28 September 2010
Ronald Lee dominating early proceedings at WSOPE final table.
Ronald Lee built up a giganta-stack yesterday and the rail was left scratching heads in collective puzzlement, wondering who this kid was? The Brooklyn resident had flown under the radar into the money and the final 27 players.
Roland Lee draws first blood; takes WSOPE chip lead
The first hand of the WSOPE final table was a middle position raise to 65,000 from James Bord and a prompt collection of 60,000 in blinds and antes as everyone folded – shortstack Nicolas Levi didn’t get his wish of a walk in the first hand of his BB.
WSOPE - Meet your final table
Two opening days, three further days and a total of more than 36 hours of poker grinding are behind the nine finalists of the World Series of Poker Europe £10,350 No Limit Hold ‘em Championship. Each of them has bluffed, coolered and lucked out on their way to the coveted final table spot where they are guaranteed a take-home of £69,754.
27 September 2010
WSOPE 2010 Final Table set
An all in from late position for 382,000 and Roland de Wolfe asked for a count. Necks craned forward in anticipation of a bust and sure enough Roland made the call.
WSOPE final 10 - Battle of the Beards
There is poker going on at the moment and obviously we’ll report any big hands but for now players are mostly duking it out before the flop with a simple raise often taking the 60,000 worth of blinds and antes. The important question, we feel, is that based on the facial hair of the players who is most likely to win?
Return to action in five minutes
We’re still left with a final table plus one and the question is who will be the unfortunate player that won’t return to The Empire tomorrow and instead leave with more than £50,000 in their pocket? At the moment the odds are pointing to Marc Inizan but as Arnaud Mattern proved early in the day, anything can happen.
Still ten players, still no action to speak of
You might have noticed that we haven’t updated for about forty minutes – i.e. since the ten remaining players gathered around the feature table to play down to the official final table of nine players that will play out tomorrow.
Pre-final table table: 10 remain in WSOPE Main Event
The remaining ten players in the World Series of Poker Europe £10,350 No Limit Hold ‘em Championship have gathered around the televised feature table and will play until one more elimination gives us our final nine.
Arnaud Mattern finishes in 12th place; Andrew Pantling 11th
PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern was rocking his short stack for hours but unfortunately his spectacular comeback has ended. Down to just 12,000 at the 4k/8k blind level, Mattern doubled up again and again to hit 184,000 by the 5k/10k. He eventually moved in with Kd-Td for his last 124,000 and was promptly isolation raised by Brian Powell.
Roland de Wolfe eliminates Barny Boatman and Clint Coffee
Wow! Just when we were thinking we might end up being here all night due to the slow pace of eliminations in comparison to earlier; Roland de Wolfe has knocked out fellow Brit Barny Boatman and Clint Coffee to move up to over 1,100,000.