A Seidel Show
Erik Seidel bet 10,000 under the gun and silenced the music on his phone. Daniel Alaei in the cut off had a think about the situation. He’d surely seen three bets get through Seidel’s opens before. He went for it, raising to 26,000. The blinds folded and it was back to Seidel. “Eighty five behind” was Alaei’s response to the inevitable question. For a few minutes Seidel thought about it, rubbed his lips and eventually folded. The music went back on and he continued to nod along.
The next hand though Seidel was back in action. Jean-Noel Thorel opened from early position for 10,500, Frederik Jensen called from the button and Seidel raised to 24,000 from the big blind. Thorel wanted to see a flop and called. He saw 
and apparantley didn’t like what he saw as Seidel bet out for 31,000 and won the pot.