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Official chip counts a-following. By the by, we are most likely in for a bit of a pause in the action while the TV crews do their thing and the feature table is otherwise prepared.
Seat 1: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 2: Marc Inizan
Seat 3: Nicolas Levi
Seat 4: Fabrizio Baldassari
Seat 5: Brian Powell
Seat 6: Dan Steinberg
Seat 7: James Bord
Seat 8: Ronald Lee
Seat 9: Dan Fleyshman
Seat 10: David Peters
10 players remain, but only nine of them will be able to say they made an official WSOPE Main Event final table.
69 minutes remain of this level. Shuffle up, and indeed deal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,864,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
1,667,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
1,540,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
||
|
1,138,000
-174,000
|
-174,000 |
|
||
|
1,092,000
566,000
|
566,000 |
|
1,076,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
693,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
596,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
||
|
440,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
274,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
It looked like it could be swift end to the day, as Marc Inizan open-shoved for 270,000 and Brian Powell tanked up for a few moments, his hand protecting his cards.
But Powell eventually folded, as did everyone else, and Inizan is at 300,000 or so.
When we began this unofficial final table, Tournament Director Jack Effel announced the scheduling plans.
As of right now, we're still planning on taking a dinner break the end of this level, just about exactly one hour from now. If we lose a player before then, we're obviously done for the night, but if we're still ten-handed at 8:00, it'll be a ninety-minute dinner break for everyone.
Since that bit of Marc Inizan all-in shenaniganry, we have seen a total of one flop.
It was dealt when Ronald Lee raised to 35,000 in the cutoff and got a call from Dan Fleyshman on the button. The flop in question read 
and Lee checked, then swiftly folded to a 55,000 bet from Fleyshman.
Beyond that, it's been a rather cagey affair, the players for the moment happy to take it in turns to steal the blinds.
Current score on the preflop blind stealing - Roland de Wolfe 1, Dan Fleyshman 1, James Bord 1, Marc Inizan 1, David Peters 1, Fabrizio Baldassari technically just 1 - he did open twice, but the first time he got pushed off by a reraise from Dan Steinberg, so we guess Dan Steinberg also 1.
A 90 minute dinner break is looking like a distinct possibility.
Nicolas Levi limped in from middle position, and so did Fabrizio Baldassari. Both James Bord and Ronald Lee came along from the blinds as well, and it was four-handed to the flop.
It came down 
, and the blinds checked. Levi continued out with a bet of 40,000, and Baldassari quickly raised to 124,000 total. The three opponents folded in turn, and the pot goes to the Italian gentleman in Seat 4.
Levi opened the next pot to 39,000, and this time everyone folded. He let Daniel Steinberg win the next one with a raise, but two hands later, Levi was at it again. He raised to 39,000 once more, but this time Baldassari three-bet to 102,000. He's been the most active player here in the early stages of ten-handed play, but Levi was forced to surrender his cards.
It was back to first-raiser-wins-the-blinds-a nd-antes for some time, and then we got to see another flop!
Nothing to get overly excited about, though. Roland de Wolfe raised to 40,000 and Fabrizio Baldassari called in the cutoff to see that flop, which came down 
. De Wolfe bet out 56,000, and it was enough to make Baldassari fold.
That dinner break edges ever closer...
Nicolas Levi opened to 40,000, and he just can't seem to escape the players on his left. He got through Fabrizio Baldassari just fine, but Brian Powell was thinking sinister thoughts. He grabbed a big tower of uncounted red-and-white chips (any three-bet would pretty much commit him to this hand), and he made it 195,000 total. When it came back to Levi, he asked how much Powell was playing, and he appeared to have exactly 150,000 behind.
That was good enough; Levi mucked, though the dealer handed his cards back and made him flash them for the camera one more time before she pushed the pot to Powell.
Roland de Wolfe raised under the gun, and James Bord reraised to 130,000 around the table. De Wolfe quickly called the extra amount, and the dealer pulled in the chips.
De Wolfe and Bord check-checked it the whole way down as the board ran 
. De Wolfe showed his 
first, and his kicker was good enough to win him the pot.
