Seiver Chipping Up Through Mercier and Gurtovoy
From under the gun, Scott Seiver opened with a raise to 23,000. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier on the button and he three-bet to 51,000. Play got through the blinds and back to Seiver. He asked for a look at Mercier's stack and then moved all in. Mercier took a few moments, then folded and Seiver won the pot.
Shortly thereafter, action folded to Seiver on the button and he put in an openeing raise to 23,000. In the small blind was Anatoly Gurtovoy. He three-bet and made it 60,000 even. When play moved back to Seiver, he called to take a flop.
The 
rolled out and Gurtovoy checked. Seiver tossed out 88,000 and Gurtovoy gave it up with a slight shrug of his shoulders.
With those two pots, Seiver has climbed up over half a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
910,000 | 10,000 |
|
505,000 | 315,000 |
|
283,000 | -177,000 |