Eazy-E
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Erik Seidel is unquestionably one of the most decorated players in the history of poker. The eight-time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner has banked over $17.6 million on the tournament circuit, including a fourth-place finish in the Season 8 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller and a sixth-place finish in the Season 9 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller.
Seidel has just arrived here to play in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event. In one of the first hands he played, he opened to 500 in early position, and received three callers including Claudio Pollin and Jeff Hakim. The flop fell 
, all four players checked, and the turn brought the 
. Both blinds checked to Seidel, who fired 1,200. Only Pollin called.
The turn was the 
, Seidel led out for another 2,500, and Pollin folded.
Seidel is just barely above the starting stack with 33,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
, Patel and Haxton checked, and Greenstein tossed out 2,200. Patel quickly called, and Haxton folded.
, both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board. The two checked again, and Greenstein showed 
for nines and sixes. Patel had that beat with 
for tens and nines, and raked in yet another pot.
board. He was called in two spots so the action was three-way to the 
river. It was not the card he wanted to see and this was confirmed when one player bet 4,650 and Robert Auer shoved for 23,000.
