The other Emanuel in the tournament, Emanuel Seal, is rocking a stack of less than 10 big blinds after a preflop encounter gone awry. A player opened in front of Seal with a standard raise. Seal, in late position, re-raised to 8,100, about one-third of his total stack. His opponent responded by putting in the third raise to 20,000.
Seal tanked for well over a minute before finally surrendering his hand and preserving a stack of 15,000.