POKER NEWS

28 September 2010

Ronald Lee eliminates Danny Steinberg in 6th place (£156,530)
Ronald Lee eliminates Danny Steinberg in 6th place (£156,530)

This is turning into a Negreanu-esque performance as so far Ronald Lee has eliminated every opponent busted from this final table, most recently Danny Steinberg.

Nicolas Levi doubles through Roland de Wolfe
Nicolas Levi doubles through Roland de Wolfe

Roland de Wolfe opened the action with a raise to 95,000 before Nicolas Levi moved all in for around 500,000 more. The action folded back to de Wolfe and he began analysing the situation for a few minutes.

James Bord doubles through Nicolas Levi; rail goes wild
James Bord doubles through Nicolas Levi; rail goes wild

With a raise from Ronald Lee and a call from Nicolas Levi before him, London's James Bord moved in for over 900,000. As Nicolas Levi mulled over his decision, Bord's crowd on the rail were incessant with chants of "BOR-DY! BOR-DY! BOR-DY!"

WSOPE final table chip counts
WSOPE final table chip counts

With the elimination of Victory Poker CEO Dan Fleyshman in the first hand back from the break let’s look at the six-handed chip counts. Nicolas Levi is making an Arnaud Mattern style comeback having come to the table as the shortstack and now with an above-average stack.

No Victory at Poker for VP CEO Dan Fleyshman
No Victory at Poker for VP CEO Dan Fleyshman

Victory Poker CEO was delighted to reach the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event but unfortunately for him a series of hands have left him out in seventh place with a £118,643 ($187,400) consolation prize.

Updated chip counts
Updated chip counts

So far we’ve lost two players from the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe £10,350 NL Championship and seven remain in contention for the bracelet and £830,401 including British pros Roland de Wolfe and James Bord. Ronald Lee leads the field with almost a third of the chips in play after eliminating our two rail-hitters in one hand.

Chip counts for our final seven
Chip counts for our final seven

Well, that was something. We knew players were going for it this time round but we didn't expect two to go in one swift hand that gave Roland Lee an even more overwhelming chip lead over the table. Bryan Powell and Marc Inizan both held 8-8 against Lee's A-K which flopped a gutshot and spiked a king to scoop.

Mark Inizan finishes 9th (£69,754); Bryan Powell finishes 8th (£90,617)
Mark Inizan finishes 9th (£69,754); Bryan Powell finishes 8th (£90,617)

Well, we told you the action was heavy at the final table and just like that we've lost two players to bring us seven-handed after a three-way all-in between chip leader Ronald Lee and shortstacks Bryan Powell and Marc Inizan

Chip counts
Chip counts

After Levi's double through Roland de Wolfe; Lee's pot against Bord and blind steals from pretty much everyone these are the most recent chip counts announced by Jack Effel:

Nicolas Levi doubles through Roland de Wolfe
Nicolas Levi doubles through Roland de Wolfe

Nicolas Levi is one of the shorter stacks at the World Series of Poker Europe final table - or at least he was before doubling up at the expense of UK pro and WPT/EPT/WSOP champion Roland de Wolfe.