06-30-2008 13:45 UTC-7

Seidel Sticking it to the Short Stacks

[user22113]

In the span of five hands, Erik Seidel — a little short himself a while ago — knocked out two short-stacked players.

In the latest elimination, the cutoff and Seidel from the big blind called a raise of 250 from a player in middle position and the three checked a flop of {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

{4-Spades}

.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

and Seidel bet 400 and was called by both players, including the player in middle position who had only 25 remaining.

The {j-Diamonds}

{j-Diamonds}

landed on the river, Seidel bet 850 and the cutoff folded and Seidel revealed {j-Clubs}

{j-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

.

"That's it?" said the middle-position player, who turned over {q-Diamonds}

{q-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

and headed for the rail. "Nice hand. Good game. See ya."

Seidel, who was down to 2,300 a short time ago, improved his stack to 5,400.

Tags: Erik Seidel