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Live: $25,000 WPT World Championship
Upcoming: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $2,254,754 |
| Cashes | 20 |
| Final Tables | 5 |
| Titles | 1 |
| Tournaments Played | 117 |
Est. Current Chipcount
1,118,280
Est. Average Chipcount
11,600,000
Current Chipleader
Erik Seidel
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1,118,280
Day 1
237,000
Day 2
1,118,280
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Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
While the WPT World Championship played down to the final table, a small tournament with just three tables worth of action got underway in the corner of the Fontana Lounge. Before the day was over, it was drawing as much attention as the Championship itself thanks to its all-star line-up, not to mention its $100,000 buy-in.
The WPT Super High Roller was the first-ever $100,000 buy-in event held in the United States and the bold experiemnt ended up being a big success thanks to an impressive turnout of 29 runners, including Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Tony G, Vivek Rajkumar, Dan Cates, Justin Bonomo, Erick Lindgren, Eugene Katchalov, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Phil Laak, and Sam Trickett, just to name a few.
THe star-studded line-up resulted in a star-studded final table with Bonomo, Rajkumar, Negreanu, Lindgren, and Seidel all making the money. The heads-up action was a rematch of another Super High Roller event, as it was an Erick vs. Erik affair with Lindgren and Seidel battling back and forth for the title. At the 2007 Aussie Millions Super High Roller, Lindgren prevailed over Seidel, but 2011 is the Year of Seidel and this time around the Hall of Famer once again ended on top, picking up the title and $1,092,000.
The win brings Seidel's 2011 tournament earnings to over $5.4 million and gives him his fourth big win of the year. Even more important than that, it further cements Seidel's status as one of the best to ever play the game.
Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #326 - Erik Seidel completes the small blind and Erick Lindgren checks his option in the big blind. The flop falls A
42 and Lindgren checks. Seidel bets 125,000 and Lindgren moves all-in for his last million chips.
Seidel thinks for a few seconds before calling with A
5 for a pair of aces. Lindgren has a flush draw and a gutshot with J3.
The turn brings the 9
, which is no help to Lindgren. The river comes 2
and Seidel's pair of aces hold to take the pot and the title.
Seidel earns $1,092,000 for the win, while Lindgren gets $700,500 for his runner-up finish. This is his fourth victory so far this year, not to mention his ninth final table appearance. Seidel's 2011 tournament earnings are now up to $5.4 million.
Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Q and Lindgren shows A10.95 and Seidel's queens remain out front. Lindgren picks up some extra ous when the turn comes 10. The river is the 2 and Seidel takes the pot to double up.Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #289 - Erick Lindgren raises to 200,000 and Erik Seidel calls. The flop comes K63 and Seidel checks. Lindgren bets 225,000 and Seidel check min-raises to 550,000. Lindgren reraises, making it 1,400,000 to go and Seidel announces he is all-in.
Lindgren thinks a minute or two before calling with K6 for top two pair. Seidel has J2 for a flush.
The turn brings the 6, giving Lindgren a full house and leaving Seidel drawing dead. The river is a meaningless 7 and Lindgren doubles up.
Erick Lindgren - 9,025,000 (90 BBs)
Erik Seidel - 2,575,000 (26 BBs)
Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #260 - Erick Lindgren raises to 175,000, Erik Seidel folds, and Lindgren takes the pot.
Hand #261 - Erik Seidel raises to 175,000 and Erick Lindgren reraises to 600,000 total. Seidel calls, then both players check the 1075 flop. The turn is the 8 and Lindgren checks again. Seidel bets 500,000 and Lindgren calls.
The river is the 4 and Lindgren checks a third time. Seidel bets 850,000 and Lindgren calls.
Seidel shows 22 for an underpair of deuces. Lindgren mucks.
"Nice bet," Lindgren tells Seidel. "You're a beast."
Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #259 - Erik Seidel raises to 175,000 and Erick Lindgren calls. The flop comes Q96 and Lindgren bets 225,000. Lindgren calls.
The turn is the 2 and both players check. The river brings the J and Lindgren bets 375,000. Seidel raises to 975,000, Lindgren folds, and Seidel takes the pot and the chip lead.
Erik Seidel - 6,100,000 (76 BBs)
Erick Lindgren - 5,500,000 (69 BBs)
Level 19: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #213 - Erick Lindgren raises to 150,000 on the button and Erik Seidel calls in the big blind. The flop comes K104 and Seidel checks. Lindgren bets 170,000 and Seidel calls.
The turn is the J and both players check. The river is the 9 and Seidel bets 425,000. Lindgren announces raise, then slides out 1 million chips.
Seidel takes a few seconds before announcing he is all-in for around 2,570,000 chips. Lindgren calls almost immediately and Seidel shows AQ for a Broadway straight.
Lindgren lets out a sigh then shows Q-8 for the king high straight and starts counting out the chips to pay off Seidel.
With that hand, Erik Seidel has taken the chip lead.
Erik Seidel - 5,690,000 (95 BBs)
Erick Lindgren - 4,625,000 (78 BBs)
Level 18: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
In Hand #68, Daniel Negreanu (foreground, right) four-bets all in with QQ, and winds up racing against the AK of Erik Seidel (foreground, left). The board comes J6629, and Negreanu wins the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.
In Hand #81, Randy Dorfman (foreground, left) limp-shoved all in from middle position against Erik Seidel (center left). Dorfman turned over 88, but he'd need to improve against Seidel's JJ. The board came 944JQ, and Seidel won the pot with a full house (jacks full of fours) to eliminate Dorfman in seventh place.
With six players remaining and only five getting paid, the $100,000 buy-in WPT Super High Roller began the biggest money bubble in WPT history. One player would go home empty handed, while the other five would be guaranteed at least $224,160.
In Hand #99, Vivek Rajkumar (not pictured) raises to 75,000, Daniel Negreanu (left) reraises from the button to 205,000, and Erick Lindgren (right) four-bets from the big blind to 600,000.
Rajkumar folds, and Negreanu thinks for a while and tells Lindgren, "Somehow you're gonna end up with a seven-high straight." Negreanu folds, and Lindgren takes the pot.
Level 18: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
According to Daniel Negreanu (right), he had never made a royal flush in his poker career. Until now.
In Hand #27, Negreanu turned a royal flush in hearts against Erik Seidel (not pictured). Negreanu held A9 on a board of KQJ108, giving him an even-more-rare six-card royal flush.
Negreanu was so pleased that he took a photo of the board, and then several of the other players wanted a photo of the board with Negreanu in it.
The good fortune didn't stop with a royal flush for Daniel Negreanu (foreground, right). In Hand #54, Sam Trickett (center left) moved all in with KQ, and Negreanu called with KJ. Trickett was a dominant favorite to double up, but the board came A226A to give Negreanu a club flush. Sam Trickett was eliminated in eighth place.
In Hand #59, Daniel Negreanu (left) and Erik Seidel (center) played a huge pot. Negreanu four-bets it preflop, and Seidel calls to see a flop of J64. Negreanu bets, and Seidel calls. The turn card pairs the board with the 4, and Negreanu studies the board for a moment.
With the board showing J644 in Hand #59, Daniel Negreanu (left) moves all in, and Erik Seidel (center) would think for a while before folding. That pot brought Negreanu up to about 2 million in chips.
Level 18: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
The final 10 players combined to a single table and kept on playing. In Hand #4, after a flop of K33, Rick Salomon (center, standing) three-bet all in with AK (two pair, kings and threes). But Erik Seidel (top left) called with A3 for trip threes, and it held up to win the pot. Rick Salomon was eliminated in 10th place.
In Hand #21, Justin Bonomo (center, seated) moved all in on the turn with the board showing K834, and Ashton Griffin (standing, foreground left) tanked for a long time before calling with JJ. But Bonomo turned over K8 for a pair of kings, and it held up to eliminate Ashton Griffin in ninth place. Griffin receives a fist bump from Randy Dorfman as he leaves.
