Erik Seidel wins WPT’s Foxwoods Poker Classic
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Erik Seidel started the final table of the Foxwoods Poker Classic with the most chips, and he ended the World Poker Tour event with all of them.
The final table — consisting of 6 players — lasted 12 hours and 229 hands, and the eight-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner walked away with the first prize of nearly $1 million.
According to cardplayer.com, here’s how the action went from three players down:
The three remaining players then went into a grueling contest that saw chips fly back and forth, but never had anyone on the ropes. Six hours went by before the action finally picked up again. No, that is not a misprint. Finally, Seidel raised to 280,000 from the button and Andrew Barta moved all in from the big blind. Seidel called all in, being out-chipped by just 30,000 in chips. Seidel showed JJ and was up against AQ. The board rolled out J6356 and Barta was left with just half of the small blind. On the very next hand, Richardson and Seidel check it down and Seidel’s ace high was enough to take out Barta. Barta earned $281,011 for his third place finish.
The heads-up battle was much shorter as Seidel beat Robert Richardson on the very next hand. Richardson moved all in on the turn with a board of AK98. Seidel called with AJ to Richardson’s 97 and dodged the outs for the victory.
