Seidel Eliminated on Bad Beat in Three-Way All In; Soika Grabs Lead
Three players had 17,200 in front of them when we got to a table where Leo Yan Ho Cheng was all in from the button for 56,000 more. Ihar Soika shoved from the big blind, covering everyone in the hand. Erik Seidel, who was under the gun, thought only briefly before calling off his 130,000 or so. Davidi Kitai took a deep breath and looked at the clock, thinking hard about putting in his stack of about 80,000 more.
"Sorry," he said with a smile, clearly struggling with the massive odds he was getting. Finally, he raised his cards to muck them.
"Jacks," he said pointing at Soika.
"Ace-king," he said to Seidel. He predicted Cheng's hand as well but we couldn't hear it.
Kitai's read was a bit off though, as Soika had only 
, while Seidel was the one leading with 
. Cheng had 
. The ugliest card in the deck from Seidel's perspective appeared in the window: 
. The 
turn improved Soika to a boat and eliminated Cheng from contention, and the 
was a blank on the river to send the Super High Roller champion packing as well.
Soika is now the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
296,700
|
296,700 |
|
80,300
-65,700
|
-65,700 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |