World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£830,401
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Three Tables Left

Here's the redraw for the final three tables in action.

Table 21
Seat 1: Marc Inizan
Seat 2: Fabrizio Baldassari
Seat 3: Phil Ivey
Seat 4: Alex KEating
Seat 5: Bojan Gledovic
Seat 6: Jani Sointula
Seat 7: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 8: Ronald Lee
Seat 9: John Eames

Table 22
Seat 1: Greg Mueller
Seat 2: Viktor Blom
Seat 3: Anthony Newman
Seat 4: Brian Powell
Seat 5: Barry Greenstein
Seat 6: Hoi Cheung
Seat 7: Daniel Steinberg
Seat 8: Thomas Bichon
Seat 9: Arnaud Mattern

Table 23
Seat 1: Dan Fleyshman
Seat 2: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 3: Nicolas Levi
Seat 4: David Peters
Seat 5: Andrew Pantling
Seat 6: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 7: James Bord
Seat 8: Clint Coffee
Seat 9: Barny Boatman

Bon Voyage, Benvenuti

Michael Benvenuti
Michael Benvenuti

First in from the button, Michael Benvenuti shipped it in for about 70,000 with {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}. Next door, Daniel Steinberg looked down at {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} and instantly called, and the cards were on their backs with Benvenuti at risk.

The flop was loads o' fun as it came out {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} to give Benvenuti the set of sevens and put Steinberg in a deep hole. The turn {K-Hearts} was the wrong shade of red to fill in his flush, but the {4-Diamonds} river was much more flush-friendly. It was no so kind to Benvenuti, eliminated before his dinner even had time to settle.

He's out in 28th place, and we're now redrawing our final three tables!

Tags: Daniel SteinbergMichael Benvenuti

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Chip Counts At the Dinner Break

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
1,300,000 60,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
699,000 149,000
Dan Fleyshman us
Dan Fleyshman
695,000 55,000
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
634,000 109,000
Bojan Gledovic
Bojan Gledovic
605,000 62,000
Danny Steinberg us
Danny Steinberg
538,000 -72,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
EPT 1X Winner
480,000 -120,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
442,000 157,000
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
375,000 -125,000
Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
367,000 33,000
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
355,000 25,000
Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
353,000 -102,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
342,000 1,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
320,000 -67,000
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
Full Tilt
300,000 40,000
Fabrizio Baldassari it
Fabrizio Baldassari
287,000 -188,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
280,000 50,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
243,000 73,000
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
WPT 1X Winner
238,000 -77,000
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
232,000 7,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
191,000 -69,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
WPT 1X Winner
181,000 -9,000
Clint Coffee
Clint Coffee
174,000 -16,000
Hoi Cheung
Hoi Cheung
162,000 17,000
Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
125,000 -115,000

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Ding!

It's dinner time, and the players have been sent off for ninety minutes.

Play will resume at 8:45pm.

Deeb Out In 30th

Freddy Deeb: deep run
Freddy Deeb: deep run

Freddy Deeb had under 50k after check-folding a {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} flop to Ronald Lee a little earlier (having called his preflop threebet which was aimed at Nicolas Levi and himself). It came down to a blind on blind confrontation with Roland de Wolfe to bust the gregarious, experienced player - de Wolfe raising in the small blind when it passed round, and going nowhere when Deeb seemed prepared to commit his stack. He showed {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} to Deeb's big blind {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and off they went to let the deck decide the outcome:

Flop: {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} Now a King would prove no problem for Deeb...
Turn: {A-Diamonds} However the bottom end of the straight was no longer of interest as the broadway now belonged to de Wolfe, Deeb saying, "You got it," as he headed off with the consoling, "Unlucky, buddy," of de Wolfe ringing in his ears.

Tags: Roland de WolfeFreddy Deeb

Pantling Paid

Andrew Pantling, chip leader
Andrew Pantling, chip leader

A big bet on the river with a board of {9-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts} from Andrew Pantling just now, which paused his table for a while as opponent Fabrizio Baldassari thought for a long time about the 122,500 which the aggressive Pantling had bet, reaching only slightly into his million-chip stack to do it. Pantling waited patiently, but his patience, and his smacking of the flop, was rewarded when Baldassari paid and mucked, his {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} for the flopped set making him the first player past the 1,000,000 mark.

Tags: Andrew PantlingFabrizio Baldassari

Real As it Gets

Under the gun, Phil Ivey made it 12,500 to play, and Barny Boatman three-bet to 37,500 two seats over. When it came back to Ivey, he made a nonchalant call, heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}, and the action went check-check. On the turn, the {Q-Clubs} drew another check from Ivey, and Boatman bet 35,500. Ivey didn't waste much time calling, again pitching the chips into the pot with a certain air of confidence that's hard to explain in words.

That brought them to the {8-Spades} river, and Ivey knocked the table again. Boatman promptly put both hands behind his stacks and shoved all in for 175,000. Ivey asked for a count, and Boatman started chatting, always a dangerous proposition against Ivey.

"Were you trap-checking on the flop?" he asked.

"Trap-checking?!" Ivey asked, as mildly incredulous as Ivey can get. Boatman continued to jaw, and Ivey obliged him with some friendly banter as he tried to solve the puzzle in front of him. He seemed almost amused at Boatman during their exchange. There was about five minutes of chatter, during which Ivey chuckled under his breath, "Trap-checking..." several more times. Finally, he let Boatman off the hook and surrendered his hand.

Boatman - 330,000
Ivey - 440,000

Tags: Barny BoatmanPhil Ivey