Seidel Gets Paid Big on River
Hand #144: Erik Seidel raised to 325,000 with , and Dzmitry Urbanovich made it 755,000 with the and an unknown second card. Seidel decided to see the flop, which came . Urbanovich bet 325,000 and took the pot.
Hand #145: Urbanovich raised to 350,000 with , and Seidel called with . Both checked the , and Seidel check-called 250,000 on the . Check-check on the , and Urbanovich won against .
Hand #146: After unknown preflop action, the flopped. Seidel appeared to call a bet of 160,000, leading to a turn. Urbanovich checked, and Seidel bet 300,000 with a hand containing the . We now saw Urbanovich with the , and he called. The river brought a , and Urbanovich bet 340,000. Seidel pushed forward two towers and some extra chips, 1.3 million. Urbanovich removed his sunglasses and frowned, then flipped in a chip to call.
Seidel showed and took the pot with his straight.