The play is extremely tight at the final table right now. On one hand, in a raised preflop pot, the players checked down a board.
The hands? Seidel, Langmann and Guttman all had big pocket pairs. Obviously big pairs are not huge in Omaha, but the players were surprised the money didn't go in preflop.
Florian Langmann opened in the cutoff to 7,500. Erik Seidel called, and so did Guttman. The flop was and Guttman checked to Langmann who bet 16,000. Seidel made it 66,000, Guttman got out of the way, and Langmann moved all in. Seidel quickly called and the hands were revealed.
Langmann:
Seidel:
Langmann said "I was afraid you had that hand," before the dealer spread out the turn, and the river the eliminating Langmann from the tournament, and giving Seidel about 340,000.
Its pretty clear who has the support of the rail, with hometown and Crown regular, Mick Guttmann garnering the majority of the support from the surrounding tables and the rail.
Our two heads up players are pretty established. As would be expected for an event of this magnitude.
Mick "Sticky" Guttmann is looking for his second Aussie Millions Ring in as many days, after capturing the Teams Event with Mel Judah in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Meanwhile the man that he is competing with for that title is an eight time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, inclduing two in the Omaha game.
Seidel has struck a big blow in the first meaningful pot of heads up.
Preflop, Guttmann opened the button to 10,000 and Seidel made the call. The flop came . Seidel checked to Guttmann who fired 20,000. Then Seidel sprung the trap check-raising to 80,000.
Guttmann thought a while before folding. Seidel now leads 395,000 to 125,000 chips.
Preflop, Erik Seidel opened to 10,000 from the button with Mick Guttmann making the call.
The flop come and Guttmann check-called a 14,000 chip bet from Seidel. The turn was the and again Guttmann made a check-call, this time for 25,000. The river saw Guttmann move all in for 78,000, and after some time in the tank Seidel folded.