06-03-2009 20:11 UTC-12

Seidel Sunk, Pickering Pushes Ahead

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Shamus

In a hold'em hand, Erik Seidel had all of his 8,000 or so chips in the middle before the flop with {A-Hearts}

, and appeared to be in good shape against his opponent's {K-Hearts}

. However, the board came {7-Hearts}

, giving his opponent the flush.

Seidel got up to leave, but a count showed he still had a scant 125 left. He shuffled his lone lime chip (25) and pale blue chip (100) for a couple of hands, then pushed all in before the blinds could get to him. Jamie Pickering put in a reraise from the button, then the player in the BB repopped it all in with his relatively short stack. Pickering called.

The BB had {A-Diamonds}