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Live: $25,500 WPT World Championship
Live: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $2,434,947 |
| Cashes | 17 |
| Final Tables | 5 |
| Titles | 2 |
| Tournaments Played | 95 |
Est. Current Chipcount
700,500
Est. Average Chipcount
11,600,000
Current Chipleader
Erik Seidel
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1,118,280
Day 1
1,607,000
Day 2
700,500
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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 #240 - Erick Lindgren raises to 160,000 on the button and Daniel Negreanu moves all-in for an additional 915,000 from the small blind. Lindgren thinks for a minute or so before calling with A6. He is racing with Negreanu's 44.
The door card is the A as the flop comes AK3 to pair up Lindgren and give him the advantage in the hand. the 9 on the turn is no help to Negreanu, and with the 7 on the river he is officially the third place finisher.
Erick Lindgren - 5,295,000 (883 BBs)
Daniel Negreanu - eliminated in 3rd place ($448,320)
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 19: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
In Hand #108, Vivek Rajkumar (top right) moved all in from the small blind with K2, and Cary Katz (foreground, right) called all in from the big blind with AQ.
The board came 108452, and Rajkumar paired his deuce on the river to win the pot and eliminate Cary Katz on the money bubble in sixth place.
In the last hand before the dinner break (Hand #119), Justin Bonomo (center) moved all in with Q9, but he was dominated by the KQ of Erick Lindgren (left). The board came AA1083, and Lindgren won the pot with king high. Justin Bonomo was eliminated in fifth place, earning $224,160.
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
Hand #152 - Vivek Rajkumar raises to 125,000 from under the gun and Erick Lindgren reraises to 400,000 out of the big blind. Rajkumar four-bets to 760,000 and Lindgren announces he is all-in, having Rajkumar's 2.3 million-chip stack covered.
Rajkumar calls with AA and Lindgren gets a laugh from the table as he turns over J9.
The 632 flop was a safe one for Rajkumar, but Lindgren pairs up and picks up a diamond draw when the turn comes 9. The river J gives Lindgren two pair and cracks Rajkumar's aces to eliminate him in third place.
Erick Lindgren - 6,600,000 (132 BBs)
Vivek Rajkumar - eliminated in 4th place ($336,240)
