Hand #70: Ronald Lee raised to 65,000 from under the gun and Roland De Wolfe three-bet to 245,000. Back round to Lee who, after a brief pause, made the fold.
Hand #71: Roland De Wolfe bumped it up to 65,000 from UTG+1 and Daniel Steinberg made the call on the button. The flop came and De Wolfe led out for 110,000. Steinberg threw his hand into the muck.
Hand #72: Continuing the trend of early position aggression, Nicolas Levi raised to 73,000 preflop and Dan Fleyshman defended his big blind.
On the flop, Fleyshman check-called a continuation bet of 75,000, and then checked again on the turn. Levi checked behind.
The river turned Fleyshman aggressor as he fired out a chunky bet of 375,000. Levi pitched up tent in the think tank, reached for chips and feigned the call, which, I believe, triggered Jack Effel to interrupt and force the Frenchman to make the call.
On this occasion, however, the ruling favoured Levi who tabled for the winning hand. They didn't announce Fleyshman's holding or bring it into view of the flop cam, but it looked like he had a jack.
Fleyshman had turned his hand into a bluff, and had kept deftly quiet on the river as the other players complained about Levi's feign and alerted Effel to the scene of the crime. Understandably, Felysman was rather disappointed with the result, as it was a ruling that now sees him struggling with just 400,000 after entering the day first in chips.
Hand #65: Roland de Wolfe raised to 75,000 and action folded over to the Italian Fabrizio Baldassari. He reraised to 260,000. Play moved back over to de Wolfe and he began counting out some chips from his stack, but ended up folding and giving Baldassari the pot.
Hand #66: James Bord raised to 77,000 to open up the action and de Wolfe called from the big blind. The flop came down and de Wolfe checked to Bord. He checked behind.
The hit fourth street and de Wolfe fired out 50,000. Bord tossed away his hand and the chips went to de Wolfe.
Hand #67: From the small blind, de Wolfe raised to 77,000, attacking Nicolas Levi's big blind. Levi folded.
Hand #68: De Wolfe was involved again, this time from the button. He raised to 70,000. Levi sat in the small blind and stared straight ahead for a bit before looking to see de Wolfe's stack size. He then folded, just posturing a bit. Baldassari also folded from the big blind and de Wolfe won the pot.
Hand #69: Dan Fleyshman raised to 64,000 and Danny Steinberg reraised to 205,000 from the big blind. Immediately, Fleyshman put out a tall stack of white T25,000 chips for 569,000 total. Steinberg immediately shoved all in for 1,117,000. Fleyshman didn't look too happy, but made the call.
Fleyshman:
Steinberg:
The flop came down and although Steinberg flopped a full house, Fleyshman picked up one out because he could hit the case ten to win now.
The turn brought the and kept Steinberg in the lead. The river brought the and Steinberg's twin brother gave a loud cheer from the rail and clapped his hands, super happy that his brother just doubled up big.
Hand #61: Dan Fleyshman raised to 69k in the cutoff. De Wolfe called on the button, and that brought it heads up to a flop. Check to a turn, where Fleyshman bet out 85k, which won him the pot.
Hand #62: Ron Lee raised to 65k, called immediately by Dan Fleyshman in position. The two of them saw a flop of and Lee bet out to take it down with minimal fuss.
Hand #63: Lee made it 65k again, called immediately again by Dan Fleyshman. Round two: ding ding ding!
Flop: . Check to Fleyshman, who bet 70k and Lee called.
Turn: . Both players checked.
River: . Lee bet 103k, which after some searching staring, was enough to get rid of Fleyshman.
Hand #64: Nicolas Levi raised to 75k preflop. Daniel Steinberg had a little scope out of his stack, which he helpfully counted down for him... then called on the button. Small blind Bord called too.
Flop: . Check round.
Turn: . Check round 2.
River: . Now Levi bet 110k. Steinberg called and Bord folded.
Levi showed down which turned out to be the best hand and a winner for the patient Frenchman (who seems to like KQ).
Hand #56: The action folded round to Fabrizio Baldassari on the button who took down the blinds and antes with a raise to 75,000.
Hand #57: Dan Fleyshman raised it up under the gun and Ronald Lee called, but the latter gave it up to a bet on an flop.
Hand #58: Dan Fleyshman received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #59: Daniel Steinberg raised to 65,000 in the cut-off, only for James Bord to three-bet to 155,000 total from the button. Steinberg, looking ice cool in his Top Gun shades, riffled his chips for a minute before releasing his hand.
Hand #60: Fabrizio Baldassari opened the action with 75,000. The rest of the table stepped out of the way.
Hand #54: Roland de Wolfe raised from the button and then Fabrizio Baldassari reraised from the big blind. De Wolfe folded and the Italian won the pot.
Hand #55: Ronald Lee raised to 65,000. Action folded around to Danny Steinberg in the big blind and he made the call. The flop came down , all black, but not just one suit. Steinberg checked to the preflop aggressor and Lee checked.
The turn brought the and Steinberg led with a bet of 85,000. Lee made the call and the two saw the fall on the river. Steinberg didn't lead this time, passing the action with a check to Lee. Lee thought for a minute and then fired out 250,000. Steinberg released and Lee won the pot, increasing his chip lead.
Hand #50: Ron Lee made it 69k to go preflop, but let his hand go in pretty short order when Fabrizio Baldassari upped it to 200k straight.
Hand #51: Baldassari continued on, his chips hardly touching his stacks before making their way back in preflop as a raise to 75k to play. No callers.
Hand #52: Baldassari made it 75k preflop, but this time Dan Fleyshman in the small blind repopped him: 250k total. Baldassari didn't push his luck this time, though, and folded after one of the longest thinks we've seen thus far.
Hand #53: 65k to play from Daniel Steinberg this time. Ron Lee took his turn in the threebet throne, making it 163k total. Danny Steinberg passed and Lee won another.
Hand #49: Lee raised for the third consecutive hand, this time under the gun. Roland De Wolfe folded, but Nicolas Levi moved all in for 399,000 more.
The next three players side-stepped out of the way to put the decision back on the chip leader. Lee mulled over his options for a minute, and then made the call.
Lee:
Levi:
"Good time for my one time, right?" smiled the Frenchman.
The rail released a united "oooh" as the dealer lay a fun-filled flop onto the felt.
Turn:
Levi looked intently at the flop, silently willing out one of his outs.
The clippety-clop of horseshoes hitting the ground gradually became more distinct...
River:
A cowboy rode in to save the day and double Levi through! He's now right back in the game with almost one million in chips.
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and De Wolfe led out for 110,000. Steinberg threw his hand into the muck.
flop, Fleyshman check-called a continuation bet of 75,000, and then checked again on the 
turn. Levi checked behind.
river turned Fleyshman aggressor as he fired out a chunky bet of 375,000. Levi pitched up tent in the think tank, reached for chips and feigned the call, which, I believe, triggered Jack Effel to interrupt and force the Frenchman to make the call.
for the winning hand. They didn't announce Fleyshman's holding or bring it into view of the flop cam, but it looked like he had a jack.
and de Wolfe checked to Bord. He checked behind.
and although Steinberg flopped a full house, Fleyshman picked up one out because he could hit the case ten to win now.
and kept Steinberg in the lead. The river brought the 
and Steinberg's twin brother gave a loud cheer from the rail and clapped his hands, super happy that his brother just doubled up big.
turn, where Fleyshman bet out 85k, which won him the pot.
and Lee bet out to take it down with minimal fuss.
. Check round 2.
which turned out to be the best hand and a winner for the patient Frenchman (who seems to like KQ).
flop.
flop onto the felt.