2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Seidel Sticking it to the Short Stacks

In the span of five hands, Erik Seidel — a little short himself a while ago — knocked out two short-stacked players.

In the latest elimination, the cutoff and Seidel from the big blind called a raise of 250 from a player in middle position and the three checked a flop of {8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Seidel bet 400 and was called by both players, including the player in middle position who had only 25 remaining.

The {j-Diamonds} landed on the river, Seidel bet 850 and the cutoff folded and Seidel revealed {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

"That's it?" said the middle-position player, who turned over {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and headed for the rail. "Nice hand. Good game. See ya."

Seidel, who was down to 2,300 a short time ago, improved his stack to 5,400.

Tags: Erik Seidel