03-07-2010 15:37 UTC-12

Annie Duke Takes 1-0 Lead on Erik Seidel

[user75032]

Annie Duke turned the tide against Erik Seidel by winning a few small pots and also showing down a flush on the river and a straight on the river to win medium-sized pots. Those chips propelled her to a 3-to-1 chip advantage.

With blinds increasing, the two players got all in on a flop of {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{k-Spades}

{J-Spades}

. Duke had flopped top pair, {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Diamonds}

, and was looking to fade Seidel's flush draw, {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{8-Spades}

. Neither the turn {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

nor the river {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

were spades, allowing an exuberant Duke to take a 1-0 lead in this best-of-three match.

We'll now reset the chip stacks to 640,000 each and rewind the blinds to the starting 3,000-6,000. Cards will be in the air in just a few minutes.

Tags: Annie Duke Erik Seidel