Erik Seidel is on life support after losing a recent Razz pot to chip leader Abe Mosseri. Seidel completed with a and Mosseri made the call with his . Mosseri then led the betting on fourth and fifth streets, before Seidel took charge on sixth. Both players checked it down on the river.
Seidel: (X-X) (X)
Mosseri: ()
Mosseri made a seventy-six which Seidel couldn't better. Mosseri is up to a tournament-leading 1.83 million with Seidel down to just 150,000.
Erik Seidel completed on third street, Abe Mosseri raised, Seidel three-bet and Mosseri called. Mosseri made the low board on fourth and led out, Seidel making the call. When Mosseri hit a jack on fifth, Seidel bet the rest of his chips and Mosseri called.
Seidel made a 7-4-3-2-A low and doubled to 300,000 while Mosseri fell to 1.71 million.
Allen Bari (X)(X) / / (X)
James Van Alstyne (X)(X) / / (X)
Alexander Kostriysyn (X)(X) / / (X)
Allen Bari completed on third street, James Van Alstyne called all-in and Alexander Kostritsyn called as well. Bari and Kostritsyn continued betting on the side while Van Alstyne awaited his fate.
Bari led out on fourth and fifth streets and Kostritsyn called in both spots. Kostritsyn bet sixth street and Bari called. Same story on the river.
Kostritsyn showed 7-5-4-3-2 for low, Bari won the high with a pair of kings and Van Alstyne hit the rail in 20th place.
Erik Seidel's run in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship has fallen agonizingly short of the cash after he was just eliminated from the event.
It started off well for Seidel with aces in the hole and a raise on third before all the chips were in on fourth street against Vladimir Schmelev. Here's how the boards ran out:
Schmelev: () ()
Seidel: () ()
Schmelev caught trips on fourth street which was enough to collect the pot and send Seidel to the rail. Schmelev is up to 1.24 million.
Here's what David Singer and Mikael Thuritz's boards looked like on fifth street after Singer committed the last of his chips with a king-high flush and Thuritz made the call with a pair of queens. Thuritz, however, caught the on sixth street and the on seventh to make an ace-high flush and sent Singer to the rail three spots short of the money.