Seed of Discontent
Arnaud Mattern, busy in the last level with a big stack as ever, just lost the probable end-of-day chip lead title after clashing with Huck Seed. Mattern raised to 1,250 preflop, called only by Seed on the button. He bet out 1,800 on the flop and was called, after some end-of-finger chip riffling peculiar to Huck Seed.
The turn sparked some fireworks, with Mattern checking, Seed betting 4,025 and Mattern then raising to 13,500. This surprise development left Seed dwelling up for quite a while as he thought about his 50k-ish stack, which he counted down a couple of times. He called, however, and they advanced to the river. Now Mattern checked, and Seed threw in 15,550. A stone-still response from Mattern, who eventually threw in the chips to call, but shook his head as Seed showed .