waiting on the arrival of a countdown clock. Stay tuned, the cards will be in the air very soon.
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The final table of Event #7 is about to begin!
Though the aspiring poker professionals are crammed around the rail near the feature table to check out the big names like Jeff Lisandro, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson and David Steicke as they battle it out in the $100,000 Challenge, directly behind them on the second feature table, the final preparations are being made for the final table of Event #7: $1,150 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys.
There's no shortage of big names over on this side, albeit they may not be as well known as those who feature on those eight-foot high posters around the Crown Poker Room. England's JP Kelly is perhaps the most well-known player at this final table, with a stellar poker CV (including a runner-up finish in last year's GBP £1,000 WSOP Europe event), but we can't forget about Australia's Andrew Scarf, who has had some great results during Season 2 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) and as such finished third in the Player of the Year race.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
1
Randy Dorfman
121,300
2
Oliver Speidel
114,800
3
JP Kelly
78,200
4
Alexander Debus
53,400
5
Eoghan O’Dea
47,500
6
Jeff Chu
29,200
7
Joey Lovelady
27,000
8
Andrew Scarf
26,700
9
Albert Minnullin
19,600
10
John Zindo
5,400
We could wax lyrical about all these players, but as we speak, the players are arriving to unbag their chips. Play will be getting underway soon after that, so be sure to stay tuned with us right here at PokerNews for all the updates!
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and the river 
. Speidel showed 
but was no good against the 
of Lovelady. How excitement!