Moments after he busted Antonio Esfandiari, Erik Seidel hit the rail thanks to Joe McKeehen. McKeehen had put Seidel all in on the flop, and Seidel called off his stack with the for bottom pair with a flush draw. McKeehen had the for a worse flush draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . That combination of cards gave McKeehen a straight and sent Seidel packing.
"I'm not gonna lie, when I saw the turn I thought I was going to win," McKeehen said after the hand.
McKeehen increased his stack to almost 1.6 million with that pot.
On the last hand before the break it was Sam Greenwood who doubled through Dani Stern. Stern raised before the flop and Greenwood defended his big blind, after which the flop brought .
Greenwood check-raised all in for 141,000 and Stern made the call.
Stern:
Greenwood:
The turn brought the and the river the , giving Greenwood a winning hand.
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A short-stacked Erik Seidel got his last 79,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Antonio Esfandiari.
Esfandiari:
Seidel:
Seidel was behind and in need of some help. The flop didn't hit him directly, but it did give him a flush draw. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, but the river was. Seidel made the flush and doubled through Esfandiari.
The flop showed when Dani Stern check-called a 15,000-chip bet from Sam Greenwood, and the turn brought the .
Stern checked again on the turn and Greenwood bet 44,000, which got called again.
The river brought the and Stern checked a third time. Greenwood threw out a bet of 101,000 chips, and Stern tanked briefly with just a few big blinds more behind if he was to call this bet.
After making the call Stern showed and he won the pot against Greenwood's .
World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe McKeehen just busted Justin Bonomo to move over 1.2 million in chips. It was his that took out Bonomo's after the money went in preflop. The board ran out , and Bonomo was out.
flop, and Seidel called off his stack with the 
for bottom pair with a flush draw. McKeehen had the 
for a worse flush draw.
, and the river was the 
. That combination of cards gave McKeehen a straight and sent Seidel packing.
.
.
river was. Seidel made the flush and doubled through Esfandiari.
and Stern checked a third time. Greenwood threw out a bet of 101,000 chips, and Stern tanked briefly with just a few big blinds more behind if he was to call this bet.
and he won the pot against Greenwood's 
, and Bonomo was out.