WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic Final Table BiosErik Seidel and Ted Forrest Lead Heading into Final Table |
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Erik Seidel — Seat 1
Chips: 3,820,000
Lifetime winnings: $7,743,921
2008 Player of the Year (POY) points: 1,600 (22nd)
Prior WPT experience: This is Seidel's 12th WPT main event cash. Previous cashes include 2004 World Poker Finals, 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, 2005 World Poker Finals, 2006 Winter Poker Open, 2006 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, 2006 Festa Al Lago, 2007 Bay 101 Shooting Star, 2007 Spanish Championships, 2007 Five-Diamond World Poker Clasic, 2008 World Poker Challenge.
Poker accomplishments: Perhaps best known for finishing second in the 1988 WSOP main event to Johnny Chan, depicted in the hit movie Rounders, Erik Seidel has been one of the most consistent professionals on tour. Seidel is one of the most successful players in WSOP history, amassing 8 bracelets and cashing 48 times over the course of his career.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Erik Seidel Wins Monster Pot
Frank Cieri has the button in seat 2, Ted Forrest limps under the gun for 24,000, Erik Seidel limps from the cutoff, Robert Richardson completes the small blind, and Natale Kuey checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes 10
6
2, Richardson bets 70,000, Kuey and Forrest both fold, and Seidel calls. The turn card is the 8, Richardson bets 70,000, and Seidel calls. The river card is the A, Richardson bets 200,000, and Seidel calls. Richardson shows J
10 for a pair of tens, but Seidel shows Q 9 to win the pot worth 776,000 with a club flush.
Frank Cieri — Seat 2
Chips: 403,000
Lifetime winnings: $26,370
2008 POY points: None
Prior WPT experience: None
Poker accomplishments: Frank Cieri is relatively new to the world of big buy-in tournament poker. He has four small cashes in his player database, but this will easily be his largest cash to date. Cieri got his entry into this tournament on a satellite and is looking to take home at least $100,000.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Frank Cieri Crosses the Million Chip Mark
Allen Bari has the button in seat 2, Raj Patel raises from middle position to 32,000, Bari calls from the button, Frank Cieri reraises from the small blind to 120,000, Patel folds, and Bari calls. The flop comes Q
4 2, Cieri moves all in, and Bari folds. Frank Cieri takes the pot, increasing his stack to about 1 million in chips.
Robert Richardson — Seat 3
Chips: 526,000
Lifetime winnings: $0
2008 POY points: None
Prior WPT experience: None
Poker accomplishments: A home-game hero, Robert Richardson hails from Michigan, and for months, he has told his friends and family about his plans to play in this tournament. Now, after five days of play, Richardson is living the dream, playing with the guys he watched every Wednesday night on the WPT.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Robert Richardson Eliminates Michael Farris
Andrew Barta has the button in seat 7, Robert Richardson completes from middle position for 20,000, Michael Farris moves all in from middle position for 224,000, and Richardson calls with 7 7. Farris shows K 10, and he'll need to improve to stay alive. The board comes 9 6 4 9 2, and Richardson's pocket sevens hold up to win the pot.
Michael Farris is eliminated in ninth place, earning $40,378.
Ted Forrest — Seat 4
Chips: 2,347,000
Lifetime winnings: $4,815,834
2008 POY points: 57 (1,622nd)
Prior WPT experience: Ted Forrest has eight WPT cashes to his credit, including the 2003 Five-Star World Poker Classic, 2004 Five-Star World Poker Classic, 2004 North American No-Limit Hold'em Poker Championship, 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown, 2006 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, 2007 Bay 101 Shooting Star, 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star. Forrest won the 2007 Bay 101 Shooting Star, beating out J.J. Liu in the longest heads-up match in the history of the WPT.
Poker accomplishments: Largely considered by many to be one of the best seven-card stud players in the world, Forrest has five WSOP bracelets to his credit and has cashed 18 times. Forrest has had a string of streaks in his career, making his mark in the 1992 L.A. Poker Classic and then making back to back WPT and Professional Poker Tour final tables.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Ted Forrest Eliminates Nat Kuey
Adam Katz has the button in seat 8, Natale Kuey moves all in from early position, and Ted Forrest calls from middle position with 6 6. Kuey shows A K, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes Q 10 5 6 10, and Forrest turns a set and rivers a full house to clinch the pot.
Natale Kuey is eliminated in seventh place, earning $71,061.
Andrew Barta — Seat 5
Chips: 1,522,000
Lifetime winnings: $611,312
2008 POY points: None
Prior WPT experience: Andrew Barta has one WPT cash to his credit in the 2007 Bellagio Cup III.
Poker accomplishments: Barta’s biggest score came when he took down the 2007 Borgata Summer Open Championship for just over $500,000. Barta tends to stick to events in the Northeast, but does have one WSOP cash on his résumé. Barta also made the final table of the 2005 United States Poker Championship.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Andrew Barta Eliminates Allen Bari
Erik Seidel has the button in seat 1, Andrew Barta raises from middle position to 70,000, Allen Bari moves all in from the cutoff for 357,000, and Barta calls with K K. Bari shows A Q, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes K 4 4 A 2, and Barta flops a full house to protect himself from the ace on the turn.
Allen Bari is eliminated in eighth place, earning $48,450.
Adam Katz — Seat 6
Chips: 2,311,000
Lifetime winnings: $36,162
2008 POY points: 150 (1,001st)
Prior WPT experience: None
Poker accomplishments: Katz is relatively new to the world of live tournament poker. He plays mostly online as “Akat11.” He does have three WSOP cashes to his credit and recently cashed twice at the 2008 Wynn Classic.
Pivotal Foxwoods Poker Classic hands (pulled from live updates):
Adam Katz Eliminates Two Before Final Table
Natale Kuey has the button in seat 7, Adam Katz raises from the cutoff to 57,000, Raj Patel moves all in from the small blind, and Steve Weinstein moves all in over the top from the big blind. Katz calls, covering them both, and they show their hands.
Adam Katz: A A
Steve Weinstein: A K
Raj Patel: K J
The board comes 10 5 3 8 3, and since nobody has a diamond, Adam Katz wins the pot with his pocket aces, busting two players on the final hand of the day.
Raj Patel, as the short stack, is eliminated in 11th place, earning $33,915. Steve Weinstein is eliminated in 10th place, also earning $33,915.
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