Marc Inizan had already shoved from the big blind and failed to get a call from original raiser Andrew Pantling. So it was that he shoved again next hand, this time from the small blind to a 27,000 raise from Dan Steinberg in the cutoff and we think a call from Brian Powell on the button (even TD Jack Effel is banned from the feature table enclosure, making it very difficult indeed to work out exactly what's going on).
However it went down, Steinberg got out of the way and Inizan and Powell's cards were soon on their backs.
Powell:
Inizan:
Board: BAM!
The Frenchman smacked the flop hard, and doubled up for the second time today, to around 530,000. Powell was left with a similar amount.
Dan Fleyshman opened to 30,000 in early position, and he found calls from Brian Powell (cutoff) and Marc Inizan (button). The three men took a flop of , and Fleyshman continued out with a bet of 55,000. Powell called and Inizan ducked out, and it was heads up the rest of the way.
The landed on fourth street, and Fleyshman doesn't have a "slow down" button. He fired out another 100,000 chips, and Powell considered for maybe ninety seconds before making the call again.
That brought them to the river, and Fleyshman leaned forward to stare at Powell's stack. He asked him how much he was playing (about 325,000 behind) before making one final bet of 110,000. That would send Powell deep into the think tank as he prodded Fleyshman for information. The two men bantered back and forth for a couple long minutes, with occasional nervous smiles flashing across each of their faces at different stages along the way. Powell couldn't get Fleyshman to answer the "What do you have?" question, so he called to find out for sure.
Fleyshman tabled , and Powell flung his second-best hand high into the air and into the muck. That second big hit knocks Powell all the way back to just 210,000, while Fleyshman has taken over the chip lead with about 1.8 million.
After a period of inactivity, Fabrizio Baldassari got busy with a raise to 37,000 from the cut-off with . David Peters three-bet to 97,000 in the small blind and Baldassari made the call.
On the flop, Peters came out firing to the tune of 103,000, but Baldassari showed he had the meatballs and made a minimum raise to 206,000. Peters made the fold and the Italian picked up a nice pot with queen high. He now has 650,000.
There had been a raise preflop (we're guessing it was from Nicolas Levi on the button, and Andrew Pantling called out of the big blind) and the flop read . Pantling checked to Levi, who bet 23,000 - but Pantling then check-raised to 73,000.
Levi asked how much he had behind (it looked like 330,000 from where we were standing) and played with a stack of white T25,000 chips for a while - but eventually he folded and Pantling moved up to 485,000.
Since then, Levi has increased the aggression. A couple hands later, Marc Inizan opened for 27,000, but folded to Levi's 65,000 reraise. The next hand, Levi opened to 30,000, but no-one wanted to tangle and he upped his stack to 650,000.
We're absolutely craving some food up here on the stage, and Dan Fleyshman has just been delivered a piping hot bowl of soup and a deliciously crisp looking salad to enjoy tableside. That makes us jealous.
It looks like there's a hand brewing at the table, but, in fact, that really seems less important now.
"Can you see what the bet size is?" I asked my blogging partner.
"Can you see what the soup is today from here?" our intrepid reporter "danafish" asked in reply.
Action folded to Hoyt Corkins in the cutoff seat. Corkins raised to 35,000 before play fell on Fabrizio Baldassari on the button. Baldassari reraised to 102,000 and the two blinds got out of the way. Corkins reraised to 212,000 and then Baldassari moved all in. Corkins had about 350,000 total and made the call for the rest of his chips.
Corkins' only had one overcard to the for Baldassari. The flop, turn and river ran out and Baldassari's kings held up. He had Corkins covered and sent him to the rail in 15th place, moving his stack to over one million in chips.
Dan Steinberg raised from the button, and Brian Powell moved in for his last 145,000 or so from the small blind. A call, and they were on their backs.
Steinberg:
Powell:
Board:
Despite the good-natured calls of, "Queen!" from Steinberg's brother Max at the rail, which he swiftly changed to, "Queen jack king!" when Steinberg gave him a look, no-one hit anything and the ladies held up.
Judging by the size of the pot, it looked as though Barny Boatman had limped preflop, but either way, three players saw a flop of where Boatman led for 17,000 after his two opponents (David Peters and Clint Coffee in the blinds) had checked before him. Only Coffee called.
Both players checked the turn, but Boatman decided to fire at the river, sliding 55,000 across the felt. Again, Coffee made the call, but was soon met with the bad news as Boatman revealed for the flopped set and turned full house.
It was difficult to count his chips as he was still raking them in, but Boatman seems to be staying afloat with around 350,000.
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, and Fleyshman continued out with a bet of 55,000. Powell called and Inizan ducked out, and it was heads up the rest of the way.
landed on fourth street, and Fleyshman doesn't have a "slow down" button. He fired out another 100,000 chips, and Powell considered for maybe ninety seconds before making the call again.
, and Powell flung his second-best hand high into the air and into the muck. That second big hit knocks Powell all the way back to just 210,000, while Fleyshman has taken over the chip lead with about 1.8 million.
. David Peters three-bet to 97,000 in the small blind and Baldassari made the call.
flop, Peters came out firing to the tune of 103,000, but Baldassari showed he had the meatballs and made a minimum raise to 206,000. Peters made the fold and the Italian picked up a nice pot with queen high. He now has 650,000.
and Baldassari's kings held up. He had Corkins covered and sent him to the rail in 15th place, moving his stack to over one million in chips.
where Boatman led for 17,000 after his two opponents (David Peters and Clint Coffee in the blinds) had checked before him. Only Coffee called.
turn, but Boatman decided to fire at the 
river, sliding 55,000 across the felt. Again, Coffee made the call, but was soon met with the bad news as Boatman revealed