Seidel Struggling
Level 5
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Erik Seidel is struggling with his opponent Dani Stern here in the early going. Both men are still hanging onto their add-on chips, so they're playing with 25,000-chip stacks for now. Seidel had been whittled down to just 3,800 when he open-shoved with . Stern asked for the count before calling with , and he out-flopped his opponent as the dealer spread out . The on the turn was a blank, but Seidel caught back up as the river gave him the straight to double up. He's still short though, sitting with 7,600 to Stern's 42,400.