Erik Seidel got his stack all in preflop holding the and was well out in front of David Steicke's . Seidel was the player at risk, but Steicke didn't have him covered by much. The flop was no help to Steicke, and neither was the turn. In order to score the elimination he needed to catch a seven and a seven only. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Seidel held to double to over 600,000 while Steicke was left with less than 200,000.
Erik Seidel doubled through David Steicke to crippled him, and now he's delivered the fatal blow.
It happened when Steicke got his short stack all in preflop and Seidel called him.
Seidel:
Steicke:
Steicke was in a bad spot, and it got much worse when the flop gave Seidel a full house. Steicke needed either running jacks or kings to survive, but that long shot didn't come in as the appeared on the turn followed by the river.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu opened for 100,000 under the gun and cleared the field to a short-stacked Patrik Antonius in the big blind. The Finn didn't seem too excited but tossed in the additional 50,000 nonetheless.
When the flop came down , Antonius moved all in for his last 150,000 or so and Negreanu quickly called.
Negreanu:
Antonius:
Antonius managed to find a pair on the flop, and it was ahead of Negreanu's Big Slick. The turn gave Negreanu even more outs, but the river wasn't one of them. Negreanu is now in the danger zone.
Patrik Antonius was all in preflop with the against the for Erik Seidel. Antonius was at risk for his last 365,000 and doubled after the board ran out .
Daniel Negreanu moved all in for 90,000 on the button, Mike McDonald put in a three-bet from the small blind, and Doug Polk surrendered his big blind.
Negreanu:
McDonald:
Negreanu said that he was going to make a straight, and the flop fell .
"What did I say?" Negreanu said, grinning.
The on the turn did not complete Negreanu's straight draw, and only a nine or a king on the river would save him.
Negreanu paired his ten when the completed the board, but it was not enough to keep him alive. Kid Poker will walk away with AU$550,000, but after firing five bullets, that's only a profit of AU$50,000.
We picked up the action on a board reading after Mike "Timex" McDonald bet 175,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised him to 500,000. McDonald made the call and then checked the river. Timoshenko used two hands to slide out a bet of 550,000, and McDonald wasted little time in folding his hand.
Erik Seidel got his stack all in preflop holding the and received a call from Patrik Antonius, who was ahead with the .
Seidel needed some help and found some on the . The turn have Antonius a Broadway draw to a queen, but he was left wanting as the bricked on the river. Ship the double to Seidel.
Mike McDonald raised to 120,000 on the button, Yevgeniy Timoshenko three-bet to 315,000 out of the big blind, and McDonald called.
The dealer fanned , both players checked, and the turn was the . Timoshenko led out for 260,000, McDonald called, and both players checked after the completed the board.
Timoshenko showed for a pair of eights, but McDonald had him pipped with for a pair of tens.
Patrik Antonius raised the size of the pot (230,000) from the cutoff, which left him less than 200,000 behind. Mike "Timex" McDonald called him from the button, the blinds folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Antonius dropped in the last of his chips and McDonald made the call.
McDonald:
Antonius:
McDonald was ahead with the pocket pair, but his Finnish foe was drawing live to two overs. The turn changed nothing, and neither did the river. Antonius, who finished third in last year's Aussie Millions Main Event, missed and had to settle for fifth place and AU$700,000.