Eric Cloutier opened with a raise from the button, and Erik Seidel called from the big blind. Seidel threw away one, and Cloutier discarded two cards. Seidel then bet 60,000, and after a couple of minutes of cogitating, Cloutier called.
Cloutier tabled . The call was a good one, as Seidel mucked. Seidel slips to 175,000. Cloutier moves up around 775,000.
A third hand to Erik Seidel has put his stack up around 350,000.
In this one, Doug Booth opened with a raise to 48,000 from the button, Seidel shoved all in from the small blind, and Booth tanked for several minutes before letting it go. Booth is at about 675,000.
Erik Seidel just open-pushed his remaining 89,000 in the middle from the button, and David Baker called from the small blind. Both players took one card.
Seidel had and drew... a .
Baker had and drew... a .
Seidel survived, and now has about 190,000. Baker slips to 735,000 on that one, meaning Doug Booth may have snuck past him into the lead by a few.
Doug Booth opened to 48,000 from early position only to have Eric Kesselman move all in from the button for 221,000.
Booth made the call standing pat with his while Kesselman drew one with his .
Although Kesselman was drawing dead, he managed to squeeze out a as he made his way to the rail in 7th place for a $32,080 payday as Booth climbs to 743,000 in chips.
The table folded around to Eric Kesselman in the small blind who raised to 43,000, and George Danzer responded by shoving his stack of 240,000 all in. Kesselman quickly turned down the chance to mix it up here.
Danzer has about 280,000 now, while Kesselman has slipped to 185,000.