01-12-2007 14:07 UTC

Masaaki Kagawa 3rd place

[user628]

After watching his chip stack dwindle for the better part of two hours, Masaaki Kagawa decided to re-raise Erik Seidel with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

for the last of his chips. Seidel made the call with {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{6-Clubs}

, and the race was on. A board of {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

{3-Hearts}

changed nothing, and Masaaki Kagawa was our third place finisher, and picked up $250,000 for his efforts.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Erik Seidel