Seidel and Reixach Battle For Big Pot
Level 8
: 5,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Action folded around to Sergi Reixach, who raised 20,000 from the button. Erik Seidel surveyed the pot and his opponent, and raised to 80,000 from the big blind. Reixach gave Seidel a quick look, and called to see a flop.
Seidel continued for another 60,000 with a board of 
, and Reixach called once more.
Both players checked the 
on the turn, and saw 
fall on the river.
Seidel pushed in two blue chips for 200,000 and Reixach threw his two blues in one at a time for the call.
Seidel turned over 
for the flush, and Reixach let his hand find the muck before his cards were seen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,475,000
835,000
|
835,000 |
|
||
|
325,000
-405,000
|
-405,000 |
, Nick Petrangelo led from the small blind and was raised all in by Darren Elias in late position for just over 400,000, which had Petrangelo slightly covered.
turn, the 
on the river locked up the hand for Petrangelo and left Elias with just 15,000 chips.
flop after Laszlo Bujtas called off following Dario Sammartino's all-in bet over Bujtas' initial bet.
runout couldn't improve Sammartino, and he lost a sizeable portion of his stack to Bujtas, who approaches the 1,000,000 chip mark.
board. Sadly for him Petrangelo improved even more to a full house and Elias made a hasty exit from the tournament area.
