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World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Italy's Moses
Hand #108: Fabrizio Baldassari raised to 100,000 preflop and everyone folded. He seems to be the Moses of poker this chap; whenever he raises, the table quickly step out of his way.
Hand #109: The action folded around to James Bord on the button who raised to 125,000. The blinds folded.
Hand #110: Ronald Lee snapped up the last pot of the level with a button raise to 90,000.
De Wolfe Survives
Hand #107: Roland De Wolfe, who has been rather quiet of late, moved all it from UTG+1 for what looked to be 440,000, or 11 big blinds. Daniel Steinberg and James Bord both made him sweat in the blinds, but eventually folded their hands. De Wolfe survives.
Turn Check-Raise from Baldassari
Hand #104: Danny Steinberg raised to 85,000 in another attempt to get aggressive preflop. This time, no one fought back and they gave him the pot.
Hand #105: Ronald Lee raised to 85,000 from the cutoff seat and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #106: Lee raised to 85,000 for the second hand in a row. Fabrizio Baldassari called from the small blind and Danny Steinberg called from the big blind.
The three players saw the flop come down: 
, all black and all spades. Baldassari was first up and he fired 125,000. Action the fell to Steinberg and he released. Lee made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Baldassari checked. Lee bet 310,000. Baldassari check-raised and Lee let it go right away. The amount of the check raise wasn't announced. Baldassari showed the 
upon Lee folding.
Steinberg Getting Pushed Around
Hand #102: Fabrizio Baldassari raised to 100,000. Danny Steinberg was in the next seat and reraised to 275,000. Play folded back to Baldassari and he reraised to which Steinberg insta-folded.
Hand #103: Danny Steinberg raised to 85,000 from the cutoff seat. James Bord was on the button and three-bet to 300,000. When action got back to Steinberg, he folded and relinquished some more chips.
Levi Doubles Through de Wolfe
Hand #101: Roland de Wolfe raised to 95,000 and then Nicolas Levi moved all in from the next seat. The total shove was for 595,000, an even half a million more. De Wolfe thought for a minute and then made the call.
De Wolfe: 
Levi: 
The flop came down 
and de Wolfe tossed his hand up in the air in disgust. The turn brought the 
and gave Levi two pair with de Wolfe still needing a ten.
The river completed the board with the 
and Levi was able to come from behind to double up.
Final Played for Century
Hand #96: Following that crescendo of shouting, the next hand was fairly sedate, with only a non-shown-down threebet to 315k of Fabrizio Baldassari's which took Roland de Wolfe off his preflop raise to 100k.
Hand #97: Danny Steinberg raised to 85k. Now it was de Wolfe's turn to reraise preflop - this time all in. Another quick fold from the initial raiser.
Hand #98: A walk for the stack-damaged Nicolas Levi.
Hand #99: De Wolfe on the button now raised to 90k. Baldassari smiled like he wanted to repop him again, but folded.
Hand #100: The final reaches triple digits of hands played with a walk for Steinberg.
Levi Fails to Spike the Bord
Hand #95: Lee, maintaining his aggression, made it 85,000 from under the gun. Nicolas Levi reached for chips in the cut-off and trickled in a reraise to 225,000.
It was going to be interesting to see how Lee reacted to a second consecutive three-bet, but that prospect began to diminish as the action halted on James Bord. He didn't hide his poker face, grimacing like a gurning champion and leaning back in his seat with his hands behind his head. It was clear, unless he was going for the Oscar, that this was a tough decision.
After a minute or two of deliberation, Bord announced all-in, triggering his ever-increasing crew of fans on the rail to inch closer to the edge of their seats. Bord, meanwhile, adopted the position that we have become more accustomed to: statuesque, elbows on felt, and chin resting on knuckles. Now the poker face was firmly attached.
Lee folded quicker than a jet-propelled whippet, but Levi was less hasty, counting out his white 25,000 chips as he mulled over his decision. He didn't seem confident, but he eventually made the call to put his opponent's tournament life at risk.
Cards on their backs, and it was coin flip time, and perhaps the most crucial flip of their poker careers:
Levi: 
Bord: 
As the rail held its collective breath, Bord and Levi both rose from their seats and waited patiently for the first three cards to hit the felt.
Flop: 
The crowd celebrated as if Bord had won the title, but it wasn't over yet.
Turn:
The cheers increased in volume. Bord was now just one card away from a vital double through.
River: 
Bord turned to high five his band of men as the front row heaved against the rail like fans at a Take That concert, almost knocking it over. For a moment, the noise even forced the roulette players to look up from the wheel.
"BORD-Y, BORD-Y, BORD-Y!" chanted the crowd as Bord returned to his seat, smiling with a mixture of relief and excitement as he scooped in a behemoth of a pot.
Bord has never been short of support, and now he's not short of chips either. He's got around the two million mark and is in with a legitimate shot of becoming the 2010 WSOPE Champion.
Two More
Hand #93: Daniel Steinberg raised to 85,000 from under the gun to pick up the blinds and antes uncontested.
Hand #94: Ronald Lee opened this time, to the same figure, 85,000. Fabrizio Baldassari three-bet to 350,000 in the small blind and Lee folded.
Steinberg Folds "Something"
Hand #89: The action folded to Fabrizio Baldassari on the button and he raised to win the pot.
Hand #90: Roland de Wolfe raised to 100,000. James Bord reraised from the small blind to 250,000. De Wolfe let it go and Bord won the pot.
Hand #91: Unknown action.
Hand #92: Danny Steinberg raised to 85,000 and Ronald Lee called on the button. The flop came down 
and Steinberg fired 125,000. Lee made the call.
The turn brought the and Steinberg was up first again. He fired 250,000 and Lee thought for a bit. After a couple minutes, he put in a raise to 500,000. Lee tanked and then folded something face up. His hand contained a seven and some other card, but we were unable to see and the dealer didn't show the cards under the overhead camera to be viewed on screen. There was no announcer for this hand either. Much like you, we'll also be interested to see this one on TV.