Note that before this hand, Scott Seiver got really short on chips. The tournament staff missed the color up and was rushing around during play to do the color up of the T500 chips. Because of this, our team was unable to get in and see the action, which is why it was missed on how Seiver got so short.
Seiver raised from under the gun and Justin Bonomo called from the cutoff. Eli Elezra called from the small blind and the three players were off to the first draw. All three drew two and then action checked to Bonomo. He bet and both his opponents made the call.
On the second draw, Elezra and Seiver both took two while Bonomo took one. Elezra checked, Seiver checked and Bonomo bet. Elezra called and then Seiver called and was all in. After the betting, Elezra drew one, Seiver stood pat and Bonomo drew one. Elezra and Bonomo checked.
Seiver showed and that was the winning hand. He won the pot and tripled to 120,000.
Scott Seiver just lost another big pot. This time it was to Justin Bonomo. Bonomo, Seiver and Jason Mercier got involved in a lot of betting and raising on every street before Bonomo tabled the winning hand with . He was about to move up to just under 200,000 while Seiver lost his second big pot in a row.
Scott Seiver raised from under the gun, Eli Elezra called from the small blind and David Bach called from the big blind. Elezra drew two while the other two players drew one each. Then things got crazy. Elezra checked, Bach bet and Seiver raised. Elezra reraised to three bets and Bach raised all in. Seiver and Eli capped it before going to the second draw.
Elezra stood pat on the second draw and Bach drew two. Seiver drew one. Elezra bet and Seiver called.
On the third draw, Elezra stood pat, Bach drew two and Seiver took one. Elezra bet and Seiver mucked.
Eli Elezra raised from under the gun and Jason Mercier called from the button. Justin Bonomo called from the small blind and Scott Dorin called out of the big blind. Bonomo drew two, Dorin drew three, Elezra drew two and Mercier drew two. Bonomo then led with a bet, Dorin folded, Elezra called and Mercier called.
On the second draw, all three players took one card. Bonomo checked, Elezra bet and Mercier folded. Bonomo called.
On the third draw, Bonomo drew one and Elezra folded. Bonomo checked, Elezra bet and Bonomo folded.
From the cutoff seat, Masa Tanaka raised and then Jon Turner called from the big blind. Turner drew two and Tanaka drew one. Turner checked, Tanaka bet and Turner called.
On the second draw, both players drew one and then the same action occurred with Turner check-calling a bet from Tanaka.
For the final draw, Turner drew one and Tanaka stood pat. Turner checked and Tanaka checked. Turner's jack wasn't good against Tanaka's and he lost the pot.
Jason Mercier raised from under the gun and David Bach reraised from the small blind. Scott Seiver reraised from the big blind and Mercier folded. Bach made the call.
Bach drew two and Seiver drew one. Bach then check-called Seiver's bet before drawing two again on the second draw. Seiver stood pat.
Bach checked, Seiver bet and Bach folded, leaving himself with just three big bets.
Nicholas Verkaik raised from middle position and Jon Turner called from the big blind. Both players drew two cards and then Turner check-called a bet from Verkaik.
After the betting around, both players drew one and then checked. On the third draw, both drew one again. Turner bet out and Verkaik called.
Turner showed a pair of eights and Verkaik's was good.
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and that was the winning hand. He won the pot and tripled to 120,000.
