2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

What the Seidel Did He Have?

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel opened the pot from the cutoff seat, and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind.

The two men took a heads-up flop of {K-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {9-Clubs}, and Fishberg check-called 3,000. He checked again on the {10-Spades} turn, and Seidel kept the heat on with another bet -- 9,500 this time. Fishberg didn't bat an eye, though, and he flicked two orange chips into the pot after just a quick pause to consider.

The river was the {Q-Clubs}, and Seidel fired a third bullet of 20,000. Fishberg snap-called, and that hand-in-the-cookie-jar look came over Seidel's face. He waited for Fishberg to show his {10-Hearts} {J-Hearts} and the dealer to announce, "Straight," before quietly mucking.

Seidel is left with just about 17,000 after barreling off a significant chunk of his stack. Fishberg is the beneficiary, up now to 88,000 or so.

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