Hand #26: James Bord and Dan Fleyshman saw the flop of . Bord went to reach for chips and Fleyshman folded.
Hand #27: James Bord raised to 65,000 and won the pot.
Hand #28: Ronald Lee raised to 51,000 and Dan Fleyshman made the call in the next seat. Roland de Wolfe reraised to 287,000 from the cutoff seat and action moved back around the original raiser Lee. He folded and then Fleyshman followed suit to give de Wolfe the pot.
Hand #29: Fabrizio Baldassari raised from the button to 60,000 and Danny Steinberg called from the small blind. Play went heads up with these two seeing the flop come down and Steinberg was up first. He checked and Baldassari checked behind.
The turn card was the to put a pair of ducks on board. Both players check and another duck, the , fell on the river. Both players checked again and Baldassari's was the winning hand.
Hand #25: Just as the hand was starting, I joked that 25 was my lucky number and that we'd see a double elimination. Well, I guess I should grab myself a ticket for this week's lottery, because...
Once again, Marc Inizan made his move, shoving for 313,000, but this time, he found resistance in Brian Powell who moved all in behind. Then, with little hesitation, Ronald Lee, who had both men covered, made the call from the small blind, bringing us to a three-way showdown!
On their backs, and Lee was in great shape:
Inizan:
Powell:
Lee:
"Ace," "Kingball," "Broadway," came the demands of the crowd, many of whom were likely hoping for local boy James Bord to jump two rungs of the ladder.
All pleas were ignored on the flop, but the turn brought the to seal the deal. The devil on my shoulder was hoping that a snowman arrived on the end to send the Empire into a state of frenzy, but no such oddity occurred as the river came the .
And so, like a bolt of lightening, two players exited stage left with a dazed look on their face, as Lee sky-rocketed into the chip lead.
Lee's had his fair share of good fortune over the last few days, but we're going to have to hose him down if he runs any hotter. He now has over 3,000,000 in chips and a smile the width of the equator!
Hand 23: Fabrizio Baldassari took a preflop pot with a reraise to 180k over the top of under the gun raiser Ron Lee (who made it 51k).
Hand 24: Steinberg limped on the button and Lee Checked (exactly what happened last time these two players were in these positions). Lee check-called the flop but folded to Steinberg's 110k bet on the turn.
Hand #21: Frenchman Nicolas Levi was on the button. Action folded to him and he raised. Fabrizio Baldassari was in the small blind and reraised to win the pot.
Hand #22: Action folded to Brian Powell in the small blind and he made the call. Danny Steinberg checked in the big blind to see the flop come down . Powell checked and Steinberg checked behind.
The added some more black to the board and Powell checked. Steinberg checked behind.
The looked like the ugly duckling when it fell on the river. Powell checked and Steinberg fired out 40,000. Powell made the call. The dealer failed to to pull the cards into view on the screen and tournament director Jack Effel only announced that Steinberg showed the . Whatever his complete hand was, Steinberg won the pot and Powell mucked.
Hand #16: Daniel Steinberg took down the pot preflop with a raise to 55,000.
Hand #17: Fabrizio Baldassari opened for 60,000 from early to middle position, which was enough to trigger folds from the rest of the table, including Roland De Wolfe in the big blind.
Hand #18: Brian Powell kick-started the action with a raise to 55,000 preflop, only for James Bord to three-bet to 145,000 two seats along. Powell quickly released his hand.
Hand #19: The action folded around to Roland De Wolfe on the button who bumped it up to 60,000. Again, the blinds folded up like accordions.
Hand #20: For the second time today, Marc Inizan got his chips in the middle, this time from the button. Neither blind could find a hand and Inizan survived.
Hand #12: It seems like the all-in move is catching. On the very next hand, Mark Inizan shoved from the cut-off to pick up the blinds uncontested.
Hand #13: Dan Fleyshman limped from middle position, Brian Powell made up the small blind and Daniel Steinberg checked his option.
The flop came and everyone checked. The turn, however, saw Steinberg take a stab with a bet of 35,000, but Powell showed resistance and made the call.
If either player were concerned about trips, then those suspicions were soon eradicated as the river brought the . Both players checked allowing Steinberg to scoop with the monstrosity that is .
Hand #9: Dan Fleyshman had the button and raised to 55,000 after action folded over to him. Everyone folded and Fleyshman won the pot.
Hand #10: James Bord raised from middle position to 65,000 and won the pot.
Hand #11: Action folded to Dan Fleyshman and he limped in. Roland de Wolfe called as well from the cutoff seat and then Nicolas Levi moved all in from the small blind for 336,000. Fleyshman folded and de Wolfe made the call.
De Wolfe:
Levi:
The flop came down and Levi stayed in front. The on the turn kept him in front again before the paired the board on the river and solidified Levi's survival.
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