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Erik Seidel raised to 80,000 on his button and Chino Rheem called.
The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Rheem led for 100,000. Seidel called and the river was the . Both players checked and Rheem tabled 
for top two pair, well good enough to take down the hand.
Erik Seidel put in raise to 80,000 from the button and Chino Rheem called from the big blind to see the 
flop. Both players checked and the turn was the 
. Rheem bet 100,000 and Seidel called.
The river was the 
and Rheem bet 200,000. Seidel called.
Rheem showed the 
and Seidel the 
. Rheem's seven played for the kicker and he won the pot.
Erik Siedel raised the button to 80,000 and Chino Rheem called from the big blind to see the 
flop. Both checked and the turn was the 
. After Rheem checked, Seidel bet 100,000. Rheem called. The river was the 
and both players checked.
"I got two pair," said Seidel showing the 
. Rheem mucked and Seidel won the pot.
On the first hand of heads up play, Erik Seidel raised to 80,000 on the button and Chino Rheem called. The flop was 
, Rheem checked and Seidel continued for 100,000. Rheem called and the 
turn was checked twice.
The river was the 
and Rheem led for 175,000 which was called by Seidel. The 
of Seidel was good enough to ship the pot and start his heads up battle in the right direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,730,000 | 30,000 |
|
3,125,000 | 675,000 |
From the small blind, Jason Mercier raised all in. Erik Seidel called from the big blind holding the 
. Mercier held the . Mercier was all in for under 600,000.
The flop came down 
and Mercier whiffed so far, although he did pick up some extra outs to a gutshot straight.
The turn brought the 
to pair the board and then the river landed with the 
. All five community cards missed Mercier and he was eliminated from play.
Seidel is now heads up with Chino Rheem and has successfully landed himself in the top spot on the Global Poker Index rankings list.
Erik Seidel raised to 80,000 from the button and Chino Rheem called from the small blind. Jason Mercier folded in the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both checked.
The turn was the 
and both checked again.
The river was the 
and two more checks followed before Seidel showed the to win the pot.
Erik Seidel raised from the small blind to 100,000 and Chino Rheem called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Seidel bet 125,000. Rheem folded and Seidel won the pot.
Chino Rheem folded the button and Jason Mercier raised to 90,000 from the small blind. Erik Seidel three-bet to 220,000 and after some thought Mercier moved all in. Seidel immediately called putting his own tournament life at risk.
Mercier: 
Seidel:
The flop hit Seidel right away when it landed 
. Brent Hanks asked the dealer for at least something that looked like a five and she delievered. The turn was the drawing a moan from the crowd. However, that didn't quite get Mercier there, nor did the 
river.
After counting out Seidel's stack, Mercier shipped over 1.2 million, leaving himself with just 665,000. Rheem is still our chip leader with about 3.7 million.
On the button, Jason Mercier raised to 80,000 and was called by Chino Rheem in the big blind.
THe flop was 
and both players checked to see the turn for free. Rheem checked again and Mercier bet 75,000. Rheem check-raised to 250,000 which Mercier called.
The river was the 
and Rheem led this time for 350,000. Mercier made the call and mucked when he saw the 
of Rheem.
