WPT Championship Super High Roller - Seidel vs Lindgren Heads-Up

17 players were competing for the huge prizes of the Super High Roller Event on the 2nd, final day of the event. Justin Bonomo started out as the chipleader, but many big names surrounded him, it wasn't going to be an easy game.

Chipcounts at the start of Day 2:

Justin Bonomo - 1.837.000
Vivek Rajkumar - 1.628.000
Erick Lindgren - 1.607.000
John Morgan - 1.009.000
Randy Dorfman - 968.000
Sam Trickett - 626.000
Gregory Brooks - 611.000
Rick Salomon - 582.000
Dan Shak - 558.000
Daniel Negreanu - 471.000
Eugene Katchalov - 321.000
Gabe Kaplan - 287.000
Ashton Griffin - 273.000
Yevgeiy Timoshenko - 258.000
Erik Seidel - 237.000
Cary Katz - 198.000
Tyler Smith - 142.000


Eugene Katchalov was the first to leave, followed by Gabe Kaplan, Tyler Smith, Gregory Brooks and John Morgan. Soon Dan Shak also felted, leaving only 10 players at the table. Erik Seidel, who booked a fantastic year so far (he won the NBC National Heads-Up Championship, the L.A. Poker Classic High Roller and the Aussie Millions Super High Roller) managed to work his way through from being short-stacked to being second in chips.

Final table seating:

1: Sam Trickett - 620.000
2: Vivek Rajkumar - 1.850.000
3: Randy Dorfman - 550.000
4: Cary Katz - 350.000
5: Ashton Griffin - 275.000
6: Daniel Negreanu - 800.000
7: Erik Seidel - 1.950.000
8: Rick Salomon - 740.000
9: Erick Lindgren - 1.450.000
10: Justin Bonomo - 2.740.000

Seidel started out great, he eliminated Rick Salomon with a three of a kind. Not much later, Ashton Griffin, Sam Trickett and Randy Dorfman. Only one player had to go for the bubbble to burst. On the 16th blind level (4.000/15.000/30.000), after all else folded, Vivek Rajkumar went pre-flop all-in, where only the shortstack Cary Katz called from the BB. Katz showed A Q , Rajkumar K 2 , but it wasn't luck for Katz, his ace didn't hold, the river brought 2 , and Katz was out.

Soon the short-stacked Bonomo pushed all-in from the button with his remaining 510,000 chips, Lindgren called.

Bonomo: Q 9
Lindgren: K Q

Board: A A J 8 3

Lindgren eliminated his opponent with better kicker.


Players went on a break with the following chipcounts:

Vivek Rajkumar - 4.200.000
Erick Lindgren - 4.005.000
Erik Seidel - 1.950.000
Daniel Negreanu - 1.384.000

After the break, Rajkumar began to lose the lead, he had 2,300,000, when he 4bet Lindgren's 3bet ( 18th blind level, 5.000/25.000/50.000). Lindgren went all-in, Rajkumar insta-called.

Rajkumar: A A
Lindgren: J 9

Board: 6 3 2 9 J

Lindgren won the hand with two pairs and a ton of luck.

Erick Lindgren - 6.600.000
Erik Seidel - 2.300.000
Daniel Negreanu - 1.700.000

The heads-up formed on the 19th blind level (5.000/30.000/60.000), when Daniel Negreanu went all-in with his pocket 4s to Lindgren's 160,000 bet. Lindgren called with A 6 , he won with a pair of aces.

Erick Lindgren - 6.295.000
Erik Seidel - 5.305.000

They played the heads-up until the 20th level (10.000/40.000/80.000), when Jack McClellant, tournament supervisor offered players they can continue the match tomorrow, since it was late, and everyone was tired. Both players agreed, they will continue the battle today. The 8-times WSOP champion Seidel is on the brink of another huge win. We'll see how he performs soon.

Current chipcounts:

Erik Seidel - 7.120.000
Erick Lindgren - 4.480.000

Prizes:

1. $1.092.780
2. $700.500
3. Daniel Negreanu - $448.320
4. Vivek rajkumar - $336.240
5. Justin Bonomo - $224.160