Welcome to the WSOP-E Main Event Final Table!
Welcome to the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table! It seems like forever ago when this event kicked off with Day 1a's field of 137 taking to action. Day 1b saw 209 players pony up the ￡10,350 needed to enter this event and that brought the total number of entrants to 346 -- a proud increase over last year's field!
Right from the get go, the field was packed with the biggest names in poker. Unfortunately for most of them, only 36 got paid meaning a lot went home empty handed. Even when the money bubble burst, there was still plenty of big names remaining. Many of them also hit the rail throughout the past two days of play to set the stage for the final nine -- and no, we don't have to wait until November to play this one out.
Here's the line-up for the final table:
Seat 1: Roland de Wolfe (1,377,000)
Seat 2: Marc Inizan (349,000)
Seat 3: Nicolas Levi (428,000)
Seat 4: Fabrizio Baldassari (697,000)
Seat 5: Brian Powell (842,000)
Seat 6: Danny Steinberg (1,520,000)
Seat 7: James Bord (1,331,000)
Seat 8: Ronald Lee (1,899,000)
Seat 9: Dan Fleyshman (1,946,000)
A lot of those names are pretty unknown to the common poker fan, but don't let fool you because they're all amazing players. They had to be in order to get through this stacked of a field, which can be argued as the toughest tournament to conquer all year round.
Roland de Wolfe is really the only big name professional still left and he'll be looking for his second WSOP gold bracelet. We've also got a Frenchman in Nicolas Levi looking to really put himself on the map with a massive win. Don't forget about the poker company CEO Dan Fleyshman who was also the youngest owner of a publicly traded company in his young twenties or the young man from Kentucky Brian Powell. Sure, Phil Ivey or Viktor Blom would have been nice, but it's still going to be a great day of poker!
If history means anything, we're probably going to be here for a very, very long time. The past previous final tables in this event have gone deep into the morning hours of the next day. Get the coffee ready and buckle up, it's time for the 2010 WSOP Europe Main Event final table!